Henry Winkler, Ellis Avery & Zbigniew Brzezinski Get Booked

By Maryann Yin 

Here are some literary events to spice up your week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please post at least one week before the event.

Author Lin Oliver will make an appearance with her two writing collaborators: Happy Days actor Henry Winkler (who wrote Ghost Buddy with her) and her son Theo Baker (who wrote Sound Bender with her). Check it out at Books of Wonder on Wednesday, January 25th starting 5 p.m. (New York, NY)

The Lambda Literary Foundation and reading curator Karen Schechner proudly present “LIT!” This event will celebrate the recent publications by Ellis Avery, Cris Beam, Sarah Schulman and Laurie Weeks. Party it up at Heathers on Wednesday, January 25th starting 7 p.m. (New York, NY)

New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins will be talking about her slew of popular YA books as well as her first adult novel. Hear her at the 86th Street & Lexington Avenue Barnes & Noble on Thursday, January 26th starting 7 p.m. (New York, NY)

Greenlight Bookstore presents “An Evening with Larry Smith of SMITH Magazine.” See him and his crew on Thursday, January 26th starting 7:30 p.m. (Brooklyn, NY)

Zbigniew Brzezinski and Mika Brzezinski will be headlining a discussion and signing event for Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power. See them at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue on Sunday, January 29th starting 3 p.m. (Washington, D.C.)

Poet Gregory Orr will talk about Poetry as Survival in a free event at The New School’s Arnold Hall on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 8:00 p.m.. It will be held at 65 West 13th Street (2nd floor). Visit Arts in Mind for more details (New York, NY)