Reading Rainbow

Rounding up the season's best author events.

by Carolyn Huckabay

Dave Eggers (CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER VERSION)

Dave Eggers

One Book One Philadelphia headlining author reads from What is the What, accompanied by the book's subject, Valentino Achak Deng. Mary Williams, author of Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, will also speak.

Thu., March 20, 7 p.m., free, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, library.phila.gov.

Inquirer foreign affairs columnist kicks off Robin's Book Store's yearlong Writers on Writing workshop with a discussion of Willful Blindness.

Wed., March 26, 6 p.m., $25, preregistration required, Robin's Book Store, 108 S. 13th St., 215-735-9600, robinsbookstore.com.

Julie Buxbaum

UPenn alumna reads from her debut novel, The Opposite of Love.

Wed., March 26, 7 p.m., free, Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St., 215-898-3895, upenn.bncollege.com.

Mysterious Skin author reads from his latest novel, We Disappear. (Read Gary M. Kramer's review on p. 28.)

Thu., March 27, 5:30 p.m., free, Giovanni's Room, 345 S. 12th St., 215-923-2960, giovannisroom.com.

Thu., March 27, 8 p.m., $7-$14, Free Library, Central Branch.

The Pennsylvania Republican senator reads from his new memoir, Never Give In: Battling Cancer in the Senate.

Sat., March 29, 2 p.m., free, Barnes & Noble, 1805 Walnut St., 215-665-0716, storelocator.barnesandnoble.com.

Billed as a "real-life Rocky," Coste discusses his just-released The 33-Year-Old Rookie.

Tue., April 1, noon, free, Borders, 1. S. Broad St., 215-568-7400, bordersstores.com.

Samantha Power (CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER VERSION)

Richard Price

The urban crime novelist reads from his latest, Lush Life. (See Char Vandermeer's review on p. 28.)

Tue., April 1, 7 p.m., free, Free Library, Central Branch.

The former foreign policy adviser for Barack Obama's presidential campaign reads from Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World.

Thu., April 3, 8 p.m., $7-$14, Free Library, Central Branch.

Political collage artist displays material from Our Flesh of Flames.

Sat., April 5, 3 p.m., free, Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Lane, 215-844-1870, bigbluemarblebooks.com.

The novelist reads from his latest work of fiction, Fall of Frost, which chronicles Robert Frost's winter years.

Tue., April 8, 7 p.m., free, Free Library, Central Branch.

Former University of Pennsylvania professor and author reads from April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How it Changed America, four days after the 40th anniversary of King's assassination.

Wed., April 9, 7 p.m., free, Free Library, Central Branch.

The short-story writer/memoirist reads from his latest, Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories. (See Patrick Rapa's review on p. 29.)

Thu., April 10, 8 p.m., $7-$14, Free Library, Central Branch.

Martin, who lost the lower half of his left leg and went on to become a triathlete, will read from One Man's Leg.

Thu., April 17, noon, free, Head House Books, 619 S. Second St., 215-923-9525, headhousebooks.com.

Author of The Namesake reads from her new collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth. (See Patrick Rapa's review on p. 29.)

Thu., April 24, 8 p.m., $7-$14, Free Library, Central Branch.