Samantha Power & The Education of an Idealist at USC’s Bovard Auditorium
In collaboration with Visions and Voices and other campus organizations, USC’s Speakers Committee presents acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winning author, former US Ambassador to the UN and Obama cabinet member, Samantha Power, who will discuss her new memoir, The Education of an Idealist, which chronicles her transition from outside activist to government insider and explores the impact one person can have on the world.
NOTE: This ticketed event is free to USC students and faculty and their guests, so check website for details.
Where: Bovard Auditorium, USC
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 6:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: 3551 Trousdale Pkwy., Los Angeles, CA 90089
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/241957690065378
Creative Writing Class for the Community with Cynthia Guardado at CSU Fullerton Grand Central Art Center
This is a free six-week Creative Writing Workshop with Cynthia Guardado, offered to writers in the community of all ages and ability levels who are over age 18, in collaboration with Crear Studio and LibroMobile, supported in part by CSUF Grand Central Art Center.
We will be reading a diverse group of contemporary authors (Latinx, South East Asian, and Black), and will focus on craft and intention for the six weeks of the course. Multi-lingual writers are welcome. Space is limited, and registration is required: http:bit.ly/creativewrting4community.
For questions, email the professor: cguardado@fullcoll.edu.
About the professor: Cynthia Guardado is Salvadorean-American and received her MFA in Creative Writing from CSU Fresno. She is a Professor at Fullerton College and her debut collection of poetry, ENDEAVOR, was published in 2017.
Where: CSUF Grand Central Art Center
Date: Tuesday the 8th of Oct. (weekly, through Tuesday Nov. 12)
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Website: https://facebook.com/event/475497333296544
Susan Straight & In the Country of Women at UCR ARTSblock, Riverside
Join local literary luminary Susan Straight, in conversation with Inlandia’s Cati Porter, to discuss and sign her moving memoir In the Country of Women..
The author has published eight novels, won numerous awards and prizes, and her work has been translated into many languages. She is Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside, and lives in Riverside with her family.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: UCR ARTSblock/Culver Arts Center
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 3834 Main St., Riverside, CA 92501
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/377030743242868
Michael Barakiva & Hold My Hand at Abril Bookstore, Glendale
Join us to hear author Michael Barakiva present and sign his novel Hold My Hand, a stand-alone sequel to One Man Guy.
With their six-month anniversary coming up, Alek and Ethan want to do something special to celebrate. Like, really special. But then Alek learns something about Ethan that may not just change their relationship, but end it. Luckily his best friend Becky and his madcap Armenian family are there to help him figure things out—or reach out and hold his hand.
Where: Abril Bookstore, Glendale
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: 415 E. Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205
Website: https://www.abrilbooks.com/news/meet-michael-barakiva/
Nick Flynn & I Will Destroy You at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear author and writer Nick Flynn, in conversation with Kai Carlson-Wee, discuss his new book of poetry, I Will Destroy You.
In this book the author interrogates the potential of art to be redemptive—to remake and reform. But first the maker of art must claim responsibility for his past, his actions, his propensity to destroy others and himself. These poems are a profound self-scrutiny and lyric intensity, jagged and probing.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Redondo Beach Poets Open Mic & Lauren Dibennardo at Coffee Cartel
Please join the Redondo Beach Poets to hear feature Lauren Dibennardo and to participate in the weekly Open Mic. Redondo Poets is recommended by Mike “The Poet” Sonksen, and has been a mainstay of the Los Angeles Poetry scene for 20 years.
Where: Coffee Cartel
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 1820 S. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Website: https://www.facebook.com/RedondoPoets/
Da Poetry Lounge Open Mic at Greenway Court Theatre
About: All you have to do is put your name on the sign-up list. The first half sign-ups occur before the doors open, and sign-ups for the second half do not guarantee entry, so stay in line! Keep in line that each half has its own sign-up list so check details at website or at event. Sorry, you can only perform at one half per night, and 12-15 people are typically called up for each half’s open mic, depending on whether there is a feature that night. There is a time limit of three minutes at the mic to do your poem, as we try to accommodate as many people as possible. So please, arrive early!
Where: The Greenway Court Theater
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 9 pm – 12 pm
Address: 544 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: http://dapoetrylounge.com/visiting-dpl/slam/
The Cellist of Sarajevo Book Discussion & Prelude at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear a book discussion and musical prelude inspired by The Cellist of Sarajevo.
As companion events to PCM’s upcoming Mansions & Music Concert inspired by Steven Galloway’s The Cellist of Sarajevo, the book discussion will be facilitated by Hope Tschopik Schneider; the Prelude will feature musicians from Salastina Music Society, who will share how the book inspired their selection of pieces and play selections from their upcoming concert with PCM.
NOTE: Kindly RSVP for this free event to 626-683-3355.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 6:30 pm book discussion; 7:30 pm prelude
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Kim Renfro & The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones at Book Soup
Join us to hear and meet author Kim Renfro when she presents her book, The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones.
Insider’s entertainment correspondent Kim Renfro goes deep into how the show was made, why it became such a phenomenon, and explores every detail fans of the HBO series want to know.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/kim-renfro-discusses-and-signs-unofficial-guide-game-thrones
Marie Lu & Rebel: A Legend Novel at Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Join us when author Marie Lu presents her new release Rebel: A Legend Novel, which is a truly grand finale for the series.
Respect the Legend. Idolize the Prodigy. Celebrate the Champion, Bur never underestimate the Rebel.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Barnes & Nobel, The Grove
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 189 the Grove Dr., suite K 30, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: https://allevents.in/los%20angeles/marie-lu-joins-us-to-celebrate-rebel/200017740267745
Year of the Monkey & Patti Smith at the Alex Theatre, with Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear musician and author Patti Smith, present Year of the Monkey, as part of the L.A. Times Ideas Exchange.
Year of the Monkey is a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year, illustrated with the author’s own signature Polaroids.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for costs and details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore Off-site at the Alex Theater
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91203
Anansi Writers Workshop at the World Stage
The Anansi Writers Workshop was founded in 1990 by Kamau Daáood, Akilah Oliver, Nafis Nabawi and Anthony Lyons. In 1993, Michael Datcher initiated the development of a three-part format for the workshop. Their tradition of a community workshop began in the late 1960s at the Watts Writers’ Workshop, where World Stage co-founder Kamau Daáood started his writing career. The Anansi Writers Workshop is coordinated by V. Kali and Conney Williams.
Where: Anansi Writers Workshop
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 7:30 pm– 10 pm
Address: 4321 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: http://www.theworldstage
Daniel McGinn Reading at The Ugly Mug
Daniel McGinn has been involved in the Southern California poetry scene for many years,a nd five of his chapbooks were included in the Laguna Poets Series. His most recent collection is titled The Moon, My Lover, My Mother & the Dog, published by Moon Tide Press.
NOTE: $3 cover fee, cash only
Where: The Ugly Mug
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 261 N. Glassell St., Orange, CA 92866
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/theuglymug or https://allevents.in/orange/daniel-mcginn-at-the-ugly-mug/200018022255059
Rene Denfield & Janet Fitch Present New Work at Diesel Bookstore
Acclaimed authors Rene Denfield & Janet Fitch will read from and talk about their new works, The Butterfly Girl and Chimes of a Lost Cathedral, respectively.
The Butterfly Girl is a haunting companion to The Child Finder, in which Naomi returns in another riveting story of lost children and the quest to unravel her own dark past.
Chimes of a Lost Cathedral finishes the epic story that began with The Revolution of Marina M., charting a young girl’s journey through some of the most dramatic events of the past century, in which she comes into her full power as a woman and an artist just as the revolution reveals her true direction for the future.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, lower outdoor courtyard
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Cherrie Moraga In Conversation: Native Country of the Heart at Scripps College
Iconic Chicana writer, feminist activist, poet, and playwright Cherrie Moraga visits in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Chicano Latino Student Affairs. Co-editor of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, she reflects on that canonical work as well as her stunning new memoir, Native Country of the Heart. Scripps’ own Martha Gonzalez joins her for a conversation.
Where: Scripps College, Balch Auditorium
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 130 Columbia Ave., Claremont, CA 91711
LA Platica: Remembering Frida at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Editor Roberta Orona-Cordova and contributors Lara Medina, Maria Elena Fernandez, Sybil Venegas and Antonia Garcia-Orozco bring their insights, humor, history, and music to life based on their published work in the anthology, Remembering Frida.
Where: LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 501 N. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/325802028057131
Kim Krizan & Anais Nin Biography at Book Soup
Author Kim Krizan will present and discuss her new book, Spy in the House of Anais Nin.
Based on a new examination of many diverse sources of information, Spy in the House of Anais Nin takes a penetrating look at her incredible life and famous diary, firmly placing her in her historical context as a feminist and visionary.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/kim-krizan-discusses-and-signs-spy-house-anais-nin
Patricia Shanae Smith & Remember: A Thriller at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Author Patricia Shanae Smith will present and discuss her new book, Remember: A Thriller.
The author wrote this debut novel after dealing with depression, cutting, eating disorders and addiction. She wanted to be part of the authors club, where you can save lives with your words.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/patricia-shanae-smith
SHOUT! OPEN MIC at Half Off Bookstore
Join us for the monthly SHOUT! Open Mic at Half-Off Bookstore’s Fullerton location. This Open Mic is held on the 2nd Thursday of every month, and sign-ups begin at 6:30 pm. Bring your poems, your music, your comedy, your magic, your stories, and your voices. Bring your ears and hearts. Bring your friends, family, neighbors, or even your enemies.
Where: Half Off Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7 pm – 10 pm
Address: 141 W. Wilshire Ave., Ste. A, Fullerton, CA 92832
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/214563219466215
Poets Jazz House Open Mic at Irie Vibes Art Space
About: A Spoken Word and Music Lounge where spilling your heart is art and searching your soul is mandatory to get in the door. They are a beatnik Tea House where there’s snapping instead of clapping. The atmosphere is lax but it Sssizzles. They invite you to come touch, be touched, hear the answer and heed the call. They’re just a cozy little house where everyone feels at home.
Where: Irie Vibes Art Space
When: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7pm – 10pm
Address: 6563 N. Normandie Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90044
Website: Poets Jazz House
Authors Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey & She Said at the Writers Guild Theatre
Two years ago, almost to the day, journalists Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey published an article which changed the world. Their piece detailed serial harassment, abuse, coercion, intimidation, and often, rape. Their reporting about one of Hollywood’s most revered producers shook the industry, as well as all industries in many countries around the world. That initial piece on October 5, 2107, ignited the #MeToo movement.
In their new book, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement, they talk about how they did it, the consequences that their work had on others. They won a Pulitzer Prize for their journalism.
Tonight the authors engage in a conversation with America Herrera, an actor, writer, and a leading voice of Time’s Up.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: The Writers Guild Theatre
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 135 S.Doheny Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Website: https://writersblocpresents.com/main/jodi-kantor-and-megan-twohey/
Leslie Jamison & Make It Scream, Make It Burn at Skylight Bookstore
Acclaimed author Leslie Jamison will read from and talk about her new work, Make It Scream, Make It Burn, fourteen new essays which are, by turns, ecstatic, searching staggering, and wise. Its kaleidoscopic sweep creates a profound exploration of the oceanic depths of longing and the reverberations of obsession.
Often compared to Joan Didion and Susan Sontag, and widely considered one of the defining voices of her generation, Jamison interrogates her own life with the same nuance and rigor she brings to her subjects.
Where: Skylight Boosktore
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
On Valencia Street: Poems and Ephemera by Jack Micheline at Beyond Baroque
On Valencia Street is a posthumous collection of previously unpublished writings, and ephemera, by Jack Micheline. Edited by Tate Swindell, from the author’s personal archives, with an introduction by Eric Mingus, Tate and Eric will read from the new book and tell stories of Micheline’s impact on their lives.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
University of La Verne Poetry Festival at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
The University of La Verne will present a special event, a Poetry Festival in both Spanish and English, with the following participants:
Ali Calderon (Mexico)
Nelson Cardenas (Cuba)
Gabriel Chavez (Bolivia)
Andrea Cote (Columbia)
Guadalupe Robles (California)
Cheyenne Avila (California)
Conversations on Poetry, Race, Gender, Social Justice, and Indigenous Communities in Latin America.
Book Signing by the following writers:
Gabriel Chavez, Persistencia de los tatuajes / Persistence of Tatoos, translated into English by Guadalupe Robles, Valparaiso USA (2018).
Cheyenne Avila, I Will Forget These Poems but Never the Way They Healed Me, translated into Spanish by Guadalupe Robles, Valparaiso USA (2019).
Where: LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 6 pm – 9 pm
Address: 501 N. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/325802028057131
LARB Presents Leslie Jamison & Make It Scream, Make It Burn at Private Residence
Acclaimed author Leslie Jamison present her new book, Make It Scream, Make It Burn.
Please join LARB Press for an evening of cocktails and conversation with author Leslie Jamison at the home of LARB founders Tom Lutz & Laurie Winer, in celebration of her new essay collection, Make It Scream, Make It Burn.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event & fundraiser, so check website for details.
Where: Private Residence
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.facebook.com/event/516501139179044
Kathryn Bowers & Barbara Natterson-Horowitz & Wildhood at Book Soup
Authors Kathryn Bowers & Barbara Natterson-Horowitz present their new book, Wildhood: The Epic Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals.
This evolutionary biologist and award-winning science writer have created a new way of thinking about the crucial, vulnerable, and exhilarating phase of life between childhood and adulthood across the animal kingdom. In their sequel to Zoobiquity, they reveal the essential connection between animal and human health, with the lens on adolescent young adult life. This is a profound and necessary guide to our universal journey.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Kim Ligget & The Grace Year at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Author Kim Ligget will present and discuss her new book, The Grace Year, in conversation with Sasha Alsberg & Caroline Kepnes.
In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men form their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild, so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/kim-ligget
Robert Atwan & Best American Essays: 2019 at Vroman’s Bookstore
Editor Robert Atwan, and guest editor Rebecca Solnit, selected this collection, Best American Essays: 2019. Atwan has been the series editor since its inception in 1986. He has edited numerous literary anthologies and written essays and reviews for periodicals nationwide.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/robert-atwan-presents-and-signs-best-american-essays-2019
Poetry y Pan Open Mic at Café con Libros Press
Join host and poet Dr. Irene Sanchez for the Poetry y Pan Open Mic at Café con Libros Press!
Where: Café con Libros
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 280 2nd St., Pomona, CA 91766
Website: http://www.facebook.com/event/463916837726484
Kitten Lady’s Big Book of Little Kittens Event at The Last Bookstore
From kitten rescuer and humane educator Hannah Shaw, also known as Kitten Lady on YouTube and Instagram, comes an inspiring picture book that takes readers on the adorable journey of foster kittens from their first days after birth all the way to adoption.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details and guidelines.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://thelastbookstore.com/events
AJ Dungo & In Waves at Skylight Bookstore
Author AJ Dungo, in conversation with Jamie Brisick, will present and sign his debut graphic novel memoir, In Waves.
This is a tale of love, heartbreak, and surfing, from an important new voice in comics. In Waves is Craig Thompson’s Blankets meets William Finnegan’s Barbarian Days.
In this visually arresting graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner, her battle with cancer, and their shared love of surfing that brought them strength throughout their time together. He entwines his own story with those of the great heroes of surf in a work as moving as it is fascinating.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/aj-dungo-discusses-his-debut-graphic-memoir-waves-jamie-brisick
Poetry Readings at Poetic Research Bureau
Three academics, poets and authors will read and discuss their work:
Rob Fitterman is a conceptual poet and author of more than a dozen collections of poetry, including Nevermind (2016), and Metropolis, a long poem of city life in four volumes. He often builds poems through appropriating and recontextualizing found text, ranging from photo captions in the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to expressions of loneliness posted on online message boards. He is a clinical assistant professor of liberal studies at NYU.
Kim Calder is a Los Angeles-based poet and academic, essayist and editor for Los Angeles Review of Books, and author of Who’s to Say What’s Home.
Danny Snelson is a writer, editor, and archivist. He is publisher of Edit Publications and runs the Edit Series at the Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. At UCLA he developed new versions of courses and works on a new interdisciplinary platform titled “Media & Experiment in Text & Art.”
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://www.poeticresearch.com
Susan Sonde & The Arsonist at Beyond Baroque
Poet Susan Sonde will read from her newest collection, The Arsonist, taking as its subject an “Everyman” arsonist: an outsider created by rage and despair, one who makes headlines using his weapon of choice to kill indiscriminately
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Women Who Submit: A Literary Submissions Workshop at Antioch University LA
Our next public session will begin with a workshop on attending and collaborating with co-authors of Attendance (The Operating System, 2018) Rachel McLeod Kaminer and Rocio Carlos. After the workshop, we will break into two groups for new member orientations and returning members’ news and goal setting.
NOTE: Please check website for full schedule and details.
Where: Antioch University LA
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 10 am – 2 pm
Address: 400 Corporate Pointe, Culver City, CA 90230
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/556186285143040
Thyra Heder & How Do You Dance? at Vroman’s Bookstore – Kids Event
Author-illustrator Thyra Heder will present and sign How Do You Dance?.
There are so many ways you can dance. You can jiggle or wiggle or stomp. You can bop or bounce or go completely nuts. You can dance because you’re happy, or even because you’re sad. The bes t way to dance is: exactly how you want to!
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/thyra-heder-presents-and-signs-how-do-you-dance
Scott Campbell & Skulls! at Children’s Book World – Kids Event
Illustrator Scott Campbell will present his new picture book for kids ages 4-8, Skulls! This smart, skull-positive story cheerfully dispels any fears kids may have about their skeletons, flipping our view of skulls from a spooky symbol to a fascinating, cool, and crucial part of our bodies.
Where: Children’s Book World
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 10580 ½ W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Website: http://www.childrensbookworld.com/events
Indie Author Day at Anaheim Central Library
Celebrate 34 Southern California authors, published independently and through small press, in a day of education, networking, mingling, readings and discussion at our 4th Annual Indie Author Day. There will be a Book Fair from 1 pm – 1:30 pm; readings by ten authors hosted by Meadow Griffin from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm; and a mingling with authors from 2:30 pm – 3pm. There will also be a panel discussion from 4 pm – 4:30 pm moderated by Matthew Arnold Stern.
Where: Anaheim Central Library
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 1 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: 500 W. Broadway, Anaheim, CA 92805
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/673831669780767
Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver & Alien Superstar! at Children’s Book World – Kids Event
Emmy-winning actor Henry Winkler and author Lin Oliver will celebrate the new out-of-this-world middle grade series, Alien Superstar! No one is shocked by the six-eyed alien strolling around the Universal back lot, and the tourists think he’s part of the show. Then he lands a role in a popular TV show and becomes a red carpet sensation. But can he maintain his secret identity while in the spotlight?
Where: Children’s Book World
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 10580 ½ W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Website: http://www.childrensbookworld.com/events
Saturday Afternoon Poetry & Open Mic at Santa Catalina Library, Pasadena
Please join us at Saturday Afternoon Poetry, for a Deep Critique Poetry Workshop led by G.T. Foster.
Events curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Santa Catalina Library, Pasadena
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 999 W. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91104
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
Zoe Mumford & The President Sang Amazing Grace at Diesel Bookstore
Join us when author Zoe Mumford reads from and sign The President Sang Amazing Grace.
The author shares a faith-filled lyrical account of the day President Obama sang with a grieving nation following the 2015 shooting in a Black church in Charleston, South Carolina. Singer-songwriter Mumford was so moved by this singular moment in history, that she wrote this song, which was heard by folk legend Joan Baez, who knew she had to record it. This is a tribute to the ties that bind us rather than those that divide us, and presents excerpts from the eulogy along with biographies of those killed, along with historical context and sheet music.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, lower outdoor courtyard
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Alan Paul & Andy Aledort & Texas Flood at Book Soup
Come to hear authors Alan Paul & Andy Aledort discuss their book Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan. A few years after he almost died from a severe addiction to cocaine and alcohol, a clean and sober Stevie Ray Vaughan was riding high. He seemed ready for a new, limitless chapter of his life and career. But it came to a shocking end on August 27, 1990, when he was killed in a helicopter crash following a dynamic performance with Eric Clapton. Just 35 years old, he left behind a powerful musical legacy, which is recounted in this book.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Lummox Press Presents Lummox #8 at Beyond Baroque
Lummox Press and Lummox #8 announces its first group reading, featuring: Lynn Bornstein, Don Campbell (and Calokie), Jackie Chou, Kit Courter, Sharyl Collin, Alicia Viguer-Espert, Marina Gallegos, Friday Gretchen, Charles Hamon, Gil Hagen Hill, Marie Lecrevain, Mike Meloan, Linda Neal, Kevin Ridgeway, Lisa Segal, Nancy Shiffrin, Vachine and Kelsey Bryan-Zwick, with host RD Armstorng.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Mike Pearl & The Day It Finally Happpens at Skylight Bookstore
Writer Mike Pearl discusses his debut nonfiction book, The Day It Finally Happens, with Brian Merchant.
From a Vice Magazine columnist whose beat is “the future” comes an entertaining speculation: a look at how humanity is likely to weather such bad happenings as the day nuclear war occurs, the day the global internet goes down, or the day we run out of effective antibiotics. The author makes science accessible in and offers practical answers to some of our most worrisome questions.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Reading by Moonrise: Janet Fitch & Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo at The Bowtie Project
Clockshop invites you to come to The Bowtie Project for an evening around the fire as two Angelenx natives—bestselling novelist Janet Fitch and poet Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo—read new and favorite works while the moon rises over the Los Angeles River.
Janet Fitch is the author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, and a recent pair of novels, The Revolution of Marina M. and Chimes of a Lost Cathedral, set in the Russian Revolution
Chimes of a Lost Cathedral finishes the epic story that began with The Revolution of Marina M., charting a young girl’s journey through some of the most dramatic events of the past century, in which she comes into her full power as a woman and an artist just as the revolution reveals her true direction for the future.
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is the author of the collection, Posada: Offerings of Witness and Refuge. She is a co-founder of Women Who Submit and a creative writing instructor with UCLA Extension.
This quarterly Reading by Moonrise was curated by Louise Steinman, former curator of the ALOUD reading series at LAPL.
Where: The Bowtie Project (Clockshop)
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: 2800 Casitas Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90039
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/1133132050408135
6th Annual Katipunan Poetry Slam at Sunday Jump
Sunday Jump is curating the 6th Annual Katipunan Poetry Slam at SIPA (Search to Involve Pilipino Americans), which is an echo of the balagtasan (a poetic, political debate). The slam provides a platform to showcase the variety of voices and points of view among Filipinos and Filipino-Americans today.
The lineup includes published authors, and seasoned slam champions who are recognized locally and nationally. This is a contest with cash prizes and is a multi-sponsored event, hosted by Eddy M. Gana Jr and Arianna Lady Basco.
Competitors include: Marc Cid, Angeline Dy, Jaime Estepa, Sherwin Ginez, Joe Limer, Nicole Arca, Patrice Mead, Rozlind Silva, Soulstuf.
Special performances by: Malaya Filipino American Dance Arts, Jade Phoenix, Kat Magill.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for further details.
Where: Sunday Jump, SIPA (Historic Filipinotown)
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 3200 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: http://www.facebook.com/event/515452805868850
PJ Colando & Gene Desrochers at Sandpiper Bookstore
Join us to hear authors PJ Coalndo and Gene Desrochers present and discuss their books.
PJ Colando is the author of The Winner’s Circle, and will present and sign her book.
Gene Derochers is the author of Dark Paradise, and will present and sign his book.
Where: Sandpiper Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 4665 Torrance Blvd., Torrance, CA 90503
Website: http://www.sandpiperbooks.net
Shepard Fairy & Josh Kun at ALOUD Reading Series at Central Library, LAPL
Join us for Writing on the Wall: The Autograph Book of L.A., and hear Gajin Fujita & Shepard Fairy in conversation with author Josh Kun. Kun is the author of Songs in the Key of Los Angeles and To Live and Die in L.A. The Autograph Book of L.A. is the final installment of a trilogy of special projects curated by Josh Kun, a commissioned work based on the materials and documents from the collection in the LAPL archives. From the ephemeral nature of graffiti to the lasting legacy of cultural artifacts to broader social ideas, this conversation will be introduced by librarian Susan Broman.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 6:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: 630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://lafl.org/event/writing-on-the-wall/
Askew Poetry Reading Series at Pasadena Highlands
The Askew Reading Series brings in noted local poets, and comedy, music, spoken word, and free-form literary performances. See website for line-up and to confirm.
Where: Pasadena Highlands
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 1575 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91104
Website: https//askewlit.blogspot.com
Revisionist Histories & Feminist Poetics at Beyond Baroque
Join poet and author Hagar Peeters, in conversation with UCLA Professor of Latin American Literature Veronic Cortinez, to explore Pablo Neruda’s political legacy in light of his silence about his own mute daughter, Malva. Her magical realist novel, Malva, sheds light on this story.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Webshttp://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Eliza Wheeler & Home in the Woods at Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Kids Event
Eliza Wheeler will present and sign her stunning new picture book, Home in the Woods, about a family working hard to make a home during the Great Depression. Her beautiful artwork is an inspiring addition. This event is combined with a hosting of a donation drive of non-perishable foods for the local food bank. See website for further details.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/eliza-wheeler-returns-home-in-the-woods-book-signing
Agustin Burroughs & Toil & Trouble at Diesel Bookstore
Join us when celebrated author Augustin Burroughs presents and signs Toil & Trouble.
The author shares his journey to understand himself, to reconcile the powers he can wield with things with which he is helpless. From the hilarious to the terrifying, you will learn there are very few things that are coincidences, and love is the most powerful magic of all.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, lower outdoor courtyard
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Well Read Black Girl & Red at the Bone at Book Soup – YA & Adult Event
Join the Well Read Black Girl Book Club when we read and discuss prize-winning author Jaqueline Woodson’s new YA book, Red at the Bone.
This exquisite tale of family legacy encompasses issues of class, education, ambition, racial prejudice, sexual desire and orientation, identity, mother-daughter relationships, parenthood and loss. This is a universal tale of striving, falling, and then trying again.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/well-read-black-gorl-boo-club-meeting-2
Exegesis Eisegesis Encaustic Book Launch Event at The Pop Hop
Join us for an event to celebrate the release of an art book extension of Katie Herzog and Andrew Choate’s series and exhibition of the same title, Exegesis, Eisegesis, Encaustic, featuring words from the artists, artwork from the original series, previously unseen work, and improvised musical performance by Ang Wilson and Patrick Shiroshi.
Where: The Pop Hop Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 4 pm – 7 pm
Address: 5002 York Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90042
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/522494908566065
Young Readers League- Scavenger Hunt Event at Vroman’s Bookstore – Family Event
Join us for a photo scavenger hunt throughout the city, a family event with backpacks and gift items for all participants. See website for details.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Roar Shack Reading Event at 826LA & Echo Park Time Travel Mart
The Roar Shack Reading series presents “Third Wind,” hosted by David Rocklin, and featuring: Bernadette de Barajas, Sandy Yang, Nina Savelle-Rocklin, Anais Barajas, Erin Anadkat Schwartz, Elizabeth Chase, and last month’s Live Write winner Jean Lenihan, and Sehba Sarwar.
Where: 826LA & Echo Park Time Travel Mart
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: 1714 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2359724924290007
Soapbox Open Reading at Beyond Baroque
Bring your words and poetry to the Soapbox Open Reading hosted by Jessica Wilson Cardenas.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Michael Werner & Peter Eisenhardt & More Things in the Heavens at Flintridge Bookstore
Authors Michael Werner & Peter Eisenhardt will present and sign their new book, More Things in the Heavens: How Infrared Astronomy Is Expanding Our View of the Universe.
This book is a sweeping tour of the universe in the infrared as seen through the eyes of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Featuring many spectacular images, this book is aiding in the search for exoplanets and extraterrestrial life, and transforming our understanding of the history and evolution of our Universe.
Where: Flintridge Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Canada-Flintridge, CA 91011
Jeanette Winterson & Frankissstein at Skylight Bookstore
Writer Jeanette Winterson will read from her new novel Frankissstein.
Since the author’s astonishing debut at age twenty-five, with Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, she has received success as a daring and inventive writer. This audacious love story weaves together disparate lives into an exploration of transhumanism, artificial intelligence, and queer love. She shows us how much closer we are to the future than we realize.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/jeanette-winterson-reads-her-new-novel-frankissstein
Second Sunday Poetry Series & Alex M. Frankel at Studio Theatre
Poet and writer Alex M. Frankel will host readings this month from Grateful Conversations: A Poetry Anthology, edited by Maja Trochimczyk & Kathi Stafford.
Where: Studio Theatre
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 3433 Cahuenga Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.secondsundaypoetry.com
Unheard LA – Live in Torrance with KPCC In Person at Armstrong Theater in Torrance
Join Unheard LA as it heads to Torrance, a South Bay city that has it all: a beach, the Del Amo Fashion Center, the Honda America headquarters, significant Japanese American and Korean American communities, the Alpine Village, and more. Hear the citizens of this area share their stories in KPCC’s In Person series.
NOTE: Check website for ticket information and further details.
Where: James R. Armstrong Theater
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 5:30 pm – 7 pm
Address: 3330 Civic Center Dr., Torrance, CA
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2167215393376613
Write con Nosotros at Café con Libros Press, Pomona
Start writing that book you’ve been putting off… Come write in community! La Luchas con Letras begins!
Where: Café con Libros Press
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: 280 2nd St., Pomona, CA 91766
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2362106677146514
Public Works Improv & October Light Show at Beyond Baroque
Public Works improvisational Theatre presents an evening of lively variety arts programming celebrating talented writers, storytellers, poets, musicians, and comics. This month’s theme is October Light Show, hosted by Eric Vollmer.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
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