AUTHOR EVENTS THROUGH THURSDAY

K.E. Bonner, “Witching Moon.” An adopted woman raised on an island who rescues an enigmatic man from a shipwreck pieces together the mystery of her destiny as the two set out on an arduous journey to her ancestral home. 1 p.m. Saturday. Talk. Free. Tall Tales Book Shop, Toco

Hill Shopping Center, 2105 Lavista Road NE, Atlanta, 404-636-2498, talltalesatlanta.com

A Workshop for Immigrant & Refugee Poets with Carolina Ebeid. How do we open a creative space for intangible heirlooms and ephemera — objects lost in migration, now only filed in memory? Multimedia poet Ebeid will consider the question and help participants reach toward an answer. 2 p.m. Saturday. Virtual discussion, workshop. Free. Georgia Institute of Technology. poetry.gatech.edu

Gary Shteyngart,“our Country Friends.” When a group of friends gathers to wait out the pandemic, new friendships and romances take hold, while old betrayals emerge, forcing the characters to reevaluate their lives. 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Discussion on Zoom. Free. Barnes & Noble. stores. barnesandnoble.com/event/ 9780062147815-2846 Janisse Ray, “Wild Spectacle.” In a new collection of essays, the author of“ecology of a Cracker Childhood” immerses herself in wildness to see what it can teach us. 7 p.m. Tuesday. In-person talk, Q&A; livestream on Zoom. Free.

Georgia Writers Museum, 109 S. Jefferson Ave., Eatonton. 706-991-5119. georgiawritersmuseum.org Neil Lanctot,“the Approaching Storm.” Lanctot tells the story of how the three most influential American progressives of the early 20th century — Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Jane Addams — split over America’s response to World War I. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Talk on Zoom. Free. Atlanta History Center. atlantahistorycenter.com Natashia Deón, “The Perishing.” A Black immortal in 1930s Los Angeles must recover the memory of her past in order to save the world in this affecting debut novel. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Conversation on Crowdcast. Free. Charis Books & More. charisbooksandmore.com