Vi Khi Nao Reading at Pitzer College
Author Vi Khi Nao is the author of four poetry collections: Human Tetris (11:11 Press, 2019), Sheep Machine (Black Sun Lit, 2018), Umbilical Hospital (Press 1913, 2017), The Old Philosopher (winner of the Nightboat Prize for 2014), the short story collection, A Brief Alphabet of Torture (2016) and the novel Fish in Exile (2016), She was the Fall 2019 fellow at the Black Mountain Institute.
Where: Pitzer College, Broad Center Performance Space
Date: Monday the 17th
Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Address: 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont, CA 91711
Website: http://www.facebook.com/event/503535153700504
Write to Read Event Volume 7 & Natashia Deon at Chapman Crafted
Author Natashia Deon is an NAACP Image Award Nominee, practicing criminal attorney, law professor, and creative writing professor for UCLA and Otis College of Art and Design. Author of the critically acclaimed novel GRACE, she is also a wife and mother of two
If you want to be a reader during the first hour of this or any future Write to Read event, please contact us at our gmail address. Books will be on sale courtesy of the Chapman College Bookstore.
NOTE: This is a free but RSVP event so check website for details.
Where: Chapman Crafted Beer
Date: Monday the 17th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 123 N. Cypress St., Orange, CA 92866
Website: http://www.facebook.com/event/158377802260046
Jeff Sharlet & This Brilliant Darkness at Book Soup
Author Jeff Sharlet will discuss and sign his book, This Brilliant Darkness: A Book of Strangers.
Known for immersive journalism, and a prose style both fierce and soulful, the author dives deep into the darkness around us and awaiting us. When his father’s heart attack was followed two years later by his own heart attack in his forties, in the grip of writerly self-doubt, he turned to images, posting snapshots on Instagram, and writing short stories that bloomed into documentary. This book erases the boundaries between author, subject, and reader to ask: how do people live with suffering?
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 17th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/jeff-sahrlet-discusses-and-signs-brilliant-darkness-book-strangers
Charles Finch & The Last Passenger at Vroman’s Bookstore
Author Charles Finch will present and sign his book, The Last Passenger, a cunning, thrilling, and deeply satisfying conclusion to the trilogy of prequels to his bestselling Charles Lenox series.
London 1855. A young and eager Charles Lenox faces his toughest case yet: a murder without a single clue. Slumped in a third-class car in Paddington Station is the body of a handsome young gentleman, with no luggage, empty pockets, and no sign of identification. When he discovers the crime has a connection to America, at the same time he must confront a problem in his personal life, he finds this fiendish early case and passionate affair will irrevocably shape him, as both a detective and as the gentleman he is destined to become.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 17th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/charles-finch-discusses-and-signs-last-passenger
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque
Join us for the Monday Night Fiction Workshop led by Jessica Dolby. This seminar will focus on generating creativity and on exploring various topics related tow writing fiction, including narrative technique, language, and plot.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Monday the 17th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: https://beyondbaroque.com/calendar
Green Poets Workshop with Greg Bell at Beyond Baroque
Bring a poem and 12 (+) copies and come, strike a spark. While we like to ‘learn the rules,’ we also like to break them. Workshop led by Greg Bell.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, Ca 90291
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html
2020 Jean Burden Poetry Reading: Marilyn Chin at Cal State Los Angeles
The Center for Contemporary Poetry and Poetics at CSULA presents a poetry reading by Marilyn Chin at this year’s Jean Burden Poetry Reading.
Poet Marilyn Chin was born in Hong Kong but grew up in Oregon, and received her BA from the University of Massachusetts and MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. A noted anthologist, translator and educator, as well as a poet and novelist, Chin’s work distills her experiences as an Asian American and feminist. She is the author of the collections, Rhapsody in Plain Yellow (2002), Hard Love Province (2014), and A Portrait of the Self as Nation: New and Selected Poems (2018). She co-directed the MFA program at San Diego State University, where she is professor emerita in the departments of English and Comparative Literature. In 2018 she was elected Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
NOTE: This is a free but RSVP event so check website for details.
Where: Golden Eagle Ballroom, CSULA
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032
Website: https://www.calstatela.edu/al/2020-jean-burden-poetry-reading-featuring-marilyn-chin
Jack Miles at The Athenaeum at Claremont McKennna College
The Athenaeum hosts Pulitzer Prize winning author and MacArthur Fellow Jack Miles, who will compare iconic episodes and leaders, and explore objectively how stories are told and characters are characterized in the Qur’an and the Bible. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Religious Studies at UC Irvine and has written widely on religion, politics and culture. he is most recently the author of God in the Qur’an (2018) and Religion as We Know It: An Origin Story (2019).
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Claremont McKenna College
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 385 E. 8th St., Claremont, CA 91711
Website: https://cmc.edu/athenaeum/events/2020-02-18
John Sayles & Yellow Earth at Diesel Bookstore
Author, actor and film director John Sayles will present and sign his book, Yellow Earth, and all are welcome to attend.
In Yellow Earth, the site of Three Nations reservations on the banks of the Missouri River in North Dakota, Sayles introduces us to Harleigh Killdeer, chairman of the Tribal Business Council, who is contracted by oil firm Case and Crosby to spearhead the new Three Nations Petroleum Company. What follows introduces us to a memorable cast of characters, weaving together narratives of competing worlds through masterful storytelling. The fate of Yellow Earth serves as a parable for our times.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, lower outdoor courtyard
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Dan Peres & As Needed for Pain at Book Soup
Author Dan Peres, in conversation with Maer Roshan (Los Angeles Magazine editor-in-chief) and actress Kristen Johnson (GUTS), will discuss and sign his book, As Needed for Pain: A Memoir for Addiction.
Dan Peres wasn’t born to be a media insider. A gifted writer and shrewd cultural observer, he took the leap and had to fake a sense of belonging in a world of famed designers. He lays bare his private life as a high functioning drug addict as his life teetered on the edge of destruction, and what it took to pull back from the brink.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/dan-peres-discusses-and-signs-as-needed-for-pain-memoir-addiction
Joshua Hammer & The Falcon Thief at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Author Joshua Hammer will present, discuss, and sign his new book, The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird.
This is a rollicking true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs—and the wildlife detective determined to stop him. The story follows the parallel lives of a globetrotting smuggler who spent two decades capturing endangered raptors for the royals in the United Arab Emirates—where falcon races have multimillion dollar purses and a champion bird might be worth risking prison for—and Detective Andy McWilliam of the UK’s National Wildlife Crime Unit, who’s determined to protect the worlds birds of prey form one of the most irrepressible predators of our time.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/joshua-hammer
Meg Gardner, with Steph Cha, & The Dark Corners of the Night at Vroman’s Bookstore
Author Meg Gardner, in conversation with author Steph Cha, will present and sign, The Dark Corners of the Night, her latest UNSUB thriller.
He appears in the darkness like a ghost, made of shadows and fear–the Midnight Man. He comes for the parents, but leaves the children alive, like tiny witnesses to unspeakable horror. FBI behavioral analyst Caitlin Hendrix has come to Los Angeles to do what she does best—hunt a serial killer. But within he heart of this killer lives a secret that mirrors her own past. Will she be able to do what must be done if the time comes?
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Tuesday Writers Group at Gatsby’s Bookstore, Long Beach
Gatsby’s Writers Group meets every Tuesday evening at 7pm, and is facilitated by writer and author Francisco Uribe. Everyone is welcome: novelists, short story writers, poets, essayists, screenwriters, and playwrights. Share your work in progress in an encouraging environment.
NOTE: This event requires a $5 Donation or Book Purchase to support this workshop.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: https://www.gatsbysbooks.com/events/writers-group
True Crime Tuesdays Book Club & The Last Stone at The Last Bookstore
Join host James T. Bartlett at True Crime Tuesdays to read and discuss author Mark Bowdon’s book, The Last Stone.
This book is about a decades-old case about two abducted Maryland girls and the case-breaking tipster who may turn out to be the perp.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Kyle Chayka & Longing for Less at Skylight Bookstore
Join author Kyle Chayka, in conversation with author Geoff Manaugh (A Burgler’s Guide to the City), as they discuss and sign his new book, Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism.
Everywhere we hear the mantra that “less is more.” Amid the frantic pace and distraction of everyday life, we covet silence. The author dives beneath the minimalist lifestyle to seek better ways to claim the time and space we crave, on our own terms, and arrives at an elegant new synthesis of our minimalist needs and our emotional needs.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Tom Teicholz & Ivan of the Extermination Camp at Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Join author Tom Teicholz, in conversation with Michael Berenbaum, as he discusses and signs his new book, Ivan of the Extermination Camp: How the Trials & Denials of Nazi Collaborator John Demjanjuk Added to Our Understanding of the Holocaust.
Nazi Collaborator John Demjanjuk was a retired Cleveland autoworker when his past as a Nazi Extermination Camp guard was uncovered. This is the definitive account of the 30-year legal process in the U.S., Israel and Germany that so added to our knowledge of the Holocaust, by journalist and author Tom Teicholz, who is featured expensively in the Netflix documentary about Demjanjuk, The Devil Next Door.
NOTE: This is event requires RSVPs so check website for details.
Where: Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Irmas Campus (westside)
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: Olympic & Barrington, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Website: https://www.wtbla.org/event/~occur-id/8472503
Redondo Poets Open Mic & Woodzy at Coffee Cartel
Redondo Poets Open Mic meets every Tuesday evening at 8 pm, and is hosted by Jim Doane. The feature this week is Woodzy, an award winning 25-year old Flo Poet, winner of the UK Unsigned Spoken Word category.
NO cover. All are welcome!
Where: Coffee Cartel
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 1820 S. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Website: https://www.facebook.com/redondopoets/
Second Draft Writing Workshop at Art Share LA
Join us for the Second Draft Writing Workshop, which is FREE. Bring your writing, your acting, and your pacing to this new cold reading series every Tuesday at Art Share LA.
Mingle is at 7:30 pm
Casting is at 8 pm
Readings are at 8:30 pm
Where: Art Share LA
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 8:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: 801 E. 4th Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/533276634157246
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 18th
Time: 9 pm – 12 pm
Address: 544 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: http://dapoetrylounge.com/visiting-dpl/slam/
Viva Poets! Workshop with Estella Ramirez at Beyond Baroque
This is a supportive poetry critique circle. We favor meaningful discussion over directives. Bring 10 copies of you prom to workshop. This event is led by rotating facilitators.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Wednesday the 19th
Time: 11 am
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, Ca 90291
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html
Book Launch: North America’s Galapagos at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Join us to celebrate the launch of Corrine Heyning Laverty’s new book, North America’s Galapagos: The Historic Channel Islands Biological Survey. This narrative nonfiction book recounts the never before told adventures and ambitions of a group of researchers, naturalist, and explorers who came together in the late 1930s to embark on a series of unprecedented expeditions: to piece together the human history and biological evolution of California’s eight Channel Islands.
NOTE: This free event is ticketed so check website for details.
Where: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Date: Wednesday the 19th
Time: 6 pm – 9 pm
Address: 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca 90007
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/142229500098139
Graham Moore Launch & The Holdout at Diesel Bookstore
Author Graham Moore will present and sign his book, The Holdout at his publication party and all are welcome to attend.
When fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, heiress to a billion-dollar real estate fortune, vanished on her way home from school, her teacher Bobby Nock became the prime suspect. The most sensational trial of the decade ensued, and a quick conviction seemed guaranteed until one of the jurors convinced the others to return a not guilty verdict. Ten years later, a true crime docuseries reunites the jurors, and when one of them is found dead, the two cases unspool alongside each other—with drastic consequences.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, lower outdoor courtyard
Date: Wednesday the 19th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Writer Wednesday Open Mic & Able Salas at East Los Angeles Public Library
Author, journalist, and publisher Abel Salas will read and discuss his work at the Writer Wednesday Open Mic at the Chicano Resource Center at the East Los Angeles Library.
Abel Salas is co-founder of the barrio-based Corazon del Pueblo collective, founder, publisher and editor of Brooklyn & Boyle, a monthly community arts paper, and his poems and essays have appeared widely in journals and anthologies in the U.S., Mexico and Cuba.
Where: Chicano Resource Center, East Los Angeles Public Library
Date: Wednesday the 19th
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 4837 E. 3rd St., East Los Angeles, CA 90022
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/3093176524026004
Arthur Phillips & The King at the Edge of the World at Book Soup
Author Arthur Phillips will discuss and sign his new novel, The King at the Edge of the World.
The year is 1601. Queen Elizabeth I is dying, childless. Her nervous kingdom has no heir. It is a capital crime even to think that Elizabeth will ever die. Potential successors secretly maneuver to be in position when the inevitable occurs. The leading candidate is King James VI of Scotland, but there is a problem.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Wednesday the 19th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/arthur-phillips-discusses-and-signs-king-edge-world
Tara Schuster & Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Author Tara Schuster will present, discuss, and sign her new book, Buy Yourself the F*ucking Lilies: And Other Valuable Rituals to Fix Your Life.
This is a brutally honest, often hilarious, telling of hard-won lessons in learning to love and care for yourself, written by a vice president at Comedy Central, this is the story of the auhtor’s ath to re-parenting herself and becoming a “ninja of self-love.”
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 19th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/tara-schuster
Sherri Smith & The Blossom and the Firefly at Vroman’s Bookstore – YA Event
YA author Sherri Smith will present and sign, The Blossom and the Firefly.
Japan 1945. Taro is a talented violinist and a kamikaze pilot in the days before his first and only mission. He believes he is ready to die for his country… until he meets Hana. Hana hasn’t been the same since the day she was buried alive in a collapsed trench during a bomb raid. A song will bring them together. The war will tear them apart. Is it possible to live an entire lifetime in eight short days?
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 19th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/sherri-smith-discusses-and-signs-blossom-and-firefly
Anansi Writers Workshop & Grandmothers With Voices Book Launch 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.
Sabreen Adeeba is the featured guest this evening, and she will celebrate her book release and present Grandmothers With Voices. Sabreen Adeeba is a pseudonym for Deborah Farris, a spoken word artist, literary poet, and actress and storyteller from Los Angeles.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: World Stage Press
Date: Wednesday the 19th
Time: 7 pm– 10 pm
Address: 4321 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: http://www.theworldstage/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/791149584701178/
Gish Jen, with Viet Thanh Nguyen, at ALOUD Event at Central Library, LAPL
Join the ALOUD reading series to welcome author Gish Jen, in conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, as they discuss their work and why they take on the all-too-real threats against maintaining our humanity.
Gish Jen is the author most recently of a dystopian novel, The Resisters, which imagines a not-too-distant future in America which is half underwater and populated by two groups: the “Netted” of the higher ground and the “Surplus” who live on swampland. Exploring how the country’s favorite pastime collides with a politically and economically divided totalitarian society, posits a highly plausible, yet totally unsettling future and brings into question the moral fabric of our country as we know it today.
Viet Thanh Nguyen is the author of the novel The Sympathizer, the short story collection The Refugees, the anthology The Displaced, and the nonfiction book Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Wednesday the 19th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 630 S. Flower St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
https://www.lfla.org/event/gish-jen/
Feminist Book Club & The Last Stone at The Last Bookstore
Join host Julia Callahan at the Feminist Book Club to read and discuss author Idra Novey’s novel, Those Who Knew.
This book is about a woman who suspects a skyrocketing, progressive politician of murder, because of her own history of violence at his hands.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 19th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Jenny Offill & WEATHER at Skylight Bookstore
Join author Jenny Offill. in conversation with author Nate Dimeo, to hear her read from her newest novel, WEATHER. This book is a shimmering tour-de-force about a family, and a nation, in crisis.
Lizzie Benson has tended to her mother and her recovering addict brother for years, when her old mentor, Sylvia Liller—famous for her prescient podcast, Hell and Highwater — proposes that she Lizzie help her with the mail she receives: from left wingers worried about climate change to right wingers worried about the decline of western civilization. When her brother becomes a father, ad Sylvia becomes a recluse, Lizzie is forced to address the limits of her own experience—and still she tries to save everyone. All the while the voices of the city keep floating in — funny, disturbing, and increasingly mad
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 19th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/events/jenny-offill-discusses-her-newest-novel-weather-nate-dimeo
Frankie Drayus Poetry Reading at The Ugly Mug
Frankie Drayus will present her work at The Ugly Mug, presented by Two Idiots Peddling Poetry. She received an MFA from NYU and has poems and short fiction appearing or forthcoming in Ninth Letter, diode, Third Coast, and others, some of which also used some of her collage art. Her manuscript of poems was a finalist for the 2007 May Swenson Poetry Prize.
NOTE: $3 cover charge, cash only.
Where: The Ugly Mug
Date: Wednesday the 19th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 261 N. Glassell St., Orange, CA 92866
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1330022743849175/
Special Storytime with Carrie A. Pearson & Stretch to the Sun at Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Kids Event
Join us to hear the author Carrie A. Pearson read and sign her book, Stretch for the Sun. This is the story of how a tiny seedling grows to become the tallest tree in the forest.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 20th
Time: 11 am
Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020
Website:.https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/special-storytime-carrie-pearson-stretch-sun
Contemporary Chinese Diasporic Fiction Event by Visions and Voices at USC
Join us to hear four authors in a presentation by Visions and Voices of Contemporary Chinese Diasporic Fiction:
Lisa Ko is a 2017 National Book Award finalist for The Leavers.
Ed Lin is a crime writer turned YA author, and his book is David Tung Can’t Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets into an Ivy League College.
Mimi Lok is a Smithsonian Ingenuity Award recipient for Last of Her Name.
Max Yeh is the author of Stolen Oranges, and is an author E.L. Doctorow described as “a writer on a rampage.”
Where: USC, Visions and Voices
Date: Thursday the 20th
Time: 5 pm – 6:30 pm
Address: 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/598849374184924
Blair Imani & Tre’vell Anderson: Black History/Queer History at Exposition Park Regional Library, LAPL
Join us to hear authors Blair Imani & Tre’vell Anderson discuss the intersection of Black and LGBTQ identity.
Blair Imani is an activist and the author of Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History and her new book, Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream. Stretch for the Sun.
Tre’vell Anderson is Director of Culture and Entertainment at OUT Magazine and president of the National Association of Black Journalists of Los Angeles.
Where: Exposition Park Regional Library, LAPL
Date: Thursday the 20th
Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 3900 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90062
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2627461434037249
Billy Mernit & Writing the Romantic Comedy at Diesel Bookstore
Author Billy Mernit discuss and sign his book, Writing the Romantic Comedy: The Art of Crafting Funny Love Stories for the Screen.
Revised, expanded, and updated to celebrate a new generation of romantic comedies, the author’s insightful look into the mechanics of writing Hollywood’s most enduring genre features case studies that reveal the screenwriting secrets behind classics, new and old.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, lower outdoor courtyard
Date: Thursday the 20th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Voices From the Ancestors Book Reading at Tia Chucha’s Bookstore
Join us for a book reading event for Voices From the Ancestors: Xicana & Latinx Spiritual Expressions & Healing Practices with guest speakers: Lara Medina, Martha Gonzalez, Trini Rodriguez, Marta Lopez Garza and Sybil Venegas.
This anthology by Lara Medina and Martha R. Gonzalez brings together reflective writings and spiritual practices for Xicanx, Latinx, and Afro-Latinx womxn and male allies who seek to heal from the historical traumas of colonialization by returning to ancestral traditions and knowledge.
Where: Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 20th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 13197 Gladstone Ave., Unit A, Sylmar, CA 91342
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/170056787676739/
Paul Zollo & Conversations with Tom Petty at Book Soup
Author Paul Zollo will discuss and sign his book, Conversations with Tom Petty.
This is the first authorized book to focus solely on the life and work of musician Tom Petty, based on a series of in-depth conversations about his career, with special emphasis on his songwriting. Originally published in 2005, Tom’s wife Dana has approved the updated edition, which includes new material and photos and an expanded introduction.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Thursday the 20th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/paul-zollo-discusses-and-signs-conversation-tom-petty
Arianna Margulis & But Like Maybe Don’t at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Join us to hear author Arianna Margulis read from her book, But Like Maybe Don’t.
This creator of the Instagram sensation, But Like Maybe takes us on an illustrated journey through her worst dating mistakes—a hilarious and hopeful guide.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 20th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/arianna-margulis
Morgan Harper Nichols & All Along You Were Blooming at Barnes and Noble, The Grove Bookstore
Poet and author Morgan Harper Nichols will present her collection, All Along You Were Blooming. This is a celebration of hope, an encounter with grace, a restoration of heart, and a healing of wounds. This is the ultimate love letter to your heart, soul and body.
NOTE: This is a wrist band event, so check website for details.
Where: Barnes and Noble Bookstore, The Grove
Date: Thursday the 20th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 189 The Grove Dr., Ste. K 30, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/182796579488912
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 20th
Time: 7pm – 10pm
Address: 6563 N. Normandie Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90044
Website: Poets Jazz House
Lucy Blagg & Lizzy Crawford Reading at Poetic Research Bureau
Poets and writers Lucy Blagg and Lizzy Crawford will present and discuss their work.
Lucy Blagg is a writer and artist from Los Angeles. With Lainey Racah, she started Los Angeles Archives Poetry Project (LAPP). Her chapbook Semi Fleshy, was published by nO egO pOems in May 2016.
Lizzy Crawford is a writer of fiction and prose poetry, as well as art criticism. She is a member of the collective artist’s space Wendy’s Subway, and keeps a literary blog called “rabbit spring.”
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Thursday the 20th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.poeticresearch.com
Emily Nemins & The Cactus League at Skylight Bookstore
Join author Emily Nevins, in conversation with author Ryan Stradal, to hear her read from her debut novel, The Cactus League.
In this explosive, character-driven odyssey through the world of baseball, from the editor of The Paris Review, the author unravels the tightly connected web of people behind a seemingly linear game. She captures the strange desert world that is both exciting and unforgiving, where the most crucial games are the ones played off the field.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 20h
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
James Quinn & Nightshades of New Orleans at The Last Bookstore
Author James Quinn will present and sign his new novel, Nightshades of New Orleans.
This book is a suspenseful thriller which takes place during Mardi Gras. This fast-paced novel portrays dynastic Southern families, driven by apocalyptic events involving vampires, genetic experimentation, and a serial killer investigation during Mardi Gras, in an interwoven plot with diabolical twists.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 20th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
https://http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Brendan Constantine Writing Workshop at Poetry Lab, Pomona
Brendan Constantine is the Visiting Author leading a wiring workshop at the Poetry Lab.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Poetry Lab
Date: Thursday the 20th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 266 W. 2nd St., Pomona, CA 91766
Website: http://www.thepoetrylab.com/register-now/one-time-visiting-author-session/
Indigenous Spoken Word: Resilience, Language & Identity at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes
In celebration of El dia de la lengua maternal / Mother Language Day, we will host a panel on the resilience of indigenous community through language and identity. Participants will include: Celerina Patricia Sanchez (Mixteca), Yasnaya Aguilar (Ayuuk), and additional speakers.
Where: La Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Date: Friday the 21st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 501 N. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://lapca.org/event/indigenous-spoken-word-resilience-language-and-identity/
Riveted Story Telling Series & Open Mic, Vol. 2 at Elinor
Curator Steven Deeble presents the Riveted Story Telling Series, Vol. 2 whitch includes featured speakers a nd a limited open mic.
Speakers are TBA. To apply to be a speaker at this or the Vol. 3 or Vol. 4 events on March 27 and April 24, send an email to Elinor@madebymillworks.com.
Where: Elinor Bar
Date: Friday the 21st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 250 N. Tribune Ct., Long Beach, CA 90802
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/838408489917226/
Kiran Bhat & we of the forsaken world… at Book Soup
Author Kiran Bhat will discuss and sign his book, we of the forsaken world… .
In we of the forsaken world… author Kiran Bhat tells the stories of four worlds falling apart, through the structure of four linguistic chains, comprised of the accounts of four people witnessing the decline of these worlds, in four acts. These sixteen stories connect along subtle lines, dispersing at the moments where another story is about to take place. They flow together and disconnect. Each story is a parable of its own, into the mind of a distinct human being. These are the tales of many different lives, who live on this planet, at every second, everywhere.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Friday the 21st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/kiiran-bhat-discusses-and-signs-we-forsaken-world…
WeHo Reads: Tig Notaro In Conversation with Beth Lapides at West Hollywood Library
Please join us to hear Tig Notaro and Beth Lapides in conversation in an event produced by WeHo Arts.
Tig Notaro is the author of the books I’m Just a Person and Live.
Beth Lapides is the author of Un-Cabaret Stories and Did I Wake You?
NOTE: This is a free but ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: City Council Chambers at West Hollywood Library
Date: Friday the 21st
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/533370810865670
Amy Shira Teitel & Fighting for Space at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Spaceflight historian and author Amy Shira Teitel will present, discuss, and sign her new book, Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight.
This is the riveting story of the female pilots who each dreamed of being the first American woman in space. In the late 1950s, Jackie Cochran held more flying records than any other pilot, and was most qualified to make the leap from atmosphere to orbit. Yet, it was Jerrie Cobb, 25 years her junior and a record-holding pilot in her own right, who finagled her way into taking the same tests as the Mercury astronauts. This dual biography of two audacious trailblazers guide us through the shifting social, political, and technical landscape of the time.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 21st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/amy-shira
Samantha Fuentes & Gabrielle Civil at Clockshop
Join us for a conversation and reading with Gabrielle Civil and Samantha Fuentes about creating art and finding joy in dark times. Civil and Fuentes will read from their poetry and discuss how they find resilience through art making.
Gabrielle Civil is a black feminist performance artist, poet, writer, and is the author of the performance memoirs Swallow the Fish (2017) and Experiments in Joy (2019). She currently teaches critical studies and creative writing at the California Institute of the Arts. The aim of her work is to open up space.
Samantha Fuentes was one of those wounded in the Parkland shooting, and has gained a powerful resolve to fight gun violence and lift up the voices of the silenced. She works closely with Angel Faces, an organization which serves girls who have endured and survived all types of trauma.
Where: Clockshop
Date: Friday the 21st
Time: 7 pm – 10 pm
Address: 2806 Clearwater St., Los Angeles, CA 900039
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/616501785870992
J.J. Anselmi & Doomed to Fail at Page Against the Machine Bookstore
Please join us to hear author J. J. Anselmi present and sign his book, Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-Metal.
Heavier than heavy metal, these subgenres might be described as embracing a strong independent spirit and DIY ethic, and serve to reflect the frustrated rage of the alienated and downtrodden. The author brings his passion—and his firsthand experience as a drummer for several heavy bands—to this comprehensive history and analysis of these sludgy netherworld.
Where: Page Against the Machine Bookstore
Date: Friday the 21st
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 2714 E. 4th St., Long Beach, CA 90814
Website: https://www.facebook.com/patmbooks/ events/ or https://wwwfacebook.com/events/491415328178159?
Jenn Shapland & My Autobiography of Carson McCullers at Skylight Bookstore
Author Jenn Shapland, in conversation with Andy Campbell, will discuss her debut nonfiction book, My Autobiography of Carson McCullers.
Following a period of deep research into the letters of Carson McCullers, the author has written a book of genre-defying vignettes, interweaving her story with that of Carson McCullers to create a vital new portrait of one of America’s most beloved writers, and shows us how the stories we tell about ourselves make us who we are.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Friday the 21st
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
JoAnna Novak, Emily Brandt, Sophia Le Fraga & Joshua Escobar Reading at Poetic Research Bureau
Poets and writers JoAnna Novak, Emily Brandt, Sophia Le Fraga & Joshua Escobar will present and discuss their work.
JoAnna Novak is the author of the novel I Must Have You, and two books of poetry: Noirmania and Abeyance, North America. She is co-founder of the journal and publisher Tammy, and teaches at Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles.
Emily Brandt is the author of the poetry collection Falsehood, as well as three chapbooks. She’s a co-founding editor of No, Dear, curator of the LINEAGE reading series, and an instructional coach at s NYC public school.
Sophia Le Fraga is the author of literallydead, founding editor of the Instagram zine, No Issue, and host of Having a Smoke with You.
Joshua Escobar (DJ Ashtrae) is the author of chapbooks Caljforkya Voltage, and xxox fm. He publishes the all-ages zine Orange Mercury, and the student publication Open Fruit. Bareback Nightfall, his first book, will be published in 2020. He teaches at Santa Barbara City College.
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Thursday the 20th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.poeticresearch.com or https://www.facebook.com/events/490364985227479
Poets Feed the People & The World Stage Event at Beyond Baroque
The World Stage Press presents a poetry showcase and fundraiser for the Los Angeles Food Bank. Each dollar donated equals 7 meals, so the admission price/ticket pays for 120 meals for L.A residents facing hunger. Featured readers are TBA.
NOTE: This is a $20 admission event, so check website for details.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Friday the 21st
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
African American Book Festival Inland Empire at Moreno Valley Conference Center
The African American Book Festival (AABF) Inland Empire encourages reading and the literary arts in the community. Meet local authors and illustrators, and enjoy fun for the whole family.
NOTE: This is a free but ticketed event, so check website for details.
Where:
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 10 am – 2 pm
Address: 14075 Frederick St., Moreno Valley, CA 92553
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/l2207076992915976
Saturday Morning Prose & Poetry at Beyond Baroque
Join us for Saturday Morning Prose & Poetry, with Annette Robinson, to participate in a writing workshop for publication. Bring 5 copies of a poem to share.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 11 am
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar
Margarita Elizondo Book Reading at Abilities Expo, L.A. Convention Center
Author Margarita Elizondo will read from her children’s book series “Rolling With Me & Friends.” This book series teaches disability etiquette through story and conversation. Three titles are: I Really Need To Pee, Everywhere I Go I See Stars, and Don’t Touch.
Find the Rolling With Me event at Booth #628.
Where: L.A. Convention Center
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 11:15 am
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2526828387569045
Book Club for Adults & Mavis Staples Biography at View Park Library
Join us for our monthly Book Club for Adults when we will read the biography, I’ll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staples Singers, and the Music That Shapes the Civil Rights Era, by Greg Kot.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm
Address: 3854 W. 54th St., Los Angeles, CA 90043
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/47285817072477
Ebony Flowers & Hot Comb at Skylight Bookstore
Author Ebony Flowers, in conversation with Taneka Stotts, will discuss her debut graphic novel, Hot Comb.
This acclaimed 2019 graphic novel offers a poignant glimpse into Black women’s anxieties, support networks, and coming-of-age stories, while it addresses many concerns about imperfections in identity.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 1 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Vroman’s Ed: Memoir Writing Workshop with Ann Hamer at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us for a writing workshop titled Be Your Own Life Coach: Memoir Writing to Trust Your Inner Wisdom, led by author Ann Hamer. This is a two day workshop and you must sign up for both class meetings, on February 22 & 29.
Memoir writing is both a creative and cathartic process. Over the course of two Saturdays you will tap into your inner wisdom as you clarify your thoughts and plan for your future.
NOTE: This is a ticketed class so check website for further details.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore Off-Site
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 1:30 pm – 5 pm
Address: 709 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 120, Pasadena, CA 91101
Hazel Clayton Harrison & Down Freedom Road Launch at Pasadena Public Library
Author and Altadena Poet Laureate Hazel Clayton Harrison will read and discuss Down Freedom Road, a collection of poetry and prose about her journey form socioeconomic injustice and racism to spiritual freedom. This is her publication party
Where: Pasadena Public Library, 4th Floor Studio
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 2:30 pm – 5 pm
Address: 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.pw.org/calendar
Helena Ku Rhee & Pascal Campion & The Paper Kingdom at Children’s Book World – Kids Event
Author Helena Ku Rhee and illustrator Pascal Campion will celebrate the publication of their wonderful new picture book, The Paper Kingdom, which expresses the joy and spirit of a loving family who turn an ordinary experience into something much grander.
When the babysitter is unable to come, Daniel is woken out of bed and joins his parents as they go their jobs as nighttime office cleaners. But Mama and Papa turn the deserted office building into a magnificent kingdom filled with paper, dragons, and a king.
Where: Children’s Book World
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 2:30 pm
Address: 10580 ½ W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Website: https://www.childrensbookworld.com/event/helena-ku-rhee-pascal-campion-launch-party-signing
Saturday Afternoon Poetry Reading at Santa Catalina Branch Library, Pasadena
Please join us for Saturday Afternoon Poetry for a Print & internet Publishing Workshop led by the Pasadena Rose Poets, who have published a 2019 Poetry Collection, edited by Gerda Govine Ituarte, Ed.D.
Events curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Santa Catalina Branch Library, Pasadena (Back Room)
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91104
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
Karina Halle, Rachel Van Dyken, Renee Carlino & Luct Eden at Ripped Bodice: A Romance Bookstore
Romance authors Karina Halle, Rachel Van Dyken, Renee Carlino & Luct Eden will be in conversation to present, discuss, and sign their new books!
Karina Halle is a former travel writer and journalist, and is the bestselling author of The Pact, Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, Dirty Angels, and over 20 other wild and romantic reads.
Rachel Van Dyken is the bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. She lives in Idaho with her family. She lives in an island off British Columbia with her husband and dog.
Renee Carlino is the author of Sweet Thing, Sweet Little Thing, Nowhere But Here, After the Rain, Before We Were Strangers, Swear on THIS Life, Lucian Divine, Wish You Were Here, Shopping for Love, Blind Kiss, and THE LAST POST. She is a California native now living near San Diego with her family.
Lucy Eden is the nom de plume of a romance-obsessed author who writes the kind of romance she loves to read. She lives and loves in New York with her family.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Ripped Bodice
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 3 pm – 4 pm
Address: 3806 Main St., Culver City, CA 90230
Website: https://www.therippedbodicela.com/events-and-tickets
Robert Desiderio & The Occurrence at Book Soup
Author Robert Desiderio will discuss and sign his new book The Occurrence: A Political Thriller.
This book is about a near death experience in the Iraq desert that transforms the lives of the FBI’ most wanted terrorist, and his young disciple, and alters the face of a Pulitzer Prize winning female journalist, and a decorated marine about to be executed. This is an unforgettable story about enemies caught in the sweep of terrorism, whose lives are forever changes.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 4 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/robert-desiderio-discusses-and-signs-occurrence
Amy Shira Teitel & Fighting for Space at Vroman’s Bookstore
Author Amy Shira Teitel will discuss and sign her new book, Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Space Flight.
This is the riveting story of the female pilots who each dreamed of being the first American woman in space. In the late 1950s, Jackie Cochran held more flying records than any other pilot, and was most qualified to make the leap from atmosphere to orbit. Yet, it was Jerrie Cobb, 25 years her junior and a record-holding pilot in her own right, who finagled her way into taking the same tests as the Mercury astronauts. This dual biography of two audacious trailblazers guide us through the shifting social, political, and technical landscape of the time.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 4 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Donny Jackson & boy Book Release at Greenway Court Theatre
Join us to hear author Donny Jackson present his book of poems, boy, and to hear featured readers: Edwin Bodney, Tshaka Campbell, Javon Johnson, Sanam Sheriff, Jasmine Williams. Hosted by Shihan.
Where: Greenway Court Theatre
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 544 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
https://www.facebook.com/events/626901691408373?
Steve Benson, Michael Smoler & Alexis Krasilovsky Reading at Poetic Research Bureau
Poets and writers Steve Benson, Michael Smoler & Alexis Krasilovsky will present and discuss their work.
Steve Benson was instrumental in creating language poetry, and is admired for his improvisation, in composition and performance. He is the author of numerous publications, including Open Clothes (2005), and curated a ten-volume experimental autobiographical project, The Grand Piano (2006-10).
Michael Smoler N/A
Alexis Krasilovsky is an American filmmaker, writer and professor. She is a professor at CSU Northridge, teaches screenwriting, and runs her own production company, Rafael Film. She is the author of Abuse of Privacy: Poems by Alexis Krasilovsky.
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.poeticresearch.com
Book Launch: Under the Belly of the Beast at Beyond Baroque
Join members of the After School Workshop for the launch of Under the Belly of the Beast, by Cori Bratby-Rudd, the first book project to emerge from the After School Workshop led by Ryka Aoki.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 22nd
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
826LA@Hammer Gaming Workshop: Monster Mayhem at the Hammer Museum – Kids Event
826 LA needs your help inventing monster-themed games. Create puzzles and board games, write the rules, and try your best to win. But beware: monsters cheat!
Monster Mayhem is led by nonfiction author Kim Adelman, for kids under 12.
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 11 am – 1 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Venice, CA 90024
Website: http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2020/826lahammer-monster-mayhem-game-making-workshop
La Palabra Reading Series & Open Mic at Avenue 50 Studios
Join host Angelina Saenz for the monthly La Palabra Reading Series and welcome poets and writers to read for five minutes each on the theme of “love poems” for Valentine’s Day.
The line-up so far includes: Victor Hernandez, Iris de Anda, Dayanira, Frankie Hernandez, Josh Evens, Lizbeth Coleman, Donna Spruijt-Metz, Angelina Saenz, Matt Sedillo, Harry Gipson, Viva Padilla, Claudia Elizabeth Duran, Aida Ashouri, Elvia Susana Rubalcava, Nikolai Garcia, Karoo Ska.
Where: Avenue 50 Studios
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 131 N. Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CA 90042
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/504644700439802?
Fourth Sundays: Richard Luftig & Bill Ratner at Claremont United Church of Christ
Poets Richard Luftig and Bill Ratner will feature at our Fourth Sundays reading in our alternative space, the Louise Roberts Room at the Claremont United Church of Christ.
Bill Ratner is a published poet, essayist, and nine-time winner of The Moth Story Slams. He is the author of Parenting for the Digital Age: The Truth Behind Media’s Effect on Children. He is also a voice actor, performance artist, and his work has been published in many journals.
Richard Luftig is a former professor at Miami University in Ohio, and his poems have appeared in many journals, nationally and internationally. His latest full-length collection, A Grammar for Snow, was published in 2019 by Unsolicited Press.
Where: Claremont United Church of Christ, Louise Roberts Room
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 2 pm – 3:30 pm
Address: 233 Harrison Ave., Claremont, CA 91711
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/473828803241216
CAAM Book Club Reads: Hunger, by Roxane Gay at CAAM
The CAAM Reds Book Club reads and discusses Roxane Gay’s book, Hunger.
This event is offered in conjunction with Black History Month and the exhibition, Making Mammy: A Caricature of Black Womanhood, 1840-1940.
Where: California African American Museum
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: 300 State Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90037
Website: http://caamuseum.org/programs/talks-and-workshops/caam-reads-hunger
Valyntina Grenier’s Fever Dream / Take Heart at Book Soup
Valyntina Grenier’s Fever Dream/Take Heart marks a poetic “double debut” with a tete-beche chapbook, two titles bound upside down with two front covers, which can be read from either side. Associative and dreamy, the poems also prove to be starkly political. They all confront the tenderness and violence that mark our human natures. This is a powerful tour de force.
Elena Karina Byrne will release a chapbook, NO, DON’T, in October with What What Books press, and her separate full length collection, Phantom Fields, with Omnidawn in 2021.
In Karen Kevorkian’s third poetry book, the title, QUIVIRA, is a metaphor for a place of unimaginable riches, never to be found, which lured early explorers across the arid southwest. This book is personal, but never detached form events of culture and history.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 3 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Jon Wilkman & Screening Reality at Diesel Bookstore
Author Jon Wilkman will discuss and sign his book, Screening Reality: How Documentary Filmmakers Reimagined America!
Amidst claims of a new poet-truth era, documentary filmmaking has experienced a golden age in the 21st century. This book is the first comprehensive history of Americna documentary film.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, lower outdoor courtyard
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 3 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Corrine Heyning Laverty & North American Galapagos at Pages Bookstore
Author Corrine Heyning Lavery will discuss and sing her new narrative nonfiction book, North American Galapagos: The Historic Channel islands Biological Survey, which recounts the series of pre-World War Ii scientific expeditions to the islands.
The author will also present a stunning slide show featuring colorful photos of the expeditions and noting what happened to them when Pearl Harbor was bombed and they were stranded there.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 4 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/author-corrne-heyving-laverty-visits-february-23rd
Local Author Day at Vroman’s Bookstore
Vroman’s Local Author Day will feature several authors, including:
Rev. Jesus Garcia, D.S.S. presents and signs The Dreams of a Master, the sequel to his book, The Love of a Master.
Renee Morgan-Hampton presents and signs Guilty by Default, the story of the murder of a boy on a boarding school construction site, and a series of psychological games tied to disappearances.
Tatiana Hughes, presenting on behalf of Tatyana N. Mickushina, presents Words of Wisdom I, the first book in a five volume series.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 4 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Poetry in Tujunga & Village Poets with Rick Smith at Bolton Hall Museum
Poet, harmonica-player, and psychologist Rick Smith, in Farewell to the Oak trees and Photos, will read his poetry and present his photographs. His latest book of poetry is Whispering in a Mad Dog’s Ear (Lummox Press, 2014). As a blues harmonica player he may be heard in recordings of the City Lights, among others, and on the soundtracks of three films, including Days of Heaven.
The reading will include two open mic segments and we encourage participants to read poems in celebration of Valentine’s Day/
Where: Bolton Hall Museum
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 4:30 pm
Address: 10110 Commerce Ave., Tujunga, CA 91042
Website: http://villagepoets.blogspot.com
Katherine Goldiron & Ceremonials at Skylight Bookstore
Author Katherine Goldiron, in conversation with Christopher Higgs, discusses and signs her debut novella, Ceremonials.
This is a twelve-part novella inspired by Florence + the Machine’s 2011 album of the same name. It’s the story of two girls, Amelia and Corisande, who fall in love at a boarding school. This is a story about obsession, the Minotaur, and the veil between life and death.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N, Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
A Celebration of Toni Morrison at Beyond Baroque
Join us to celebrate the profound and powerful legacy of one of the greatest American novelists, Toni Morrison, and a discussion hosted by Shonda Buchanan (Black Indian: A Memoir).
Featured readers include:
Bridgette Bianca (be/trouble)
Rhonda Mitchell (illustrator of Sleep Song, Daddy Calls Me Man)
Asha Grant (artist, educator, revolutionary)
Sanura Williams (My Lit Box)
Pearl Sharp (Black Women for Beginners)
Melanie Luja (Voices from Leimert Park Redux, Queen S)
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org.calendar
BUSted: True stories about car free life in L.A. at Stories Books & Café
Join us to share true stories about getting around L.A., told by people who don’t drive. Featured storytellers tonight include:
Katya Duft is a translator, interpreter, and language teacher. She enjoys writing short stories, poetry and her blog Tales from the Bus.
Armond Kinard is an actor, writer and poet. He has performed readings around Los Angeles, and received a best actor nomination for the short film “Hard Money” by Armin Siljkovic. He is also a screenwriter, and his sensual poetry series, “The Book of Sultry” is developing an international fan base on Vimeo.
Jon Liggett is a nonfiction writer and founder of Six Lambda LLC.
Keith Ray is a writer and composer, known for Tasty Music Video (2010) and Time Team (1994).
Larry Vazeos is the author of the site Culture Sonar: Never Stop Being Interesting.
Honor Vellotti is a burgeoning storyteller in Los Angeles who posts her stories across several mediums, including at her site: honorvelolotti.com.
Where: Stories Books & Café
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1716 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/d629455287628321
Rupi Kaur Event at The Orpheum Theatre
Poet Rupi Kaur will discuss and perform her work. She is the author of The Beautiful Chaos of Growing Up, The Sun and Her Flowers, among others.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: The Orpheum Theatre
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 6 pm
Address: 842 S. Broadway, Los Angeles CA 90014
Website: http://facebook.com.events/770201286822463
Dead Rabbits Reading Series at Sideshow Books
Dead Rabbits is a new reading series featuring emerging and established writers of poetry and prose alike, and aims to bring together the literary community. All genres are welcome, and we strive for emotion, honesty, intelligence and race. Join us for words, drinks, and a whole lot of fun.
Where: Sideshow Books
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 1639 S. La Cienega Blvd. , Los Angeles CA 90039
Website: http://sideshowbookstore.com/events/
Beatnik Café: Poetry at Hey Hey
The Beatnik Café: Poetry presents another night of hearing truth from lesser heard persectives.
The schedule includes: featured readings by Sean Hill at 7:10 pm and Jennifer Bradpiece at 7:50 pm, followed by an Open Mic (3 min. per poet) from 7:50-8:50 pm.
Where: Hey Hey
Date: Sunday the 23rd
Time: 7 pm – 10 pm
Address: 1555 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90026
Website: http://facebook.com.events/546980809235882
The Thing in the Labyrinth Book Club & Kill Creek at The Last Bookstore
Join host Katherine McGee, at The Thing in the Labyrinth Book Club, a horror book club that meets after hours. This meeting we meet to read and discuss author Scott Thomas’s novel, Kill Creek. This book is about an evil house with a long tether.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 9:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
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