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Sunday

A Totally Not Cursed Book Fair: 5 p.m., The Domino, 3044 St. Claude Ave. Blue Cypress Books hosts a "The Mummy"-themed adults event, with books, trivia and a costume contest. bluecypressbooks.com.

Oct. 17

Ally Burguieres: 6 p.m., Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. The author signs "When in Doubt, Play Dead." gardendistrictbookshop.com.

Claudia Gray: 6 p.m., Blue Cypress Books, 8123 Oak St. The author tells scary stories and signs "The Haunted Mansion." Ticketed event. bluecypressbooks.com.

Teresa Tumminello Brader: 7 p.m., East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. The author discusses "Letting in Air and Light." jplibrary.net

Oct. 18

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The cover of "Elon Musk" by Walter Isaacson. (Provided photo)

Walter Isaacson and Michael Lewis: 6:30 p.m., McAlister Auditorium, 35 McAlister Drive. The authors discuss their respective new works, "Elon Musk" and "Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon" at the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University. bookfest.tulane.edu.

Oct. 19

Cleo Wade: 6:30 p.m., Baldwin & Co., 1030 Elysian Fields Ave. The poet and author discusses and signs "Remember Love: Words for Tender Times." Ticketed event. baldwinandcobooks.com.

Anne D. Guste: 7 p.m., East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. The author discusses the memoir/cookbook "Stories of My Mother and the General's Cookbooks." jplibrary.net.

Oct. 20

Joshua Weissman: 5 p.m., Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. The author signs "Texture Over Taste" with snacks from the book. gardendistrictbookshop.com.

Oct. 21

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Burke Bischoff:  11 a.m., Barnes & Noble, Centre@Westbank, 1601 West Bank Expressway, Harvey. The author discusses and signs "Po'boy." barnesandnoble.com.

Denise Gallagher: 11 a.m., Blue Cypress Books, 8123 Oak St. The author reads from "Moonsong."

Mary Beth Broussard: 2 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Centre@Westbank, 1601 West Bank Expressway, Harvey. The author discusses and signs "Gumbo Weather." barnesandnoble.com.

Oct. 22

Stephan Pastis: 3 p.m., Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. The creator of "Pearls Before Swine" reads and signs "Looking Up." gardendistrictbookshop.com.

Oct. 23

M.R. Fournet: 4:30 p.m., Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St. The author signs her middle-grades novel "Brick Dust and Bones." octaviabooks.com.

Franny Choi: 7 p.m., Diboll Gallery, Tulane University, 43 Newcomb Place. The author, the Arons Visiting Poet, will read and discuss "The World Keeps Ending and the World Goes On" and "Soft Science." tulane.edu

Oct. 24

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Best Library Branch: Latter

Alex Jennings, Ladee Hubbard and Jon Padgett: 5 p.m., Latter Memorial Library, St. Charles Ave. For "The Doomed Séance: An Evening of Terrifying Tales," the authors read from their most macabre manuscripts, with music by Lola Jean Darling. neworleans.libnet.info

Oct. 25

Michael Harold and Quinn Peeper: 6 p.m., Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St. The authors sign and celebrate with a "piano in a truck" concert for "Classical Shindig: Amateur Artistry form the Simple to the Sublime." octaviabooks.com.

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Sue Strachan and Marielle Songy: 7 p.m., East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. The authors discuss and sign their respective books "The Café Brùlot" and "The Absinthe Frappé."

Oct. 26

Cynthia Newberry Martin and Gina Ferrara: 6 p.m., Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St. The authors discuss their respective books, "The Art of Her Life" and "Amiss." octaviabooks.com.

June Reese: 6 p.m., Baldwin & Co., 1030 Elysian Fields Ave. The author discusses and signs "Iconic Home: Interiors, Advice And Stories from 50 Amazing Black Designers." baldwinandcobooks.com.

Kim Wickens: 6 p.m., Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. The author discusses and signs "Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse." gardendistrictbookshop.com.

Oct. 27

GennaRose Nethercott: 6 p.m., Blue Cypress Books, 8123 Oak St. The author discusses her book "Thistlefoot." bluecypressbooks.com.

Oct. 28

Adrian Van Young: 5 p.m., Blue Cypress Books, 8123 Oak St. The author discusses her book with Anya Groner "Midnight Self." bluecypressbooks.com.

Oct. 29

Jason Smith: 4 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Centre@Westbank, 1601 West Bank Expressway, Harvey. The chef and author discusses and signs "Lord Honey: Traditional Southern Recipes with a Country Bling Twist." barnesandnoble.com.

Marlene Trestman: 4 p.m., Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St. The author discusses and signs in conversation with Lawrence N. Powell "Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans." octaviabooks.com.

Email book signings and events to events@theadvocate.com.