Looking to turn the page on your reading life this summer? Lucky for you, the Front Range has opportunities galore for bookworms of all stripes. From book clubs to author talks, here’s a roundup of a few of the season’s literary events you don’t want to miss.
Banned Book Club
5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, Boulder Public Library - North Boulder Branch, 4500 13th St. Free
Fight the power and read a book they don’t want you to see. This month’s selection is Light from Uncommon Stars, the story of a cursed violin prodigy whose transgender main character got it pulled from shelves across the country. Get a free copy while supplies last, or dust off that library card and check it out.
Shakespeare’s Soliloquies
10-11 a.m. Thursdays, May 7-28, Estes Valley Community Center, 660 Community Drive, Estes Park. $56
“All the world’s a stage.” Or at least it can be with the encyclopedic knowledge of The Bard’s soliloquies you’ll gain in this four-week educational series. Explore the dramatic speeches of Shakespeare’s most famous characters, from Hamlet to the Scottish King, under the tutelage of academic and author Robert Burkhart. Register: bit.ly/ShakespeareCC
Allenspark Book Club
4-7 p.m. second Friday of every month (May 8, June 12, July 10, Aug. 14), The Old Gallery, 14863 Colorado Highway 7, Allenspark. Free
Get to know your neighbors and catch up on your reading with the Allenspark Book Club. This month’s selection is Prairie Fires, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder. Contact Jen to RSVP and for details: jen.jb.bell@gmail.com
Paul Reitter and Arne Höcker: Translating Marx
6-8 p.m. Thursday, May 21, Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 940 Pearl St., Boulder. Free
Living under late capitalism got you down? Revisit Karl Marx’s second-famous work Capital: Critique of Political Economy. Hear from the guy who literally translated it from its original German, Professor Paul Reitter. CU Associate Professor Arne Höcker lends a hand in what is sure to be an illuminating, if mildly depressing, discussion.
Amy Daws: ‘Bad Boy Era’
4 p.m. Sunday, May 24, Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown. $20
Set on Fletcher Mountain in Colorado’s Summit County, romance author Amy Daws’ latest spicy novel features a tattooed Irish baddie, a high-altitude animal rescue center and a rugby training camp. Hear all about it in another Colorado mountain town as Daws drops by the Merc for a speaking-and-book-signing event presented by Boulder Bookstore. Ticket price includes a copy of Bad Boy Era.
Debutiful Debuts
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 26, Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. $5
What’s better than a book signing? A book signing and discussion with five authors, for just five bucks. Moderated by literary curator Adam Vitcavage of Debutiful, you’ll hear from Roohi Choudhry (Outside Woman), Kerry Donoghue (Mouth), Shasta Grant (When We Were Feral), Laura Venita Green (Sister Creatures), and Miranda Schmidt (Leafskin).
