Other book events

The Hazel Reading Series features readings by Natasha Dennerstein, Jennifer Barone, Alexandra Mattraw, Jenny Irizary and Stacy Carlson (7 p.m. Thursday, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission St., S.F., free).

Yaa Gyasi returns from New York for the paperback release of her celebrated debut novel “Homegoing.” She’ll be in conversation with Jeff Chang (“We Gon’ Be Alright”) for City Arts & Lectures (7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F., $29).

Bay Area poets Duncan McNaughton (“Tiny Windows”) and Norma Cole (“Win These Posters and Other Unrelated Prizes Inside”) read from their work as part of a series curated by Sunnylyn Thibodeaux (5:30 p.m. Friday, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, 2155 Center St., Berkeley, $7).

Israeli writer Etgar Keret (“The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God& Other Stories,” “Suddenly, a Knock on the Door,” “Seven Good Years: A Memoir”) will discuss his work with Ayelet Waldman (“A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life”) (7 p.m. Sunday, the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael, $20-25. www. marinjcc.org.

Nomadic Press presents Shideh Etaat and Ingrid Rojas Contreras, both winners of the San Francisco Foundation’s James D. Phelan Award, as part of its Uptown Fridays series, with music by Phillip Michael Hermans (7 p.m. Friday, Nomadic Press: Uptown, 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, $5-25). www.nomadicpress.org.