Haruki Murakami Read-a-Thon Gets Booked

By Maryann Yin 

Here are some literary events to jump start your week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page.

To celebrate the release of 1Q84, Word Bookstore will host a Haruki Murakami read-a-thon and a midnight release party. The reading begins tonight at 10:30 p.m. (Brooklyn, NY)

Ellen Hopkins will headline an event for her YA title, Perfect. See her on today at the Vernon Public Library starting 7 p.m. (Chicago, IL)

Nina Malkin will talk about her latest YA novel, Swoon. Hear her on Tuesday, October 25th at the Bronx Library Center starting 3:30 p.m. (Bronx, NY)

The New York Public Library will hosting a panel discussion called “100 Years of the Arab American Novel: Ameen Rihani’s The Book of Khalid and Arab Life in Lower Manhattan.” Check it out on Tuesday, October 25th at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building starting 6 p.m. (New York, NY)