CATHERINE DANG: Presents her novel “What Hunger,” in conversation with Josh Moehling. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.
LAROCHELLE/MUSKE: David LaRochelle and Colleen Muske sign copies of their new children’s picture book “How To Draw a Tree.” 10-11:30 a.m. Friday, Lake Country Booksellers, 4766 Washington Ave., White Bear Lake.
John Gaspard (Courtesy of Minnesota Mystery Night)
Jim Cunningham (Courtesy of Minnesota Mystery Night)
MINNESOTA MYSTERY NIGHT: Magic and illusion on the page and stage is the theme for this month’s MMN program featuring John Gaspard and Jim Cunningham. Gaspard is the award-winning author of 10 Eli Marks mysteries, the latest of which is “Twisting the Aces,” and Como Lake Players mystery series as well as “Held Over,” a retrospective about the two-year run of “Harold and Maude” at the Westgate Theater in Edina. He’s also a screenwriter and filmmaker. St. Paul native Cunningham is an actor who most recently played Groucho in the world premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s “Groucho Marx Meets T.S. Eliot” at Illusion Theater. He has played James J. Hill for the Minnesota Historical Society and narrates audiobooks, including the Eli Marks series. 7 p.m. Monday, Lucky’s 13 Pub, 1352 Sibley Memorial Highway, Mendota. $13. Reservations required. Go to mnmysterynght.com. Dinner service begins at 5:30 p.m.
BRANDY SCHILLACE: Discusses “The Dead Come to Stay,” a cozy crime novel featuring an amateur autistic sleuth and a wry English detective. The Ohio-based autistic author is a historian and editor. In conversation with Minnesota crime writer Matt Goldman. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.
What else is going on
Friends of the St. Paul Public Library announced “Evidence of V” by Sheila O’Connor as the fall pick for One Book/One Minnesota, the statewide book club inviting Minnesotans of all ages to read a common title and come together virtually to enjoy and discuss. The reading period continues though Sept. 28, with a virtual conversation with the author at 7 p.m. Sept. 17. O’Connor’s widely praised, genre-jumping 2019 book, subtitled “A Novel In Fragments, Facts, and Fictions,” is based on how she discovered her mother was born to a 15-year-old inmate of the Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre. All Minnesotans are invited to access a free ebook edition of “Evidence of V.” Go to thefriends.org.
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