FRANK BURES: Minnesotan discusses “Pushing the River,” his collection of real-life stories about joys and dangers of canoeing, part of Minnesota History Center’s North Star Voices series. Free. 2 p.m. Saturday, Minnesota History Center, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul.
TASHA CORYELL: Hosts the launch of her new thriller “Matchmaking for Psychopaths,” in which matchmaker Lexie discovers at her 30th birthday party that her best friend and her fiance are in love. Then Lexie gets involved with two of her clients, both of whom are psychopaths. When Lexie starts receiving strange and bloody packages, she has to figure out who is trying to orchestrate her downfall and whether this is relevant to her estranged parents and their criminal history. In conversation with award-winning author Kathleen West. Coryell, who lives in St. Paul, is the author of “Love Letters to a Serial Killer,” which got rave reviews. Free. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls
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It isn’t too early to mark your calendars for Oct. 12, when Rick Atkinson, Jade Chang, Jason Mott and Nita Prose will be guest readers at Friends of the St. Paul Public Library’s annual Opus & Olives benefit dinner at St. Paul RiverCentre.
Prize-winning historian Atkinson is author of “The Fate of The Day,” which covers the middle years of the American Revolution. Chang’s debut novel, “What a Time to Be Alive,” is about a broke, unemployed woman in California who becomes a self-help guru. In Mott’s novel “People Like Us,” two Black writers try to find peace in a world riven by gun violence. Prose, bestselling author of “The Maid,” introduces “The Maid’s Secret,” in which Molly Gray, special-events manager at a hotel, discovers during a TV appraisal show that she has a priceless treasure that vanishes from the hotel in a sensational heist. Look for more about these authors and their books closer to the event. You can find ticket information at thefriends.org/opus.
What’s a Silent Book Club? It’s the newest expansion of Next Chapter Booksellers’ monthly book club offerings. “Unlike our other clubs, this one will not be structured around a shared read or conversation,” the store announced online. “Every second Thursday of the month, from 5 to 6 p.m., we’ll be staying open late, putting on soft music, and inviting (everyone) to read with us in the bookstore. Each meeting will end with the chance for attendees to share a little about what they’re reading with the group and browse the shelves.” Space is limited so readers are advised to bring their own cushions, beanbags, blankets. The store is at 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul, where the next Silent Book Club meeting will be Aug.14.
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