Business professionals, speakers, educators and entrepreneurs are among those who know that publishing a book can amplify your message and attract new opportunities.

With that in mind, Lindsay Whiting, a book coach and publishing consultant, will present a free workshop at Booklovers’ Gourmet, 72 E. Main St. in Webster, on Saturday, September 10th from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Ms. Whiting’s program is entitled “Why You Need a Plan to Self-Publish Your Book” and is free. Registration is required. Call 508-949-6232 or email [email protected].

 The focus of Ms. Whiting’s workshop is nonfiction.

Among the books recommended during the week of August 26th as part of Booklovers’ Gourmet’s “Shelf Awareness” newsletter is Sinclair McKay’s “Berlin,” a history from World War I to 1989, which is described as “a love letter to the indomitable spirit of Berliners.”

Also, “Big Red: A Novel Starring Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles” by Jerome Charyn,” with “delicious cameos” by Hollywood players; “Brand-New Bubbe,” by Sarah Aronson, illustrated by Ariel Landy, “an interfaith celebration of open-mindedness and the unifying power of a good bowl of soup.”

Other popular reads include “Perma Red” by Debra Magpie Earling; “Fathers and Children” by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, translated by Nicolas Pasternak Slater and Maya Slater; “The Hundred Waters,” by Lauren Acampora; “Haven,” by Emma Donoghue; “Madwoman,” by Louisa Treger; “The Blame Game,” by Sandie Jones; “Babysitter,” by Joyce Carol Oates; “Bad Fruit,” by Ella King; “The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches,” by Sangu Mandanna; “Bend Toward the Sun,” by Jen Devon; “The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy,” by Megan Bannen; “Love on the Brain,” by Ali Hazelwood; “Long Past Summer,” by Noue Kirwan; “A Dreadful Splendor,” by B.R. Myers; “Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center of the World,” by Sinclair McKay; and “The End of Solitude: Selected Essays on Culture and Society,” by William Deresiewicz.