LORETTA ELLSWORTH: Minnesota author discusses her novel “The Jilted Countess.” 6 p.m. Thursday, Barnes & Noble, 3230 Galleria, Edina.
JACK EL-HAI: Minnesotan discusses his book “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist,” basis for the film “Nuremberg,” starring Russell Crowe and Rami Malek. 2 p.m. Jan. 25, University of St. Thomas, O’Shaughnessy Education Center, 2115 Summit Ave., St. Paul. Presented by Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, University of St. Thomas and Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies. Free, registration required. Go to Jewish Community Relations Council Minnesota & Dakotas.
DAVID HAKENSEN: Introduces “Her Place in the Woods: The Life of Helen Hoover.” 5 p.m. Wednesday, Lowell Inn, Stillwater, presented by Valley Bookseller.
HOLBROOK/LITTLE: Carolyn Holbrook, teacher, author and founder of More Than a Single Story, and Arletta Little, executive and artistic director at the Loft Literary Center, talk about their their lives and careers and the paths that got them where they are now, part of Holbrook’s Embracing Our Roots program that puts Black artists with next-generation arts leaders. Free.1 p.m. Saturday, University of Minnesota Elmer L. Andersen Library, 222 21st Ave., Mpls.
MINNESOTA MYSTERY NIGHT: Monthly series begins its new season with guest reader and Edgar award-winner David Housewright in conversation with movie producer and director Patrick Coyle. Both men live in St. Paul. Housewright has written 31 novels, most in either the Holland Taylor or Rushmore McKenzie series with the next one, “Fear the Reaper,” to be published in June. He is winner of three Minnesota Book Awards and past president of the Private Eye Writers of America. Coyle has written and directed four nationally released feature films. His newest play, “Big Blue River,” premiered in 2023 at North Garden Theatre in St. Paul and ran for six sold-out weeks. He is an adjunct professor of film at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and lead singer of the band One Hit Wonders. 7 p.m. Monday, Lucky’s 13 Pub, 1352 Sibley Memorial Hwy., Mendota. Free. Registration required at mnmysterynight.com. $13 reservation charge.
READINGS BY WRITERS: Tim Nolan hosts poets Jane Dickerson, Douglas Padilla, Pete Heiden and William Reichard. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, University Club, 420 Summit Ave., St. Paul.
DEBRA J. STONE: Discusses “The House on Rondo” in Friends of the St. Paul Public Library’s Fireside Readings series. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Rondo Community Library at Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, 270 N. Kent St., St. Paul.
What else is going on
Thomas Maltman (Courtesy of the author)
Thomas Maltman, award-winning Minnesota mystery writer whose books include “Ashes to Ashes” and “Little Wolves,” will open the spring Club Book series March 18 at Wescott Library in Eagan followed by Lee Hawkins on March 28, Nathan Harris on April 1, Carley Fortune pn April 9, Tessa Bailey on April 14, Sara Hashem on April 16, Cleyvis Natera on April 28 and Daniel H. Wilson on May 4. The free series, which brings important authors to metro-area libraries, is presented by Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA). Venues will be announced closer to the authors’ reading dates.
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