Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
UCLA WP Writers Project Teachers Event – Online
UCLA Writing Project presents: Launching Writer’s Workshop (Grades Pre-K – 6th), and online event held for five “packed” days, June 22 – June 26.
We’ll immerse ourselves in the nitty-gritty of Writer’s Workshop: helping students generate topics, constructing pointed and powerful mini-lessons, incorporating mentor texts, responding to young writers, and dabbling in publishing and celebration options, too. All will learn the experience being a writer in a workshop classroom. (May be eligible for LAUSD PD hours)
NOTE: RSVP at website link, to see costs and details.
Where: Online event (Register in advance)
Dates: Monday the 22nd at 9am – Friday the 26th at 2pm
Time: 9 am – 2 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://facebook.com/event/546825142692698/
Dig Deep: Virtual Storytime via South Pasadena Library Online
Join us as Children’s Librarians read stories, share finger-plays, songs and flannel-board stories. For more information about the Summer Reading Program, visit the library website.
Where: South Pasadena Library Online (see event site)
Date: Monday the 22nd
Time: 10:30 am – 11 am
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/697708884358392/
Virtual Celebrating Words Festival with Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore Online
Since 2005 Tia Chucha’s has been hosted the Celebrating Words Festival as an outdoor event, but in this 15th year, we will host online, with an epic “Drive-Thru” book giveaway to end the week on Sunday. Join us on Facebook or YouTube. Check the website for a full schedule of live workshops online, to be held Monday through Friday at 3pm. Materials available in advance.
Where: Tia Chucha’s Online (see event site)
Date: Monday the 22nd at 3pm through Sunday the 28th at 5pm
Time: Monday the 22nd at 3 pm through Sunday the 28th at 5pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/303328454167310
Free Online Writing Class for All Ages with Writer Eric Kaplan
Join us for a free online writing event with writer Eric Kalan (Futurama, Big Bang Theory, etc.) for a “Learn to Write” class online. When this six-week class ends you will know how to tell a story and write a short script. It’s free to download and free to join.
Where: Online
Date: Monday the 22nd
Time: 3 pm – 4 pm
Address: ZOOM
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1223428574716573/
Jonathan Salk, M.D. & A New Reality (revised) via UCLA Online Event
Join us to hear Jonathan Salk, M.D., adult and child psychologist at UCLA and son of Dr. Jonas Salk, legendary scientist and developer of the polio vaccine, joined in conversation by Dr. Susan Smalley, PhD.
In the book, A New Reality: Human Evolution for a Sustainable Future, co-written with his father in 1981 and updated in 2017, Dr. Salk helps us understand the current confusion and conflict we are experiencing, and provides us with a science-driven basis for hope, and a groundwork for how we can achieve a better future for humanity..
Where: UCLA Online event
Date: Monday the 22nd
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2560298120900385/
Julie Clark & The Last Flight at Diesel Bookstore Virtual Online
Author Julie Clark, in conversation with author April Henry, will present and discuss her new book, The Last Flight.
Claire Cook seems to have a perfect life, married to the scion of a political dynasty, but behind the scenes her husband’s temper is abusive and controlling, and she has worked for months on a plan to vanish. A chance meeting with Eva at an airport bar– another woman in dire circumstances– leads her to a last minute decision to switch tickets, so each can gain a head start on their individual getaways. Then one flight goes down, and Claire realizes her “death” leaves her with a new life—not just a head start—and she now will learn the secrets Eva fought to keep hidden.
NOTE: RSVP at website link, to see costs and details.
Where: Online event (Register in advance)
Dates: Monday the 22nd
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque
The free Monday Night Fiction Workshop led by Jessica Dolby focuses on generating creativity and writing fiction, including narrative technique, language, characterization, plot, POV, and the realization of an idea. Bring copies of 2-3 pages of fiction for critique and discussion.
Where: Beyond Baroque online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Monday the 22nd
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.com/calendar or https://www.facebook.com/events/534987650407119/
Kids Storytime at Jefferson Branch Library Online – Kids Event
Join us for Storytime! Email the library at the link provided at site by the Friday before the event for the Zoom link.
Where: Jefferson Branch Library, LAPL – Zoom Online event
Date: Tuesday the 23rd
Time: 10:30 am –10:50 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/567654577459828/
Pride Month Author Talk & Claire Rudy Foster at Silver Lake Branch Library – Online Event
Join us for a Pride Month author talk with Claire Rudy Foster, to discuss Shine of the Ever.
By turns tender and punk-tough, this collection is a literary mixtape of queer voices out of 1990s Portland. These short stories explore what binds a community of queer and trans people as they negotiate love, screwing up, and learning to forgive themselves for being young and sometimes, foolish.
Where: Silver Lake Library, LAPL – Zoom Online event
Date: Tuesday the 23rd
Time: 3 pm – 4 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/246715543437282
Dinah Lenney & Friends & Object Lessons at Skylight Bookstore via Zoom
Author Dinah Lenney reads from collection, Object Lessons, with fellow writers and readers Steve Mentz, Steven E. Jones, Rolf Halden, and Erik Anderson.
Join us for a live group reading by the authors of Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons, a series of concise, collectable, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Dinah Lenney wrote The Object Parade and Bigger Than Life, and edited Brief Encounters. She teaches at Bennington Writing Seminars and serves as Editor-at-Large for LARB.
Steve Mentz teaches at St. John’s University and blogs at The Bookfish. He has written Oceanic New York (2015), Shipwreck Modernity (2015), and most recently Ocean, (2020).
Steven E. Jones is DeBartolo Chair in Liberal arts and Professor of English and Digital humanities in the Department of English, University of South Florida. He is author or editor of eleven books on literature, technology, media, and the digital humanities.
Rolf Haden is Professor and Director of the Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering at Arizona State University and founder of the ASU Foundation nonprofit OneWaterOneHealth.
Erik Anderson is the author of four books of nonfiction, and teaches creative writing at Franklin & Marshall College, where he directed the Emerging Writers Festival from 2014-2019.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Zoom Online
Date: Tuesday the 23rd
Time: 5:30 pm
Address: Live on Zoom event
Nicca Ray & Ray on Ray Biography at Book Soup- Crowdcast Online Event
Join us for a discussion with author Nicca Ray, author of Ray on Ray: A Daughter’s Take on the Legend of Nicholas Ray.
Through his movies and letters, along with intimate interviews of family members and Hollywood icons, the author stitches together the pieces of her father: a man so devoted to his craft he sent his last hours of his life on it, lost everything to drugs and gambling, and an absentee father with whom she longed to connect.
NOTE: Details available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 23rd
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://booksoup.com/event/nicca-ray-discusses-ray-ray-daughers-take-legend-nicholas-ray
Alan Eisenstock Presentation and Q&A at Writers Blok Online
Join us to hear author & TV writer Alan Eisenstock, who got tired of writing for TV (Family Matters, Step by Step) and started writing books. He’s worked on biographies of Elgin Baylor and the founder of Bullet Bourbon, among many others.
Alan will discuss his evolution as a writer and bout the ways one genre can help you write another genre.
NOTE: Registration is free, but required, at website.
Where: Writers Blok Online Live
Date: Tuesday the 23rd
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/382346606026216
Michael Elias, with April Smith, & You Can Go Home Now at Diesel Bookstore Virtual Online
Author Michael Elias, in conversation with author April Smith (Sweet Home Alabama) will present and discuss his new book, You Can Go Home Now.
Tough and pragmatic, Nina Karim is a single, 31-year-old homicide officer in Long Island City, with little personal life. Her father, a doctor at Planned Parenthood Albany, was shot and killed by a sniper, which led her to her career choice. An investigation into murders at a battered women’s shelter in Queens challenges her in significant ways.
NOTE: RSVP at website link for details.
Where: Crowdcast Online event (Register in advance)
Dates: Tuesday the 23rd
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Crowdcast Online event
Pages: A Bookstore: Nonfiction Book Club Virtual Meeting & One Mighty and Irresistible Tide
Join facilitator Mark Polak and the Pages Bookstore Nonfiction Book Club Virtual Meeting to read and discuss the book, One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965, by Jia Lynn Yang.
Where: Online event (see site for link)
Date: Tuesday the 23rd
Time: 7 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/nonfiction-book-club-virtual-meeting-1
Urban Thought Presents The Virtual Book Club & Michael Todd via Zoom
Join Urban Thought Subscribers and more for a reading and discussion of author Mark Polak’s debut book, Relationship Goals, which offers a fresh perspective on love, relationships, and sex.
Where: Online event (see site for link)
Date: Tuesday the 23rd
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/554361078838763
Gothic Book Club & The Bloody Chamber at The Last Bookstore Online
Join us for the Gothic Book Club with host John Palisano, when we will read and discuss The Bloody Chamber, by Angela Carter. This book is a collection of stories that address gender and feminism.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check site for details.
Where: Zoom Online event (see site for link)
Date: Tuesday the 23rd
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: Zoom Online event (see site for link)
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Classics Book Club Discussion & Ursula LeGuin’s Left Hand of Darkness via Zoom
Join Granada Hills Branch Library’s Classics Book Club for a reading and discussion of author Ursula K. LeGuin’s book, Left Hand of Darkness, which offers a classic dystopian world’s sci-fi perspective on life, love, politics, and survival.
Where: Zoom Online event (see site for link)
Date: Wednesday the 24th
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Address: Zoom Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/2966240270119792
Santa Monica Reads: Let’s Read All Summer Kickoff Event via SMPL Online
Join us for the kickoff to this year’s summer reading program, starting with a family bilingual storytime in English and in Spanish. Then move to the beat while learning Spanish with musical performers Baila Baila!
Where: SMPL Online event (see site for link)
Date: Wednesday the 24th
Time: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Address: SMPL Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/188337019206139
Lisa See: Building a Writing Career Presentation and Q&A at Writers Blok Online
Join us to hear acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, who will discuss Building a Writing Career and will participate in a Q&A with Writers Blok founder Paul Shirley.
Lisa See is the author of the nonfiction classic On Gold Mountain, as well as eleven novels, including Shanghai Girls and Island of Sea Women.
NOTE: Details available at website.
Where: Writers Blok Online Live
Date: Wednesday the 24th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/255315355900266
Long Beach Night School Open Mic & At the Top – (Contact to confirm if In-Person or Online Event)
Join poets Micah Bournes and Derrick C. Brown, who have partnered with Catapult Live to bring you Long Beach Night School, to be held the last Wednesday of every month.
Each month the Open Mic will be themed, and your homework is to write something new by the next show (4 min max). Check website for details.
Where: At the Top
Date: Wednesday the 24th
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 201 Pine Ave., Long Beach, CA 90802
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/52631128241397/
L.A. Times Book Club Presents: Walter Thompson-Hernandez & The Compton Cowboys – Online Event
Walter Thompson-Hernandez will discuss his new nonfiction book, The Compton Cowboys, in conversation with Times reporter Angel Jennings. This is the story of a generation of cowboys in America’s urban heartland.
Signed copies of the book will be available form Chevalier’s Books, and may be ordered online.
While RSVPs are not necessary to attend, please do RSVP to receive a reminder email with direct links to view on Facebook and YouTube.
Where: Facebook and YouTube – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 24th
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: Facebook and YouTube – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/686976955478467
Work-Life Balance: A WNBA-Los Angeles Round Table – Webinar Online Event
Women’s National Book Association – Los Angeles Chapter present a round table discussion on the Work-Life Balance, with panelists and authors Bridgette Jackson-Buckley and Jen Jones, in conversation with moderator Debra Eckerling, followed by a Q&A.
Bridgette Jackson-Buckley is the author of The Gift of Crisis, a memoir chronicling her story of identifying the underlying purpose of the ongoing financial crisis and the meditation practice which helped overcome it.
Jen Jones Donatelli is a freelance writer and editor, and author of more than 75 books for Capstone Press and Enslow Publishing. She is also editor-in-chief of Edible Cleveland Magazine.
Debra Eckerling is founder of the D*E*B METHOD and author of Your Goal: A Roadmap for Setting, Planning, and Achieving Your Goals.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event, so see site for details.
Where: WNBA Online event
Date: Wednesday the 24th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: WNBA Online Event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/886624315155678
Pajama Storytime Event Online
Welcome to Miss Christina’s Pajama Storytime! We’ll read bedtime books, sing bedtime rhymes, and have fun stretching. This event is held on Facebook Live.
Where: Online event (See site)
Date: Wednesday the 24th
Time: 7 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/581076052510382/
Paws & Pages Before Bedtime Event Online
Join us for a special live streaming Paws & Pages story session before bedtime!
Sponsored by: Wallis Annenberg – PetSpace.
Where: Online event
Date: Wednesday the 24th
Time: 7 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1474760152726673/
Wednesday Night Poetry Workshop with Liz Gonzalez via Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
Join Beyond Baroque’s longest running free poetry workshop via Zoom online as we welcome summer facilitator Liz Gonzalez, author of the collection Dancing in the Santa Ana Winds: Poems y Cuentos New and Selected (2018). An instructive video is offered at the site for sharing documents via Zoom.
See site for further details.
Where: Online event
Date: Wednesday the 24th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Family Fun Zoom Meeting – Kids Event
Family Fun Zone is a virtual event full of kid-friendly activities and offering storytime, crafts, and more for children ages 0-5.
NOTE: Registration is FREE ticket for this event.
Where: Westside Infant Family Network (WIN)
Date: Thursday the 25th
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2818076744896424/
This Way Out’s Global Queer Read-In: A Virtual Pride Event
This Way Out: International LGBTQ radio (OP/TWO) will host this event FREE to the public to honor and celebrate the power of the written word, but o additionally serve as an optional fundraiser for OP/TWO.
This broadcast is a twelve-hour marathon with more than 30 readers presenting 10-15 minutes each interspersed with music and news from around the world affecting LGTBQ lives.
2020 Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown, Maryland Poet Laureate Grace Cavalieri, actor Alfre Woodard, playwright Charles Busch, and many others will perform, and the broadcast will close with a presentation of L. A. Theatre Works production of “8” by Dustin Lance Black, with an all-star cast.
NOTE: See website for complete list of performers and details.
Where: Twitch and Zoom Online
Date: Thursday the 25th at 12pm – Friday the 26th at 12am
Time: 12 mm – 12 am
Address: Twitch and Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1901952509935312
Online Kids Storytime with Actor Kevin Sussman
Join us on Zoom online live every Thursday for a Kids Storytime with actor Kevin Sussman (Big Bang Theory, Ugly Betty).
This is a free event. Details are available at site.
Where: Zoom Online
Date: Thursday the 25th
Time: 1 pm – 2 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/881416712341302/
Neal Pollack & Pothead Book Discussion – Book Soup In-Person Event
Author Neal Pollack, in conversation with Anna David, discusses Pothead: My Life as a Marijuana Addict in the Age of Legal Weed.
Beginning in his 20s, the author discovers that pot makes everything better. As cannabis grows stronger and more widely available, the expansion and acceptance of marijuana’s Big Business shadows his dependence. By 2014, he is a correspondent for a national marijuana newspaper, because it means free pot. After his mother’s death, in 2017, he spirals out of control with a public crack-up at the World Series in Dodger Stadium. Three weeks later he quits, and after finishing a twelve-step program, he decides to document his experience.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Thursday the 25th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Book Soup Online
Street Poets, Inc. Presents If America Album Release – Online Event
Join us for our first virtual community Open Mic and release of If America, the latest Street Poets album.
The Open Mic will be available sign ups the day before the event, on June 24th, and performers have 3 minutes max..
Where: Instagram Live Online
Date: Thursday the 25th
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm (Album Listening: 6:00 – 7:00pm & Open Mic: 7:00 – 8:00pm)
Address: Instagram Live Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/1703326009815591
Esther Amini & Concealed at Skylight Books Zoom Online
Author Esther Amini will present her new memoir, Concealed: Memoir of a Jewish-Iranian Daughter Caught Between the Chador and America.
Beth Jacob Virtual Book Club presents the author to discuss her memoir of growing up in Queens as a daughter of parents who fled Iran. This is a poignant, funny, and uplifting story which builds across generations of shouldering the burdens of loyalty and legacy in a new land.
NOTE: Check with site/bookstore re online platform and details.
Where: Skylight Books, Zoom Online
Date: Thursday the 25th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Writers of Color Discuss Allyship at Exposition Park Branch Library & Bookswell Online
ARE YOU DOWN FOR THE CAUSE, OR WHAT? Authors Shaba Sarwar, Tanya Ko-Hong, Lisbeth Colman, and Chris L. Terry will discuss allyship in the current socio-political climate.
NOTE: Check with site/library re online platform and details.
Where: Exposition Park Library & Bookswell Online
Date: Thursday the 25th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/1223841464619900
Wayne Koestenbaum & Figure It Out at Skylight Books Zoom Online
Author Wayne Koestenbsum will present and discuss his new essay collection, Figure It Out, and this discussion also will be recorded and released on the Skylight Books Podcast.
In this collection the author enacts 26 ecstatic collisions between his mind and the world. He directly proposes assignments to readers, and offers a guidebook for, and embodiment of, the practices of pleasure, art, and play.
NOTE: Check with site/bookstore re online platform and details.
Where: Zoom Online (get link at site)
Date: Thursday the 25th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: Zoom Online (get link at site)
Once Upon a Sign Virtual Book Reading with SCBWI – Online Event
Come away with author Kathy MacMillan to a land of kings, queens, and castles, and learn signs through stories and songs of magic. Bring the whole family for American Sign Language fun!
Register at the link. One hour before the program starts, we will email the link to all registrants.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Online event
Date: Friday the 26th
Time: 7 am – 8 am
Add ess: Online event
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/746051272828303
Middle Grade Readers Book Club with Brentwood Branch Library- Online Event
Join us for our new Book Club for Middle Grade Readers, when we read and discuss the book Because of Winn-Dixie, by author Kate DiCamillo.
When ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes to the local supermarket for some groceries, she comes home with a dog. But Winn Dixie is no ordinary dog, and many good things begin to happen after she arrives. You may download this book for free from the library’s links.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Brentwood Branch Library, LAPL Onnline event
Date: Friday the 26th
Time: 10:30 am – 11:45 pm
Address: Online event
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/313835586279649
Story Time Live with a Natural History Museum Gallery Interpreter – Kids Online Event
Gather around with the kids and join one of our #NHMLA Gallery Interpreters for a live reading!
Tune in live on Facebook: http://facebook.com/nhmla/live
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Natural History Museum – Online
Date: Friday the 26th
Time: 11 am – 11:30 am
Address: Natural History Museum – Facebook Online
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events//3024942774268193
Virtual Spotlight Cafe – Instagram Online Event
Join MOAH:CEDAR for Virtual Spotlight Café every Friday, where all performance art is welcome. Poetry, karaoke, ventriloquism, we want to know what you have to share.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Instagram online event
Date: Friday the 26th
Time: 3 pm – 6 pm
Address: Instagram online event
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/895683244269034/
Pride Mic with Brian Sonia-Wallace – Online Event
Join us as we celebrate Pride month remotely by hosting Open Mics every Friday in the month of June, 6pm – 8pm, for queer poets, storytellers, and artists.
Pride Poets is a RENT Poe Project, made possible by a One City One Pride grant from the City of West Hollywood, and organized by Brian Sonia-Wallace.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Zoom Online
Date: Friday the 26th
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events//195931074949873/
TDSB June Zoom Open Mic – Online Event
Join The Definitive Soap Box Open Mic every last Friday in the month—this month online at Zoom.
It’s June. The world feels like time is standing still and moving too fast all at once. A lot is happening. But that won’t keep us from gathering together as a community. Safely. Online. We want to hear what you have to say. Bring what you have to share at TDSB!
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Zoom Online
Date: Friday the 26th
Time: 7 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2535617619938310/
James J. Berg, Chris Freeman, et al & Isherwood in Transit at Vroman’s Bookstore Online
In Isherwood in Transit, editors James J. Berg and Chris Freeman bring together diverse Isherwood scholars to understand the challenges this writer faced as a consequence of his travel.
Based on a conference at the Huntington Library, where Isherwood’s recently opened papers are held, this book considers the writer as a transnational one, whose identity, politics, and beliefs were constantly transformed by global connections arising from his journeys; his migration to the United States; and his conversion to Vedanta Hinduism in the 1940s.
NOTE: Register at website for Online link and further details.
Where: Crowdcast Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 27th
Time: 11 am
Address: Crowdcast Online (see website)
Let’s Write Writers Workshop at Quill & Pint Facebook Page
Buena Vista Library’s Writers Workshop as gone virtual. So join us online from the Quill & Pint FB page during our usual time, 11 am – 1 pm.
NOTE: Check with site re online platform and details.
Where: Buena Vista Library Online (Register ahead of time at Quill & Pint FB Page)
Date: Saturday the 27th
Time: 11 am – 1 pm
Address: Buena Vista Library Online (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/693263864471201/
Lisa See: Author Mini-Talk and Q&A at Bowers Museum – Online
Join us for an online presentation by the Bowers Museum of a Talk and Q&A with bestselling author Lisa See. She will discuss our Book Club favorite, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, followed by a special talk with Bowers museum president, Dr. Peter Keller.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check site for details.
Where: Bowers Museum – Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 27th
Time: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Address: Bowers Museum – Online (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1379110208943751
Saturday Afternoon Poetry & Open Reading with Pasadena Public Library
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry online via Zoom for an Open Reading and to hear our features: Erik Lawson and a Spectrum Schooldaze Reading.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Zoom Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 27th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: Zoom online
Website; https://www.saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com
Coucou Los Angeles Book Club & The Little Prince at Zoom Online
Join us for the final edition of the Coucou Book Club, hosted by teacher Cynthia, and introducing one of France’s most famous tales; The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint–Exupery. This masterpiece creates deep philosophical reflections for both kids and adults. You will be given the keys to unlock the deep meaning and lessons of this story, as well as an opportunity to debate and discuss it in French, over the course of four Saturday sessions.
NOTE: Check site re online platform and details.
Where: Zoom Online
Date: Saturday the 27th (4th of four sessions)
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/539356996946243/
Literary Legacies: Charles Bukowski – Online Walking Tour
Poet, novelist, and “dirty old man” Charles Bukowski left a legacy of poetry and prose that contained brutal honesty and stark commentary on working class America. Explore his residences, haunts, and inspirations on this unique tour throughout L.A.
NOTE: Check website for further details.
Where: Check website to register and get link online
Date: Saturday the 27th
Time: 5 pm – 6:30 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/31326115256829432
“Birthing Out the Writer in You” Writing Workshop – Zoom Online
Join this class to know what is needed to write your book, and start writing it.
Event hosted by Lady T Gourmet Popcorn.
NOTE: Check website for further details.
Where: Check website to register and get zoom link online
Date: Saturday the 27th
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/538958426782020/
AILA Monthly Book Club – Zoom Online
Artificial Intelligence – Los Angeles is starting a Book Club, when we will discuss each book selection over Zoom online on the last Sunday of the month. Please check back with Todd Terrazas for details at site..
NOTE: Check website for further details.
Where: Check website to register and get zoom link online
Date: Sunday the 28th
Time: 1 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/723339954874819/
Sisters in Crime Presents: Ivy Pochoda & These Women – Online Event
The Sisters in Crime meeting will begin with author Pat Broeske leading a Readers Forum discussion of serial killer novels. Then, at 2:45 pm, Ivy Pochoda will talk about victim forward crime novels. Her previous book, Wonder Valley, won several prizes and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her newest novel is These Women.
NOTE: RSVP to receive Zoom login prior to the event.
Where: Sisters in Crime Online – Zoom online event
Date: Sunday the 28th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: Online event.
Website; https://www.facebook.com/events/1150986751903385
Beatnik Café & Open Mic at Hey Hey – In-Person Event
Beatnik Café presents another night of hearing truths from lesser heard perspectives.
See schedule and details at site. Open Mic presented before and after featured guest: Elya Braden reading.
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Where: Hey Hey
Date: Sunday the 28th
Address: 1555 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website; https://www.facebook.com/events/501438823904173
Steven Sanchez & Gustavo Hernandez: Virtual Pride Reading at LibroMobile Online
Join us to hear readings by poets Steven Sanchez & Gustavo Hernandez.
Steven Sanchez is the author of the collection Phantom Tongue (Sundress, 2018), which won the inaugural Federico Garcia Lorca Poetry Prize for an emerging Latinx poet. His prize-winning work has appeared or is forthcoming in Agni, American Poetry Review, The Missouri Review, Poet Lore, North American Review, and other journals.
Gustavo Hernandez is the author of the collection Flower, Grand, First (Skull + Wind Press, 2021) and the micro-chapbook Form His Arms (Ghost City Press, 2020). His work has appeared in Rattle, Acentos Review, Sonora Review, and elsewhere.
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Where: LibroMobile Online
Date: Sunday the 28th
Address: LibroMobile Instagram and website
Website; https://www.facebook.com/events/299608357721724
The Thing in the Labyrinth Horror Book Club – The Last Bookstore Online Event
The Thing in the Labyrinth Horror Book Club is led by author Kathryn E. McGee, and we will be reading and discussing Grady Hendrix’s book, The Southern Book Club Guide to Slaying Vampires.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event, so check website link for details.
Where: Zoom Online
Date: Sunday the 28th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Los Angeles Literature 