Readings
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ON AWARDS National Book Award finalists read from their honored works and discuss the experience of being a finalist and the cultural value of awards in general. Readers include Lily Tuck,a winner for her novel “The News from Paraguay”; Christopher Sorrentino,a nominee for his novel “Trance,” and Rene Steinke, nominated for her novel “Holy Skirts.” The discussion will be moderated by the executive director of the National Book Foundation, Harold Augenbraum. A signing follows. Saturday, 2 p.m., Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 718-230-2100, free.
BRIDGE TO MANHATTAN Emily Barton reads from her novel “Brookland” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), about an 18th-century woman in Brooklyn who is consumed with a vision of a giant bridge spanning the East River. The reading is part of the series Sundays at Sunny’s. Sunday, 3 p.m., Sunny’s Bar, 253 Conover St., between Beard and Reed streets, Red Hook, Brooklyn, 718-625-8211, $3 suggested donation.
