February 8, 2014

Sean Qualls

Artist Sean Qualls, who previously appeared at Greenlight to present his illustrative work on the Roxane Orgill ­authored Skit­Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald, will return to read from and discuss his latest work, Lullaby for a Black Mother, for which Qualls added picture-book illustrations to a Langston Hughes poem. @ Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, 11:00 a.m.

February 10, 2014

Drew Barrymore

Join now author and photographer Drew Barrymore as she presents her new book Find It in Everything: Photographs. @ Barnes and Noble, 33 East 17th Street, 7:00 p.m.

Secret of Raven Point

Author Lauren Belfer (Fierce Radiance, City of Light) will moderate a discussion with Jennifer Vanderbes about Vanderbes’s third novel, the World War II-set The Secret of Raven Point. McNally Jackson, 52 Prince Street, 7:00 p.m.

February 11, 2014

YA Authors

Four young-adult authors, Mariah Fredericks, Adele Griffin, Kathleen Hale, and Sarah McCarry, whose collective credits include Season of the Witch, Loud Awake and Lost, No One Else Can Have You, and All Our Pretty Songs, will discuss their experiences in the YA field, in addition to fielding audience questions. @ McNally Jackson, 52 Prince Street, 7:00 p.m.

Rachel Kushner

The New Yorker‘s James Wood will moderate a discussion with author Rachel Kushner (Telex from Cuba) about Kushner’s new book, The Flamethrowers. @ Powerhouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, 7:00 p.m.