Check out these upcoming author talks at the Harold Washington Library.

Catherine O’Connell will be reading from and discussing her new book, “Well Read and Dead,” the second in her Pauline Cook mystery series on Wednesday, June 3, at 6 p.m. in the Chicago Authors Room, 7th floor.

Harold Holzer, U.S. co-chairman of the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and editor of “The Lincoln Anthology,” will speak on Tuesday, June 16, at 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium.  Holzer has authored, co-authored, and edited more than 33 books, including “Lincoln as I Knew Him,” and “In Lincoln’s Hand.”

Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman presents Monica Ali, author of the best-selling novel “Brick Lane” on Thursday, June 18, at 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium.  Ali will discuss her latest novel, “In the Kitchen.”

Bradford Morrow will present “My Willa Cather,” the keynote program of the 2009 International Cather Seminar: Cather, Chicago & Modernism, on Thursday, June 25, at 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium.  Morrow has written many novels, including “Come Sunday,” and “Giovanni’s Gift.” The event is presented in partnership with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Willa Cather Foundation.

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission presents Henry Louis Gates Jr., in Conversation with Rick Kogan, Monday, June 29, at 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium.  The event will look at how stories shape history and how history shapes stories.

For more information about these events, or other Chicago Public Library events, check out www.chipublib.org/events.