Saturday
Cook Memorial Library District will host a "book club extravaganza" with appearances by authors Frances McNamara and Joan Naper, 10 a.m.-noon at the Sullivan Center, 635 N. Aspen Drive, Vernon Hills; free. Registration is required. webres.cooklib.org; 847-362-2330.
Sunday
Benjamin Taylor, editor of "Saul Bellow: Letters," will discuss the collection with Janis Freedman-Bellow and Bellow scholar Jonathan Wilson at 2 p.m. at Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St.; free. tinyurl.com/6as4kp; 312-747-4300
Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman and illustrator Ron Barrett will read from their new picture book "Superhero Joe" at 3 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka; free. thebookstall.com; 847-446-8880
Monday
City Lit Theater will perform excerpts from banned books to celebrate the American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week at 6:30 p.m. at the Austin-Irving branch library, 6100 W. Irving Park Road; free. tinyurl.com/3cb442n; 312-744-6222
Wednesday
Molly Shannon, a former cast member on "Saturday Night Live," will present her picture book "Tilly the Trickster" at 7 p.m. at Wentz Concert Hall, North Central College, 171 E. Chicago Ave.; $20. Tickets available at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville. andersons2.indiebound.com; 630-355-2665
Thursday
Gioia Diliberto will discuss her book "Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife" at the Hemingway Museum, 200 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park; free. thebookstall.com; 847-446-8880
Friday
Sujatha Fernandes, author of "Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation," and a panel of guests will discuss the global effect of hip-hop at 7 p.m. at Stop Smiling Storefront, 1371 N. Milwaukee Ave.; free. stopsmilingonline.com