Steven J. Ross at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear Steven J. Ross, son of Holocaust survivors, author and professor of history at USC, discussing and signing his new book, Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America, in conversation with the host and producer of “Start Making Sense,” The Nation’s weekly podcast Jon Wiener (How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey Across America). The book examines how the Nazis plotted to sabotage the nation’s military installations, propaganda and communications along the Pacific Coast
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 30th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/hitler-in-la
Craig Owens and Haunted at Book Soup
Come to hear author Craig Owens discuss and sign his book, Haunted by History, Volume I. This book reveals little known facts about eight prominent historic hotels in Southern California and the origins behind many of their ghost stories. Owens separates facts from fiction and interweaves historic pictures with photos shot in the most famous places.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 30th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/craig-owens-discusses-and-signs-haunted-history-vol-1
Matt Harry and Sorcery at Vroman’s Bookstore (YA/kids event)
Jon us to hear author Matt Harry discuss and sign Sorcery for Beginners: A Simple Guide to a Challenging & Arcane Art, which is no fantasy or fairy tale. Here is a how-to-manual for returning magic to an uninspired world, and the story of a thirteen-year-old boy who tries to use sorcery to take on a bully.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 30th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Calder Biography at the Huntington Museum
Join us for a reading and conversation with art critic and long-time writer for The New Republic, Jed Perl, discussing and signing Calder: The Conquest of Time. Based on unprecedented access to Calder’s letters and papers, as well as scores of interviews, Calder is shown as an avant-garde artist with mass appeal.
Free advance tickets required, and are available at website link.
Where: Huntington Museum, Rothenberg Hall
Date: Monday the 30th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, CA 91108
Website: http://www.huntington.org/calder/
Books on Parade at Fairfax Branch Library, LAPL
Adults, kids and teens can come dressed as their favorite book character and partake in a costume show, picture booth, and enjoy an edible craft.
Where: Fairfax Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: 161 S. Gardner St., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/books-parade
Mark Frost at Vroman’s Bookstore
We are pleased to present author Mark Frost, to discuss his new book Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier. The crucial sequel to the bestselling The Secret of Twin Peaks, this novel bridges the two series, and takes you deeper into the mysteries raised by the new series. Featuring all the characters we know and love from the first series, as well as many new roles, this adds context and commentary for all fans.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/mark-frost-discusses-and-signs-twin-peaks-final-dossier
Word Wednesdays – Teen Event at Central Library
Please join us for Word Wednesdays – Unleash Your Story, when those who are interested in writing can celebrate the start of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) by brainstorming an idea and an outline for a book!
Where: Central Library, LAPL
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 4 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/word-wednesdays-celebrate-nanowrimo
NaNoWriMo Event at Platt Branch Library, LAPL
Come work on your NaNoWriMo novel in the peace and quiet of our community room, with free wi-fi and refreshments. If you’ve ever dreamed of writing a novel, November is your time to take the challenge to write 50,000 words before the end of the month!
Where: Platt Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 5 pm – 7:45 pm
Address: 23600 Victory Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/nanowrimo-write-2
Holiday Picks and Book Reps Event at Pages Bookstore
Please join us to hear from the reps at Penguin, Random House, and Simon and Schuster, Ingram, and our own Patty Gibson, who will talk about their favorite books for the holidays. There will be a reception at 6:30 pm, and the presentations will begin at 7 pm sharp. Books and prizes will be raffled off.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/annual-holiday-rep-picks-night
DTLA/37 at the Last Bookstore
Please join us to hear authors Yennie Cheung and Kathryn E. McGee and photographers Tim Ronca and Lev Tsimring, in conversation with author David Ulin, discuss, read and sign DTLA/37: Downtown Los Angeles in Thirty-Seven Stories. The conversation will help us learn more about the current landscape of Downtown LA and the people who are making change happen. Part of a series about different neighborhoods around the world, this book also contains many full color photos of people, places and events.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Emily Raboteau at Otis College of Art and Design
Please join us for the Visiting Writers Series to hear Emily Raboteau discuss her work. Her nonfiction book, Searching for Zion, was named a best book of 2013 by The Huffington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, and a winner of the 2014 American Book Award. She is the author of the novel, The Professor’s Daughter, and her fiction and essays have been published and anthologized widely. She teaches creative writing at City College in New York.
Where: Otis College of Art and Design, Goldsmith Campus
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: http://www.otis.edu/mfa-writing/visiting-writers-series
From Here to Eternity, with Caitlin Doughty, at ALOUD Reading Series, LAPL
Join us to hear author Caitlin Doughty, in conversation with LA Times Book Editor Carolyn Kellogg, discuss the her new book, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death, which tells the story of a range of rituals in other cultures for how they care for their dead, and asks what it means to treat the dead with dignity and why we are so afraid of dead bodies.
Check website for RSVP and stand-by seating guidelines.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://lfla.org/event/eternity-traveling-world-find-good-death/
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to welcome author Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, who will discuss and sign Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equity, which is the first book to explore a new, high profile movement to address the centrality of menstruation in relation to issues of gender equality and equity.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/jennifer-weiss-wolf-discusses-her-book-periods-gone-public
Joan Jackson at Diesel Bookstore
Please join us to hear author Joan Jackson discuss and sign her novel at her publication party, Just in Time. For most of his adult life the only place Steve felt at peace was at home with his parents. But after their sudden death he is left on his own, and his siblings scramble to find someone to live with him. A sister-in-law solves the problem, as she is desperate to find a place to live within days. So this is the story of Steve and Nancy, who as virtual strangers are thrown together out of necessity, and forge a way to live in fragile harmony. Sometimes dark, sometimes humorous, this book is a firsthand account of the day-to-day roller coaster of life with a schizophrenic.
Where: Diesel Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 2nd
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: http://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/publication-party-joan-jackson-discusses-and-signs-just-time
Read a Play at Ocean Park Library, Santa Monica
Join us to discover great plays while uncovering your inner actor. This month we will read Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire, with each person in attendance taking part in the read through.
Where: Ocean Park Library, SMPL
Date: Thursday the 2nd
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 2601 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=22674
Kim Smith Event at Pages Bookstore (Kids event)
Please be part of author Kim Smith’s tour, as she is appearing at several local schools today, by purchasing copies of her two current books published by Quirk: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and The X Files: Earth Children are Weird. Pages Bookstore will deliver any pre-ordered books to your school so they can be signed and delivered to your child, if they are pre-ordered and pre-paid by October 19th and will have a limited supply of other books as well. See website for details.
Where: Pages Bookstore and local schools
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 8 am
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/kim-smith-school-visit
Robyn Eckhardt at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear Robyn Eckhardt present and sign Let There Be Food!: Exploring the Diverse Cuisines of Turkey. Travel and food writer Eckhardt and her husband, photographer David Hagerman, have logged more than 15,000 miles in Turkey, and invite you to a Q&A and tasting of the Turkish and Kurdish foods they love.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://www.chevaliersbooks.com/robyn-eckhardt
Child Rearing Authors at Vroman’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear Dr. Adam Price and Dr. Melissa J. Johnson PhD present and sign their work. Dr. Price presents He’s Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe in Himself. And Dr. Johnson is the founder and CEO of the Institute for Girls Development. The authors will discuss gender differences (and stereotypes) in learning, and how today’s pressurized environment affects all kids, boys and girls.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.hes-not-lazyshes-not-perfect-helping-kids-navigate-their-high-pressured-world
Neal Preston at Book Soup
This event features photographer Neal Preston, who will discuss and sign his book, Exhilarated and Exhausted, the retrospective of his 40-year career as the official tour photographer for Led Zeppelin, Queen, Bruce Springsteen, and the Who, among other groups he has covered.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/neal-preston-discusses-and-signs-neal-preston-exhilarated-exhausted
JJ Strong, with Lindsey Lee Johnson, at Skylight Bookstore (YA/Teen event)
Join us to hear JJ Strong read and discuss his debut YA book, US Kids Know, with Lindsey Lee Johnson. This book is about siblings Bri and Ray O’Dell, who are lost, anxious, and restless. Ray is bullied at his school for being small and timid. Bri knows something is off with about her friendship with the shiny blond girls on her field hockey team. When storied delinquent Cullen Hickson enters their orbit, everything changes. And then things get dangerous.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/jj-strong-reads-his-debut-us-kids-know-lindsey-lee-johnson
Ivan Smason & Brendan Constantine at Beyond Baroque
Join us for readings from our Los Angeles based poets featured tonight:
Ivan Smason is a psychologist whose publication credits include the American Scholar, Columbia Journalism Review, and others.
Brendan Constantine is a widely published poet and teacher, and he will present new works and selections from his books.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Exit West at Ocean Park Library
Join our Ocean Park Book Group on the first Saturday of the month. This month we will discuss Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid.
Open to all. No registration required.
Where: Ocean Park Library, SMPL
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 11 am – 12:30 pm
Address: 2601 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=22654
Crime and Punishment at Westwood Branch Library, LAPL
Join us for our monthly Adult Book Club, where we will discuss The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver.
Where: Westwood Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 11 am
Address: 1246 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-75
Native American Heritage Month at Central Library (Kids event)
Join us in the KLOS Story Theater for a family event for kids to celebrate Native American Heritage month with songs, stories, poems and a puppet show.
Where: Central Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/family-program-native-american-heritage-month
The Booke of the Hidden at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear author Jeri Westerson discuss and sign The Booke of the Hidden, an utterly believable history of witches, demons, and magic in a claustrophobic New England village. When a woman moves across the country to open a shop in a quiet town in rural Maine, she discovers a peculiar and ancient codex, The Booke of the Hidden, bricked into the wall. This artifact seems to lead to the town’s biggest secret, and a bizarre series of murders ensues.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/jeri-westerson-discusses-and-signs-booke-hidden
Glenn Gould’s Chair at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear poet Mandy Kahn discuss and sign her book of poetry Glenn Gould’s Chair, an inventive and gloriously lyrical second collection of poems that weaves composer biography and classical music terminology into a compelling, accessible, and beautiful consideration of the creative life.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/mandy-kahn-reads-her-book-poetry-glenn-goulds-chair
Dirty Laundry Lit at the Virgil (early event)
Join us for our early event: Dirty Laundry Lit: Safe Word. Featured artists and readers include:
Ben Loory (Tales of Falling and Flying);
Samantha Dunn (Not by Accident);
Alex Espinoza (Still Water Saints, The Five Acts of Diego Leon).
Lauren Eggert Crowe (LA Review of Books editor);
Siel Ju (Cake Time);
Jessica Ankeny (One Simple Step to Keeping a Clean Gun);
Shaherah White (For the Love of Music); and
Tod Goldberg (Gangster Nation, Gangsterland).
Live set by DJ Shai. Books sold by Skylight Books.
Event produced by Natashia Deon and hosted by Jeff Eyres.
Where: The Virgil
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm or Doors at 6:30 pm/Show at 7 pm
Address: 4519 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90029
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events
Victoria Chang & Friends at Beyond Baroque
Join us to celebrate Victoria Chang’s new book of poems. She will be joined by Dean Rader, Blas Falconer, Vandana Khanna, Elline Lipkin and Nan Cohen for a scintillating discussion on how the put their books together. Q&A and book signing will follow the event.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
826LA Event at the Hammer Museum–Kids Event
Please join us to hear poet Miranda Tsang present a program for kids ages 8-14, Re-Imagining the American Poem. In this workshop, you will rewrite famous patriotic works and compose poems about your own version of America.
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 11 am – 1 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/11/826lahammer-reimagining-the-american-poem/
Superheroes Club at Chevalier’s Bookstore–Kids Event
Please join us to hear Madeleine Sherak, PhD present and sign Superheroes Club, the story of Lily, a regular kid who rallies her friends to form a club to help other kids in school and in their communities. Lily inspires and empowers her friends to find the potential that each of them possesses.
Where: Chevaliers’ Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 11 am
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://www.chevaliersbooks.com/madeleine-sherak
Poetics and Prose at Pipe and Thimble Bookstore
Please join us for a workshop available to all ages and families, offered by Luis Antonio Pichardo, of DSTL Arts, this one on Politics and Prose: Carrying the Metaphor.
Note: Tickets are available at Eventbrite. Check website for details and costs of this sequence of series of workshops.
Where: Pipe and Thimble Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 1 pm
Address: 24830 Narbonne Ave., Lomita, CA 90717
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events
LA Made: The Poets of Amityville—Comedy Reading at Central Library
Join us for a new comedy play reading by award winning author Eugene Pack, with an all-star cast, including Peter Asher, Dana Delany, Beth Grant, Rob Morrow, Dayle Reyfel, Jennifer Tilly, Steven Weber, and Fred Willard.
This ensemble comedy centers on an adult education poetry class on Long Island, where a possible trip to Dublin ignites a fierce competition.
FREE tickets are available via Eventbrite link at website.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 2 pm – 3:30 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/la-made-all-star-cast-staged-reading-poets-amityville
Escenas Latinas Conversation at the Hammer Museum
Please join our Conversation series for Escenas Latinas: Changing the Narrative, and hear writers Vivien Mejia (Ugly Betty, East Los High), Carolina Rivera (Jane the Virgin, The Maids) and showrunner Gloria Calderon Kellett (One Day at a Time) discuss the importance of bringing new narratives about women of color to the screen.
Conversation moderated by UC Irvine film and media studies professor Bambi Haggins.
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/201711/escenas-latinas-changing-the-narrative/
Charlie Lovett at Diesel Bookstore
Please join us to hear Charlie Lovett to discuss and sign his novel, The Lost Book of the Grail. Arthur Prescott is happiest surrounded by the ancient books and manuscripts of the Barchester Catheldral library, and feels like a fish out of water when teaching as an English professor. His life is upended when he sets out on a quest to find the lost Book of Ewolda, which takes on grave importance, to the cathedral and to himself.
Where: Diesel Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: http://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/charlie-lovett-discusses-and-signs-lost-book-grail
Poetry Reading Martina Newberry + Rick Lupert
Los Angeles poets Martha Newberry + Rick Lupert will be reading and discussing their new books Take the Long Way Home and God Wrestler respectively.
Martina Reisz Newberry’s most recent books are NEVER COMPLETELY AWAKE ( from Deerbrook Editions), and TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME (Unsolicited Press). She is also the author of WHERE IT GOES (Deerbrook Editions). LEARNING BY ROTE (Deerbrook Editions) and RUNNING LIKE A WOMAN WITH HER HAIR ON FIRE: Collected Poems (Red Hen Press).
Rick Lupert has been involved with L.A. poetry since 1990. He is the recipient of the 2017 Ted Slade Award, and the 2014 Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center Distinguished Service Award, a 2 time Pushcart Prize Nominee, and a Best of the Net nominee. He served a co-director of the Valley Contemporary Poets for 2 years, and created the Poetry Super Highway ( http://poetrysuperhighway.com/ ). Rick also hosted the weekly Cobalt Cafe reading for almost 21 years.
Where: Gatsby’s Books
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: http://gatsbybooks.com/poetry-events-1/2017/11/5/poetry-reading-martina-newberry-rick-lupert
Night Ladder Book Launch at Flintridge Bookstore
Join us to hear Lois P. Jones, co-host of our Moonday Poetry Series and host of Poets’ Café (KPFK), for her launch of her poetry book Night Ladder. These timeless poems chronicle how the world moves spiritually and sensually through us, while recognizing how we move through the world.
Where: Flintridge Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Canada-Flintridge, CA 91011
Website: http://www.flintridgebooks.com/instore-events/2017/11/5/poetry-book-launch-lois-jones
Mark Z. Danielewski at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear author Mark Z. Danielewski discuss and sign The Familiar, Volume 5: Redwood. From the visionary author of House of Leaves, comes an astonishing series about a young girl who befriends a cat hunting humanity, in the latest book in the series.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Landscape with Headless Mama at Beyond Baroque
Join us to for a powerful afternoon of poetry with award-winning poets: Michelle Bitting, Anna Leahey, Alexis Rhone Fancher, and Jenn Givhan. All are welcome!
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Sarah Schulman at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear Sarah Schulman discuss and sign her book Conflict is Not Abuse, and gain insight into contemporary and historical issues of personal, racial, and geo-political difference, as tools of escalation towards injustice, exclusion and punishment, whether the objects of dehumanization are other individuals, families or communities. The author observes a continuum of inflated accusations of harm that are used to avoid accountability, and illuminates the difference between conflict and abuse.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/sarah-schulman-discusses-her-book-conflict-not-abuse
The Witch Boy at Chevalier’s Bookstore–Kids Event
Please join us to hear Molly Ostertag, the illustrator of the web comic Strong Female Protagonist, to launch The Witch Boy, her debut middle-grade graphic novel about family, identity, courage, and magic! In one family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while the boys grow up to be shapeshifters. Unfortunately one boy is still fascinated by witchery, and his skills save his family…and himself.
Where: Chevaliers’ Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 5:30 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://www.chevaliersbooks.com/mollyknoxostertag
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