Peter Wolf will sign copies of his book, “Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses,” at Bookends in Ridgewood, March 13.
For a list of the state’s independent bookstores, click here.
March 12: “Poet’s Wednesday” featuring Denise La Neve at Barron Arts Center, Woodbridge.
March 13: Peter Wolf at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses.”
March 13: “The Makeshift Project” live show at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
March 14: Chef Rocco DiSpirito, in conversation with Mark Pascal and Francis Schott, at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. Benefit for Elijah’s Promise: Promise Culinary School.
March 15: Anna Quindlen at First Congregational Church, Montclair. Author of “After Annie.”
March 15: Alton Brown at Caesars, Atlantic City.
March 15: “Three for the King” (reading) at Jersey City Theater Center.
March 16: Adm. William H. McRaven (Ret.) and Kelly Marie McRaven at Books & Greetings, Northvale. Co-authors of “Be a Hero With Skipper the Seal.”
March 16: Tara Lazar and Anna Raff at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Co-authors of “Party Animals.”
March 18: Novelist Ayana Mathis and poet and translator Marilyn Hacker, presented by Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing at Labyrinth Books, Princeton.
March 18: Jefferson Fisher at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More.”
March 19: Mike Campbell, in conversation with David Fricke at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
March 19: Benjamin Wallace at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto: A Fifteen-Year Quest to Unmask the Secret Genius Behind Crypto.”
March 19: Nathaniel Ian Miller at Little City Books, Hoboken. Author of “Red Dog Farm.”
March 20: #IMOMSOHARD featuring Jen Smedley and Kristin Hensley at BergenPAC, Englewood.
March 20: Marcy Dermansky at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Hot Air.”
March 20: Laurie Woolever at Words, Maplewood. Author of “Care and Feeding: A Memoir.”
March 21: #IMOMSOHARD featuring Jen Smedley and Kristin Hensley at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
March 21: Niall Williams at Little City Books, Hoboken. Author of “Time of the Child.”
March 23: Lucy Ruth Cummins at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Little Freddie Two Pants.”
March 23: Bob and Erin Odenkirk at Books & Greetings, Northvale. Author and illustrator, respectively, of “Zilot & Other Important Rhymes.”
March 24: Rokhl Auerbach at Douglass Student Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Author of “Warsaw Testament.”
March 24: Michael Symon at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Symon’s Dinners: Cooking Out — 100 Recipes That Redefine Outdoor Cooking.”
March 25: Harlan Coben at Books & Greetings, Northvale. Author of “Nobody’s Fool.”
March 25: Diane Simmons at Words, Maplewood. Author of “Dreams Like Thunder.”
March 26: Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush at Wyckoff Family YMCA. Co-authors of “I Loved You First.”
March 27: David Hogg at Gateway Lecture Hall at Ocean County College, Toms River.
March 27: Concetta Bertoldi at Williams Center, Rutherford.
March 27: Aron Nels Steinke at Words, Maplewood. Author of “Speechless.”
March 27: Tamsen Fadal at Loopwell, Montclair. Author of “How to Menopause: Take Charge of Your Health, Reclaim Your Life, and Feel Even Better Than Before.”
March 28: Jordan Toma at BergenPAC, Englewood.
March 28: “CringeFest: Yup, That Happened,” presented by Project Write Now at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
March 30: Art Shamsky at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Mets Stories I Only Tell My Friends.”
March 30: Boris Fishman at Words, Maplewood. Author of “The Unwanted.”
April 1: Maria Shriver at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “I Am Maria: My Reflections and Poems on Heartbreak, Healing, and Finding Your Way Home.”
April 1: Diane Morrisey at Words, Maplewood. Author of “You Got This! Recipes Anyone Can Make and Everyone Will Love.”
April 3: Chris Bohjalian at Montclair Public Library. Author of “The Jackal’s Mistress.”
April 4: Sonja Morgan at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
April 4: Lucy Sante at Little City Books, Hoboken. Author of ” I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition.”
April 5, noon: Jean Hanff Korelitz at Little City Books, Hoboken. Author of “The Sequel.”
April 5, 2 p.m.: Deborah Treisman at Little City Books, Hoboken. Author of “A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker: 1925-2025.”
April 5, 4 p.m.: Marie Howe and Nick Flynn at Little City Books, Hoboken. Authors of “New and Selected Poems” and “Low: Poems,” respectively.
April 6, noon: Meredith Ochs and Kay Miller at Little City Books, Hoboken. Author of “The Sequel.” Author and illustrator, respectively, of “The Rock’n’Roll Haggadah: Your Guide to a Seder that Rocks!”
April 6, 4 p.m.: Caoilinn Hughes at Little City Books, Hoboken. Authors of “The Alternatives.”
April 6: Robin Rosenthal at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Sweet Babe! A Jewish Grandma Kvells.”
April 8: Chrissy Metz at Books & Greetings, Northvale. Author of “When I Talk to God, I Talk About Feelings.”
April 9: Dr. Temple Grandin, “The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger’s” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
April 9: “Poet’s Wednesday” featuring Eliot Katz at Barron Arts Center, Woodbridge.
April 9: Marie Benedict at The Terrace, Paramus. Author of “The Queens of Crime.” Friends of the Ridgewood Public Library 35th annual Author Luncheon.
April 9: Noam Sandweiss-Back and Rev. Liz Theoharis at Bnai Keshet Synagogue, Montclair. Co-authors of “You Only Get What You’re Organized to Take: Lessons From the Movement to End Poverty.”
April 10: Barbara Costello at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Every Day With Babs: 101 Family-Friendly Dinners for Every Day of the Week.”
April 12: Tyler Hilton at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Daddy: Live in Concert.”
April 17: Scott Conant, in conversation with Mark Pascal and Francis Schott, at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. Benefit for Elijah’s Promise: Promise Culinary School.
April 23: Matt Fraser at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
April 24: Fran Lebowitz at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
April 24: Florence Wetzel at Little City Books, Hoboken. Author of “Dashiki (a Cozy Mystery).”
April 26: “An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma,” conversation and music, with Jeffrey Brown moderating at McCarter Theater Center, Princeton.
April 26: John Edward at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
April 26-May 3: Montclair Literary Festival.
April 28: Andy Borowitz, presented by The Drew Forum at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
April 28: Kara Swisher, President’s Distinguished Lecture Series at North Avenue Academic Building at Kean University, Union.
April 28: Fiona Davis at Seasons, Washington Township. Author of “The Stolen Queen.” College Club of Northern New Jersey annual Author Luncheon.
April 30, 1 p.m.: Tom Simons at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “TommyInnit’s Guide to Survival.”
April 30, 6 p.m.: Christie Brinkley at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Uptown Girl: A Memoir.”
May 3: Chase Jackson, “By the Book: Traveling While Black between 1936 and 1966” at Cape May Stage.
May 6: “The Psychology of a Murderer,” hosted by Rachel Toles at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 6: Kelsey Grammer at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Karen: A Brother Remembers.”
May 12: Alex Guarnashelli, in conversation with Mark Pascal and Francis Schott, at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. Benefit for Elijah’s Promise: Promise Culinary School.
May 16: “Doughboys” podcast at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
May 26: Isaac Mizrahi at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
May 31: “Sinatra Meets the Sopranos” featuring and actors Vincent Curatola, Federico Castelluccio and Jason Cerbone, plus singer Michael Martocci with his Blue Eyes Orchestra, at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
June 5: Theresa Caputo at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
June 5: Tiki Barber at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
June 7-8: Trish Paytas at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
June 27: Andrew Zimmern, in conversation with Mark Pascal and Francis Schott, at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. Benefit for Elijah’s Promise: Promise Culinary School.
June 28: “How Not to Be Famous: A Conversation With Richard Kind” at BergenPAC, Englewood.
July 4: Long Branch Poetry Festival at Pier Village Boardwalk Gazebo. With Emanuel di Pasquale, Estelle Bajou, Jennifer Stahl Brown, Charley Bruns, Kirsten Shu-ying Chen, Anant Dhavale, Frank Finale, Gary Galsworth, Gregg Glory, Robert Goodman, Marshall Harth, Linda Johnston Muhlhausen, Chelsea Palermo, Frank J. Valentino, Daniel Weeks, Jared Weeks.
July 12: Nurse John at Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
July 30: Tyler Henry at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Nov. 30: Neil deGrasse Tyson, “An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies, Part II” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
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