Twin Cities area book events Oct. 1-7

DALE SCHWIE: "Taking Sides With the Sun." 2 p.m. today. Barnes & Noble, Har Mar Mall, Roseville.

ROSS TANGEDAL: "Nothing is Left But the Sky." 4 p.m. today. U Club, 420 Summit Av., St. Paul.

NATE DERN: "Not Quite a Genius." 5 p.m. today. Magers & Quinn, Mpls.

LORNA LANDVIK: "Once in a Blue Moon Lodge." 6:30 p.m. Mon. Roseville Library; 7 p.m. Thu. River Falls (Wis.) Library.

ALLEN ESKENS: "The Deep Dark Descending." 7 p.m. Tue. Once Upon a Crime, 604 W. 26th St., Mpls.

MOLLY PATTERSON: "­Rebellion." 7 p.m. Tue. Magers & Quinn, Mpls.

NICOLE KRAUSS: "Forest Dark." 7 p.m. Tue. $5. Uptown Church, 1219 W. 31st. St., Mpls.

KAO KALIA YANG: "The Song Poet." 7 p.m. Wed. St. Luke Presbyterian Church, Wayzata.

SHARON CHMIELARZ AND NORITA DITTBERNER-JAX: "little eternities" and "Crossing the Waters." 7 p.m. Wed. Magers & Quinn, Mpls.

DANIEL D. MAURER: "Endure." 7 p.m. Thu. Common Good Books, St. Paul.

LARRY OLMSTED: "Real Food/Fake Food." 7 p.m. Thu. Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Mpls.

LINDY FALK VAN ROOYEN: Translator of "What My Body Remembers" by Agnete Friis. 7 p.m. Thu. Once Upon a Crime, Mpls.

TROY AMDAHL AND DAVE BRAUN: "Oola: Find Balance in an Unbalanced World." 7 p.m. Thu. Barnes & Noble, Har Mar Mall.

LYDIA DAVIS: "Can't and Won't." 6:30 p.m. Fri. Ted Mann Concert Hall, U of M, 2128 S. 4th St., Mpls.

JUNE KRAMIN: "Let's Start With Forever." 10 a.m. Sat. Lake Country Booksellers, White Bear Lake.

CHRISTOPHER VALEN: "Speak for the Dead." 11 a.m. Sat. Barnes & Noble, Har Mar Mall.

MELISSA SAVAGE: "Lemons." 11:30 a.m. Sat. Barnes & Noble, Galleria.

ROBERT BEATTY: "Serafina and the Splintered Heart." 2 p.m. Sat. Barnes & Noble, Galleria, Edina.