MONDAY
When Elizabeth Berg titled her novel We Are All Welcome Here, she wasn’t kidding—just about every Southern-fried device and pre-Vietnam social concern is stuffed into its pages. Polio, single-parent striving, racial prejudice, nosy Southern biddies, miraculous monetary windfalls, Elvis Presley, and, of course, plucky Southern Belles that survive as if they were…maybe some sort of tree made out of some sort of metal. Anyway, Berg will be on hand at the Rockville Barnes and Noble to personally infect you with Southern-lit diabetes. 12089 Rockville Pike, Rockville, at 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY
If you’ve got The NPR Listener’s Encyclopedia of Classical Music in one hand, and a mouse available to click through the powerful online database you get access to with purchase of the book in the other, what’s more to be gained at an author event? Exposure to the boundless gusto of its genius author, Ted Libbey. Join him Tuesday afternoon at Chapters, 445 11th Street, NW., 1:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY
Say what you want, but A.M. Homes is a great deal more ambitious an author than the people who penned This Book Will Floss Your Teeth and This Book Will Serve As A Nice Coaster. Admire her for setting the bar high when she comes to Politics and Prose to sign This Book Will Save Your Life. 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW at 7 p.m.