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INTERNATIONAL HEMINGWAY SOCIETY CONFERENCE: Programs include panel discussion with slide presentation, poetry readings, Beat Walk and Hemingway/PEN reading. June 9-15, various locations. If attending more than one program, $20 or more donations to the Ernest Hemingway Foundation is gratefully appreciated. www.hemingwaysociety.org
PERIODIC ROUNDTABLE BOOK DISCUSSION: Beyond Oil: the View from Hubbert’s Peak, by Kenneth S. Deffeyes. 6 p.m. June 9, Linda Hall Library, Auditorium, 5109 Cherry. Reservations requested. Having read the book is not required to participate. (816-926-8739)
BOOK SIGNING EVENT: Maggie Sefton for her newest book, Dyer Consequences: A Knitting Mystery. 7 p.m. June 9, Borders, 9108 Metcalf, Overland Park. (913-642-3642, 913-663-1143)
MYSTERY LOVER’S BOOK GROUP: Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey. 7 p.m. June 9, Johnson County Library--Blue Valley, 9000 W. 151st, Overland Park. www.jocolibrary.org (913-495-3850)
MURDER IN THE AFTERNOON READING GROUP: Sovereign, by C.J. Sansom. 1 p.m. June 10, I Love A Mystery Bookstore, 6114 Johnson Drive, Mission. www.iloveamystery.com (913-432-2583)
EDGERTON AFTERNOON BOOK GROUP: The Shape Shifter, by Tony Hillerman. 2:30 p.m. June 10, Johnson County Library--Edgerton, 319 E. Nelson, Edgerton. (913-893-6720)
USED BOOK SALE: Hosted by Johnson County Library. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. June 11-13; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. June 14, Metcalf South Shopping Center, 9635 Metcalf, Overland Park. friends.jocolibrary.org (913-261-2319)
PARTNERS IN CRIME: Meeting. GKC Chapter of Sisters in Crime. Becky Ray speaking. 7 p.m. June 11, Borders, 9108 Metcalf, Overland Park. (913-268-6439)
SPRING HILL BOOK GROUP: Female Intelligence, by Jane Heller. 6 p.m. June 12, Johnson County Library--Spring Hill, 109 S. Webster, Spring Hill. www.jocolibrary.org (913-592-3232)
BOOK SIGNING: Becky Homan for The Missouri Gardener’s Companion. 1 p.m. June 13, Barnes & Noble, Country Club Plaza, 420 W. 47th. (816-753-1313)
SECOND SATURDAY BOOK CLUB: Loop, by Nicholas Evans. 10 a.m. June 14, Johnson County Library--Shawnee, 13811 Johnson Drive, Shawnee. www.jocolibrary.org (913-962-3800)
NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR: Cave Canem founders Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady discuss their goal of providing a safe space for African-American poets, while at the University of Georgia’s Cave Canem Symposium. 6 a.m. June 15, KCUR-FM, 89.3 or www.newletters.org. Listen online June 18-July 2. (816-235-1159)
BOOK LOVER’S CLUB: Bring whatever book or books you have read during the month to discuss. Theme for June is “Europe.” Sponsored by Mid-America Mensa, Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri. 2:30 p.m. June 15, Call for location. (913-649-6538)
MAIL: Literary Calendar, The Kansas City Star, 1729 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108
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