CALENDAR

BOOKS, POETRY, TALKS, ETC.

Clinton: Creative Writing Group monthly meeting, casual gathering to read, listen to and discuss original writings, first Monday of the month, next meeting Nov. 5, 6 p.m., Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Tpke., 860-669-2342, sarah@hchlibrary.org, hchlibrary.org.

East Haven: Local history evening, “An 18th Century New England Wardrobe - Clothing in the 1700s” with Nancy Kostal, Oct. 30, 6:30-8 p.m., Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., 203-468-3890, hagamanlibrary.org.

East Haven: WWII Veterans Discussion Group, “A Trip to Freedom” with Bruno Pelsis, Oct. 31, 2-3:30 p.m., Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., 203-468-3890, hagamanlibrary.org.

Guilford: “19th Century Farming” with Dudley Farm director Beth Payne, Oct. 24, 7 p.m., free, registration, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., 203-4538282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

Guilford: Mark Schenker book discussion, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Oct. 30, 7 p.m., Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., 203-453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

Hamden: Quinnipiac University’s department of psychology and behavioral neuroscience program’s eighth annual Fechner Day Museum of Psychological Science and a “girl power” panel discussion, Oct. 22, 5 p.m., Center for Psychological Science in the Center for Communications and Engineering, 275 Mount Carmel Ave., qu.edu.

Hamden: Mika Taylor reads selections from her short stories, Oct. 23, 12:30 p.m., free, Carl Hansen Student Center, room 120, Quinnipiac University, 275 Mount Carmel Ave., 203-582-8652, qu.edu.

Hamden: Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University, “Frederick Douglass and Inclusive Diversity,” Oct. 29, 4-5:30 p.m., Arnold Bernhard Library, 275 Mount Carmel Ave., qu.edu.

Madison: Local author night, women’s fiction, Paul Albano, “Since My Last Confession,” Jamie Beck, “The Memory of You,” Maureen Eaton, “Through Their Tears,” J.R. McCabe, “Here I Am,” Oct. 23, 7 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Books on the menu, autumn reads, Oct. 25, noon, free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Jeffrey Lewis, “Bealport,” Oct. 25, 7 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: J.A. White, “Nightbooks,” Oct. 26, 6:30 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Stephen L. Carter, “Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster,” Oct. 26, 7 p.m., free, registration, R.J.