AUTHOR FAIR: Eigth annual Anoka County fair features William Kent Krueger, who writes the Cork O’Connor mystery series, as well as 16 Minnesota authors who will greet readers after Krueger’s 10 a.m. keynote speech. Free. Saturday, Northtown Library, 711 County 10 N.E., Blaine.
(Courtesy of the University of Minnesota Press)
CREATURE NEEDS: Milkweed Books and the University of Minnesota Press present contributors reading from “Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation,” a new anthology that bridges the worlds of literature and science. Edited by Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman and Susan Tacent, the collection features original works from acclaimed poets and writers. Readers include Claire Wahmanholm, Charles Baxter, Kimberly Blaeser and Sean Hill, after which Wahmanholm will host a panel discussion about craft and art activism for creature conservation. The book is a collaboration with Creature Conserve, a nonprofit started by veterinary zoologist Spelman. Each of the writers was assigned an American animal species whose population is threatened or endangered and provided with a recent journal article that addresses the problems facing their assigned species and the solutions that require more public engagement and support. The contributions are organized into six sections representing six things all creatures need to survive: air, food, water, shelter, room to move and companionship. 6 p.m. Thursday, Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave. S., Mpls. Free; attendees are encouraged to register in advance at milkweed.org/events.
COINNEACH MacLEOD: Presents “Hebridean Baker: The Scottish Cookbook.” 7 p.m. Wednesday, Brother Justus Whiskey Co., 3300 Fifth St. N.E., Mpls., presented by Magers & Quinn. $15-$40. Go to magersandquinn.com.
EMILYJ. TAYLOR: Bestselling author who lives in Minneapolis introduces her dark academic fantasy “The Otherwhere Post.” 6 p.m. Wednesday, Red Balloon Bookshop, 891 Grand Ave., St. Paul.
LOGAN TERRET: Arizona-based author introduces his debut mystery, “Agates Are Forever.” 4 p.m. Saturday, Once Upon a Crime, 604 W. 26th St., Mpls.
ROBERT van VLIET: St. Paulite launches his new poetry collection “Vessels,” which resulted from the poet’s challenge to himself during COVID pandemic to build a 10-line poem each day that included five words and a line or fragment from a book, all chosen randomly. In conversation with Minnesota poet Claire Wahmanholm. 6 p.m. Tuesday, Next Chapter Booksellers, 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul.
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