The Fallen Fruit

CORTLAND DAHL: Discusses “A Mediator’s Guide to Buddhism,” in conversation with Penny George. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.

SHAWNTELLE MADISON: Presents “The Fallen Fruit: A Novel,” in conversation with Megan Giddings. 7 p.m. Monday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.

MONDAY MYSTERY NIGHT: Award-winning life partners Mary Logue and Pete Hautman, both of whom write in several genres, discuss more than 50 years of writing experience. They live in Golden Valley and Stockholm, Wis. 7 p.m. Monday, Axel’s Restaurant, Mendota. (Sold out. Wait list: 651-686-4840.)

LISA MUELLER: Associate professor of political science at Macalester College discusses her new guide for activists, “The New Science of Social Change.” 6  p.m. Thursday, Next Chapter Booksellers, 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul.

MULTI-AUTHOR READING: With Minnesotans Wendy Webb, Sarah Stonich, Kristi Belcamino and Jess Lourey, who will sign copies of her September release, “The Reaping.” Belcamino’s newest thriller is “Among Wolves,” written with Brian Shea, and Webb’s is “The Witches of Santo Stefano.” Free. 2 p.m. Saturday, Hudson Public Library, Hudson, Wis., presented by Chapter 2 Books.

Courtesy of William Morrow)

READINGS BY WRITERS: Opens the season with fiction writers Alan Davis, A. Rafael Johnson and Sally Franson. Free. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, University Club, 420 Summit Ave., St. Paul.

SIRENS, SUCKERS, AND SWEDEN: With Antonia  Angress, Daniel Hornsby and Sally Franson. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.

EMMA TORZS: Reads from her award-winning novel “Ink Blood Sister Scribe.” Free. 6 p.m. Wednesday, Story Line Books, Union Depot, 214 E. Fourth St., St. Paul

What else is going on

“Art and Artifact: Murals from the Minneapolis Uprising,” is an exhibit on display through Dec. 7 at the University of Minnesota Katherine E. Nash Gallery, 405 21st Ave. S., Mpls., featuring 100 color images of murals created in the Twin Cities in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd. The exhibit is a companion to the book of the same name edited by Leesa Kelly and Howard Oransky. Information at cla.umn.edu/art/galleries-public-programs/katherine-e-nash.

(Courtesy of Tor Essentials)

Steve Brust, one of the “godparents” of the Twin Cities science fiction writing community and a national bestselling author, announces a new edition of “To Reign in Hell,” from Tor Essentials. First published in 1984, it’s a retelling of Satan’s revolt against Heaven with sympathy for Lucifer and his allies. With a new introduction by Roger Zelazny, author of “Lord of Light.”

Joe Prosit, Brainerd-based author of science fiction, horror and psychological thrillers, is releasing the second volume of his short story collection “Machines Monsters and Maniacs,” with 20 short stories previously published in magazines and podcasts. He promises the collection will “bring you deeper into the worlds of the cybernetic, the insane, and the macabre than ever before.”

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