ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM

31 N. Fifth St., Allentown. 610-432-4333

“Cocktails With the Authors, 6 p.m. Oct. 9. Benefit for Allentown Art Museum, www.sotapa.org

BARNES & NOBLE

Southmont Center, 4445 Southmont Way, Easton, 610-515-0376, www.barnesandnoble.com

“A Lady’s Agreement and A Lady Takes It All,” Terri Brisbin, book signing, 11 a.m. Oct. 5,

“Home is Where the Heart Is,” Laurel Wenson, book signing, noon Oct. 5

“Shredding Red,” Linda Eggert, book signing, noon Oct. 5

“My Piece of Happy,” Jamie Watkins, book signing, 2 p.m. Oct. 6

“Hangabout: Far From Home,” Ree Augustine, book signing, 5:30 p.m. Oct. 10

LEHIGH VALLEY HERITAGE MUSEUM

432 W. Walnut St., Allentown, 610-435-1074, www.lehighcountyhistoricalsociety.org

“Steel: From Mine to Mill. The Metal that Made America,” Brooke C. Stoddard, lecture and book signing, 1 p.m. Oct. 5

“After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon,” Greg Eghigian, lecture and book signing, 1 p.m. Oct. 12

MORAVIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

214 E. Center St., Nazareth. 610-759-5070, www.moravianhistory.org

“Our Class in America: John Comenius and Native American Education at Harvard in the Seventeenth Century,” James Owen, lecture and book signing, 167th Annual Meeting; meeting, 2:30 p.m.; lecture, 3 p.m. Oct. 12

RENAISSANCE ALLENTOWN HOTEL

12 N, Seventh St., Allentown, 484-273-4000

“Luncheon With the Authors,” Society for the Arts, 11 a. m. Oct. 10. Benefit for Allentown Art Museum, www.sotapa.org

ZOELLNER ARTS CENTER

420 E. Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, 610-758-2787

“The Big Read Launch,” 6:30 p.m. Oct. 5: Based on “Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body” by Rebekah Taussig. Festival UnBound, in association with Touchstone Theatre, Bethlehem Public Library. www.touchstone.org/festival_unbound/big-read-launch

“Literary Events” is a listing about authors’ book-signings, book-readings and literary events in the Lehigh Valley. To request a listing, email: Paul Willistein, Focus editor, pwillistein@tnonline.com