Literary calendar for week of Nov. 24

COOKIES AND COZIES: Meet-and-greet with conversation about mysteries (and homemade cookies) featuring Minnesota “cozy” writers Victoria Laurie (“A Trinket For the Taking”), Sam Tschida (“Errands & Espionage”), Christine Husom (“Cold Way to Go”), Laura Childs (“Peach Tea Smash”), and Karen Engstrom, introducing her debut, “The Fox,” first in a trilogy that blends historical fiction and mystery, set in the Northwoods of Minnesota primarily in 1948, following the lives of individuals connected by family, war and secrets hidden in the woods with a mysterious fox as a symbol of resilience and survival. Free. Noon-2 p.m. Saturday, Once Upon a Crime, 604 W. 26th St., Mpls.

MARCIE RENDON: Discusses her new novel “Where They Last Saw Her.” 7 p.m. Monday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.

What else is going on

Sherry Roberts’ novel “Up There” has won the Minnesota Author Project contest in the adult fiction category; Mary Bleckwehl’s “Fetching Dreams” is young adult winner, and the Communities Create winner is “Rondo: History & Values” edited by Aritka Tyner of Planting People Growing Justice. The Author Project is a regional competition of the Minnesota Library Foundation and Minnesota Library Association, part of the seventh annual national Indie Author Project. Each regional winner receives $2,500. Author of the year will be chosen in 2025.

Little Free Libraries’ Indigenous Library Program has arrived at Red Lake Nation College in Minneapolis in the form of two book-sharing boxes and a selection of culturally relevant books. LFL’s Indigenous project, launched last year, has granted more than 100 Little Free Library packages to Native American and First Nations communities across the U.S. and Canada, aiming to expand easy access to books, strengthen community and inspire readers, in collaboration with Indigenous leaders and community members.

A personal note from Jack Weatherford, former chair of Macalester College’s anthropology department, who tells us his new book is “Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Kahn and the Making of China.” (Kublai was the grandson of Genghis Khan.) He writes that he doesn’t “detect any whispers of interest” in the United States, but the book is doing well in the U.K. Weatherford, who lives in Mongolia and Cambodia, has a long interest in the Mongol leaders, becoming a surprise bestselling author in 2004 with publication of “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World,” winner of a Minnesota Book Award. He also wrote about populations closer to home, including “Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America.” Weatherford must have been pleased at the headline for his new book’s review at telegraph.co.uk: “Proof that the Mongols weren’t so barbaric after all.”