Author Event at Edendale Branch Library, LAPL
Please join us for an author Q&A with Guerilla Tacos founder and Chef Wes Avila, along with Richard Parks III, as they discuss his book, Guerilla Tacos. This cook book offers the story of their fame with their taco truck, which stands out in a crowded field because it is so unique and uses only stellar ingredients. With comic illustrations and stories throughout, and the 50 base recipes in this book, this is the final word on the subject.
Where: Edendale Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 20th
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: 2011 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/guerrilla-tacos-qa-wes-avila-and-richard-parks-iii
Ivy Pochoda and Wonder Valley at Vroman’s Bookstore
Come to hear author Ivy Pochoda, acclaimed author of Visitation Street, present, discuss and sign her new book, Wonder Valley. This book is a swirling mix of angst, violence, heartache, and yearning, and follows the lives of very different people, who all witness a naked runner dodging between cars on a typically crowded morning commute. This strange site makes the local news and captures the imaginations of a stunning cast of misfits and lost souls, who will all come crashing together in a shocking way, one that could only happen on this enchanting, dangerous city.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 20th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/ivy-pochoda-discusses-and-signs-wonder-valley
Deanne Stillman at Santa Monica Library
Join us to hear Los Angeles-based author Deanne Stillman discuss and sign her new book Blood Brothers: The Story of the Strange Friendship between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill. This book tells the little known story of the unlikely friendship between these two famous figures of the Old West. Stillman is also the acclaimed author of Desert Reckoning, the cult classic Twenty-Nine Palms, and the novel Mustang (an LA Times Book of the Year).
Where: Santa Monica Library, Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium
Date: Monday the 20th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=25281
Jackson Galaxy at Book Soup
Join us to hear author and star of the hit Animal Planet show “My Cat from Hell,” Jackson Galaxy, discuss and sign his book, Total Cat Mojo: The Ultimate Guide to Life with Your Cat. This book shows us how to eliminate feline behavioral problems by understanding cats’ instinctive behavior.
See website for event guidelines.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 20th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/jackson-galaxy-signs-total-cat-mojo-ultimate-guide-life-your-cat
Dr. Nadia Brown Event at Whittier College
Les Howard Social Justice Speaker Series presents Dr. Nadia Brown speaking on “Race, Gender, and the Dilemmas of Political Representation.” Dr. Brown is Associate Professor of Political Science and African-American Studies, author of Sisters in the Statehouse: Black Women and Legislative Decision Making, and co-editor of Distinct Identities: Minority Women in U.S. Politics, with Dr. Sarah Allen Gershon.
Where: SLC 200, Whittier College
Date: Tuesday the 21st
Time: 1:30 pm
Address: 13406 E. Philadelphia St., Whittier, CA 90608
Website: http://www.whittier.edu/calendar/les-howard-social-justice-speaker-series-dr-nadia-brown
Joe Ide at Ocean Park Mystery Book Group, SMPL
Join us as we discuss the latest authors in the mystery genre every third Thursday of every month. Joe Ide, author of IQ and the newly released Righteous, will discuss his books with our Ocean Park Mystery Book Group. Open to all with plenty of time for Q&A.
Where: Ocean Park Library, SMPL
Date: Tuesday the 21st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 2601 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=22619
David Lebovitz at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear David Lebovitz, discuss and sign L’Appart: The Delights and Disasters of Making My Paris Home. The bestselling author and world-renowned chef David Lebovitz continues to mine the rich subject of his ex-pat life in Paris, using his perplexing experiences in apartment renovation as a launching point for his stories about French food, culture, and what it means to revamp one’s life. The book includes dozens of new recipes.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 21st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 585 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Storytime with Mr. Steve at Vroman’s Bookstore–Kids Event
We are pleased to present Storytime with Mr. Steve, a children’s event, every Wednesday and Saturday morning.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore, Main Store
Date: Wednesday the 22nd
Time: 10 am
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/storytime-mr-steve-148
NaNoWriMo Event for Teens at Venice-Abbot Kinney Library (Teen event)
Teen writers! Join your teen librarian Neil for snacks, raffle, writing, and –snacks, as you try to write a novel during the month of November as part of the annual National Novel Writing Month.
Where: Venice – Abbot Kinney Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Wednesday the 22nd
Time: 3:30 pm – 5 pm
Address: 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/nanowrimo-teens-0
Word Wednesdays Teen Event at Central Library–Teen Event
Please join us for our Word Wednesday event for teens, as we celebrate National American Indian Heritage Month with an American Indians of North Dakota stick game.
Where: Central Library, LAPL
Date: Wednesday the 22nd
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/word-wednesdays-–-discover-new-game
NaNoWritMo Write-In at the Platt Library, LAPL
Come and 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 22nd
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/
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
Remember: 11/24 – 11/26 are the dates for Member Appreciation Days at many SoCal museums, with reciprocal admissions and 20% store discounts on books and merchandise. Indies First events occur at many bookstores.
Local Authors at Once Upon a Time Bookstore–Children’s/Family Event
Please join us to celebrate Indies First/Small Business Saturday to celebrate the start of the holiday season. Remember: autographed books make great gifts for everyone on your list!
10 am: Ann Whitford Paul, author of If Animals Said I Love You;
12 pm: Jennifer Berry, author of The Prayer Box;
TBD: Jennie Palmer, author of The Wompananny Witches Make One Mean Pizza;
2 pm: Gwen C. Katz, author of Among the Red Stars;
3 pm: Mike Lawler, author of Crescenta Valley History: Hidden in Plain Sight;
4 pm: Leslie Margolis, author of We Are Party People.
Where: Once Upon a Time Family Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 10 am -5 pm
Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020
Website: http://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/indies-first-once-upon-time-bookstore
Indies First Authors at Flintridge Bookstore–Children’s & Adults
Please join us to celebrate Indies First/Small Business Saturday to celebrate the start of the holiday season. This event shows support for indie businesses and authors, and recognizes their contributions to their communities.
Come and meet the authors, and welcome Arcadia Publishing and Rare Bird Books, among others:
10 am – 12 pm: P.A. Wikoff, author of Feline Lore: Reflections (Fantasy).
10 am – 12 pm: Eugenie Buchan, author of A Few Planes for China: The Birth of the Flying Tigers (History).
12 pm – 2 pm: Michael Lawler, author of Crescenta Valley History: Hidden in Plain Sight (History).
12 pm – 2 pm: J. Michael Niotta, PhD, author of The Los Angeles Sugar Ring: Inside the World of Old Money, Bootleggers and Gambling Barons (True Crime).
2 pm – 4 pm: David Rocklin, author of The Night Language (Fiction).
2 pm – 4 pm: Cat Gwynn, author of 10 Mile Radius: Reframing Life on the Path through Cancer (Memoir).
Guest Storytime Authors include:
10 am – 12 pm: Janet Squires, with Just like Gulliver (pre-school-age 3);
12 pm – 2 pm: Frans Vischer, with Fuddles & Puddles (ages 4-7);
2 pm – 4 pm: Betsy Rosenthal, with Porcupine’s Picnic: Who Eats What? (ages 4-8).
Live music and therapy dogs: see details, schedule at website.
Where: Flintridge Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 10 am -5 pm
Address: 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Canada-Flintridge, CA 91011
Website: http://www.flintridgebooks.com/instore-events/2017/11/25/small-business-saturday
Drew Daywalt at Children’s Bookstore–Children’s Event
Please join us to celebrate the new Star Wars book, BB-8 on the Run, with author Drew Daywalt. When BB-8 is separated from his master, Poe Dameron, on the lonely desert planet of Jakku, he has no choice but to keep rolling. It’s all up to him to get a top-secret map back to the Resistance so they can find Luke Skywalker and save the galaxy from the evil First Order.
Where: Children’s Book World
Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 11 am
Address: 10580 ½ West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Website: http://www.childrensbookworld.com/Calendar/calendar.htm
Indies First/Small Business Saturday at Skylight Bookstore
Please join us for our annual celebration of independent book stores, to start the holiday season. If anyone reads as much as booksellers, it’s definitely authors, so you’ll get some great recommendations from our guest authors:
11 am – 1 pm: Brandy Colbert, young adult author of Little Lion and Pointe, will have recommendations for children’s books and young adult books.
12 pm – 2 pm: Carina Chocano, author of You Play the Girl, will be recommending nonfiction books.
1 pm – 3 pm: Meg Howrey, author of City of Dark Magic, and more recently The Wanderers, will recommend some of her favorite fiction.
2 pm – 4 pm: Mandy Kahn, author of the books of poetry, Glenn Gould’s Chair and Math Heaven Time, will be recommending her favorite books of poetry.
3 pm – 5 pm: Michelle Tea, queer icon and author of The Modern Tarot, Black Wave, How to Grow, and more, will recommend fiction and non-fiction books.
4 pm – 6 pm: Vanessa Davis, local artist and author of comics such as Make Me a Woman and Spaniel Rage, will recommend comics and graphic novels.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 11 am – 6 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/indies-first-national-celebration-independent-bookstores-0
Indies First Event at Vroman’s Bookstore, Main Store
Please join us for Indies First/Small Business Saturday, to celebrate the start of the holiday season and welcome our very special guest booksellers and authors:
11 am – 12 pm: Kwei Quartey, physician and crime fiction author of Wife of the Gods, among others, as well as the upcoming Death by His Grace.
12 pm – 1 pm: Attica Locke, author of Pleasantville and the Cutting Season, and the upcoming Blue Bird, Blue Bird: A Novel.
1 pm: Curtis Armstrong, actor and author of the memoir Revenge of the Nerd.
1 pm – 2 pm: Rachel Ignotofsky, teen and YA author of Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore, Hastings Ranch
Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 12 pm – 2 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/indies-first-2017-main-store
Indies First Event at Vroman’s Bookstore, Hastings Ranch
Please join us for Indies First at our Hastings Ranch store, to hear and see two authors:
12 pm – 1 pm: Jessica Cluess, YA author of A Shadow Bright and Burning.
1 pm – 2 pm: Chip Jacobs, author of Strange As It Seems and Goldmine, and other crime fiction.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore, Hastings Ranch
Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 12 pm – 2 pm
Address: 3729 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/indies-first-2017-hastings-ranch
Indies First/Small Business Saturday at Book Soup
Indies First, held on Small Business Saturday, brings together authors, readers and publishers in support of independent book stores. Authors and local celebrities volunteer at events across the country.
This year we are hosting:
12 pm: Michelle Latiolais, author of She.
1 pm: Justin Torres, author of We the Animals.
2 m: Heidi Mastrogiovanni, author of Lala Pettibone’s act Two.
3 pm: Dan Lopez, author of The Show House.
4 pm: Janelle Brown, author of Watch Me Disappear.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 12 pm – 5 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/indies-first-small-business-saturday-0
Indies First Event at Diesel Bookstore, Brentwood
Please join us to celebrate the start of the holiday season with Indies First/Small Business Saturday, and to hear participating local authors:
12 pm – 2 pm: Carter Higgins is an elementary school librarian, book blogger and graphic designer. She is the author of the juvenile fiction novel Rambler Steals Home, and two upcoming picture books: This Is Not a Valentine and Everything You Need for a Treehouse.
1 pm – 3 pm: Christopher Farnsworth is a journalist, a screenwriter, and the author of the thriller Flashmob and the President’s Vampire trilogy.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, Brentwood
Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 12 pm – 3 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: http://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/diesel-brentwood-celebrates-indies-firstsmall-business-saturday
Indies First/ Small Business Saturday at Pages Bookstore
Please join us to celebrate the start of the holiday season with Indies First/Small Business Saturday, and to hear participating guest authors:
12 pm: Chef Gino Campagna, author of Taste Test Challenge (ages 8 & up).
1:30 pm: Jay Paris, sportswriter and author of Game of My Life Rams.
3 pm: Dana Brown, son of film maker Bruce Brown, and author of the iconic Endless Summer Surf Coffee Table Book.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 12 pm – 4 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/small-business-saturday
Richard Blade at Gatsby’s Bookstore
Celebrate Indies First/Small Business Saturday and meet DJ and author Richard Blade, at his book launch party for World in My Eyes. This autobiography is a jaw-dropping, uncensored insider’s look into the world of music, movies and television and its biggest stars, form the sixties through to the new century—from school days at Oxford to California, Australia and beyond.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: http://gatsbybooks.com/book-signings/
Publishing Workshop at Saturday Afternoon Poetry
Join us at Saturday Afternoon Poetry for a Print & Internet Publishing Workshop led by Kimberly Cobian and contributing poets published in the INTERSECTIONS anthology.
Event curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell
Where: Santa Catalina Public Library, Pasadena
Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
Chingona Fire Open Mic at Avenue 50 Studios
Join us for the Chingona Fire Open Mic, featuring Poetic Moment, at Avenue 50 in Highland Park. Chingona Fire is a Latina feminist poetry collective comprised of poets Angela Aguirre and Yesika Salgado. They create monthly poetry events for women of color, to create space and visibility for their community.
Check websites for details.$5 admission.
Where: Avenue 50 Studios
Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 131 N. Avenue 50, Highland Park, CA 90042
Website: http://www.chingonafire.com/about
Valley Poets and Open Mic at dA Center for the Arts
Join us for a great reading with three featured poets and you: CLS Ferguson, Rich Ferguson, Mike Buckley, and YOU at our Open Mic segment.
Where: dA Center for the Arts
Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 7 pm – 10 pm
Address: 252 S. Main St., Suite D, Pomona, CA 91766
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2011274829104861/
Nebraska Girl Open Reading at Beyond Baroque
Join us for our monthly Nebraska Girl Open Reading hosted by poet Wyatt Underwood. Sign-ups are at 1:30 pm.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 26th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Kids Author at Japanese American National Museum (JANM)–Children’s Event
Join us on the first annual Museum Store Sunday, to welcome Allen Say to present and discuss his book, Silent Days, Silent Dreams. This is an imagined look at the childhood of James Castle, who was born deaf, mute, autistic, and probably dyslexic. Despite countless obstacles and challenges, Castle persevered in creating his art. Today his works are featured in major exhibitions and collected by museums all over the world.
Where: JANM Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 26th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 100 North Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://www.janm.org/events/#26
Village Poets: The Sequoia Reading at Bolton Hall Museum
Please join us for The Sequoia Reading – Thanksgiving with John Brantingham and Friends, a celebration of nature and trees, and all we have to be thankful for in California.
The reading will include John Brantingham and his students, Cynthia Anderson, Cindy Rinne, and Shaymaa as featured poets (45 min. for the group) and two open mic segments.
Where: Bolton Hall Museum
Date: Sunday the 26th
Time: 4:30 pm
Address: 1010 Commerce Ave., Tujunga, CA 91042
Website: http://villagepoets.blogspot.com/
Lamplight Poetry Reading
Holy Whizzbang It’s The Last Reading of the Year! Come by and read your poems and join us for another Lamplight Poetry Reading! No cover, no feature, an open list and a mic ready to use!
Where: White Harte Pub
Date: Sunday the 26th
Time: Doors open 7:30pm; Reading starts 8:30pm
Address: 22456 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills, California 91364
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/143324956391050/
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