Here are some literary events to pencil in your calendar this week.

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The August edition of the Franklin Park Reading Series will feature five writers including noted short fiction specialist Amy Hempel. Check it out on Monday, August 12th at Franklin Park Bar & Beer Garden starting 8 p.m. (Brooklyn, NY)

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Here are some literary events to pencil in your calendar this week.

To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please post your event at least one week prior to its date.

Novelist Alexander Maksik will appear at Powell’s City of Books (Burnside branch) to discuss his newest book, A Marker to Measure Drift. See him on Tuesday, August 6th starting 7:30 p.m. (Portland, OR)

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Here are some literary events to pencil in your calendar this week.

To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please post your event at least one week prior to its date.

Young adult novelist Aprilynne Pike will appear for a reading event at Changing Hands Boosktore. Meet her on Monday, July 29th starting at 7:00 p.m. (Tempe, AZ)

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If you live near New York City, summer means lots of free theater in the park. We’ve rounded-up some outdoor Shakespeare plays running until the end of the season.

Shakespeare in the Park’s musical adaptation of Love’s Labor’s Lost kicks off today. Attendees who want to see this have until August 18th to camp out for free tickets.

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Here are some literary events to pencil in your calendar this week.

To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please post your event at least one week prior to its date.

Up for mingling with other bibliophiles? Head to OkCupid’s Boozy Book Swap at The Strand on Wednesday, July 24th starting 7 p.m. (New York, NY)

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Here are some literary events to pencil in your calendar this week.

To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please post your event at least one week prior to its date.

Novelist Daniel Silva will appear to discuss the latest installment of the Gabriel Allon series, The English Girl. Meet him on Tuesday, July 16th at Barnes & Noble (Union Square branch) starting 7 p.m. (New York, NY)

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Here are some literary events to pencil in your calendar this week.

To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please post your event at least one week prior to its date.

The Franklin Park Bar & Reading Series will feature five writers for their next event. Meet them on Monday, July 8th at Franklin Park Bar & Beer Garden starting at 7 p.m. (Brooklyn, NY)

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Here are some literary events to pencil in your calendar this week.

To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please post your event at least one week prior to its date.

Up for a little Sekou Sundiata-themed word play? The Strand has partnered with SummerStage to organize an event for the citywide retrospective, “Blink Your Eyes: Sekou Sundiata Revisited.” Check it out on Wednesday, July 3rd at Central Park starting 5 p.m. (New York, NY)

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Here are some literary events to pencil in your calendar. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please post your event at least one week prior to its date.

Shani Boianjiu will read from her acclaimed novel, The People of Forever Are Not Afraid. Check it out on Tuesday, June 25th at Word Bookstore starting 7 p.m. (Brooklyn, NY)

Hear from a panel of authors on “Investigating International Noir” at the Center for Fiction. Join them on Tuesday, June 25th starting 7 p.m. (New York, NY)

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Actor Michael Sheen has signed on to read Neil Gaiman’s newly released novel, The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

This reading will air in July on UK’s Radio 4′s  ”Book at Bedtime” show. In an interview with RadioTimes, producer Heather Larmour explained:

We wanted somebody who could capture the intimate tone of the narrator as well as the different voices involved.

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