Literature around Dedham
343 upcoming events
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Right now, most of the action is around Canton Public Library, Brookline Village and Brookline Booksmith.
Events — literature around Dedham
Mon9
Today
At 10 AMFree
MarketFood
Annual #ShopAAPI Holiday Night Market
The Boston Foundation
At 1:30 PMFree
Literature
Speed Dating Quick Reads - Galichina (MKS)
Newton Free Library
At 2 PMFree
Literature
True Crime Book Group
Main Library
At 2 PM
FoodLiterature
Mocktails 101 with a (literary) Twist!
Morse Institute Library
At 5:30 PM
Literature9–11 yrs
Cliffhanger Book Club
Abington Public Library
At 6 PM
LiteratureTalk
Local Author: Kwan Kew Lai
Belmont Public Library
At 6 PM
Literature
From Grief to Growth Workshop (ages 18+)
Mansfield Public Library
At 6:30 PMFree
LiteratureLGBTQ+
Rainbow Reads Book Club
West Roxbury Library
At 6:30 PM
Creative workshopLiterature11–18 yrs
Teen Pizza & Craft at West
Somerville Public Library – West Branch
At 6:30 PMFree
Literature
O'Neill Branch Book Group
O'Neill Branch
At 6:30 PM$29.99
Literature
After5Boston - Your Inner Child has a Story to Tell: Let's Unlock It
Scores
At 6:45 PMFree
Literature
Sophia Bush: An Off-Camera Conversation on And I Will Tell You Mine
The Harvard COOP
At 7 PM
Literature
Free Write Monday Night @ East Branch
Somerville Public Library – East Branch
At 7 PM
Literature
Adult Fiction Book Club - Killers of a Certain Age
Tufts Library
At 7 PM
Literature
Silent Book Club & Write Night
Trident Booksellers & Cafe
At 7 PM$0–129.89
Literature
Not Your Bubbe Book Club Discussion of Always Carry Salt by Samantha Ellis
The Boston Synagogue
At 7 PM$0–46.17
LiteratureTalk
Tom Drury with Jayne Anne Phillips West of Loveland
Brookline Booksmith
At 8:15 PM$10–54
TalkLiterature
The Audacity of Learning: What's at Stake When We Study Torah?
Lehrhaus
Tue10
Tomorrow
Tomorrow
LiteratureTalk
Wood You Be Mine Release Day
Lovestruck Books & Cafe
Tomorrow · 10:30 AMFree
LiteratureTalk
Author & Illustrator Series: Grace Lin
Charlestown Library
Tomorrow · 11 AM
Literature
Historical Fiction Book Club: "The Romanov Brides" by Clare McHugh
Ashland Public Library
Tomorrow · 12:30 PMFree
LiteratureSeniors
Book Group @ Beverly Gibbons Community Center For Older Adults
BCYF Beverly Gibbons Community Center For Older Adults
Tomorrow · 2 PMFree
Literature
The Scoop: Book Club — Dream Drawings
South End Library
Tomorrow · 2 PMFree
TalkLiterature
Author & Illustrator Series: Grace Lin
Chinatown, Boston Public Library
Tomorrow · 4 PMFree
Literature
Crones' Book Club
Somerville Public Library – Central Library
Tomorrow · 6 PMFree
Literature
Roxbury Renaissance Readers Book Club
Grove Hall Library
Tomorrow · 6 PMFree
TalkLiterature
Alice Hoffman presents: The Witches of Cambridge
Main Library
Tomorrow · 6 PMFree
Literature7–9 yrs
Parent/Child Book Group
Main Library
Tomorrow · 6 PM
LiteratureCinema
Teen Book + Movie: City of Bones (8th-12th grade)
Goodnow Library
Tomorrow · 6 PM
LiteratureTalk
Author Discussion with Weina Randel
Mansfield Public Library
Tomorrow · 6 PM
Literature
Alice Hoffman
Cambridge Public Library
Tomorrow · 6 PM
Literature
Special Education Survival Guide by Leandrea Brantle
justBook-ish
Tomorrow · 6:30 PMFree
Literature
Kids' Books for Everyone
O'Neill Branch
Tomorrow · 6:30 PMFree
LiteratureCrafts
Here and Now: Crafting Your Story
Central Square Branch
Tomorrow · 6:30 PM
FoodLiterature
Cookbook Book Club
Canton Public Library
Tomorrow · 6:30 PM
Literature
Nonfiction Book Club for Adults
Medfield Public Library
Tomorrow · 7 PM
Literature
Evening Book Discussion: Lady Tan's Circle of Women
McAuliffe Library
Tomorrow · 7 PM
Literature8–10 yrs
Night Owls Book Club for Grades 3 - 4
Thomas Crane Public Library – Main Library
Tomorrow · 7 PM
Literature
Golden Boy
Brookline Booksmith
Tomorrow · 7 PM$37.50
LiteratureFood
Joanne Chang presents "The Joy of Cookies"
Wellesley Books
Tomorrow · 7 PM$0–40.50
LiteratureTalk
Amanda Foody and C. L. Herman: A Destiny So Cruel
Brookline Booksmith
Tomorrow · 7 PM$5
Literature
Side Quest Book Club: "Works of Vemin"
Side Quest Books & Games
Tomorrow · 7 PMFree
Literature
Literary Book Club @ Ten Trees Books
Ten Trees Books
Tomorrow · 7:15 PMFree
Literature
Romance Book Group
Main Library
Tomorrow · 8 PM$10–54
TalkLiterature
Punks and Rabbis: The Infinitude of God
Lehrhaus
Wed11
Wednesday 11 November
Wed 11 · 6 PM$10–54
TalkLiterature
The Tale of the Tower of Babel in Words...and Pictures
Lehrhaus
Wed 11 · 6 PMFree
Literature
Porter Square Books Book Club
Porter Square Books Boston
Wed 11 · 6 PMFree
Literature
In the Margins: Don't Tell Me How It Ends
Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground
Wed 11 · 6:15 PM
Literature
Books and Brews
Aeronaut Brewing Company
Wed 11 · 6:30 PMFree
TalkLiterature
Author Talk: Laura Zigman
South End Library
Wed 11 · 6:30 PM
LiteratureManga & Comics
Comics Reading Roundabout
justBook-ish
Wed 11 · 6:30 PMFree
LiteraturePoetry
Author Visit and Book Signing with Dr. Alan Feldman
Ten Trees Books
Wed 11 · 7 PM$12.45–55.09
LiteratureTalk
Daddy Issues: "Call Her Daddy" co-creator Sofia Franklyn reclaims her story
WBUR CitySpace
Wed 11 · 7 PMFree
TalkLiterature
Mill Talk: A Paper Nation: America’s First Information Revolution
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation
Thu12
Thursday 12 November
Thu 12
Literature
Nonfiction Book Club - The Gales of November by John Bacon
1st floor Presentation Commons
Thu 12 · 10:30 AMFree
Literature
Storytelling: "On the Corner"
West Roxbury Library
Thu 12 · 12 PM
Literature
Connolly Book Group
Connolly Center
Thu 12 · 1 PM$0
TalkLiterature
Jewish Anti-Zionism: A Historical Anthology
BU Photonics Colloquium Room
Thu 12 · 2 PM
LiteratureEcology
Nonfiction Book Group: Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash
Weston Public Library
Thu 12 · 3 PMFree
CinemaLiterature
Teen Anime Club
Hyde Park Library
Thu 12 · 4 PM
Literatureup to 18 yrs
Book Publishing Program - Intro Workshops
Hull Public Library
Thu 12 · 4 PM
LiteraturePoetry
Teen Room Silent Book Club
Needham Free Public Library
Thu 12 · 5 PMFree
TalkLiterature
Author Talk: Lauren Klein and Tanvi Sharma on "Data by Design"
Central Library in Copley Square
Thu 12 · 5 PM
Literature
Book Signing with Teenage Author Xian Fernando
Boyden Library
Thu 12 · 5:30 PM
Literature
Book Club for the Curious
Museum of Science
Thu 12 · 6 PMFree
Literature
East Boston Book Club: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
East Boston Library
Thu 12 · 6 PMFree
Literature
Writing Your Personal Narrative
Roslindale Library
Thu 12 · 6 PMFree
LiteratureTalk
Murder in a Nutshell Book Talk with Frances McNamara
The West End Museum
Thu 12 · 6 PM
Literature
Nonfiction Book Club - The Gales of November by John Bacon
Queset House
Thu 12 · 6 PM
Creative workshopLiterature12–18 yrs
Writers' Den
Somerville Public Library – Central Library
Thu 12 · 6 PMFree
Literature
Brookline Booksmith Book Club
Brookline Village
Thu 12 · 6 PMFree
Literature
Collins Branch Book Group
Collins Branch
Thu 12 · 6:30 PMFree
Literature
Charlestown Book Group: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Charlestown Library
Thu 12 · 7 PMFree
LiteratureLGBTQ+
Queer Reading Group
Brookline Village
Thu 12 · 7 PMFree
Literature
Horror Book Group
Central Square Branch
Thu 12 · 7 PM
TalkLiterature
Suzanne Jackson in Conversation with Imani Perry
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Thu 12 · 7 PMFree
LGBTQ+Literature
Queer Reading Group
Virtual
Thu 12 · 7 PM$6.24
TalkExhibition
The Art of Romance
Lovestruck Books & Cafe
Thu 12 · 7 PM
LiteratureTalk
Meet the Author: Trisha Blanchet and Jane Roper Discuss Murder Like Magic
Cary Memorial Library
Thu 12 · 8 PM$10–54
Literature
Jewish Italian Literature - Between Families, Nationalities and Histories
Lehrhaus
Fri13
Friday 13 November
Fri 13 · 12 PM
Literature
In Person - Mystery Book Club: The Searcher by Tana French
Ashland Public Library
Fri 13 · 12 PM
FoodLiterature
The Goodnow Grub Club
Goodnow Library
Fri 13 · 12 PM
Literature
Noon Book Group
Wayland Free Public Library
Fri 13 · 2 PM
Literature
Chat & Chew Book Club
Morse Institute Library
Fri 13 · 5:30 PMFree
Literature
Silent Book Club ~ Easton November 2026 Meetup
Shovel Town Brewery
Fri 13 · 6 PM
TalkLiterature
Dr. Anna Chambers at the Harvard Science Center
Science Center
Fri 13 · 7 PMFree
TalkLiterature
Irish Stories, Global Stages
300 Hammond Pond Pkwy
Fri 13 · 7 PM$0–46.17
LiteratureTalk
Emerson Whitney with Myles Taylor: O Mother
Brookline Booksmith
Fri 13 · 9:30 PM
Poetry slamPoetry
Andrea Gibson's Love Letter From The Afterlife - LATE SHOW
Somerville Theatre
Sat14
Saturday 14 November
Sat 14
Literature
Silent Book Club Easton
1st floor Information Cafe
Sat 14 · 10 AMFree
LiteratureTalk
Roslindale Book Festival
Roslindale Library
Sat 14 · 10 AM
Literature
Getting Started with Genealogy
Framingham Public Library
Sat 14 · 10 AM
Flea marketLiterature
Friends of Lincoln Library Book Sale
Lincoln Public Library
Sat 14 · 10 AM$0–23.38
Story timeLiterature3–8 yrs
Kids Storytime: Amanda Davis
Roslindale Branch of the Boston Public Library
Sat 14 · 11:30 AMFree
Story timeLiterature3–8 yrs
Sharing Themed Storytime with Author Carrie Finison at Ten Trees Books
Ten Trees Books
Sat 14 · 1 PM$0
TalkLiterature
How can fiction build empathy and social justice through great storytelling
Roslindale Branch of the Boston Public Library
Sat 14 · 1:30 PMFree
Literature
Silent Book Club ~ Easton November 2026 Meetup
Queset House
Sat 14 · 2 PM
Literature4–8 yrs
Meet a Local Author: Inbal Alon
Watertown Free Public Library
Sat 14 · 2:30 PMFree
PoetryLiterature
John Donne Seminar with the Catherine Project
West End Library
Sat 14 · 2:30 PM
LiteratureLanguage café
Quincy Chinese Book Club | 昆西中文读书会
Thomas Crane Public Library – Main Library
Sat 14 · 3 PMFree
LiteraturePoetry
Tell Us a Story in Poetry or Prose
Faneuil Library
Sat 14 · 3 PM
Literature
South Shore Writing Initiative
Tufts Library
Sat 14 · 3 PM$0–24.51
LiteratureTalk
A Conversation with Jennifer Haigh
Roslindale Branch of the Boston Public Library
Sat 14 · 5:30 PMFree
LiteratureTalk
A book READING, CONVERSATION & SIGNING w/ Trelane Clark
Frugal Bookstore
Sat 14 · 6:30 PM$0
World musicPoetry
In Celebration of Rumi
Eliot Church of Newton
Sun15
Sunday 15 November
Sun 15 · 11 AM
Literature
Four Minus Three
Brookline Booksmith
Sun 15 · 1:30 PM$0
PoetryLiterature
In Celebration of Rumi
Friends Meeting At Cambridge
Sun 15 · 2 PMFree
PoetryLiterature
Brookline Poetry Series
Brookline Village
Sun 15 · 2 PM
Literature
Kit Keenan: Author Event
Trident Booksellers & Cafe
Sun 15 · 3 PM
LiteraturePolitics & Economy
Anti-Fascist Book Club
Watertown Free Public Library
Sun 15 · 5 PMFree
PoetryLiterature
Bending Towards Justice • Live Music, Powerful Words
The West End Museum
Sun 15 · 7 PM
PoetryLiterature
Poetry Open Mic
Trident Booksellers & Cafe
Sun 15 · 7 PM$10–12.51
Poetry slamPoetry
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam - Rohan Nijhawan
Lizard Lounge
Later
Mon 16 · 10:30 AM
LiteratureGuided tour
Follow the Reader Book Group
Morse Institute Library
Mon 16 · 10:30 AM
Literature
History Book Club
Holliston Public Library
Mon 16 · 11 AMFree
QuizLiterature
Book Trivia at the West End Community Center
West End Community Center
Mon 16 · 2 PMFree
LiteratureSeniors
Council on Aging Book Group
Putterham
Mon 16 · 5:30 PM
Literature
Twixt Book Club
Abington Public Library
Mon 16 · 6 PM
Literature
MIT / French Library Author talk: Elisa Shua Dusapin on The Old Fire
The French Library
Mon 16 · 6 PM
LiteratureTalk
The Old Fire: On Writing, Memory, and Belonging
French Cultural Center
Mon 16 · 6 PM$58.74
TalkLiterature
Melissa Clark at The Brattle Theatre
The Brattle Theatre
Mon 16 · 6:30 PMFree
LGBTQ+Literature
Queer Book Club
Central Library
Mon 16 · 6:30 PMFree
TalkPoetry
Bouquets of Meaning: Mir Anis and the Devotion of Metaphors
Harvard University
Mon 16 · 6:30 PM
Literature
Global Voices Book Club
Thomas Crane Public Library – Main Library
Mon 16 · 6:30 PM$12.45–33.77
TalkFood
Curated Cuisine: Sean Sherman on reclaiming Indigenous foods and traditions
WBUR CitySpace
Mon 16 · 7 PM
Literature
Mystery Book Club
Canton Public Library
Mon 16 · 7 PM
Literature
Age 20s and 30s Book Club: Sweatah Weathah
Tufts Library
Mon 16 · 7 PM
TalkLiterature
Ryan Holiday
Somerville Theatre
Mon 16 · 7 PM
TalkLiterature
Boston Speaker Series: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Mon 16 · 7 PM$0–65.45
LiteratureTalk
Andrew Janjigian with Dan Souza: Breaducation
Brookline Booksmith
Mon 16 · 7 PM
Literature
Romance Book Club: Love Felt Like This
Trident Booksellers & Cafe
Tue 17
LiteratureCareer
Career Talk with YA Author Annie Cardi!
Teen Room
Tue 17
LiteratureLGBTQ+
Queer Lit Book Group: Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews
Trustees Room
Tue 17 · 10:30 AMFree
PoetryLiterature
Creative Aging: Feast of Poetry
Main Library
Tue 17 · 11 AM
LiteratureLanguage café
COA Book Club
Sherborn Library
Tue 17 · 4 PMFree
TalkLiterature
Fun with Shakespeare
Roslindale Library
Tue 17 · 5 PMFree
Story timeLiterature8–12 yrs
Graphics Are Great! Book Group (O'Connell/Virtual)
O'Connell Branch
Tue 17 · 5 PMFree
TalkLiterature
An Evening with Eliza Reid Former First Lady of Iceland
Campus Center, UMass Boston
Tue 17 · 6 PMFree
Literature
Fantastic Books Book Group: Dark Tide by Stephen Puleo
Central Library in Copley Square
Tue 17 · 6 PMFree
Literature
Contemporary Book Group (Main)
Main Library
Tue 17 · 6 PM
TalkLiterature
Harvard Book Store Welcomes James Gleick
The Brattle Theatre
Tue 17 · 6:30 PMFree
Literature
Between the Lines Book Group
Endicott Branch Library
Tue 17 · 6:30 PMFree
Literature
O'Connell Branch Book Group (O'Connell)
O'Connell Branch
Tue 17 · 6:30 PMFree
TalkLiterature
Here and Now: Crafting Your Story
Central Square Branch
Tue 17 · 6:30 PM
LiteratureLanguage café
Fiction Book Club
Medfield Public Library
Tue 17 · 7 PMFree
LiteratureTalk
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender novelization — reading and author talk with Allison King
Brookline Village
Tue 17 · 7 PM
LiteratureLGBTQ+
McAuliffe - Queer Reads Book Discussion: Moonflow
McAuliffe Library
Tue 17 · 7 PM
QuizLiterature
Adult Trivia Night The Hunger Games
Morrill Memorial Library
Tue 17 · 7 PM
TalkLiterature
Have a Cheap Day with Randy Cogill and Tripp Underwood
Tufts Library
Tue 17 · 7 PM$6.24–37.74
LiteratureTalk
A World Apart Release Bash with Meghan Nesmith
Lovestruck Books & Cafe
Tue 17 · 7 PM
Literature
Allison King: Avatar Aang
Brookline Booksmith
Tue 17 · 7 PM$0–48.44
LiteratureTalk
Allison King: Avatar Aang
The Public Library of Brookline
Wed 18
Literature
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Group: Sabriel by Garth Nix
Lecture Hall
Wed 18 · 11 AMFree
Story timeLiterature0–5 yrs
All-Ages Story Time with Local Author Arthur Russell Smith
Charlestown Library
Wed 18 · 12 PMFree
LiteratureGuided tour
Afternoon Book Group
Endicott Branch Library
Wed 18 · 12 PM$10–54
TalkLiterature
Talmud You Should Know: The Art of Blessing
Lehrhaus
Wed 18 · 2:30 PMFree
LiteratureTalk
Short Story Social Club: Margaret Atwood
Central Library in Copley Square
Wed 18 · 2:30 PMFree
LiteratureGuided tour
The Point of View Book Discussion Group: The Art Spy
Central Library in Copley Square
Wed 18 · 6 PMFree
Literature
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Group
Main Library
Wed 18 · 6 PMFree
Literature
Teen Book Group
Main Library
See also around Dedham
Fri 13 · 7:30 PM$981
RockConcert
Creedence Revived - Creedence Clearwater Revisited Tribute
Norwood Theatre
Sun 15 · 7 PM$39.19
PopFolk / Acoustic
November 15, 2026 - NICOLAS EMDEN!
Westwood
Thu 12 · 6:30 PM$33.85–49.87
Folk / AcousticConcert
Trillium Presents: Reed Foehl
Trillium - Canton
Sat 14 · 6 PM$33.85–44.52
World musicConcert
Iwer George the Big Man in the Soca Business in Boston
1 Westinghouse Plaza bldg 10, Boston
Thu 19 · 7:45 PMFree
Concert
THE JUKE
Roundhead Brewing Company, Boston
Thu 19 · 8 PMFree
ConcertAccessible
The JUKE (November 2026)
Roundhead Brewing, Boston
Sat 21 · 3 PM$15
ClassicalConcert
WCMS "American Composers" 3: Quinlan Facey, piano recital
United Church in Walpole
Thu 19 · 6 PMFree
Parties
Salvage Angel's V.I.P Holiday Party
83 Morse St, Norwood
Sat 21 · 6 PM$115.97
Parties
Traitors & Hunters | Murder at The Mansion
MIT Endicott House, Dedham
Sat 21 · 4 PM$17.85
Fashion & DesignClub
Karice Designs 1yr Anniversary Fashion Show
Ambience Restaurant & Bar, Canton
Fri 20 · 7 PMFree
Parties
FRIENDSGIVING 2026
Fountain of Grace Church, Canton
Thu 12 · 6:30 PMFree
Quiz
Trivia Night at Limey's Pub
Limey's Pub, Boston
Fri 13 · 2 PM
Mahjong
Beyond Beginner Mah Jongg
Morrill Memorial Library, Norwood
Tue 17 · 3:30 PM
Tabletop RPGTournament
Dungeons and Dragons for Teens
Canton Public Library
Tomorrow · 6:30 PMFree
Quiz
Trivia Night at Jalapeno's Grill
Jalapeno's Grill, Boston
Tomorrow · 3 PMFree
Video games
Teen Gaming Club
Hyde Park Library
Sat 14 · 2:30 PM
Board gamesTournament
Puzzle Race!
Morrill Memorial Library, Norwood
Sun 22 · 11 AM$25–35
RunningSports & fitness
The 40th Running of the Norwood Turkey Trot
245 Nichols Street, Norwood
Sun 29 · 8 AM$0–38.80
OutdoorsWater sports
NEMBA Adventure Series - 11th Annual Turkey Afterburner MTB Festival!
Hale Education, Inc., Westwood
Sun 22 · 9 AM
RunningOutdoors
Champions of Wellness Road Race
Canton High School
Thu 26 · 8 AM
RunningTrail & ultra
15th Annual Family Gratitude 5K & Kids 1/2 Mile Run - Ripples of Hope: November 26, 2026
Endicott Estate, Dedham
Sun 15 · 10 AM
RunningSports & fitness
22nd Annual Canton Road Race 5K/10K
Trillium Brewing Company, Canton
Sat 14 · 9:50 AM$25–30
RunningHiking
Camy 5K Run & David 5K Walk
109 Stone Street, Walpole
Sat 14 · 10 AM
RunningTrail & ultra
26th annual Camy 5K Run & David 5K Walk
109 Stone Street, Walpole, MA 02081
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Venues — literature around Dedham
Canton Public Library
6 events
Brookline Village
5 events
Brookline Booksmith
11 events
Trident Booksellers & Cafe
8 events
Central Library in Copley Square
7 events
Central Square Branch
5 events
Ten Trees Books
8 events
Main Library
9 events
Lehrhaus
6 events
Belmont Public Library
5 events
1st floor Presentation Commons
5 events
Abington Public Library
6 events
Frequently asked questions
How many literature events are there around Dedham?
343 coming up on Oazis.
Where can you catch literature around Dedham?
Notably Canton Public Library, Brookline Village and Brookline Booksmith. See the full list of venues above.