Literary calendar for week of Nov. 30

ROGER BARR St Paul author gives a free benefit reading from his new holiday story Secret Santa Christmas continuing a -year tradition of crafting a new holiday story about the fictional Bartholomew family and a -year tradition of organizing a benefit reading in patronage of area food shelves including the Hallie Q Brown Group food shelf for the th year in a row The Bartholomew series began in published in The Villager public newspaper in St Paul In the series moved to the Pioneer Press The stories have explored birth family relationships morality and grief as well as social issues such as racism and poverty The stories have been published in two books and along with readings have generated almost in contributions to food shelves p m Dec Kwame McDonald Studio at the St Paul Neighborhood Architecture Vandalia St St Paul T Mychael Rambo BLACK AUTHORS EXPO Family-friendly book fair themed In These Inglorious Times We create We Innovate We Liberate is based on a mission to improve literacy among all children but especially those in areas with disproportionate educational disparities The schedule for this free event includes author meet-and-greet kids corner writers boot camp teen creative writing workshop and a staged performance by members of MN Black Authors Among participants will be poet musician and art educator Joe Davis Emmy Award-winning actor vocalist and author T Mychael Rambo and spoken-word artists a m - p m Saturday Minneapolis Central Library Nicollet Mall Mpls Information mnblackauthorsexpo com ANIKA FAJARDO Discusses her new novel The Plenty of Mothers of Delores Moore p m Saturday Next Chapter Booksellers S Snelling Ave St Paul PEG GUILFOYLE Presents her new book An Eye for Happiness Noticing The Good World Everywhere in conversation with Minnesota poet Jim Lenfestey p m Thursday Comma Bookstore Upton Ave S Mpls K WOODMAN-MAYNARD Minnesotan introduces her graphic novel Tuck Everlasting published on the th anniversary of the bestselling book by Natalie Babbitt p m Tuesday Magers Quinn Hennepin Ave S Mpls RSVP appreciated at magersandquinn com events Related Articles CNN anchor Bianna Golodryga takes on antisemitism in new YA book Sitting Bull s War book chronicles fight for buffalo and freedom on the Great Plains It s a bird It s a plane It s a rare Superman comic book And it fetched M Literary calendar for week of Nov Readers and writers St Paul poet finishes his -hour viewing project