Wednesday August 30th: An Oral History of the New Orleans Ninth Ward Reading

Twelve years ago, Hurricane Katrina destroyed a major American city while an incompetent president twiddled his thumbs. Newly Seattle-based writer Caroline Gerdes’s non-fiction history of New Orleans’s Ninth Ward recollects some of the important history that was washed away by the hurricane, including remarkable stories from the Civil Rights era. Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave, 624-6600, http://elliottbaybook.com . Free. All ages. 7 p.m.

Thursday August 31st: Wonder Woman: Warbringer Reading

Now that Wonder Woman is the money-makingest superhero origin movie in the history of the world, a whole lot of readers are hungry for more good Wonder Woman stories. Leigh Bardugo joins us for a discussion and signing of her new book, a young-reader-friendly novel that tells a story of a very young Wonder Woman. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., 634-3400, http://www2.bookstore.washington.edu/. $18.99. All ages. 7 p.m.

Friday September 1st: Not Quite a Genius Reading

Nate Dern is a writer for the site Funny or Die. His debut collection of humorous essays touches on famous beard-wearers like Walt Whitman and Charles Manson, while also skewering modern masculine touchstones like man buns and man caves and other University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., 634-3400, http://www2.bookstore.washington.edu/. Free. All ages. 7 p.m.

Saturday, September 2nd: Bumbershoot

See our Event of the Week column for more details. Seattle Center, http://bumbershoot.org. $129 All ages. 2 p.m.

Sunday, September 3rd: Bumbershoot

See our Event of the Week column for more details. Seattle Center, http://bumbershoot.org. $129 All ages. 2 p.m.

Tuesday September 5th: George and Lizzie Reading

Beloved Seattle librarian and action figure model Nancy Pearl reads from and discusses her very first novel, George and Lizzie. It’s a book about how two people can be in a marriage for a very long time and ultimately never reach a real understanding of what marriage means to each other. Seattle Public Library, 1000 4th Ave., 386-4636, http://spl.org. Free. All ages. 7 p.m.