BOOK READING | Han Ong, Elif Shafak and M.G. Vassanji

World-renowned writers Han Ong, Elif Shafak and M.G. Vassanji gather to read excerpts of their celebrated novels The Disinherited, The Saint of Incipient Insanities, and The In Between World of Vikram Lall. Ong, a Filipino-American, Shafak, from Turkey and Vassanji, from Kenya via Tanzania and Canada, all focus their recent novels on stories of exile and love, and the emotional attachments of one’s culture. No ticket necessary. 6:30 p.m. The Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave. (JAB)

Tuesday, Nov. 23

MUSIC | Minnie Driver with Gingersol and Rusty Truck

The British actress finally returns to Cambridge after her Good Will Hunting days, this time to promote her burgeoning singing career. See for yourself whether an actor’s temptation to cross over into music is ever a good idea. Tickets $15. 7 p.m. The Paradise Rock Café. 18+ show. (VMA)

Friday, Nov. 26

CONCERT | The Jane Monheit Quintet

Sanders Theater will be hot with the cool music of jazz sensation Jane Monheit. Monheit, discovered in 1998 at the age of 20, has reached a level of international success in the past six years that she will share with a Harvard crowd for one night only. Instrumentalists Miles Okazaki on the saxophone, Michael Kanan on the piano, Orlando LaFleming on the bass, and Rick Montalbano on the drums will accompany Ms. Monheit during the two-hour exhibition. Tickets $22.50 and $27.50, available at the Harvard Box Office. 8 p.m. Sanders Theater. (JAB)

Sunday, Nov. 28