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Novelist Taiye Selasi will appear at the Center for Fiction to discuss her new book, Ghana Must Go. Hear him on Monday, April 1st starting 7 p.m. (New York, NY)

Howard Kaylan, lead singer of The Turtles, will celebrate the launch of his new memoir, Shell Shocked, at the Grammy Museum. See him on Tuesday, April 2nd starting 7:30 p.m. (Los Angeles, CA)

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Over at The Burrow’s Studio Blog, artist Lucy Knisley has published a massive poster that summarizes the complete plot of the Harry Potter series in a single poster. Follow this link to download and print the free poster.

Knisley has created intricate cartoon stories recapping the story in eight posters (one poster for each film). If you are interested in printing a “Summharry” for a single book in the series, visit this page for individual links.

Here’s more about the art: “For a limited time, I’m offering free downloads of large-format printable versions of all 9 comics, for your own use, and to print a copy for your pleasure at home/at a print shop. Barring stumbling into me in person and asking if I have a bunch of leftover copies (which I do), this will be the only way you can get print versions of these. Please PLEASE don’t use these large-format images in any commercial way (IE: printing them in your publication without my permission, selling posters or t-shirts or lunchboxes using any part or the whole of them).” (Via io9)

National Post books editor Mark Medley (pictured, via) labeled himself a “book hoarder” in a new essay.

Here’s an excerpt: “I am unable to get rid of any of them. I own some terrible, terrible books — you wouldn’t believe how many crap books get published in this country — but cannot, for the life of me, part with a single one. I am a book hoarder, which, in my line of work, is a troublesome problem to have … Just now, I walked over to the part of the office where mail to me is delivered and counted 15 large containers filled with packages; these have come in the past three or four days. My first impression, upon seeing so many new books in one place, is to dive into them headfirst, like Scrooge McDuck into his vault of gold bullions.”

Do you share his affliction? Twitter research revealed that Medley is not alone. Author Robert Wiersema admitted that he rented a basement suite to use as a study and it now contains “piles of books on the floor and every horizontal surface.” Freehand Books editor Robyn Read regularly shops at garage sales to add to her collection.