BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY

11 W. Church St., Bethlehem. 610-867-3761, www.bapl.org

Mary Pat Beebe Book Club: “Creation Lake,” By Rachel Kushner, 10 a.m. April 4. Registration required

Big Read: Creative Writing Workshop: Writing the Stories We Need: A Workshop Inspired by Rebekah Taussig’s “Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Body,” 10 a.m. April 5. Registration: www.touchstone.org

Personal and Professional Book Club: “Don’t Believe Everything You Think,” Joseph Nguyen, 6 p.m. April 8. Registration required

BOOK AND PUPPET CO.

161 Northampton St., Easton. 484-544-4738, www.bookandpuppet.com

Shut Up and Write, community-driven nonprofit initiative to help writers get their writing done, 6:30 p.m. April 8

EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

515 Church St., Easton. 610-258-2917, www.eastonpl.org

Poetic Beginnings with Michael Freeman, poetry workshop, 6:30 p.m. April 8. Registration required

EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY

11 E. Main St., Emmaus. 610-965-9284, www.emmauspl.org

Let’s Poet!, a workshop for beginning poets, 2:30 p.m. April 2

Evening Book Club: “A Visit From the Goon Squad,” Jennifer Egan, 6:45 pm. April 8

LUTHER CREST

800 Hausman Road, Allentown. 610-398-8011, www.lssliving.org/communities/luther-crest

Senior Book Club: “Calypso,” By David Sedaris, 3 p.m. April 8

PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY

4422 Walbert Avenue, Allentown. 610-398-1361, www.parklandlibrary.org

PCL Book Club: “James,” Percival Everett, 6:30 p.m. April 3

PURR HAUS

27 S. 7th St., Emmaus. 484-619-0350, www.cat-lovers-gifts-lehighvalley.com

Words and Whiskers Book Club: “Love Saves The Day,” Gwen Cooper, book signing, 1 p.m. April 5

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