David Sedaris will make an appearance at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, Oct. 6.
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Sept. 29: Mona Awad and Laura Sims at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Authors of “Rouge” and “How Can I Help You.”
Sept. 30: NJ Storytelling Festival, Flemington.
Oct. 1: Maplewood-South Orange Book Festival at The Woodland, Maplewood. With Joyce Carol Oates, Laurie Lico Albanese, Laura Spence-Ash, Kim Coleman Foote, Dionne Ford, Boo Trundle, others.
Oct. 2: Henry Rollins at Williams Center, Rutherford.
Oct. 2: Geri Halliwell-Horner at Books & Greetings, Northvale. Author of “Rosie Frost & the Falcon Queen.”
Oct. 3: Erin Napier at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Heirloom Rooms: Soulful Stories of Home.”
Oct. 3: K. Patrick at Little City Books, Hoboken. Author of “Mrs. S.”
Oct. 4: Linda Bastianich at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Oct. 4: Stuart A. Reid at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination.”
Oct. 4: Joseph Kai at Cinema505, Montclair. Author of “Restless.”
Oct. 5: Kris Ferraro at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Your Difference Is Your Strength: A Guide to Accepting Yourself — For Anyone Who Has Ever Felt Out of Place.”
Oct. 5: Teresa Giudice and Melissa Pfeister at Kathedral Event Center, Hammonton.
Oct. 5: Michael Tedder at Little City Books, Hoboken. Author of “Top Eight: How MySpace Changed Music.”
Oct. 6: David Sedaris at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Oct. 6: Miz Cracker, “A Brief History of the Entire World and Also Me!” at Kathedral Event Center, Hammonton.
Oct. 6-7: Morristown Festival of Books.
Oct. 7: Collingswood Book Festival.
Oct. 7: Nadine Haruni at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “The Hat Diaries: The Secret Life of Ryan Rigbee.”
Oct. 7 Adam Nagourney at Montclair Public Library. Author of “The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism.”
Oct. 8: Bob Odenkirk and Erin Odenkirk at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author and illustrator of “Zilot & Other Important Rhymes.”
Oct. 8: Doug Tallemy at Greenwood Gardens, Short Hills. Author of “Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard.”
Oct. 9, 5 p.m.: Kenny Albert at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “A Mic for All Seasons: My Three Decades Announcing the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, and Olympics.”
Oct. 9, 7 p.m.: Jessie James Decker at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Just Eat: More Than 100 Easy and Delicious Recipes That Taste Just Like Home.”
Oct. 10: Benjamin Nugent at Great Hall at Monmouth University, West Long Branch. Author of “Fraternity: Stories.”
Oct. 10-11: “Crossing Over With Psychic Medium John Edward” at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
Oct. 12: Farnoosh Torabi at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “A Healthy State of Panic: Follow Your Fears to Build Wealth, Crush Your Career, and Win at Life.”
Oct. 14: Rachel Swarns at Montclair Public Library. Author of “The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church.”
Oct. 15: Neil Gaiman at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Oct. 16: Jim Horan at Little City Books, Hoboken. Author of “Then. Now. Always. Celebrating 150 Years of Saint Peter’s Prep.”
Oct. 18: Max Miller at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Tasting History: Explore the Past Through 4,000 Years of Recipes.”
Oct. 19: Nicky Kay Michael and Camilla Townsend at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick. Co-authors of “On the Turtle’s Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Generation.”
Oct. 19: Jared Harél, poetry, and Jacqueline Vogtman, fiction, at Warren County Community College Visiting Authors Series, Washington.
Oct. 20: Alan Paul at Williams Center, Rutherford. Author of “Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the ’70s.”
Oct. 20: “Italian Bred” featuring Candice Guardino at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Oct. 21: Pauly Shore, “Stick With the Dancing: Funny Stories From My Childhood” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Oct. 21: Bonnie Bartlett Daniels at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Middle of the Rainbow: How a Wife, Mother, and Two-Time Emmy Winner Managed to Find Herself.”
Oct. 22: Pauly Shore, “Stick With the Dancing: Funny Stories From My Childhood” at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Oct. 22: “The Raven and the Bard: A Night of Dark Poetry” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Oct. 22: Andrew Rea at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Basics With Babish: Recipes for Screwing Up, Trying Again, and Hitting It out of the Park.”
Oct. 23: “A Conversation With Liz Cheney” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Oct. 23: John Stamos at Books & Greetings, Northvale. Author of “If You Would Have Told Me: A Memoir.”
Oct. 24: Thurston Moore at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City. Author of “Sonic Life: A Memoir.”
Oct. 25: Molly Ruttan at Little City Books, Hoboken. Author of “Something Wild.”
Oct. 26: Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, “50th Anniversary: All the President’s Men” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Oct. 27: “Montclair Film Tribute to Martin Scorsese” hosted by Stephen Colbert at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Oct. 27-28: “Tales of Horror and Suspense” at East Lynne Theater Company, Cape May.
Oct. 30: “A Conversation With Chita Rivera” moderated by Richard J. Helldobler and Robert Bannon at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.
Oct. 30: Kaitlyn Greenidge at Great Hall at Monmouth University, West Long Branch. Author of “We Love You, Charlie Freeman.”
Nov. 3: “Tales of Edgar Allan Poe” at Pax Amicus Castle, Budd Lake.
Nov. 4: “The Mind and Music of George Gershwin: Live Concert Lecture by Dr. Richard Kogan” at Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.
Nov. 7: Jeff Tweedy at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City. Author of “World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music.”
Nov. 9: Lisa Gornick at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Ana Turns.”
Nov. 10: “Housewives Live (NYC vs. NJ)” at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Nov. 15: Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste, “The Beat Goes On: Healing From Cancer through Music” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.
Nov. 15: Stacy Schiff at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Nov. 15: Brian Turner, memoirist and poet, at Warren County Community College Visiting Authors Series, Washington.
Nov. 16: Tracy K. Smith at Montclair State University School of Communication & Media. Author of “To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul.”
Nov. 16: Mihaela Moscaliuc and Michael Waters, poets, at Great Hall at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.
Nov. 16: David Goodwin at Little City Books, Hoboken. Author of “Midnight Rambles: H.P. Lovecraft in Gotham.”
Nov. 18: Lisa Belkin at Montclair Public Library. Author of “Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night.”
Nov. 30: Neil deGrasse Tyson, “This Just In: Latest Discoveries in the Universe” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 3: Neil Gaiman at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 6: “This Is Important Live!” podcast at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 7: “We Hate Movies” podcast at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
Dec. 8: Matt Fraser at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
April 7: “Welcome to Night Vale” at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
April 24 : Adam Haslett and Jonathan Biss, “Anxiety, Depression, and Music” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.
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