Author events on Long Island, week of March 11

Tuesday, March 13

Kings Park author Susan Henderson (“Up from the Blue”) speaks and signs copies of her new novel, “The Flicker of Old Dreams.” At 7 p.m., Turn of the Corkscrew Books and Wine, 110 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre; 516-764-6000, turnofthecorkscrew.com.

Greenlawn author Gae Polisner talks about and signs copies of her new YA novel, “In Sight of Stars.” At 7 p.m., Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington; 631-271-1442, bookrevue.com.

Wednesday, March 14

Giovanna Calvino (daughter of Italo Calvino), Ann Goldstein (translator of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels) and Jenny McPhee (translator of Natalia Ginzburg’s “Family Lexicon”) discuss “The Art of Translation.” At 11:15 a.m., Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, Hofstra University South Campus, 900 Fulton Ave., Hempstead; 516-463-5669,hofstra.edu/gwgr.

Thursday, March 15

Rockville Centre resident Gary Jansen, senior editor of religion and spirituality at Crown Publishing Group, discusses his new book, “Life Everlasting: Catholic Devotions and Mysteries for the Everyday Seeker.” At 7 p.m., Turn of the Corkscrew Books and Wine, 110 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre; 516-764-6000, turnofthecorkscrew.com.

Friday, March 16

Deborah Santana, editor of the anthology “All the Women in My Family Sing: Women Write the World: Essays on Equality, Justice, and Freedom (Nothing But the Truth So Help Me God),” discusses the work with some of the book’s contributors. At 7 p.m., Turn of the Corkscrew Books and Wine, 110 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre; 516-764-6000, turnofthecorkscrew.com.