From national book tours to local events, here are a few notable author talks coming to a bookstore or library near you this season.

The heroine of “An Introvert’s Guide to Life and Love” by Lauren Appelbaum is a single Seattleite who is brave, but doesn’t quite know it yet.

Fall is almost here, which means colder temperatures, gray skies and cozy afternoons spent under warm blankets with a good book await.

Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick is Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir, “All the Way to the River.”

“Porthole” by Joanna Howard follows Helena, a famous movie director staying at a weird-but-fancy rehab resort, who is attempting to repair her image.

Here are the top local bestsellers from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association.

Here are this week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly.

SPL communications strategist Elisa Murray shares library resources for channeling back-to-school energy into a journey of learning and discovery for any age.

Kuang says “Katabasis” is a critique of academia that “tunnels inward” and “has a deliberate blindness about systemic problems.”

In his eloquent, if discursive, “Black Moses,” Caleb Gayle chronicles activist Edward McCabe’s struggles against post-Civil War racism.