Marky Ramone At Toad's Among Week's Book Events

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Author and Chef Tanya Holland guest speaker No Kid Hunger fundraiser Feb. 6

R.J. Julia Booksellers of Madison will sponsor talks by three authors this week.

On Thursday, Feb. 5, at Toad's Place, 300 York St., New Haven, the last surviving member of The Ramones, Marky Ramone, will appear in conversation with Brian Phelps, the president of Toad's Place. They will discuss Ramone's memoir, "Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone" (Touchstone, $28), written with Richard Herschlag.

Ramone, born Marc Bell, joined the legendary band in 1978 at age 22 as the drummer with the "blitzkrieg" sound in the early days of punk rock, replacing original drummer Tommy Ramone. The band went on to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.

Tickets for a 6 p.m. VIP event are $40 plus tax and include admission to the talk, a copy of the book and priority placement in the signing line. Call the bookstore, 203-245-3959, for VIP ticket availability.

Tickets to the 7 p.m. book signing are $28 plus tax and include a copy of the book. Books can be purchased at RJ Julia, 768 Boston Post Rd., Madison or at the event.

On Thursday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. at the bookstore, author Kristan Hannah will give a free talk about her novel, "The Nightingale" (St. Martin's Press, $27.99). It is a historical drama and love story set in France as World War II looms and the Nazis invade. Hannah is a former lawyer and a #1 New York Times bestselling author of 21 novels.

On Friday, Feb 6, at 7 p.m. at the bookstore, author Daniel Handler will give a free talk about his novel, "We Are Pirates" (Bloomsbury USA, $26. Best known for his 13-volume sequence, "A Series of Unfortunate Events," written under the pen name Lemony Snicket, Handler has written many other novels. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, illustrator Lisa Brown, who is from West Hartford. "We Are Pirates" is a tale of a San Francisco teenager who teams up with a man in the early stages of Alzheimer's and a motley crew, commandeers a boat and embarks on a hunt for treasure and adventure in San Francisco Bay, while her unsuccessful radio producer dad also seeks a livelier life and tries to bring her back home.

Reservations are required for all R.J. Julia events: www.rjjulia.com or 203-245-3959.

Handler In Middletown

Daniel Handler also will give a free talk about his new work, presented by Writing at Wesleyan on Thursday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. in Wesleyan University's Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown. Handler, a 1992 graduate of Wesleyan, is best known for his whimsical and humorous "A Series of Unfortunate Events" novels, which have sold more than 60 million copies under his pen name, Lemony Snicket. Information: 860-685-3448 or www.wesleyan.edu.

Shakespeare in Harlem

The Hartford Public Library will present two performances of "Shakespeare in Harlem: The Poems and Stories of Langston Hughes," a one-man show with actor and writer David Mills portraying the Harlem Renaissance poet. The free Black History Month shows that highlight five decades of Hughes' work will take place Monday, Feb. 2, at 4 p.m. at the library's Mark Twain Branch, 55 Forest St., Hartford, and at 6 p.m. at the Downtown Library, 500 Main St., Hartford.

Information: 860-695-7540 or 860-695-6300 or www.hplct.org.

Authors Live!

The national book launch of Connecticut Young Adult novelist Lynda Mullaly Hunt's novel, "Fish in a Tree" (Nancy Paulsen Books, $16.99) will take place Sunday, Feb. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Senior Center at the Bishops Corner Branch of the West Hartford Public Library, 15 Starkel Road, West Hartford.

The event includes book-related crafts and activities, snacks, a book signing and a chance to meet the author, a former teacher who received honors for her debut novel, "One for the Murphys."

"Fish in a Tree" is about a girl who cannot fit in at school because she has dyslexia, which she has hidden till she meets a teacher who sees the talented kid behind the handicap.

Registration and information: 860-561-6996 or www.westhartfordlibrary.org.

Authors At Hickory Stick

Two authors will appear at free events at the Hickory Stick Bookshop, 2 Green Hill Road, Washington Depot.

On Saturday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m., quilt historian and Connecticut resident Sue Reich will sign copies of "World War I Quilts" (Schiffer Publishing, $39.99. The book is about quilts made from 1914 to 1917 and sent to U.S. soldiers fighting in World War I or donated to help fund the work of the Red Cross. Reich is an expert on the history of quilts, an appraiser and quilt judge and author of six books, as well as head of the Connecticut Quilt Search Project and co-founder of Meetinghouse Quilters in Connecticut.

On Sunday, Feb. 1 at 2 p.m., John Vaillant will sign copies of "The Jaguar's Children" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26), a thriller involving illegal immigrants trapped and killed while trying to cross into the United States from Mexico. It is based on a true story of 14 people found dead in an abandoned water truck just a mile from the border.

Information: 860-868-0525 or www.hickorystickbookshop.com.

Chef Holland To Speak

Tanya Holland, a Hartford native who now is executive chef and owner of Brown Sugar Kitchen and B-Side BBQ in California and author of two soul and comfort food cookbooks, will speak at the annual No Kid Hungry dinner run by End Hunger Connecticut in Bartels Student Center at the University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, on Friday, Feb. 6.

The four-course dinner and specialty sugar tasting begins at 7 p.m. after a 6 p.m. book signing. Tickets for the dinner are $100 and include a copy of her "Brown Sugar Kitchen Cookbook: New-Style, Down-Home Recipes from Sweet West Oakland" (Chronicle, $29.95. Signing-only tickets are $50 and tickets for both are $120. The dinner will be prepared by students in UNH's Hospitality and Tourism program.

Holland is a frequent guest on The Today Show and The Talk, and other TV shows. She also has written for The Huffington Post, Food & Wine, Signature Bride and Wine Enthusiast magazines.

Tickets and information: CTHospitality.us/EndHungerCT or 203- 479-4900.

Mystery Book Discussion

Carole Shmurak, of Farmington, who writes the Susan Lombardi mystery novels, will lead a free discussion for the Wallingford Mystery Group: After Grafton: The Contemporary Female Detective, Part 2, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 3 p.m., at Wallingford Public Library, 200 N Main St, Wallingford. The book to be discussed is "Bootlegger's Daughter" (1992) by Margaret Maron. (The snow date is Thursday, Feb, 5.) Information: 203-265-6754.

Criminal Justice Reform

On Saturday, Feb. 7, at 2 p.m. at New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm St, New Haven, Rev. Marilyn Baugh Kendrix will discuss the book, "The Justice Imperative: How Hyper-Incarceration Hijacked the American Dream" (Malta Justice Initiative/ Significance Press, $9.99).

The book says criminal justice system reform in Connecticut could cut costs, lower repeat offenses and improve public safety as well as the lives of ex-offenders and their families. It draws on a bipartisan coalition of businesspeople, correctional and law enforcement professionals, legislators, judges, lawyers, ministers and academics. Kendrix is Associate Pastor for Faith Formation at the Church of the Redeemer in New Haven.

Information: sgodfrey@nhfpl.org or 203-946-7431.

"Connecticut Lore"

Author Zachary Lamothe will give a free talk at Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., East Haven, on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. Lamothe's book is "Connecticut Lore: Strange, Off-Kilter and Full of Surprises" (Schiffer, $16.99). It explores outsider artists, abandoned Norwich State Hospital and Daniel's Village, tales of demonic possessions, mysterious Plum Island and stories of pirates and witchcraft. Information: 203-468-3890.

"Dante's Cypher"

An New Hampshire author who writes under the pen name T. Stephens will sign copies of his debut novel, "Dante's Cypher" (Tate Publishing, $21.99) at Fairfield University Bookstore, 1499 Post Road, Fairfield, at noon on Saturday, Feb. 7. Set in the Maine woods, it involves a man who must solve an ages-old puzzle to free his loved one from an unknown menace.

Information: 203-255-7756 or www.fairfield.edu/bookstore

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