Twin Cities area book events Oct. 29-Nov. 5

MICHAEL NORMAN: "Haunted Heartland." 2 p.m. today. River Falls Library, 140 Union St., River Falls, Wis.

MATT BELLASSAI: "Everything Is Awful." 3 p.m. today. Southeast Court, Mall of America, Bloomington.

JOSEPH FINK AND JEFFREY CRANOR: "It Devours!" 7 p.m. Tue. Grace-Trinity Community Church, 1430 W. 28th St., Mpls.

RON CHERNOW: Talking Volumes. 7 p.m. Tue. $23-$50. Fitzgerald Theater, 10 E. Exchange St., St. Paul.

BIRCHBARK BOOKS READING SERIES: Thomas Dillon Redshaw, Heid E. Erdrich, Linda LeGarde Grover and David Lawrence Grant. 7 p.m. Wed. Bockley Gallery, 2123 W. 21st St., Mpls.

MARK ABRAMSON: "Minnesota Boy." 7 p.m. Wed. Subtext, 6 W. 5th St., St. Paul; 7 p.m. Fri. Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls.; 1 p.m. next Sun. Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E. Lake St., Mpls.

MICHAEL SEARS AND STANLEY TROLLIP: "Dying to Live." 7 p.m. Wed. Barnes & Noble, Har Mar Mall, 2100 N. Snelling Av., Roseville.

LINDA MORGANSTEIN: "Numinosity." 5:30 p.m. Thu. Urban Growler Brewing, 2325 Endicott St., St. Paul.

CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER: Talk of the Stacks. "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom." 7 p.m. Thu. Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Mpls.

CLEVE JONES: "When We Rise." 7 p.m. Thu. Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E. Lake St., Mpls.; 7 p.m. Fri. Subtext Bookstore, 6 W. 5th St., Suite 150, St. Paul; 6 p.m. next Sun. Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls.

JOHN HODGMAN: "Vacationland." 7 p.m. Thu. $40. Kagin Commons, 1600 Grand Av., St. Paul.

NANCY MACLEAN: "Democracy in Chains." 7 p.m. Thu. East Side Freedom Library, 1105 Greenbrier St., St. Paul.

YIYUN LI: "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers." 7 p.m. Thu. Coffman Memorial Union Theater, U of M, 300 Washington Av. SE., Mpls.

MWA MIDWEST BOOK FAIR: Signings with authors. Noon Sat. Once Upon a Crime, 604 W. 26th St., Mpls.

JEFFREY BURTON: "The Eulogist." 2 p.m. Sat. Barnes & Noble, Har Mar Mall, 2100 N. Snelling Av., Roseville.

LORETTA ELLSWORTH: "Stars Over Clear Lake." 7 p.m. Sat. Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Av., Lakeville.

COOKED TO DEATH: VOL. II: 1 p.m. next Sun. Barnes & Noble, Northtown, 710 County Rd. 10 NE., Blaine.