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Finnish author Leena Lehtolainen
15 SEPTEMBER 2024 — sunday
The Scandinavian School and Cultural Center welcomes Finnish crime author Leena Lehtolainen, known for her Maria Kallio series, to discuss the genre of Nordic Noir and enjoy a "fika", a Swedish word meaning a break accompanied by coffee and pastries, The Scandinavian School and Cultural Center, 511 Laguna Honda Blvd., San Francisco, 10:00 am PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/nordic-noir-morning-fika-with-finnish-author-leena-lehtolainen-tickets-998034898247?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
Bird & Beckett hosts Jeanne Carsten to discuss her new book, A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30 pm (birdbeckett.com/events)
The Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers' Series at SDSU presents Blas Falconer in a poetry reading from his newest book Rara Avis, in-person at San Diego State University Library, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, in the Leon Williams Room, LL430, Love Library, Fourth Floor, free, 7:00 pm (library.sdsu.edu/events#event-details/49327f40-616e-4f1a-8ba1-a188dc054cb1)
The Altadena Library hosts their first ever Adult Literacy Book Club, a limited supply of books will be available on a first-come, first serve basis, Bob Lucas Memorial Library and Literacy Center, 2659 Lincoln Avenue, Altadena, adults nineteen or older, free, 10:30 am (altadenalibrary.libnet.info/event/15871103)
Poet and writer Eileen Myles in conversation with poet James Schuyler's biographer, Nathan Kernan, A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schuyler, with additional discussion and reading of Schuyler's work by Tom Carey, Jason Morris, and Hannah Zeavin, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30 pm (birdbeckett.com/events/)