S.J. Watson and Steph Cha at Chevalier’s Books
Join us for S.J. Watson, best-selling author of the thriller Before I Go to Sleep, in conversation with L.A. author Steph Cha (Dead Soon Enough). With new book Second Life, Watson again delivers a sleek and surprising contemporary thriller that takes readers where they never expected to go. Taught and riveting, Second Life penetrates the heart and mind of Julia, a woman whose investigation her sister’s violent death leads into the darkly alluring world of cybersex.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 18th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://chevaliersbooks.com
Judy Kain at the Book Soup
Join us as Judy Kain discusses and signs I Booked It!: The Commercial Actor’s Handbook. This book will teach you all the techniques you need to book commercials and related acting work, including: how to handle nerves and make them an asset; how to market yourself; and much more.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 18th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/judy-kain-discusses-and-signs-i-booked-it-commercial-actors-handbook
Mystery Book Club at Pages Bookstore
Our Mystery/Thriller Book Club is led by Bobby McCue, and the discussion this month is focused on Brighton, by Michael Harvey. This is a gritty and suspenseful Boston thriller for fans of Denis Lehane, and presents a gripping, haunting, marvelously told tale about two friends growing up in a rapidly changing Boston, who must face the sins of their past in the midst of a series of brutal murders.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Monday the 18th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://.pagesabookstore.com/event/mystery-book-club-discussion
Gretel Ehrlich at ALOUD
Join us to hear author Gretel Ehrlich in conversation with journalist Neal Conan, discuss and sign The End of Ice: Stories from Greenland’s Northernmost Villages. Greenland’s ice sheet is now shedding ice so fast (five times faster than in the 1990s) that scientists have labeled its seasonal sea ice “a rotten ice regime.” For 20 years Gretel Ehrlich has traveled with Inuit hunters in Greenland, listening to their narratives and observing changes in their traditional hunting practices. Last spring her plans to speak at the Paris climate talks were dashed when terrorist struck the city. Here she reports on her experiences and discusses the challenges of climate change, and how to move from “it’s too late” to “there’s much we can do.”
Please reserve your space at this free program at the ALOUD calendar site.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Tuesday the 19th
Time: 7:15 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://lfla.org/event/the-end-of-ice-stories-from-greenlands-northernmost-villages/
Sam Polk and Father Greg Boyle at Diesel Bookstore
We welcome Sam Polk, in conversation with Father Greg Boyle (Tattoos on the Heart), to discuss his debut book, For the Love of Money: A Memoir. In 2014, a former hedge fund trader’s New York Times Sunday Review front page article about wealth addiction instantly went viral, This is his unflinching memoir about coming of age on Wall Street, fighting to overcome the ghosts of his past and the radical new ways he now defines success.
Where: Diesel Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 19th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: http://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/sam-polk-discusses-and-signs-love-money-father-gregory-boyle
Heart of Stone: An Ellie Stone Mystery at Vroman’s
James Ziskind discusses and signs Heart of Stone: An Ellie Stone Mystery. In the waning days of a lazy August holiday, Ellie Stone is enjoying a bright Adirondack-lake morning, when two men plummet to their deaths a few feet short of a dangerous diving pool. Wading in, Ellie’s investigation forces her to navigate old grudges and cold war passions, lost ideals and betrayed loves, while putting herself in jeopardy.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Dates: Tuesday, the 19th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Kemper Donovan and J. Ryan Stradal at Pages Bookstore
Join us to hear Kemper Donovan in conversation with J. Ryan Stradal, (Kitchens of the Great Midwest), discuss and sign The Decent Proposal, a debut novel that is a romantic comedy, drama and mystery rolled into one, about two very different strangers whose lives become intertwined when they receive an unusual proposition. This is a funny, tender story about love, attraction and friendship: Jane Austin in Los Angeles.
Reservations are strongly recommended. Please call 310-318-0900 or email us at info@pagesabookstore.com.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Dates: Tuesday the 19th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/kemper-donovan-conversation-j-ryan-stradal
Emma Rathbone at Skylight Books
Join us to hear author Emma Rathbone, discuss and read from her new novel Losing It. This is the story of Julia Greenfeld, a former collegiate swimming star who finds herself at age 26, stuck in a dead-end job, living in a city she hates, and still a virgin. Determined to reroute herself from her stalled life, she travels to a small town in North Carolina to spend the summer with her aunt, only to find she must solve the riddle of her aunt, while trying to avoid the same fate.
Where: Skylight Books
When: Tuesday the 19th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/emma-rathbone-reads-her-new-novel-losing-it
Poetry in Redondo Beach
The Redondo Beach Poets host Michelle Bitting and an open reading this Tuesday night.
Michelle Betting is a fourth generation Angeleno, where she grew up near the ocean. She studied theatre, wrote poems, danced, played music as an undergraduate at U.C. Berkeley. Michelle’s poems have been published or are forthcoming in American Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, The Paris-American, Narrative, River Styx, The L.A. Weekly, Crab Orchard Review, among many others. Her first collection, Good Friday Kiss (2008, C&R Press) was chosen by Thomas Lux as the winner of the DeNovo First Book Award.
Where: The Coffee Cartel
Date: Tuesday the 19th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 1820 S. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, CA 90042
Website: http://www.facebook.com/RedondoPoets
Kristina Hagman at Chevalier’s Books
Please join us when Kristina Hagman, daughter of Larry Hagman, reads and discuss her memoir The Eternal Party. Growing up in the Hagman family Kristina lived a life of constant financial ups and down until her father hit the actor’s jackpot playing the infamous J.R. on the TV show Dallas. She delves into her father’s lifestyle and relationships, with his own mother, actress Mary Martin, and his wife the Swedish Maj, to whom he was devoted and to whom he was wed at age 23.
Where: Chevalier’s Books
Date: Wednesday the 20th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://chevaliersbooks.com
Oneida at Stories Books LA
Join author Ellen Wayland-Smith for a reading and discussion about her fascinating investigation into the good intentions, sexual liberation and modern economics of Oneida: From free Love Utopia to the Well-Set Table. This unusual chapter in American history when a religious community that held radical notions on social issues eventually transformed itself into a successful silverware company and a model of button-down corporate propriety, is told by a descendant of one of the Community’s original families, and is a captivating story.
Where: Stories Books & Café
Date: Wednesday the 20th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: http://www. http://storiesla.com/blogs/events
Don Miguel Ruiz, Jr. at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear Don Miguel Ruiz, Jr. discuss and sign The Mastery of Self: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom. The ancient Toltecs believed life as we know it is a dream, and we each live in our own personal dream, and come together to make the Dream of the Planet. The Ruiz family has an enormous following and a powerful marketing machine. This new book will be greeted with enthusiasm by fans around the world.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 20th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Judith Freeman and Laurie Winer at Chevalier’s Books
Author Judith Freeman discusses and signs her memoir The Latter Days, with journalist Laurie Winer. This memoir grew out of an essay Freeman wrote on the eve of the 2012 Republican Convention. Prominent journalist Laurie Winer will discuss with Freeman her personal account of leaving the Mormon faith, and delve into the extraordinary political and economic power Mormons still hold. Guaranteed to fascinate!
Where: Chevalier’s Books
Date: Thursday the 21st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://chevaliersbooks.com/
Young Adult Author Panel at The Last Bookstore-Teen Event
Join us to hear our own Katie Orphan moderate a panel of young adult authors featuring:
Sara Saedi (Never Ever) was born in Tehran, Iran smack-dab in the middle of a war and an Islamic Revolution. As the story goes, she entered the world to the sounds of bombs exploding near the hospital. Though her memory of the day is a little fuzzy, the life and death stakes surrounding her birth helped prepare her for a writing career. She currently lives in Los Angeles, Juliana Romano (Summer in the Invisible City) was born in 1982 in New York, New York and grew up in Santa Monica, California. She received a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 2004 and an M.F.A. in Painting from U.C.L.A. in 2008. In 2009, Juliana began writing fiction in addition to painting. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Aditi Khorona (Mirror in the Sky) spent part of her childhood in India, Denmark and New England. She has a BA in International Relations from Brown University and an MA in Global Media and Communications from the Annenberg School for Communication. She has worked as a journalist at ABC News, CNN, and PBS, and most recently as a marketing executive consulting for various Hollywood studios including FOX, Paramount and SONY.
Join us for a fun-filled night where we will discuss these fantastic young adult novels by three talented women.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 21st
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Ground Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Tracy Tynan at Book Soup
Join us to hear Tracy Tynan, discuss and sign War and Tear: The Threads of my Life, a candid, entertaining memoir told through clothes. Tynan grew up in London in the 1950s and 19600s, privy to her parents glamourous parties and famous friends. Her father was a powerful theater critic and writer, her mother a successful novelist and biographer, and all in the family were stylish and considered shopping an art. The author found that clothing was the focus of many of her stories, and recounts her life with both humor and insight.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Thursday the 21st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/tracy-tynan-discusses-and-signs-wear-and-tear-threads-my-life
Inflamed at Pages Bookstore
Please join us to hear Shelly Malone discuss and sign her book Inflamed. Whether your personal health simply feels slightly off, or you’re experiencing a serious chronic illness, conventional care alone may not be getting you the results you want. Inflamed is the concise guide to changing your life by reducing inflammation.
Shelly Malone is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), holds a BS in Nutritional Science and MPH from UCLA, with a concentration in Nutrition, and is a Foundational Member of the Bio-individual Nutrition Institute and a CBNP.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 21st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/shelly-malone-author-event
Cynthia Sweeney at Glendale Public Library
Join us as the Friends of the Library presents Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney with one of the year’s most anticipated debuts. The Nest is a warm, funny and acutely perceptive novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their relationships, choices, and lives. Tender, funny and deftly written, this novel explores what happens to our ambitions over the course of our lives, and the fraught but unbreakable ties we have with our families.
Where: Adult Recreation Center—next to Glendale Central Library
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Date: Thursday the 21st
Address: 222 E. Harvard St., Glendale, CA 91205
Website: http://www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/19788/125
Writers Underground Open Mic
Join us for a monthly Open Mic event for poetry and the spoken word, hosted by Iris De Anda.
Where: Eastside Café
Date: Thursday the 21st
Time: 9 pm
Address: 5469 E. Huntington Dr. N., Los Angeles, CA 90032
Website: http://irisdeanda.com/events/event/the-writers-underground-open-mic/
P&W Literary Roundtable Meeting in Long Beach
Poets & Writers invites you to attend a Los Angeles Literary Roundtable Meeting, hosted by the Uptown Business District of Long Beach. These P&W meetings are open to people from all facets of the literary community, to exchange ideas, news and resources. It also offers P&W staff a chance to share information about the Readings and Workshops program, which helps provide fees to writers who give public readings and/or teach creative writing workshops.
Where: Uptown Business District of Long Beach
Date: Friday the 22nd
Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Address: 5643 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90805
Website: http://pw.org/calendar
Lara Naughton at Chevalier’s Books
In her astonishing and imaginative memoir, writer and compassion cultivation leader Lara Naughton brings startling poetry and multi-faceted insight to the trauma of violence and rape—and the power of empathy, in her book The Jaguar Man: A Memoir Meet this remarkable author and hear her brave, thought-provoking story, with a Q&A and signing to follow.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 22nd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://chevaliersbooks.com
Sensitive Skin Magazine at Book Show LA
Join us for the Sensitive Skin Magazine reading, featuring:
Dire McCain, author of Playing Chicken with Thanatos and A Star Is Borne, and publisher of Paraphilia Magazine & Apophenia.
Erika Schickel, author of You’re Not the Boss of Me, Adventures of a Modern Mom, and many essays and articles, is also a teacher of memoir at UCLA Extension Writers’ Program.
Tony DuShane, author, journalist, podcaster, film/tv writer, is also available to help you with your memoir or novel.
Matt McLaren, is a musical artist, composer and performer, with his own recording and production business.
Bernard Meisler, publisher and managing editor of Sensitive Skin Magazine, won an Acker Award for publishing in 2014.
Patrick O’Neil, author of Gun, Needle, Spoon and Hold-Up, is a contributing editor for Sensitive Skin Magazine, and instructor at Antioch University and elsewhere.
Where: Book Show LA
Date: Friday the 22nd
Time: 7 pm – 10 pm
Address: 5503 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90042
World of Warcraft at Skylight Books
Please welcome Daniel Lisi to discuss his new book World of Warcraft, with Jarett Kobek, Gabe Durham, Ashley & Anthony Burch, and Brock Wilbur. Ten years after its launch, World of Warcraft is less a game and more of world unto itself. Lisi’s book examines WoW’s origins, the addictive power of its gameplay loop, the romances it has cemented and shattered, the enabling power of anonymity, and the thrill of conquering BlissCon.
Daniel Lisi is the CEO and co-founder of Game Over and a member of Art Share LA’s board of directors.
Where: Skylight Books
Date: Friday the 22nd
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Francesca Lia Block and Carmen Staton at Vroman’s
Join us as Francesca Lia Block and Carmen Staton present and sign Fairies in the Kitchen: Recipes from the Weetzie Bat Series. Drawing from the first five books of the Dangerous Angles series, Staton has worked her own magic to uncover recipes for the many enticing dishes in Block’s books.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 22nd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Alivio Open Mic
A grassroots alternative space in the city of Bell, Alivio Open Mic is held the fourth Friday of every month and gives locals the platform they need to celebrate themselves, validate their voices and cultivate community in Southeast Los Angeles.
Sign up at 7:45 pm. Open Mic at 8 pm.
Where: Alivio Open Mic
Date: Friday the 22nd
Time: 7:45 pm – 11 pm
Address: 6328 Orchard Ave., Bell, CA 90201
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/627200557456943/
Open Mic: Night of Music and Spoken Word at Tia Chucha’s
Join us every 2nd, 4th and 5th Friday night for Tia Chucha’s Open Mic, a welcoming, creative sanctuary where people are encouraged to share their thoughts and talents through various styles of expression. Everyone is welcome to be themselves. It’s FREE. Participants sign up upon arrival. Donations are accepted.
Hosted by: Jeffrey Martin.
Where: Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore
Date: Friday the 22nd
Time: 8 pm
Address: 13197 Gladstone Ave., Unit A, Sylmar, CA 91342
Website: http://www.tiachucha.org/programming
50 Maps that Tell the History of LA at Sunland Library
Glen Creason, LAPL Map Librarian and author, will tell the history of Los Angeles (including Sunland-Tujunga) using 50 fascinating maps.
Where: Sunland-Tujunga Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 23rd
Time: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Address: 7771 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga, CA 91042
Middle Grade Author at Vroman’s Bookstore–Children’s Event
Join author Firoozeh Dumas for a discussion and signing of, It Ain’t So Awful Falafel. Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block…for the fourth time. California’s Newport Beach is her family’s latest perch, and she’s determined to shed her brainy loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name, Cindy. It’s the late 1970s and fitting in becomes more difficult as anti-Iran sentiments creep way too close to home. A poignant yet lighthearted middle grade debut from the author of the best-selling Funny in Farsi.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 23rd
Time: 1 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/firoozeh-dumas-discusses-and-signs-it-ain’t-so-awful-falafel
Rehearsal Reading of Bad Paper at Air 11 Gallery & Bookstore
The Roots and Wings Project is delighted to team with Air 11 Gallery for the upcoming reading of Mildred Lewis’ groundbreaking play Bad Paper. Featuring: Bruce A. Lemon, Jr., Nina Harada, Jeremy Mascia, Donathan Walters, Gisla Stringer, Peter Woods, Lauryn Pendergrass, Joshua R. Lamont, Storyteller Harris, Mildred Lewis, Dez Hope and Ramona Pilar.
Where: Air 11 Gallery and Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 23rd
Time: 3 pm
Address: 359 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90032
Website: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153842622491902&set=p.10153842622491902&type=3&theater
Author Reading at Granada Hills Library
Join us for children’s author Oliver Chin, who will read from several of his 15 popular children’s books. Refreshments will be served. This program is part of the Summer Reading Club for Children.
Where: Granada Hills Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 23rd
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: 10640 Petit Ave.untington DrHuntington , Granada Hills, CA 91344
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/oliver-chin
80th Anniversary: Poetry of the Spanish Civil War at Beyond Baroque
The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) united a generation of young writers, poets and artists in political fervor. Join poets Mariano Zaro, Jill Levine, David Del Bourgo, and Steve Goldman reading works on the tragic conflict from Spanish language and English language poets, including: Muriel Rukeyser, Langston Hughes, Garcia Lorca, Miguel Hernandez, Pablo Neruda, Cesaire Vallejo, and Jorge Guillen.
Regular admission.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 23rd
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Architecture Author in Santa Monica
Edward Bosley, director of the Gamble House in Pasadena, discusses his book on architects Charles and Henry Greene, The Gamble House: Building Paradise in California, the first published in more than twenty years.
Where: Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium, Main Library, SMPL
Date: Sunday the 24th
Time: 2 pm – 3:30 pm
Address: 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=21338
Nebraska Girl Open Reading at Beyond Baroque
This monthly Open Mic and Sunday afternoon reading series is hosted by Wyatt Underwood. Sign-ups are at 1:45 pm. Admission is FREE.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Time: 2 pm
Date: Sunday the 24th
Address: 695 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Fourth Sundays at the Claremont Library
The Friends of the Claremont Library proudly present our Short Forms Open, an Open Mic Event. You are invited to share your short poems (poems 10 lines or fewer) at our open reading! All poets, all abilities, and all ages are welcome.
We welcome short poems either in or out of form, including possibilities such as: clerihew, etheree, haiku, limerick, litany, nonet, tanka. Sign-ups start at 1:50 pm; first signed, first heard.
Where: Claremont Library
Date: Sunday, the 24th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 208 N. Harvard Ave., Claremont, CA 91711
IWOSC at Vroman’s Bookstore
Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC) Reads Its Own is a spellbinding afternoon of eclectic, eccentric, and exemplary works—from poems to true stories to hilarious monologues and beyond, read aloud by distinguished IWOSC scribes. Fifteen of IWOSC’s talented member writers will read short excerpts from their work to entertain us.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 24th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/iwosc-reads-its-own-0
Los Angeles Literature 