Lit City is presented by Just Buffalo (www.justbuffalo.org).

June 12

Colum McCann: Everything in this Country Must. 8:30pm. Reading, book signing, films, and reception, all part of Gusto at the Gallery (5-11pm). Sponsored by New York Council for the Humanities, Cinegael, riverrun. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Avenue (882-8700 / www.albrightknox.org).

June 13

Kathryn Miles and her dog Ari. 11am. Author reads from and signs copies of Adventures with Ari: A Puppy, a Leash, and Our Year Outdoors.

June 16

Buffalo Bloomsday 2009. 5pm. Readings, performances, refreshments in honor of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Smith Theater of the Shea’s Performing Arts Center, 660 Main Street (847-1410 / www.sheas.org).

June 17

Russell Howze: Stencil Nation. 7pm. Talk, slide show, booksigning with the auhtor of Stencil Nation: Graffiti, Community, and Art. Hallwalls Cinema, Babeville, 341 Delaware Avenue @ Tupper (854-1694 / www.hallwalls.org).

June 18

Hal Niedzviecki: The Peep Diaries: How We Learned to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors. 7:30pm. Talk and book signing with Hal Niedzviecki, editor of Broken Pencil and author of Hello, I’m Special and The Peep Diaries: How We Learned to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors. Sugar City, 19 Wadsworth (553-2530).