# Books events in Tempe, Today and Upcoming Books events in Tempe - **Subtitle**: All Books events in Tempe, Arizona. Here you can find more information about Upcoming events in Tempe like parties, concerts, meets,shows, sports, club, reunion, Performance - **Category**: ## About All Books events in Tempe, Arizona. Here you can find more information about Upcoming events in Tempe like parties, concerts, meets,shows, sports, club, reunion, Performance ## Events in Tempe - **Event Name**: Adalyn Grace: The Wretched Divine - **Description**: #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Adalyn Grace discusses and signs her adult debut, The Wretched Divine.About this Event#1 New York Times - **Date**: Mon Sep 28 2026 at 07:00 pm – Mon Sep 28 2026 at 08:00 pm (-07:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tempe/adalyn-grace-the-wretched-divine/100001992533564529 - **Venue**: Changing Hands Bookstore - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czcvYmFubmVycy9lYzdhNzRhOTBjMDZmYmNhYjE3OWJmOThkMDI2N2IzNWJkZTg1MWQzZTUyYjYzMmJmZTJlMjBkZTg0NjdhNzI0LXJpbWctdzgwMC1oNDAwLWRjZjBmMGYwLWdtaXIuanBnP3Y9MTc4MzUzMjkxOA.avif - **Price**: USD 40 - **Categories**: fitness, Art, literary-art, Entertainment, Theatre - **Event Name**: Verity Book to Movie Night - **Description**: Join NYABC for a private screening of Verity at Harkins Tempe Marketplace complete with themed cocktails, raffles, and book besties!About this EventVERITY is coming to the big screen and we’re watching it - **Date**: Thu Oct 01 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu Oct 01 2026 at 08:30 pm (-07:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tempe/verity-book-to-movie-night/100002000232375881 - **Venue**: Harkins Theatres Tempe Marketplace - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czkvYmFubmVycy9lYzIzNmU0OTQ4OThhYzYzNWMzNGQzY2NhOGI2MGQ0ZWRjMzdjNWZmOTFiYWFhYzZjODMxZjE2MzMwMzc0OGE5LXJpbWctdzEyMDAtaDYwMC1kYzA4MDgwOC1nbWlyLmpwZz92PTE3ODg5ODMxOTA.avif - **Price**: USD 35 - **Categories**: fitness, Entertainment, Art, Theatre - **Event Name**: Water for Elephants (Touring) - **Description**: InformationThe critically acclaimed bestselling novel comes to "thrilling, dazzling" life (Time Out New York) in a unique, spectacle-filled new musical! Hailed as a Critic's Pick, The New York Times calls it "stunning, emotional, heart- - **Date**: Thu Oct 29 2026 at 07:30 pm (-07:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tempe/water-for-elephants-touring/210001175035301 - **Venue**: ASU Gammage - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czkvYmFubmVycy85NGFkZGExNTBlY2FlMTkyMzEyZjAwYzZkMTA1YTcyYzcxZmM1YmZlNzhmMjU2MmY0NTQzOTQxYzFhODcyYmY0LXJpbWctdzEwMjQtaDU3Ni1kYzAxMDYzMS1nbWlyLmpwZz92PTE3ODUzMjI3NTU.avif - **Categories**: Arts & Theatre - **Event Name**: If God, Why Evil? - **Description**: Come join us for this powerful one-night event as award-winning author and speaker, Dr. Frank Turek, presents "If God, Why Evil?" In this thought-provoking presentation, Dr. Turek will ask “how could a good God could allow so much evil?” and share God’s u - **Interested Audience**: - Count: 2 - **Date**: Mon Sep 28 2026 at 07:00 pm – Mon Sep 28 2026 at 09:00 pm (-07:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tempe/if-god-why-evil/200030482999739 - **Venue**: ASU Student Pavillion - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czUvYmFubmVycy8zODJmZGE1MDY4NjkxOTdlNGRmZTM3ZmM5ZDgwNWY4NWE2Njc5NzYwMWRlZjg1ZTU3YThkMjc4ZWY0YTdiMTA4LXJpbWctdzEyMDAtaDUwMC1kYzA4MDgwOC1nbWlyP3Y9MTc4ODU2Mzg0OQ.avif - **Categories**: art, literary-art, open-mic - **Event Name**: Annette McGivney: Plastic Shaman - **Description**: Join award-winning author Annette McGiveny as she discusses and signs her latest true crime book, Plastic Shaman.About this EventJoin award-winning author Annette McGiveny as she discusses and signs her la - **Date**: Wed Sep 23 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed Sep 23 2026 at 10:00 pm (-07:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tempe/annette-mcgivney-plastic-shaman/100001996348101913 - **Venue**: Changing Hands Bookstore - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czEvYmFubmVycy8zMTIxNDMzZjZiMDkzYzk4NWI3OGY2ZmE0NGJkZGU3MWU0OWE0MmU2MTZhOTQ2MDAyZDE4MmY3MTc3OTkzOWYyLXJpbWctdzEyMDAtaDYwMC1kYzU4NDgzOC1nbWlyLmpwZz92PTE3ODU4MjAxNjU.avif - **Price**: Free - **Categories**: art, literary-art, health-wellness - **Event Name**: Sonido Reyes: To Our Untamed Core - **Description**: Bestselling author, Sonido Reyes, presents their latest YA dystopia, To Our Untamed Core, where a boy must his boyfriend from El Torneo.About this EventThe Hunger Games - **Date**: Mon Sep 21 2026 at 07:00 pm – Mon Sep 21 2026 at 10:00 pm (-07:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tempe/sonido-reyes-to-our-untamed-core/100001996347573332 - **Venue**: Changing Hands Bookstore - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czEwL2Jhbm5lcnMvZjM5NjhkMzllODY1NzUxY2RmODA3ODcyNDQ3ZGM2NGE1M2IyOGZiZWQzMDRjM2VlMzQ3Y2I0OTQ4Y2RkYjdmNC1yaW1nLXcxMjAwLWg2MDAtZGMxODE4MTgtZ21pci5qcGc_dj0xNzg1ODE5Nzcy.avif - **Price**: Free - **Categories**: fitness, Sports, Art, literary-art - **Event Name**: ASU Book Group: ‘MeXicana Roots and Routes’ edited by V. Fonseca-Chávez and A. Huizar-Hernández - **Description**: In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the ASU Book Group's September 2026 reading selection is the nonfiction collection, “MeXicana Roots and Routes: Listening to People, Places, and Pasts” edited by ASU scholars Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez (School of App - **Interested Audience**: - Count: 3 - **Date**: Thu Sep 24 2026 at 12:00 pm – Thu Sep 24 2026 at 01:00 pm (-07:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tempe/asu-book-group-‘mexicana-roots-and-routes-edited-by-v-fonseca-chávez-and-a-huizar-hernández/200030623950928 - **Venue**: Charles Trumbull Hayden Library - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czUvYmFubmVycy84MTEzNDlhNDNlZDA1Y2Q5YWYzYzZkZTY5MjlmZjA5MWU1NGM3ZGEwODQ0ZTgxMTM5MTkyZjcxYmU5ODU1MTBmLXJpbWctdzEwMDAtaDE1MDAtZGNlOGQ4ZDgtZ21pcj92PTE3ODg2MzE4OTI.avif - **Categories**: art, literary-art, nonprofit, science-fair - **Event Name**: American Trickster Book Launch and Conversation - **Description**: Ru Marshall and Daniel Saldaña Paris will discuss Marshall’s recently released book American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos CastanedaAbout this EventRu Marshall and Daniel Saldaña París will discuss Marshall’s rece - **Date**: Wed Oct 28 2026 at 05:45 pm – Wed Oct 28 2026 at 08:30 pm (-07:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tempe/american-trickster-book-launch-and-conversation/100001997061446546 - **Venue**: Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health (Walton Center) - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czQvYmFubmVycy8zMjIzNGYzOTRjODM3NmM2MTczYjRkMWY0NzNlMGZmZTlhYWFmYzZiMjQxMmRhNzQyM2FiOTAwM2Y4MzAzYTk4LXJpbWctdzEyMDAtaDcwMy1kYzA4MDgwOC1nbWlyLmpwZz92PTE3ODYzMzE3Mzc.avif - **Price**: Free - **Categories**: art, literary-art - **Event Name**: ASU Book Group: Channeling Emily Dickinson with Rosemarie Dombrowski - **Description**: Celebrating America250 with a nod to Emily Dickinson, the ASU Book Group has selected two books for November 2026: The prose poetry collection, “Emily’s Advice for Girls in the New Millennium” by ASU literary scholar and Phoenix poet laureate Rosemarie Do - **Interested Audience**: - Count: 3 - **Date**: Wed Nov 18 2026 at 12:00 pm – Wed Nov 18 2026 at 01:00 pm (-07:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tempe/asu-book-group-channeling-emily-dickinson-with-rosemarie-dombrowski/200030623950828 - **Venue**: Charles Trumbull Hayden Library - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czkvYmFubmVycy84M2NkODBjN2Q5YTVmZjA0OTQwNzA0NzkyNmQwMTljNjE0NmJiZWE3MDNmNmQwN2MwNjdiNTUzNzM0ZDRhMmZlLXJpbWctdzEyMDAtaDk0MC1kY2Y4ZjhmOC1nbWlyP3Y9MTc4ODQ5NjMyOA.avif - **Categories**: art, literary-art, science-fair - **Event Name**: ASU Book Group: ‘A Harvest of Furies’ by Hayden Casey - **Description**: Just in time for spooky season, the ASU Book Group's October 2026 reading selection is the haunting novel “A Harvest of Furies” by fiction writer Hayden Casey, an ASU graduate (MFA creative writing ’22) and instructor in the Department of English. The bo - **Interested Audience**: - Count: 2 - **Date**: Thu Oct 22 2026 at 12:00 pm – Thu Oct 22 2026 at 01:00 pm (-07:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tempe/asu-book-group-‘a-harvest-of-furies-by-hayden-casey/200030664414202 - **Venue**: Charles Trumbull Hayden Library - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czMvYmFubmVycy80ZTI4YTY4OTAxNTE1ODcyZTUyYzY3NmQyNmNhYzU0ZDU4YzdjZDI1ODc4MDYwYjFjMTg4M2I2NzRiMjE1NmU4LXJpbWctdzk4NC1oMTUwMC1kYzE4MTgwOC1nbWlyP3Y9MTc4ODY1NDMwMg.avif - **Categories**: art, literary-art ## Trending Events in Tempe - **Event Name**: Paint Your Pet! (or something else) Paint Party - **Description**: Get ready to paint your Furry BFF 🎨🐾Send me a well-lit photo of your pet and I'll pre-outline your canvas!No pet? No problem - still come paint with us. Go to facebook.com/PaintingFriends to find what you'd like to paint & - **Venue**: Sozo Healing House - **Banner**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/thumb6aac1eb2e3fec.jpg - **Event Name**: Paint with Coffee for National Coffee Day - **Description**: Let's Celebrate National Coffee Day by painting some mini masterpieces with coffee!It's very simple and very much like water color - but no worries, I'll show you howSozo Healing House 51 W Elliot Ste 104 Tempe, AZ 85284 - **Venue**: Painting Friends Studio in Sozo Healing House - **Banner**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/thumb6aac1fdf79a15.jpg - **Event Name**: Pumpkin Spice Latte Paint Party - **Description**: Paint your favorite drink& get into a cozy fall mood!Select the type of drink you will paint & how you want to adorn itCustomize the background, drink and details to your own artistic style$40 incl - **Venue**: Painting Friends Studio in Sozo Healing House - **Banner**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/thumb6a99f186b2d2d.jpg - **Event Name**: Boney Bouquet Paint Party - **Description**: Give yourself a (boney) hand for painting this bizarre bouquet Choose your own flower colors and elements Customize the background and details to your own artistic style$40 includes 8×10 canvas (pre-outlined), paints, - **Venue**: Painting Friends Studio in Sozo Healing House - **Banner**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/thumb6a99f2b79e8f8.jpg - **Event Name**: World Postcard Day Swap - **Description**: Celebrate World Postcard Day: Create (and later get) a few postcards as part of an exchange with craft clubs around the world!We have over 24 clubs participating in Germany, Japan, the UK, France, India, Netherlands, Mexico - and closer to home: - **Venue**: Painting Friends Studio in Sozo Healing House - **Banner**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/thumb6aac363fc255c.jpg - **Event Name**: Public Speaking Skills 1-Day Workshop | Tempe, AZ - **Description**: Event DetailsDuration: 1-Day Practical Training (8 Hours)Timing: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (including breaks)Language: EnglishCertificate - **Venue**: Tempe - **Banner**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/thumb6a816d77c83e1.jpg - **Event Name**: Phantom of The Opera at ASU Gammage - **Venue**: ASU Gammage - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/9f6ed0a0-b0cd-11f1-aa22-43be95323b73-rimg-w1200-h675-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1789453281 - **Event Name**: The Phantom of the Opera - **Venue**: ASU Gammage - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/c761a590-aca6-11f1-a608-29339450a83e-rimg-w1200-h788-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1788997038 - **Event Name**: Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons - **Description**: ⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Phoenix. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons at Phoenix Zoo under the gentle glo - **Venue**: Phoenix Zoo - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/f929d400-b582-11f1-aac8-b19f6f2813cd-rimg-w550-h550-dc082828-gmir.jpg?v=1789971344 ## FAQs - **Q**: What are the top events in Tempe? - **A:** Adalyn Grace: The Wretched Divine (Mon Sep 28 2026 at 07:00 pm at Changing Hands Bookstore), Verity Book to Movie Night (Thu Oct 01 2026 at 05:30 pm at Harkins Theatres Tempe Marketplace), Water for Elephants (Touring) (Thu Oct 29 2026 at 07:30 pm at ASU Gammage), If God, Why Evil? (Mon Sep 28 2026 at 07:00 pm at ASU Student Pavillion), Annette McGivney: Plastic Shaman (Wed Sep 23 2026 at 07:00 pm at Changing Hands Bookstore). - **Q**: What are the top free events in Tempe? - **A:** Annette McGivney: Plastic Shaman (Wed Sep 23 2026 at 07:00 pm at Changing Hands Bookstore), Sonido Reyes: To Our Untamed Core (Mon Sep 21 2026 at 07:00 pm at Changing Hands Bookstore), American Trickster Book Launch and Conversation (Wed Oct 28 2026 at 05:45 pm at Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health (Walton Center)). - **Q**: What events are happening in Tempe today September 21, 2026? - **A:** Sonido Reyes: To Our Untamed Core (Mon Sep 21 2026 at 07:00 pm at Changing Hands Bookstore). - **Q**: What events are happening in Tempe in September 2026? - **A:** Adalyn Grace: The Wretched Divine (Mon Sep 28 2026 at 07:00 pm at Changing Hands Bookstore), If God, Why Evil? (Mon Sep 28 2026 at 07:00 pm at ASU Student Pavillion), Annette McGivney: Plastic Shaman (Wed Sep 23 2026 at 07:00 pm at Changing Hands Bookstore), Sonido Reyes: To Our Untamed Core (Mon Sep 21 2026 at 07:00 pm at Changing Hands Bookstore), ASU Book Group: ‘MeXicana Roots and Routes’ edited by V. Fonseca-Chávez and A. Huizar-Hernández (Thu Sep 24 2026 at 12:00 pm at Charles Trumbull Hayden Library). - **Q**: How can I find events in Tempe? - **A:** You can discover upcoming events in Tempe on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests. - **Q**: How do I buy tickets for events in Tempe? - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets. - **Q**: What are the popular venues for events in Tempe? - **A:** Some popular venues hosting events in Tempe include Changing Hands Bookstore, Harkins Theatres Tempe Marketplace, ASU Gammage. - **Q**: What is the price range for events in Tempe? - **A:** Prices for events in Tempe range from USD 35 to USD 40. Many events also offer free entry. - **Q**: Who are the top organizers for events in Tempe? - **A:** Popular organizers hosting events in Tempe include Changing Hands Bookstore, Not Your Average Book Club, PROMOTED BY VENUE. - **Q**: Are there any online events available? - **A:** Yes, many events are available online. 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