MONDAY, 3:30p.m.:“Pierre Alferi and the Poetics of Dissolve,” a UB Poetics Program lecture by Michael Sheringham, professor of French literature at All Souls College, Oxford University. UB Poetry Collection, 420 Capen Hall, North Campus.

WEDNESDAY, 8p.m. to9p.m.: “Poetics Across Media,” a UB“& Now” Conference digital media presentation featuring Loss Pequeno Glazier, Josephine Antsey, Adam Liskiewicz and Anna Scime. Hallwalls Cinema, 341 Delaware Ave.

THURSDAY, 5to6:20p.m.:“& Now” Conference readings by Shelley Jackson, author of hypertext “Patchwork Girl” and “SKIN,” and Steve McCaffery, UB Gray Chair Professor in Poetry. Grand EF Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

THURSDAY, 7p.m.: Poetry reading, book signing with poet David Chorlton, winner of 2009 Slipstream Chapbook Contest. Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main St.

THURSDAY, 8p.m.:“& Now Conference” Keynote Reading by Rikki Ducornet, author of eight novels and story collections including “The One Marvelous Thing.” Hyatt Regency.

FRIDAY, 5to6:20p.m.:“&Now” Conference readings by Mary Caponegro, author of “All Fall Down” (fiction), and Brian Evenson, author of the novel “Last Days.” Hallwalls Cinema, 341 Delaware Ave.

FRIDAY, 6p.m.: Fall release party for “Best to Get Started,” a semi-autobiographical graphic fiction/comic series by Salvatore Sciandra. Rust Belt Books, 202 Allen St.

FRIDAY, 8p.m.: “& Now” Conference keynote reading by Nathaniel Mackey, recipient of the 2006 National Book Award for “Splay Anthem.” Buffalo Convention Center. Saturday, 11 a. m. to 2 p. m.: Just Buffalo Family History Writing Workshop, with UB Women’s Studies professor Alexis DeVeaux. WNY Book Arts Center, 468 Washington St.

SATURDAY 2to3:20p.m.: “& Now” Conference readings by Christine Hume (poetry/media) and Pierre Joris (poetry), Hallwalls Cinema, 341 Delaware Ave.

SATURDAY 5to6:20p.m.: “& Now” Conference readings by Joanna Scott, MacArthur Fellow and author of eight novels, most recently “Follow Me” (2009), and Mexican fiction writer and critic Jorge Volpi. Hallwalls Cinema, 341 Delaware Ave.

SATURDAY, 7:30p.m.: “Israel Is Real: An Obsessive Quest to Understand the Jewish Nation and Its History,” with author Rich Cohen. Jewish Community Center, 2640 North Forest Road, Getzville.

SATURDAY, 8p.m.:“& Now” Conference keynote reading by Percival Everett, University of Southern California-based writer. (His latest novel is “I’m Not Sidney Poitier.”) Hyatt Regency Ballroom.