T. Jefferson Parker at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear T. Jefferson Parker discuss and sign The Room of White Fire, a stirring new thriller from the bestselling and award-winning author, who is admired by fans of Michael Connelly and C.J. Box. In this new book a P.I. must hunt down a soldier who is damaged by war, dangerous, and on the run. Roland Ford—a former cop, then a marine, and now a private investigator—is good at finding people. But when asked to locate Air Force veteran Clay Hickman, he realizes he’s been drawn into something deep and dark. Why does a shroud of secrecy hang over Hickman’s disappearance, and why is Ford getting a different story from everyone involved? What begins as just a job becomes a life-or-death obsession for Ford, forcing him to contend with chilling questions about truth, justice, and the American way.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/t-jefferson-parker-discusses-and-signs-room-white-fire
Author Brontez Purnell at Book Soup
Join us to hear Brontez Purnell discuss and sign Since I Laid My Burden Down, which Michelle Tea calls an interrogation of “…what it means to be black, male, queer; a son, an uncle, a lover; Southern, punk, and human.” In this raw, funny and uninhibited stumble down memory lane, Purnell’s debut novel explores how one man’s early sexual and artistic escapades grow into a life.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/brontez-purnell-discusses-and-signs-i-laid-my-burden-down
#90X90LA: CLI Presents: The High School Poems at Cielo Galleries/Studios
Celebrate! Investigate! Resist!
Join us to hear a reading by CLI (Community Literature Initiative) alumni.
Featuring:
Stephanie V. Yu, Carolina Rivera, Marquitta Lloyd, Michelle Williams, Bryan Maldonado, Kooki, Charlie Becker, Aubry Osborn, Nadia Hunter Bey, Angela Franklin, Julayne Lee, Richard Carranza, Jessica Gallion, Kuahmel, Lida Parent-Harris
Curated & Hosted by Hiram Sims
Where: Cielo Galleries/Studios
Date: Monday the 28th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 3201 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011
Website: http://90x90la.com/cli-high-school-poems-m-828/
90x90LA: Politics Values Statements at Annenberg Beach House
Join us for one of a trio of August panels titled Values Statement. In this third of the series (other panels were on Money, and Community) we investigate how we value our art.
Moderated by Chiwan Choi
Where: Annenberg Community Beach House
Date: Tuesday the 29th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 415 Pacific Coast Hwy., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: http://90x90la.com/politics-value-statements-tu-829-630pm/
Finn Murphy at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear Finn Murphy discuss and sign The Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tales of Life on the Road. More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long haul trucker. Since then he’s covered more than a million miles in a 53-foot eighteen wheeler he calls Cassidy. As he crisscrosses the country he recounts with wit, candor and charm the America he has seen change over the decades.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 29th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
McSweeney’s 50th Issue Release Party at Skylight Bookstore
Join us for the release party for Issue 50 of Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, and to hear a diverse show composed from fifty different contributors, including Jonathan Lethem, Lydia Davis, Sherman Alexie, Etgar Keret, Sarah Vowell, among many others.
Readers include: Kevin Moffett, Corinna Vallianatos, Sarah Walker, Carson Mell, and Brian Evenson.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 29th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/mcsweeneys-50th-issue-release-party
Sunshine Is Forever at the Last Bookstore
Join us to hear Kyle T. Cowan, who will present his debut YA novel Sunshine Is Forever, a strikingly honest portrayal of mental illness and the tragic loss of loved ones. This book follows a ragtag group of disaffected teens as they struggle to find compassion for one another and themselves. Awash with sobering angst and intoxicating love, this is a unique coming-of-age story.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 29th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Redondo Beach Poets at Coffee Cartel
Join us to hear featured poet Zach Thomas and stay for our Open Mic. Come early to sign up for Open Mic.
Where: Coffee Cartel
Date: Tuesday the 29th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 1820 S. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Website: http://www.facebook.com/RedondoPoets
Family History: Interview Workshop at Alhambra Library
Please join us to learn how to interview your relatives and build an oral history of your family.
Please RSVP at link on website.
Where: Reese Hall, Alhambra Library
Date: Wednesday the 30th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: 101 S. 1st St, Alhambra, CA 91801
Website: http://alhambralibrary.org/events/2017/07/06/family-history-interview-workshop
Matt Klam, with Edan Lepucki, at Book Soup
Please join us to hear Matt Klam, in conversation with Edan Lepucki, present and sign Who Is Rich? This is a provocative satire of love, sex, money, and politics that unfolds over four wild days in so-called “paradise”—the long-awaited first novel from the acclaimed author of Sam the Cat. Every summer, a once-sort-of-famous cartoonist named Rich Fisher leaves his wife and two kids behind to teach a class at a weeklong arts conference, but this year he can’t decide if his own desire for love and human contact is going to rescue or destroy him.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Wednesday the 30th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/matt-klam-conversation-edan-lepucki-discussing-his-book-who-rich
Lucy Ives, with Amina Cain, at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear Lucy Ives discuss and sign her new novel, Impossible Views of the World, with Amina Cain. This is a witty, urbane, and sometimes shocking debut novel, set in the hallowed New York museum, where a co-worker’s disappearance and a mysterious map change a life forever. Pulsing with neurotic humor and dagger-sharp prose, this is a dazzling debut novel about how to make it through your early thirties with your brain and heart intact.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 30th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/lucy-ives-reads-her-novel-impossible-views-world-amina-cain
90x90LA: Whiskey Writing Wednesday
Join us for an evening of prompt led writing at a Little Tokyo Bar, curated by traci kato-kiriyama & TNP friends.
More info TBA.
Where: TBD
Date: Wednesday the 30th
Time: 8:30 pm
Address: TBD
Website: http://90x90la.com/whiskey-writing-wednesdayw-830-830pm/
Orlando Ortega-Molina at Diesel Bookstore
Join us to welcome Orlando Ortega-Molina to discuss his collection of short stories, Jerusalem Ablaze: Stories of Love and Other Obsessions. These characters are consumed by their fascinations with sex, death, and inescapable fate, and the book has been short-listed for the Polari First Book Prize of 2107. This author’s prose is elegant and his tales often go to dark, sometimes uncomfortable places.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, Brentwood
Date: Thursday the 31st
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: http://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/orlando-ortega-medina-discusses-and-signs-jerusalem-ablaze
Ryan Gattis and Rachel Howzell Hall at Pages Bookstore
Join us to welcome Ryan Gattis and Rachel Howzell Hall to discuss their new books, Safe and City of Saviors.
A few years ago we were all blown away by Ryan Gattis’ book All Involved, a novel about the events during and around the 1992 L.A. riots. His new book, Safe, is a gritty thriller about how far we’ll go to protect those we love.
Rachel Howzell Hall’s new book, City of Saviors, is the fourth book in the Detective Elouise Norton series. Ryan is a fan’s of Rachel’s so it should be a good conversation.
RSVPs are appreciated as space is limited.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 31st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/ryan-gattis-and-rachel-howzell-hall-author-event
Michelle Tam & Henry Fong at Vroman’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear Michelle Tam and Henry Fong discuss and sign their book, Ready or Not!: Make-Ahead, Make-Over, and Make-Now Recipes by Nom Nom Paleo, which makes paleo home cooking a breeze
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 31st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/michelle-tam-henry-fong-discuss-and-sign-ready-or-not-150-ma
Carina Chocano, with Kristina Wong, at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear Carina Chocano discuss her book, You Play the Girl, with Kristina Wong, in a story of a pop culture critic who merges memoir and commentary to explore how our culture shapes ideas about who women are, what they are meant to be, and where they belong. In the tradition of Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit, and Susan Sontag, Chocano brilliantly shows that our identities are more fluid than we think, and certainly more complex than we see on any kind of screen.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 31st
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Open Door Poetry Reading at Battery Books
Join us to hear Olga Garcia, Cynthia Guardado and Rebecca Gonzales at The Open Door Poetry Reading at Battery Books!
Olga Garcia Echeverria is the author of Falling Angels: Cuentos y Poemas. She lives, works and shape shifts in Los Angeles.
Cynthia Guardado is a Salvadoran-American poet and professor of English at Fullerton College. Her debut collection of poetry, Endeavor, was published by World Stage Press in 2017, and received the Pellicer-Frost Binational Poetry Prize.
Rebecca Gonzales lives in East Los Angeles, and her work has been published in various literary anthologies and journals. She was the winner of “The Poets of New York” series at the Bowery in March 2014.
Where: Battery Books & Music
Date: Thursday the 31st
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 26 South Robles Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.facebook.com/opendoorpoetry/ or https://allevents.in/pasadena/olga-garcia-cynthia-guardado-and-rebecca-gonzales-at-open-door/1923218771264779
90x90LA: Red Right Hand Press Release Party at Cielo
Please join us for Red Right Hand’s launch of its PALM series, featuring contributions from:
Katherine Marie Agard
Taylor McDaniel
Taylor McGill
Regis Armani Peeples
Calvin Walds
At this launch we will have live readings as well as multimodal presentations of contributors’ works in our inaugural issue. Come listen to pieces from our PALM sized parcels, and then write back!
We’ll also have snacks and drinks to celebrate!
Curated and Produced by Loretta McCormick & Gina Alexandra
Where: Cielo Galleries/Studios
Date: Thursday the 31st
Time: 8 am
Address: 3210 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011
Website: http://90x90la.com/red-right-hand-press-release-party-th-831-8pm/
He Said, She Said at Visions
Join us to hear She Said, He Said, hosted by Kooki and Mr. Derek D, Brown. Open Mic with sign-ups starting at 7:30 pm.
Each month we will post a different writing prompt so you can apply your craft on a chosen topic. This month: Can’t we all just get along?
If you already have a poem or song that speaks to that energy, by all means come share it! We know you will bring magic to the Open Mic.
Where: Visions
Date: Thursday the 31st
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm (sign-ups at 7:30 pm)
Address: 8916 Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90047
Cornell Thomas at Book Soup
Please join us to hear Cornell Thomas discuss and sign, Extra-Ordinary: The Distance Between Good and Great. This book is for anyone searching for the tools to make a more positive impact on their lives. Thomas is a leader who will inspire you to do more, and take your life to the next level. He is a former athlete, and a speaker, author, thinker, activist, husband and father.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Friday the 1st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
DC’s Young Animal Panel at Skylight Books–Teen Event
Join us for DC’s young Animal Panel, featuring:
Cecil Castellucci is a YA author, and most recently the author of Soupy Leaves Home.
Gerard Way is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comic book writer, and co-founder of the group, My Chemical Romance. He wrote the comic mini-series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, and the Eisner Award-winning The Umbrella Academy.
Jonathan Rivera is an author of fiction, YA and fantasy, and is the author of The Dreamer: Origins.
Jody Houser.is an Eisner and Ringo-nominated comic writer who know she wanted to be a writer since she was eight years old. She created the webcomic Cupcake POW! and is currently available on comiXology Submit.
NOTE: Although this event is free, to attend you must RSVP and purchase at least one copy of the designated books at the website.
Where: Skylight Books
Date: Friday the 1st
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Three Authors at Poetic Research Bureau
Please join us to hear Diana Artenian, Muriel Leung, and Ashaki Jackson read from and discuss their work.
Diana Artenian is an author and translator of poetry and prose, and a poetry editor at Noemi Press and manging editor at Ricochet. She is the author of the chapbook Playing Monster:: Seiche (fall 2017).
Muriel Leung is the author of Bone Confetti, winner of the 2015 Noemi Press Book Award. A Pushcart Prize nominated writer, her poetry, fiction and nonfiction has been widely published. She is a poetry co-editor of Apogee Journal, and is currently pursuing her PhD at USC.
Ashaki Jackson is a poet and social psychologist who has worked with youth in the juvenile justice system. Writ Large Press published her chapbook, Surveillance, in March 2016, and a second chapbook, Language Lessons, was published by MIEL in August 2016.
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Friday the 1st
Time: 8 pm
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://www.poeticresearch.com/
Three Poets at Rapp Saloon Reading Series
Please join us to hear Katie Manning, Julayne Lee, and Martin Ott read from and discuss their work.
Katie Manning is the author of four chapbook-length poetry collections, and has been published in many anthologies and literary journals. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Whale Road Review.
Julayne Lee is a 1.x generation adopted Asian American poet, artivist, producer, occasional blogger and Futbolista. She has written for Korean Quarterly, was a CLI Scholar, is an activist in Korean adoption and adoptee rights campaigns, and works as a Sr. Data Analyst.
Martin Ott is the author of seven books of poetry and fiction, including Underdays and Spectrum. His work has appeared in sixteen anthologies, and many magazines and journals. His blog, Writeliving, is a blog for writers, and includes many interviews with authors.
Music presented by Robin Roberts.
Hosted by Cynthia Alessandra Briano
Where: Rapp Saloon
Date: Friday the 1st
Time: 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Address: 1436 2nd St., Santa Monica, CA 90401
Rabbi Zoe Klein at Children’s Book World–Children’s Event
Join us for a reading, signing, and challah tasting! Rabbi Zoe Klein will share her delightful new picture book for ages 4-8, The Goblins of Knottingham: A History of Challah. Find out how the children of Knottingham fought the goblins, and how their tangled hair led to the unlikely invention of a braided bread called challah.
Where: Children’s Book World
Date: Saturday the 2nd
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 10580 ½ W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Website: http://www.childrensbookworld.com/Calendar/calendar.htm
Andrea J. Loney at Children’s Book World–Children’s Event
Join us for the celebration of Andrea J. Loney’s engrossing new book, Take a Picture of Me, James VanderZee! There will be a book signing, snacks, music, and a Photo Fun station for taking pictures with family and friends. This award-winning book tells the story of a groundbreaking artist whose work spanned more than 80 years and chronicled an important era in Harlem, capturing the beauty and pride of its people.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 2nd
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/take-picture-me-james-vanderzee-book-signing-and-photo-party
Josette Siqueiros at Saturday Afternoon Poetry
Please join us at Saturday Afternoon Poetry for an Emerging Urban Poets Writing Workshop led by Josette Siqueiros.
Curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell
Where: Santa Catalina Library, Pasadena PL
Date: Saturday the 2nd
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91104
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
Maja D’Aoust at Skylight Books
Maya D’Aoust gives a live divination demonstration exploring an alternative method for reading the Tarot based on Alchemical techniques. Her new Tarot deck, The White Witch Tarot, uses a spread that encourages the use of psychological archetypes in a marriage of opposites that mirror the Shakespearean drama.
Where: Skylight Books
Date: Saturday the 2nd
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/maja-daoust-discusses-her-new-tarot-deck-white-witch-tarot
Nancy Boyarsky at Book Soup
Join us to hear author Nancy Boyarsky discuss and sign The Bequest, a fast-paced mystery about a woman trying to balance her work as a lawyer at a prestigious L.A. firm with a long-distance romance. The murder of the firm’s in-house investigator, his mysterious wealth and his inexplicable bequest, make her a target for the police, the paparazzi, and the killer.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Sunday the 3rd
Time: 2 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/nancy-boyarsky-discusses-and-signs-bequest
The Baggage Review at Beyond Baroque
Join us as singers and songwriters have the opportunity to play their songs and read their poetry or song lyrics, or otherwise incorporate spoken word into their music performance.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 3rd
Time: 2 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Gender & Sexuality Talk at Vroman’s Bookstore
Girl Scout Kendal Kully will be leading a panel discussion on gender and sexuality in society, focusing on ending discrimination through education and discussion. Her panel will feature Kerrie Walsh (Sappho & Sexuality studies), Cole Slater (Gender & Sexuality bullying expert, Dr. Kelly King (Gender Spectrum Programs/Glendale School District), and Cheryl Koos (Professor of Gender Studies).
A sale and booksigning of the panelists’ works follows the discussion.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 3rd
Time: 4 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/gender-and-sexuality-talk
First Sunday Open Reading at Beyond Baroque
Our popular monthly Open Reading includes features TBA, and is hosted by Steve Goldman. Sign-ups begin at 4:45 pm in the Scott Wannberg Bookstore.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 3rd
Time: 5 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
La Poesia Festival at Beyond Baroque
This monthly event offers an Open Mic and featured readers hosted by Antonia Villamil. Potluck party will be held in the lobby. FREE but donations are appreciated.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 3rd
Time: 5 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
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