This week’s literary events

Poetry @ Tech presents a tribute to late poet and professor at Georgia Tech, Thomas Lux, who published 14 collections of poetry and influenced a generation of writers.

2:30 p.m. reception, 4 p.m. tribute. April 23. Free. Georgia Institute of Technology, Kress Auditorium, 500 Tenth St., Atlanta, 404-894-2000, iac. gatech.edu

Mazzeo (“The Widow Clicquot”) presents the extraordinary account of Irena Sendler, who saved 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazioccupied Poland during World War II.

7:30 p.m. April 23. Talk, signing. $15. Marcus Jewish Community Center, Zaban Park, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, 678-812-4000, atlantajcc.org

the fifth book of Wax’s Ten Beach Road series, four friends end up embroiled in a battle to regain control of their renovation-turned-reality TV show.

6:30 p.m. April 25. Book launch. Free. BookmiserEast Cobb, 3822 Roswell Road, Marietta, 770-5095611, bookmiser.net April 26. Luncheon. $20 includes book and lunch. RSVP. Bookmiser-Roswell, 4651 Sandy Plains Road, Roswell, 770-993-1555, bookmiser.net/; 6:30 p.m. April 26. Reading, signing, refreshments. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock, 770-5169989, foxtalebookshoppe. com; 7 p.m. April 27. Signing. Refreshments. RSVP. $5. Book Exchange, 2932 Canton Road, Marietta, 770-427-4848, bookexchangemarietta. com

the face of widespread fear and apathy, a coalition of researchers, professionals, and activists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. Editor Paul Hawken discusses the proposals.

7 p.m. April 25. Talk, signing. Free. Cecil B. Day Chapel, Carter Presidential Library & Museum, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov

part of Atlanta Audubon Society’s Atlanta Bird Fest (April 15-May 14), author and conservationist Shunk will present his work on woodpeckers along with his recently-published “Peterson Reference Guide to Woodpeckers of North America.”

7 p.m. April 25. Talk, signing, refreshments. Free with RSVP. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur, 404-486-0307, atlantaaudubon.org (“The Historian”) returns with a new novel about an American woman in Bulgaria whose efforts to return a mysterious box filled with human ashes takes readers through the country’s painful and hidden history.

7 p.m. April 25. Talk, signing. $10. Margaret Mitchell House, 979 Crescent Ave. N.E., Atlanta, 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com

7 p.m. April 26. Talk, signing. Free. Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center, 10 College St., Norcross, 770978-5154, gwinnettpl.org