Book of Wonders at Book Soup
Come to hear author Douglas Trevor discuss and sign his book, Book of Wonders. This book is a collection of nine stories, and explores unsettling and comic situations in which people lose their bearings, reinvent themselves, or resolve—sometimes haplessly—to make sense of their lives. We are reminded not only of the struggle to connect, but also of what the most unlikely of people may realize they share.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 6th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/douglas-trevor-discusses-and-signs-book-wonders
Alex Prud’homme at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear author Alex Prud’homme discuss and sign France Is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child. Their wanderings through the French capital and countryside, frequently photographed by Paul, would help lead to the classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and Julia’s celebrated career in books and on TV. Their great-nephew Alex Prud’homme not only captures this magical period in their lives, he also brings to light Paul Child’s own photographic achievement.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 6th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Tom Gauld, with Mark Frauenfelder, at Skylight Bookstore
Please join us as cartoonist Tom Gauld discusses his comic Baking with Kafka, with Mark Frauenfelder of MAKE Magazine. This book is laugh out loud funny, and compiles brilliant British cartoonist Gauld’s weekly strips in the Guardian, where each strip captures the profundity of a think-piece, while elevating its commentary to triumphant levels of comedic narration
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Monday the 6th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/tom-gauld-discusses-his-comic-baking-kafka-mark-frauenfelder
New Short Fiction Series at Annenberg Beach House
Please join the New Short Fiction Series in their 21st season for stories around the journeys, disruptions and human stories of immigration. Works by local authors are read by local actors, and authors are present and available to sign books. Readers include spoken word artist Sally Shore, co-founder & executive director of Lit Crawl L.A.
Event is free but you must RSVP at website link.
Where: Annenberg Beach House
Date: Tuesday the 7th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 415 Pacific Coast Hwy., Santa Monica, CA 90401
Website: http://www.annenbergbeachhouse.com/activities/cultural-programs-events-and-tours.aspx
Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor at Diesel Bookstore
Please join us to hear authors Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor discuss and sign their mystery novel It Devours!: A Welcome to Night Vale Novel. From the authors of the bestselling Welcome to Night Vale, and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, this mystery explores the intersections of faith and science, the growing relationship between two young people who want desperately to trust each other, and the terrifying, toothy power of the Smiling God.
Where: Diesel Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 7th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
South Bay Families Author Event at Manhattan Beach Middle School
Please join us for the November Families Connected Speaker Series Event to hear Rita Lurie and Leslie Gilbert-Lurie discuss her life before, during and after the Holocaust, and the memoir they co-wrote, Bending Toward the Sun. This story reveals how deeply the Holocaust lives in the hearts and minds of survivors and their descendants.
The event is FREE but registration at the website is required.
Where: Manhattan Beach Middle School (with Pages Bookstore)
Date: Tuesday the 7th
Time: 6:30 pm – 8 pm
Address: 1501 N. Redondo Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.southbayfamiliesconnected.org/events/2017/11/7/inclusion-matters-a-holocaust-survivors-story or http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/rita-lurie-and-leslie-gilbert-lurie-mbms-parent-university-book-club
Jesse Eisinger at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear bestselling author and senior reporter and editor at ProPublica, Jesse Eisinger, in conversation with attorneys David Scheper and Richard Drooyan, present and sign The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives. The author received a Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for his series of stories on questionable Wall Street practices that helped make the recent financial crisis the worst since the Great Depression.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 7th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://www.chevaliersbooks.com/jesse-eisinger
Authors of Literary Biography at Vroman’s Bookstore
Jon us to hear authors Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney, in conversation with author Elizabeth L. Silver, discuss and sign A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austin, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot and Virginia Wolff. Through their research, the authors discovered a wealth of collaborations: the friendship between Jane Austin and one of the family servants, playwright Anne Sharp; the daring feminist author Mary Taylor, who shaped the work of Charlotte Bronte; the transatlantic friendship of the seemingly aloof George Eliot and Harriet Beecher Stowe; and Virginia Wolff and Katherine Mansfield, most often portrayed as bitter foes, who actually enjoyed a complex friendship.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 7th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Hank and Jim at Book Soup
Author Scott Eyman discusses and signs his book Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart. This is the story of a remarkable friendship between two Hollywood legends who maintained a close friendship from their beginnings as stage actors in New York, through film making in Hollywood, and even through their decorated services during World War II. Although Fonda was a liberal Democrat and Stewart was a conservative Republican, they agreed to avoid discussing politics and sustained a friendship and close family ties that lasted through everything else.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Tuesday the 7th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Ivy Pochada and Wonder Valley at the Last Bookstore
We are pleased to present author Ivy Pochada, on the launch day of her new novel Wonder Valley. The author will be joined by members of the Lamp Arts Program as they read from their work from the Skid Row Zine. When a teen runs away from his father’s mysterious commune, he sets in motion a domino effect that will connect six characters desperate for hope and love, set across the sun-bleached canvas of Los Angeles. From the Mojave Desert to the Pacific, from the 110 to Skid Row, this is a swirling mix of angst, violence, heartache, and yearning, and a masterpiece from a rising new writer.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 7th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Stephen Elliott at Skylight Bookstore
Please join us as Stephen Elliott discusses his collection of essays Sometimes I Think About It, building on his extraordinary storytelling in his breakout book The Adderall Diaries. This is a powerful story about outsiders and underdogs, in which the author traces his childhood with an abusive father, and his life on the streets as a teenager, and his growing interest in cross-dressing and masochism. These stories tell with great sympathy of those who are broken and seek to be whole.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 7th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
S.J. Kincaid & Tommy Wallach at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear S.J. Kincaid present the sequel to The Diabolic, as The Empress has arrived! It’s a new day in the Empire, as Tyrus has ascended to the throne with Nemisis by his side and now they can find a new way forward, where science and information can be shared with everyone—not just the elite.
Tommy Wallach will read from his upcoming novel Strange Fire. What if, after thousands of years, two civilizations rose from the ashes following an asteroid hit on earth? And what if they learned of each other and became enemies?
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 8th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://www.chevaliersbooks.com/sj-kincaid
Craig Owens at Vroman’s Bookstore
Jon us to hear author Craig Owens discuss and sign Haunted by History Vol. I. This book uncovers little known facts about eight prominent historic hotels in Southern California and the origins behind their ghost stories.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 8th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/craig-owens-discusses-and-signs-haunted-history-vol-1
Anne Fadiman at Book Soup
Author Anne Fadiman discusses and signs her book The Wine Lover’s Daughter: A Memoir. This is the story of the author’s relationship with her father, Clinton Fadiman, a renowned literary critic, editor and radio host, whose greatest love was wine. In this poignant memoir is an exploration of love, ambition, class, family, and the pleasures of the palate by one of our finest essayists.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Wednesday the 8th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/anne-fadiman-discusses-and-signs-wine-lover’s-daughter-memoir
Barry Schwabsky at Otis College of Art and Design
Please join us for the Visiting Writers Series to hear Barry Schwabsky discuss his work. He is the art critic for The Nation, co-editor of international reviews for Artforum, and writes for the London Review of Books, New Left Review, the Brooklyn Rail, and hyperallergic.com. Among his many teaching and writing endeavors, he is currently editing a new series of monographs on contemporary painters which the British publisher Lund Humphries will launch in Fall 2017.
Where: Otis College of Art and Design, Goldsmith Campus
Date: Wednesday the 8th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: http://www.otis.edu/mfa-writing/visiting-writers-series
Bridgette Bianca at Anansi Writers Workshop, The World Stage
The Anansi Writers Workshop welcomes Bridgette Bianca to The World Stage to read and discuss her work. She is a professor and poet from South Central Los Angeles. Her poetry serves as witness to moments most choose to ignore. Her poems do not look away, no matter how much it hurts.
Where: The World Stage
Date: Wednesday the 8th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: 4321 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/157462118327577/
Aja Monet and Reyna Biddy at the Last Bookstore
Please join us to hear poet Aja Monet discuss My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter, an ode to mothers, daughters, and sisters—the tiny gods who fight to change the world. We also welcome poet Reyna Biddy who will discuss, read and sign I Love My Love, which tells the story of her childhood in short, poignant verses, her parents’ toxic relationship, and how, against all odds she learned to love herself. .
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 8th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Angry Nasty Women Writers at Book Show LA
This will be an informal evening of women-centered writing prompts and exercises! The objective of this writing group will be to generate ideas for women-centered essays, poems or fiction that reveals our own experiences, views and manifestos as Angry Nasty Women.
Suggested $5 donation OR contribute a snack or beverage!
Where: Book Show LA
Date: Wednesday the 8th
Time: 8 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 5503 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90042
Website: http://bookshowla.com/event/angry-nasty-women-feminist-writing-group-4/
Marcus Eriksen at Diesel Bookstore
Please join us to hear author Marcus Eriksen discuss and sign his book, Junk Raft: An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution. This is an exciting account of an activist scientist’s unorthodox fight in the growing movement against plastic marine pollution and of his expedition across the Pacific on a home-made “junk raft.” The author is co-founder of S Gyres Institute, and is an expert on the subjects of his research and writings.
Where: Diesel Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 9th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: http://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/marcus-eriksen-discusses-and-signs-junk-raft
Traci Chee Launch & YA Authors Panel at Vroman’s Bookstore–YA Event
Please join us to hear Young Adult Lit author Traci Chee discuss, launch and sign her book, The Speaker. This is an exciting tale about young people on the run, trying to combat their own nightmares while fighting against a war of kingdom against kingdom, and leaving their future and the safety of the entire world hanging in the balance.
Chee will be joined for a YA Panel by authors Jessica Cleuss, Audrey Coulthurst, and Emily Skrutskie.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 9th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
A.E. Stallings Poetry Reading at the Hammer Museum
Please join us to hear poet and MacArthur winner A.E. Stallings present her work, hosted by author, poet and UCLA professor Stephen Yenser. Stallings uses her training as a Greco-Roman Scholar to experiment with poetic structure. Along with her three collections of poetry, Archaic Smile, Hapax, and Olives, and a verse translation of Lucretius, The Nature of Things, her work has appeared in Best American Poetry, the Atlantic Monthly, and the New Yorker.
Coffee, tea, and book signing follow the reading.
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Thursday the 9th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/11/poetry-ae-stallings/
Language Without Borders, with Three Indigenous Poets, at ALOUD Reading Series, LAPL
Join us to hear authors Natalie Diaz, Layli Long Soldier, and Natalia Toledo, in performance and conversation, which will also feature a performance by Cahuilla Bird singing master Michael Mirelez and company.
Natalie Diaz is a member of the Mohave and Pima Indian tribes, winner of the Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, language activist and educator. Layli Long Soldier is an Oglala Lakota poet, writer, and artist whose debut poetry collection Whereas is short=listed for the National Book Award. Natalia Toldeo is a Mexican poet and translator who writes in Spanish and Zapotec and won the Nezhualcoyotl Prize, Mexico’s highest honor for indigenous language literature.
Bilingual program in Spanish/English with simultaneous interpretation by Antena Los Angeles. Join us for a post-program reception in the Library’s courtyard!
Check website for RSVP and stand-by seating guidelines.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Thursday the 9th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://lfla.org/event/technicians-sacred-indigenous-poetry-americas/
Deanne Stillman at Beyond Baroque
Join us to welcome author Deanne Stillman, who will be in conversation about and discuss her book, Blood Brothers: The Story of the Strange Friendship between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill.
This author interview series, “I Read our Book and…” is hosted by journalist Rex Wiener.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Thursday the 9th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Jessica Yu at Vroman’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear author Jessica Yu discuss and sign her book, Garden of the Lost and Abandoned: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Woman and the Children She Saves. This is the story of Gladys Kalibbala, who is part journalist, part detective, part Good Samaritan. She does not hesitate to dive into a situation to aid a child, and is the author of a newspaper column, Lost and Abandoned. This book chronicle’s one woman’s altruism in trying to find hope for the 5,000+ children living on the streets of Uganda’s capital city of Kampala.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 10th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Mira Bartok at Book Soup
Join us to hear Mira Bartok read and discuss her book, The Wonderling, the story of the Home for Wayward and Misbegotten Creatures, an institution run by evil Miss Carbunkle, a cunning villainess who believes her terrified young charges exist only to serve and suffer. Part animal and part human, the groundlings toil in classroom and factory, forbidden to enjoy anything regular children have, especially singing and music. This high adventure fantasy debut novel is already in development for a major motion picture.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Friday the 10th
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/mira-bartok-discusses-and-signs-wonderling
Liska Jacobs Launch of Catalina at the Last Bookstore
Please be part of our very own Liska Jacobs’ release of her debut novel, Catalina: A Novel. Come for cake, have a drink, and buy some books. After a reading, Liska will talk with LA Times’ Deborah Vankin about the long road to seeing her first book finally in print. To try to get over a doomed affair and lost job, Elsa decides to take a booze-soaked sailing trip to Catalina Island with friends. But the reunion exposes painful memories and dark desires, putting everyone in the group at risk. This book is lauded by many as memorable for its strong sense of place and California noir.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Friday the 10th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Panio Gianopoulos, with Cecil Castellucci, at Skylight Bookstore
Please join us to hear Panio Gianopoulos, in conversation with Cecil Castellucci, present and sign his new collection of stories, How to Get into Our House and Where We Keep the Money. This is a love song to the power of the inadvertent and unplanned, and racks up a gaggle of lost souls who find out how easy it is to become the thing we’re trying to avoid, and find ourselves at the point of no return.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Friday the 10th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Ann Whitford Paul at Children’s Book World–Children’s Event
Please join us to hear Ann Whitford Paul, in celebration of her delightful new book, If Animals Said I Love You! This is companion to her charming If Animals Kissed Good Night imagines how animals would actually say “I love you” across the animal kingdom, with every creature showing love in a special way. (Ages 3-7)
Where: Children’s Book World
Date: Saturday the 11th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 10580 ½ West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Website: http://www.childrensbookworld.com/Calendar/calendar.htm
Classics Book Group at Fairview Branch Library
Please join our long running book discussion group to discuss literay classics from around the world. This month we will discuss North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell.
Where: Fairview Branch Library, SMPL
Date: Saturday the 11th
Time: 11 am – 12:30 am
Address: 2101 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=24087
Laura Hopper at Children’s Book World–Children’s Event
Please join us to hear Laura Hopper, in celebration of her launch party for her new young adult novel, I Never. Inspired by Judy Blume’s classic, Forever, I Never features an almost-too-good-to-be-true high school relationship… and it doesn’t shy away from the details. Destined to be passed from teen to teen, this is a YA debut that will get readers talking. (Ages 14 & up)
Where: Children’s Book World
Date: Saturday the 11th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 10580 ½ West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Website: http://www.childrensbookworld.com/Calendar/calendar.htm
Jeri Westerson at Gatsby’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear Jeri Westerson, in celebration of her launch party for her new novel, Booke of the Hidden. The author writes the critically acclaimed Crispin Guest Medieval Mysteries, historical novels, urban fantasy—including the new Booke of the Hidden series, as well as the Skyler Foxe LGBT Mysteries. She is former president of the SoCal chapter of Mystery Writers of America, and lectures on medieval history at local colleges and museums.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 11th
Time: 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: http://gatsbybooks.com/book-signings/
Richard Bach at Book Soup
This event features Richard Bach, who will discuss and sign his book, The Mudd Club, the story of when he worked the door at The Mudd Club, where NYC’s notorious gathered, and where art and music intersected with sex, drugs and the slumming glittering elite.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Saturday the 11th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/richard-boch-discusses-and-signs-mudd-club
The Comic Book Story of Video Games at Vroman’s Bookstore–YA/Teen Event
Join us to hear author Jonathan Hennessey and illustrator Jack McGowan present the first full-color, chronological origin story for this hugely successful, omnipresent art-form and business, a YA and teen book, The Comic Book Story of Video Games: The Incredible History of the Electronic Gaming Revolution (paperback).
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 11th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Mary Kuryla, with Brenda Whele, at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear Pushcart Prize winner and author Mary Kuryla, with actress Brenda Wehle, discuss and sign her book of stories Freak Weather, an unpredictable collection of thirteen stories in which the atmospheric changes in weather give this collection its name. The author creates female characters who, at times, combine a violent urgency with lack of introspection as they struggle to get out from under the thumb of perceived authority. Several of these stories have been adapted into award-winning films.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 11th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/mary-kuryla-reads-her-collection-freak-weather-brenda-wehle
The Mingus School at Poetic Research Bureau
Join us as The Mingus School presents Young at Heart/Wise in Mind: The Music and Poetry of Muhal Richard Abrams, a tribute through collective listening.
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Saturday the 11th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm (Doors at 7:30 pm. Event at 8 pm.)
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://www.poeticresearch.com
The Other Side of Violet at Beyond Baroque
Join us to celebrate the publication of Media’s latest poetry and fiction anthology, The Other Side of Violet, featuring contributors and special guests:
Yvonne Campbell, Emmitt Conklin, Alexis Rhone Fancher, CLS Ferfuson, Rich Ferguson, Christian Georgescu, Tanya Ko Hong, Doug Knott, Julian Mithra, and Tina Yang.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 11th
Time: 8 pm – 11 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
826LA Event at the Hammer Museum–Kids Event
Please join us to hear artist Marissa Magdalena presents a program for kids ages 5 and up, Art without Walls: Make Space for Rad Women. In this workshop, you will contribute to a creative space that honors women who make the world a better place.
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Sunday the 12th
Time: 11 am – 1 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/11/art-without-walls-make-space-for-rad-women/
LA New Voices Series at Santa Monica Main Library
Please join us to welcome and hear author C. Morgan Babst present, discuss and sign her debut novel, The Floating World, a haunting and lyrical story about a New Orleans family caught up in the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
Where: Santa Monica Main Library, SMPL
Date: Sunday the 12th
Time: 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/11/art-without-walls-make-space-for-rad-women/
Beverly Gray at Diesel Bookstore
Please join us to hear author Beverly Gray discuss and sign her book, Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How “The Graduate” Became the Touchstone of a Generation, which is a close reading of the film itself and vivid, never-before-revealed details from behind the scenes of the production—in time for the fiftieth anniversary of this iconic film.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, Brentwood
Date: Sunday the 12th
Time: 3 pm – 4 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Jennifer K. Jordan and Anorexia at Gatsby’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear author Jennifer K. Jordan discuss and sign her book, Anorexia: You Can Never Be Too Thin—Or Can You? This book offers a way out from this deadly disorder through its captivating and comprehensive stories and tools for recovery. Jordan’s journey form near death to life shows that recovery is possible, and promises that hope and solutions await inside its pages.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 12th
Time: 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: http://gatsbybooks.com/book-signings/
Spillway #25 Reading at Beyond Baroque
Join us for a reading to celebrate the publication of the anthology, Spillway #25, hosted by Susan Terris and Mifanwy Kaiser. This event will feature contributors to the magazine and introduce the wonderful new Spillway editors, Marsha de la O and Phil Taggert.
Readers for this event include: Lynn Thompson, Jim Natal, Dorothy Barresi, Jean Barrett Holloway, Cathie Sandstrom, David St. John, Holaday Mason, Gloria Vando, Candace Pearson, Ralph Angel, Chad Sweeney and others.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Local Authors Day at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear local authors Rossana Snee (The Healing Alphabet: 26 Empowering Ways to Enrich Your Life), Veronica Loving & Jazzmine Jackson (Feeding a Monster), Alan Cook & Jacqueline Marks (Alan Cook: A Puppet Collector’s Odyssey).
All will discuss and sign their books.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 12th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Ann Whitford Paul at Skylight Bookstore–Children’s Event
Join us to hear children’s author Ann Whitford Paul discuss and sign her children’s book, for kids ages 5 and up, If Animals Said I Love You, and asks how each of the animals across the animal kingdom might find a way to say: “I love you.” The author also previously wrote the children’s book, If Animals Kissed Good Night.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Rattle Poetry Series at Flintridge Bookstore
Join us for the Rattle poetry reading, every second Sunday, featuring poets from the current issue:
Edward Derby’s poems have appeared in Field and in Prairie Schooner, among others. His short documentary, Rowers Don’t Wear Life Jackets was an official selection of the 2016 Oregon Independent film Festival. He teaches creative writing in Portland, Oregon, and his poem “Andrew Describes How to Slaughter Chickens” appears in Rattle #57.
William Evans is a writer from Columbus, Ohio, and a founder of the Writing Wrongs Poetry Slam. He has published two collections of poetry, and his poem “I Say Cathedral When I Mean Gunpowder” appears in Rattle #57.
Al Ortolani has taught in Kansas public schools for 43 years, and his collection Paper Birds Don’t Fly was released in 2016. His poem “The Taco Boat” appears in Rattle #57.
Where: Flintridge Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 12th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Canada-Flintridge, CA 91011
Website: http://www.flintridgebooks.com/instore-events/2017/10/3/rattle-poetry-series
Voice in the Well at Beyond Baroque
Join us as Public Works Improvisational Theatre presents an evening of lively variety arts programming, celebrating story tellers, poets, musicians and comics, while exploring topical themes for your pleasure and enjoyment.
Event hosted by Eric Vollmer.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 12th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
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