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Christopher Valen
Christopher Valen
October 1, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Lowell Inn - Hotel & Restaurant, 102 2nd St N, Stillwater, MN 55082, USA
Totally Criminal Cocktail Hour featuring Christopher Valen, author of Shadow Falls. Tickets $10. For more information, click here.
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Anna Gifty and Hope Walz
Anna Gifty and Hope Walz
October 1, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The O’Shaughnessy, 2004 Randolph Ave, St Paul, MN 55105, USA
Join St. Catherine University for an evening with Anna Gifty in conversation with Hope Walz about Anna Gifty’s new book, The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid. Presented by the Minnesota Center for Diversity in Economics (MCDE), Katie Leadership Impact (KLI), and The St. Catherine University Office of Scholarly Engagement. Tickets are $29 and include a hard copy of the book. $5 event admission only tickets are also available.
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Nidhi Chanani
Nidhi Chanani
October 1, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Red Balloon Bookshop, 891 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105, USA
Nidhi Chanani will present the latest in her graphic novel series, Super Boba Café: Home Sea Home, in conversation with local graphic novelist, Molly Murakami. For more information, click here.
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Anne-Marie Erickson and Patricia Hoolihan
Anne-Marie Erickson and Patricia Hoolihan
October 1, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
Anne-Marie Erickson and Patricia Hoolihan will discuss their new books. For more information, click here.
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Andrea Beatty
Andrea Beatty
October 2, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Red Balloon Bookshop, 891 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105, USA
Andrea Beatty will present Billie Jean Peet, Athlete. For more information, click here.
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Anika Fajardo
Anika Fajardo
October 2, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401, USA
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Renee Gilmore
Renee Gilmore
October 2, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Inkwell Booksellers Company, 426 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Renee Gilmore will launch Wayfinding: A Memoir. For more information, click here.
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Dan Chaon
Dan Chaon
October 2, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
Dan Chaon presents One of Us, in conversation with Antonia Angress. For more information, click here.
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Terrance Hayes
Terrance Hayes
October 2, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Plymouth Congregational Church, 1919 La Salle Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403, USA
Literary Witnesses and the Loft present an evening with Terrance Hayes, who will give a public reading from American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin and his newest collection, So to Speak. For more information, click here.
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Meg Fleming
Meg Fleming
October 4, 2025 10:00 am - 10:45 am
Wild Rumpus Books, 2720 W 43rd St, Minneapolis, MN 55410, USA
Meg Fleming will read The Everything Trail. For more information, click here.
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Art Coulson
Art Coulson
October 4, 2025 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Red Balloon Bookshop, 891 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105, USA
Art Coulson will present All the Stars in the Sky. For more information, click here.
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Cass Daglish and AW Powers
Cass Daglish and AW Powers
October 4, 2025 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Once Upon A Crime, 604 W 26th St, Minneapolis, MN 55405, USA
Meet & Greet with Cass Daglish, author of Ring of Lions, and AW Powers, author of Uncontrolled Variables. For more information, click here.
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Mindy Mejia, Andrew DeYoung, and Rebecca Kanner
Mindy Mejia, Andrew DeYoung, and Rebecca Kanner
October 4, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Barnes & Noble, Burnhaven Shopping Center 828 West, 828 County Rd 42 W, Burnsville, MN 55337, USA
Mystery authors Mindy Mejia, Andrew DeYoung, and Rebecca Kanner will discuss their new books. For more information, click here.
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Tehila Hakimi
Tehila Hakimi
October 5, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
Tehila Hakimi will present Hunting in America. For more information, click here.
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C.M. Alongi
C.M. Alongi
October 6, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Maple Grove Library - Hennepin County Library, 8001 Main St, Maple Grove, MN 55369, USA
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Carson Faust
Carson Faust
October 6, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
Carson Faust launches If the Dead Belong Here, in conversation with Mona Susan Power. For more information, click here.
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V.V. Ganeshananthan
V.V. Ganeshananthan
October 6, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Anderson Student Center, 2115 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105, USA
Author V.V. Ganeshananthan will talk about her two novels Brotherless Night and Love Marriage, both set in Sri Lanka. Copies of both books will be available for sale from Next Chapter Bookseller and an author signing will immediately follow the event.
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Abby Hanlon
Abby Hanlon
October 7, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Wild Rumpus Books, 2720 W 43rd St, Minneapolis, MN 55410, USA
Abby Hanlon will launch Dory Fantasmagory: Center of the Universe. Tickets $10. For more information, click here.
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Rain Taxi 30th Anniversary Exhibit: Opening Night Reception
Rain Taxi 30th Anniversary Exhibit: Opening Night Reception
October 7, 2025 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
Please join us to celebrate 30 years of Rain Taxi with a stunning exhibit that will take you behind the covers! Free to attend; registration requested. For more information, click here.
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Marcus Rediker
Marcus Rediker
October 7, 2025 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
McNeely Hall, 2060 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105, USA Room 100
Historian Marcus Rediker, author of the bestseller The Slave Ship: A Human History, talks about his new book Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea, which provides a definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad’s long overlooked maritime origins. Copies of Rediker’s book will be available for sale by Next Chapter Bookseller and an author signing will immediately follow the event. For more information, click here.
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Greil Marcus
Greil Marcus
October 7, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
Greil Marcus presents the 50th anniversary edition of Mystery Train, in conversation with Michaelangelo Matos. For more information, click here.
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The Hidden Life of Books: Banned & Burned
The Hidden Life of Books: Banned & Burned
October 8, 2025 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
5280 Grandview Square
Celebrate intellectual freedom during Banned Books Week with an exhibit and talk, The Hidden Life of Books Chapter V: Banned & Burned. Panel Participants: Laura Migliorino, Photographer; Sun Yung Shin, Author; Chavonn Shen, Author; J.R. Genett, Deputy Director for Hennepin County Library. For more information, click here.
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Authors on the Road to Publication
Authors on the Road to Publication
October 8, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Stillwater Public Library, 224 3rd St N, Stillwater, MN 55082, USA
Local authors Matthew Batt (The Last Supper Club: A Waiter’s Requiem), Peter Geye (A Lesser Light), Ellie Palmer (Anywhere with You), and Moheb Soliman (HOMES: Poems) will discuss their writing and paths to publication in a conversation with moderator Karen Karason. Registration encouraged. For more information, click here.
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Mary E. Roach
Mary E. Roach
October 8, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Red Balloon Bookshop, 891 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105, USA
Mary E. Roach will present Seven for a Secret. For more information, click here.
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Ada Limón and Robin Wall Kimmerer
Ada Limón and Robin Wall Kimmerer
October 8, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Pantages Theatre, 710 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55402, USA
Ada Limón and Robin Wall Kimmerer in conversation. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.
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Joe Siple
Joe Siple
October 8, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
Joe Siple presents The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride. For more information, click here.
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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
October 9, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Northrop, 84 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson discusses new book, Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead (Haymarket Books). In conversation with Nick Estes. For more information, click here.
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Scott Reintgen
Scott Reintgen
October 9, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Wild Rumpus Books, 2720 W 43rd St, Minneapolis, MN 55410, USA
Dragon Party featuring Scott Reintgen, author of The Rise of Neptune. For more information, click here.
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Bronson Lemer
Bronson Lemer
October 9, 2025 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Minnesota Humanities Center, 987 Ivy Ave E, St Paul, MN 55106, USA
Bronson Lemer will present The Lonely Veteran’s Guide to Companionship, in conversation with Jessi Atherton. For more information, click here.
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Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb
October 9, 2025 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Hopkins Center For the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343, USA
Pen Pals presents Wally Lamb, who will discuss his latest novel, The River Is Waiting. Ticket prices $35 - $59. For more information, click here.
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Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb
October 10, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hopkins Center For the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343, USA
Pen Pals presents Wally Lamb, who will discuss his latest novel, The River Is Waiting. Ticket prices $35 - $59. For more information, click here.
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Helen Whybrow
Helen Whybrow
October 11, 2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Mill City Farmers Market, 750 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55401, USA
Helen Whybrow, author of The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life, will join farmers Theresa Bentz and Aiden Read for a conversation around tending sheep and spinning yarn, plus a display of fibers and meats. For more information, click here.
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Amy Gregg
Amy Gregg
October 11, 2025 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Once Upon A Crime, 604 W 26th St, Minneapolis, MN 55405, USA
Amy Gregg will sign the second book of her Accidental Farmer Mystery Series. For more information, click here.
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Books, Brews, & Boos
Books, Brews, & Boos
October 11, 2025 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Under Pressure Brewing, 8806 7th Ave N, Golden Valley, MN 55427, USA
Books, Brews, & Boos is a Horror Genre book event at Under Pressure Brewing from 12pm-6pm. Hosted by Adventure Awaits Events and Horrors Explorers Book Club -- Twin Cities. Tickets $10. For more information, click here.
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Debra J Stone
Debra J Stone
October 11, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Black Garnet Books, 1319 University Ave W, St Paul, MN 55104, USA
Debra J Stone will launch The House on Rondo. For more information, click here.
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Sam Kalda
Sam Kalda
October 11, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Red Balloon Bookshop, 891 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105, USA
Sam Kalda will present Haunted USA. For more information, click here.
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MN STEM Book Festival
MN STEM Book Festival
October 12, 2025 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Bakken Museum
A collaboration of The Thinking Spot, The Bakken Museum and Minnesota Tech Network. Featuring author panels, family activities, and a STEM-themed marketplace. For more information, click here.
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Opus & Olives
Opus & Olives
October 12, 2025 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Saint Paul RiverCentre, 175 Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102, USA
Featuring Rick Atkinson, Jade Chang, Jason Mott, and Nita Prose. Ticketed event. For more information, click here.
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Karen Engstrom
Karen Engstrom
October 13, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
Karen Engstrom presents Shadowland, in conversation with Sarah Stonich. For more information, click here.
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Nick Offerman
Nick Offerman
October 13, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The O’Shaughnessy, 2004 Randolph Ave, St Paul, MN 55105, USA
Nick Offerman will present Little Woodchucks, with co-writer Lee Buchanan. For more information, click here.
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J. Elle
J. Elle
October 14, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Red Balloon Bookshop, 891 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105, USA
J. Elle will present Fortress of Ambrose, in conversation with Emily J. Taylor. For more information, click here.
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Joshua Moehling
Joshua Moehling
October 14, 2025 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Burnhaven Library, 1101 County Rd 42 W, Burnsville, MN 55306, USA
Club Book presents Joshua Moehling, author of A Long Time Gone. For more information, click here.
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Kirsten Miller
Kirsten Miller
October 14, 2025 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Big Hill Books, 405 Penn Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55405, USA
Kirsten Miller will present The Women of Wild Hill. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.
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Jack Zipes
Jack Zipes
October 14, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
Jack Zipes presents The Wellikans Trilogy and Remembering the Jewish and German Questions. For more information, click here.
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Opus & Olives
Opus & Olives
October 15, 2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Saint Paul RiverCentre, 175 Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102, USA
Celebration in support of The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, featuring authors Rick Atkinson, Jade Chang, Jason Mott, and Nita Prose. Ticketed event. For more information, click here.
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Books & Bars
Books & Bars
October 15, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Utepils Brewing, 225 Thomas Ave N #700, Minneapolis, MN 55405, USA
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Blue Delliquanti
Blue Delliquanti
October 15, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
Blue Delliquanti presents Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food (with Recipes), in conversation with Low. For more information, click here.
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Art in Words - The Loft@Mia: The Harlem Renaissance & Its Influences
Art in Words - The Loft@Mia: The Harlem Renaissance & Its Influences
October 16, 2025 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA
Writer and Loft Executive & Artistic Director, Arleta Little, will invite participants to explore ekphrastic writing through discussion, exercises, and workshops while learning about visual art and artists from the 20th and 21st centuries. Sold out. For more information, click here.
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Maren Cooper
Maren Cooper
October 16, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Black Rooster Bistro, 516 2nd St, Hudson, WI 54016, USA
Maren Cooper will speak about her books A Better Next, Finding Grace, and Behind The Lies. For more information, click here.
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Amy Weldon
Amy Weldon
October 16, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
Amy Weldon presents Creature: A Novel of Mary Shelley and Frankenstein, in conversation with Michael Kleber-Diggs. For more information, click here.
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Saint Paul Almanac Launch Party for Vol 14: Illumination
Saint Paul Almanac Launch Party for Vol 14: Illumination
October 16, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy N, St Paul, MN 55104, USA
Saint Paul Almanac Launch Party for Vol 14: Illumination. Featuring poets folaṣade adesanya, Katie Bendickson, Stephani Booker, Maggie Lorenz, Kait Quinn, Debra Stone, Thomas Strong, Kenneth Vigne, Louise Waakaa'igan, Vx Wenham, and Isla Zimmerman. For more information, click here.
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Julian Brave NoiseCat
Julian Brave NoiseCat
October 17, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Birchbark Bizhiw, 1629 Hennepin Ave #275, Minneapolis, MN 55403, USA
Julian Brave NoiseCat will present We Survived the Night, in conversation with Allison Waukau. For more information, click here.
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Donyae Coles, Andrew DeYoung, Mary E. Roach, and Tony Wirt
Donyae Coles, Andrew DeYoung, Mary E. Roach, and Tony Wirt
October 18, 2025 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Once Upon A Crime, 604 W 26th St, Minneapolis, MN 55405, USA
Meet and Greet with 4 local authors bringing the creepier vibes to mysteries with their new books. For more information, click here.
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Karen Latchana Kenney
Karen Latchana Kenney
October 18, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Thinking Spot, 3311 County Rd 101 #4, Wayzata, MN 55391, USA
Karen Latchana Kenney will present Fascinating Fungi. For more information, click here.
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William Kent Krueger & Jodi Melsness
William Kent Krueger & Jodi Melsness
October 19, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Big Hill Books, 405 Penn Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55405, USA
Minnesota authors William Kent Krueger, Apostle's Cove, and Jodi Melsness, The Lemon Bar Queen, tackle tough topics of grief in their fiction and non-fiction writing. Join them for a discussion on how they lean into their personal and professional experiences to write about the journey of dying and death. More info here.
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Elle Cosimano
Elle Cosimano
October 20, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Northtown Library, 711 County Hwy 10 NE, Blaine, MN 55434, USA
Club Book presents Elle Cosimano, author of Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave. For more information, click here.
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Jennifer Eli Bowen
Jennifer Eli Bowen
October 21, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
Jennifer Eli Bowen will launch The Book of Kin: On Absence, Love, and Being There. For more information, click here.
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Lynn Painter
Lynn Painter
October 21, 2025 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
2004 Randolph Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105
Lynn Painter will present Fake Skating. For more information, click here.
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John U. Bacon
John U. Bacon
October 21, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
John U. Bacon presents The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. For more information, click here.
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Readings By Writers
Readings By Writers
October 21, 2025 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
The University Club of Saint Paul, 420 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55102, USA
Featuring Sarah Green, Ryan Vine, Marg Walker, and Joyce Sutphen. For more information, click here.
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Bill Gaythwaite
Bill Gaythwaite
October 22, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
Bill Gaythwaite presents A Place in the World, in conversation with Mubanga Kalimamukwento. For more information, click here.
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Rosa Lane
Rosa Lane
October 22, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Milkweed Books, 1011 Washington Ave S Suite 107, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
Rosa Lane will present Called Back, with Rosa Lane and Stephen Haven. For more information, click here.
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Steve Grove
Steve Grove
October 23, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1200 S Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403, USA
A Time for Reinvention: Reclaiming Our Civic Institutions. Steve Grove will present How I Found Myself in the Midwest. For more information, click here.
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Logan-Ashley Kisner
Logan-Ashley Kisner
October 23, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wild Rumpus Books, 2720 W 43rd St, Minneapolis, MN 55410, USA
Queer Cryptid Night feat. Logan Ashley-Kisner, author of The Transition, with J.M. Lee. For more information, click here.
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Victoria Blanco
Victoria Blanco
October 23, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Washburn Library, 5244 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419, USA
Victoria Blanco will discuss Out of the Sierra: A Story of Rarámuri Resistance. For more information, click here.
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David Housewright
David Housewright
October 23, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Hudson Public Library, 700 1st St, Hudson, WI 54016, USA
David Housewright will present Girl in a Dumpster, A Holland Taylor Mystery, and Them Bones, A McKenzie Novel. For more information, click here.
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Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong
October 23, 2025 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
The Esther Freier Lectures in Literature Series presents Ocean Vuong. Writer, professor, and photographer, Ocean Vuong is the author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, winner of the American Book Award, Mark Twain Award, and New England Book Award. This in-person event is free and open to the public with registration. For more information, click here.
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Valeria Luiselli
Valeria Luiselli
October 24, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Loft Literary Center, Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S #200, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
Valeria Luiselli will read from and discuss her novel Lost Children Archive, in conversation with Arleta Little. Tickets $5-10. For more information, click here.
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SL Smith
SL Smith
October 25, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Once Upon A Crime, 604 W 26th St, Minneapolis, MN 55405, USA
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Ann Schreiber
Ann Schreiber
October 26, 2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Chapter2Books, 226 Locust St, Hudson, WI 54016, USA
Ann Schreiber will present Emily's Next Chapter. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.
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Women in Tech Book Club: Chief in Tech
Women in Tech Book Club: Chief in Tech
October 26, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Thinking Spot, 3311 County Rd 101 #4, Wayzata, MN 55391, USA
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Mill City Reading Series
Mill City Reading Series
October 26, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
The Mill City Reading Series, presented by the University of Minnesota MFA in Creative Writing. For more information, click here.
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Edward McPherson
Edward McPherson
October 27, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
Edward McPherson presents Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View, in conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld. For more information, click here.
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Sarah Thankham Mathews
Sarah Thankham Mathews
October 27, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Pillsbury Hall, 310 Pillsbury Dr SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA #412
The Edelstein-Keller Visiting Writer Series presents Sarah Thankam Mathews, the author of All This Could Be Different. The novel was shortlisted for the the Discover Prize, the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the 2022 National Book Award in Fiction. This is a free in-person event open to the public, presented by the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English. For more information, click here.
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Books & Bars
Books & Bars
October 28, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Urban Growler Brewing Company, 2325 Endicott St, St Paul, MN 55114, USA
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Pernille Ipsen
Pernille Ipsen
October 28, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Danish American Center, 3030 W River Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN 55406, USA
Pernille Ipsen will present My Seven Mothers: Making a Family in the Danish Women’s Movement. For more information, click here.
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Sheila O'Connor
Sheila O'Connor
October 28, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sundin Music Hall at Hamline University, 1531 Hewitt Ave, St Paul, MN 55104, USA
Discussion of Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fiction with Sheila O’Connor, Kris Deffenbacher, and Mubanga Kalimamukwento. For more information, click here.
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Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami
October 28, 2025 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Hopkins Center For the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343, USA
Pen Pals presents Laila Lalami, who will discuss her latest novel, The Dream Hotel. Ticket prices $35 - $59. For more information, click here.
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Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami
October 29, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hopkins Center For the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343, USA
Pen Pals presents Laila Lalami, who will discuss her latest novel, The Dream Hotel. Ticket prices $35 - $59. For more information, click here.
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Grady Chambers
Grady Chambers
October 29, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
Grady Chambers will launch Great Disasters, in conversation with Aamina Ahmad. For more information, click here.
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Saint Paul Almanac Reading Series: Illumination
Saint Paul Almanac Reading Series: Illumination
October 29, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Next Chapter Booksellers, 38 Snelling Ave S, St Paul, MN 55105, USA
Featuring readings by Bella Aase, Cristeta Boarini, Martin Devaney, Annamary Herther, Margaret Hasse, Sook Jin Ong, Mary Kay Rummel, and Hedy Tripp. For more information, click here.
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Jennifer Loyd, Sarah Fox, and Amy Bohlman
Jennifer Loyd, Sarah Fox, and Amy Bohlman
October 29, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
White Squirrel Bar, 974 7th St W, St Paul, MN 55102, USA
Conduit Presents: Minds on Fire Live with Jennifer Loyd, Sarah Fox, and Amy Bohlman. For more information, click here.
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Marjan Kamali
Marjan Kamali
October 29, 2025 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Hayden Heights Library 1456 White Bear Ave St. Paul, MN 55106
Club Book presents Marjan Kamali, author of The Lion Women of Tehran. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.
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Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew
Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew
October 29, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew will present A Map to Mercy, in conversation with Vishwas R. Gaitonde. For more information, click here.
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Jacqueline West
Jacqueline West
October 30, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Stillwater Public Library, 224 3rd St N, Stillwater, MN 55082, USA
Jacqueline West, New York Times bestselling author of The Books of Elsewhere series and Long Lost, and winner of the 2022 Minnesota Book Award will join us at Stillwater Public Library. No registration. For more information, click here.
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Sequoia Nagamatsu
Sequoia Nagamatsu
October 30, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Giddens/Alumni Learning Center, 1556 Hewitt Ave, St Paul, MN 55104, USA
Sequoia Nagamatsu will discuss his work, in conversation with Alex Jaspers, Xander Bilyk, and Halee Kirkwood. For more information, click here.
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