DAVE EGGERS Signs copies of his new book “The Eyes & The Impossible,” the story of a dog living in an urban park, winner of the 2024 Newbery Medal. 4-5 p.m. May 4, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.
ALISON ESPACH: Discusses her widely praised, genre-straddling novel “The Wedding People” in MELSA’s Club Book reading series. Virtual/streaming event. 7 p.m. Wednesday. No registration necessary. Go to facebook.com/ClubBook.
PETER GEYE: Reads from and discusses his new novel “A Lesser Light.” 7 p.m. Monday, University of St. Thomas O’Shaughnessy Education Center, 2115 Summit Ave., St. Paul; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Excelsior Bay Books, Excelsior; 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Roseville Public Library, 2180 N. Hamline Ave., Roseville. These programs are free and open to the public.
ONE BOOK/ONE MINNESOTA: Diane Wilson, Sun Yung Shin, Shannon Gibney and John Coy discuss their writing in the anthology “Where We Come From,” this year’s title in the statewide book club that brings together people of all ages, presented by Friends of the St. Paul Public Library acting as Minnesota Center for the Book. Free virtual event. 10 a.m. Tuesday. Registration required. Go to thefriends.org.
POETS: Minnesotans Donna Isaac, Margaret Hasse, Rosetta Peters and Amanda Bailey read from their latest collections. 1 p.m. May 4, Eat My Words, 214 13th Ave. N., Mpls.
Marcie Rendon (Courtesy of the author)
MARCIE RENDON: Reads from “Where They Last Saw Her,” winner of the 2025 Minnesota Book Award in genre fiction. Free. 7 p.m. Monday, East Side Freedom Library, 1105 Greenbrier St., St. Paul.
BILL THORNESS: Seattle-based journalist discusses “All Roads Lead to Rome: Searching for the End of My Father’s War.” Inspired by letters written by his father to his mother, Thorness began a quest to rediscover his father, traveling to World War II battlefields and to Rome, where he stood on a bridge reflecting on the loss his father must have felt in not making it to the end of the campaign to liberate the Eternal City. The narrative moves between reimagined battle scenes and present-day travels. In conversation with Juliet Patterson. 7 p.m. Thursday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.
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