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UNDER THE COLLAR Jonathan Englert
reads from and signs his book “The Collar: A Year of Striving and Faith Inside a Catholic Seminary” (Houghton Mifflin). Mr. Englert spent a year following five students at America’s largest Catholic seminary, Sacred Heart, outside Milwaukee. A reception follows.
Tonight, 6 p.m., Corner Bookstore, 1313 Madison Ave. at 93rd Street, 212-831-3554, free.
HE’S NO. 1 Alexander McCall Smith, the author of the popular “Number One Ladies’ Detective Agency” series, reads from the latest installment, “Blue Shoes and Happiness” (Pantheon). In this adventure, the series’ heroine, a Botswana detective, deals with a village under the influence of witchcraft, a cook suspected of stealing food, a troublesome newspaper advice columnist, and her own weight loss. Tonight, 8 p.m., Borders Books Park Avenue, 461 Park Ave. at 57th Street, 212-980-6785, free.
