Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Dig Deep: Virtual Storytime via South Pasadena Library Online – Kids Event
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 13th
Time: 10:30 am – 11 am
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/697708884358392/
Japanese Storytime via Little Tokyo Branch Library Instagram Online – Kids Event
Join us on Little Tokyo Branch Library’s Instagram for Japanese Storytime for children, to enjoy books and activities, such as singing and learning origami, in Japanese.
Where: Little Tokyo Branch Library, LAPL Instagram online
Date: Monday the 13th
Time: 10:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/japanese-storytime
CalArts CAP Creative Writing Class Online via LAPL Zoom Online – Teen Event
Sign up for a free 6-session, 2-week Creative Writing course offered in partnership with the CalArts Community Arts Project. You will learn about poetry, fiction writing, zines, word-building, spoken word, and more! Eligible participants should reside in L.A. County and be a current high school student. All class meetings will take place via Zoom. Additional materials will be available by email and on Google Sites.
Where: Los Angeles Public Library, Zoom online (Register at site link)
Date: Monday the 13th (first meeting) through July 24th
Time: 12 pm – 2 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/calarts-cap-creates-online-library-creative-writing
The Gathering Summer Book Club & Minor Feelings – Online Event
The Gathering Summer Book Club will read, reflect on, and discuss some of the most significant Asian American literary works, and will take place on July & August 2020 on Mondays at 5pm.
The first meeting will read and discuss the book Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, by Cathy Park Hong.
Where: The Gathering Summer Book Club – Zoom online (Register at site link)
Date: Monday the 13th
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1511814825664485
Sun Valley Branch Library Online Book Club & With the Fire on High – Online Event
The Sun Valley Branch Library, LAPL Book Club will read and discuss the book With the Fire on High, by Elizabeth Acevedo.
Where: Sun Valley Branch Library Book Club – Google Meet online (Register at site link)
Date: Monday the 13th
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/sun-valley-book-club
Vromans Live: Dr. Aaron Berkowitz & One By One By One – Online Event
Author Dr. Aaron Berkowitz will discuss his book, One By One By One: Making a Small Difference Amid a Billion Problems.
Dr. Berkowitz had just finished his training when he was sent to Haiti on his first assignment with Partners in Health. There he meets Janel, a 23-year-old man with the largest brain tumor known to the author or his colleagues at Harvard. As this young doctor tries to bridge the gaps on the front lines of global humanitarian work, he struggles to overcome the challenges that arise when well-meaning intentions give rise to unintended consequences, when cultures and belief systems clash, and it’s not clear what the right thing to do is, let alone the right way to do it.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Date: Monday the 13th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-live-dr-aaron-berkowitz-discusses-one-one-one
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
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 13th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.com/calendar or https://www.facebook.com/events/534987650407119/
Ficcion en Espanol Book Club at The Last Bookstore Online
The Ficcion en Espanol Book Club, led by Dan Lopez, reads fiction in Spanish. This meeting’s participants will read and discuss Javier Cercas’s Soldados de Salamina, a novelized investigation of the fate of Spanish fascist leader Rafael Sanchez Mazas.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Zoom online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Monday the 13th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://lastbookstorela.com/#events or https://www.facebook.com/event/534987650407119/
John C. Fremont Branch Library Online Book Club- Online Event
The John C. Fremont Branch Library, LAPL Book Club will read and discuss individual book selections centered on social justice themes. Participants are invited to discuss novels or short stories by their favorite African American authors.
Where: John C. Fremont Branch Library Book Club – Online (Register at site link)
Date: Tuesday the 14th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://facebook.com/events/27057611264676
Trixie Mattel & Katya & Guide to Modern Womanhood at Book Soup- Crowdcast Online Event
Join drag superstars Trixie & Katya to discuss their book, Trixie and Katya’s Guide to Modern Womanhood, channeling their energy into and old school etiquette guide for ladies.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 14th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Tom Zoellner with Caleb McDaniel & Island on Fire via Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online Event
Join us to hear author and Chapman University professor Tom Zoellner, in conversation with Caleb McDaniel, discuss his book, Island on Fire: The Revolt that Ended Slavery in the British Empire.
In 1831 enslaved Jamaicans revolted. What began as a peaceful movement soon became a bloodbath as British troops retaliated. This is the inspiring story of the uprising that galvanized antislavery forces in Britain and led directly to abolition two years later.
Where: Vroman’s – Crowdcast Online event
Date: Tuesday the 14th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online event
Meghan Daum Q&A: How to Tell the Emotional Truth via Writers Blok – Online Event
Join us to hear and speak with Meghan Daum, renowned essayist, columnist, and author of The Unspeakable and the The Problem with Everything, about the ways she digs deep in her writing to figure out how she ACTUALLY feels, repercussions be …darned.
Where: Writers Blok – Online event (Registration is free, but required at site)
Date: Tuesday the 14th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Free Zoom Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/716758168893172/
Mystery Book Club & These Women via Pages Bookstore – Online Event
Join the Pages Mystery Book Club, led by Bobby McCue, to read and discuss the book, These Women: A Novel, by Ivy Pochoda, based on the lives of the victims of notorious serial killer.
Where: Pages Bookstore Zoom – Online event
Date: Tuesday the 14th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Free Zoom Online event
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/mystery-book-club-virtual-meeting-0
Skylight Books Presents: Carlos Fonseca & Natural History – Crowdcast Online YA Event
Author Carlos Fonseca, in conversation with Mauro Javier Cardenas (Aphasia), will read and discuss his book, Natural History: A Novel.
This novel is the portrayal of a world trapped between faith and irony, between tragedy and farce, and confirms Fonseca as one of the most daring writers of his generation. This novel warns of the fabrications and unreliability of history.
Where: Skylight Books Crowdcast – Online event
Date: Tuesday the 14th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Skylight Books Crowdcast – Online event
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-carlos-fonseca-mauro-javier-cardenas
Literary Death Match in Quarantine Event via Hammer Museum Zoom Online Event
The Literary Death Match event is back with an all-digital presentation including: Gabby Sidibe, Jon Lovett & Roxane Gay.
This event is part literary event, part comedy show, part game show, in which four of today’s finest writers will compete in a read-off critiqued by three celebrity judges, and concluded by a slapstick showdown to decide the ultimate champion.
This event is hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga, author of Collison Theory.
Judges include: Jon Lovett, Gabby Sidibe, Aparna Nancheria.
Readers Round 1 include:
Kimberly Jones, co-author of I’m Not Dying With You Tonight.
Andre Perry, arts advocate and author of Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now.
Readers Round 2 include:
Rebecca Traister, author of Good and Mad and All the Single Ladies.
Roxane Gay, author of Hunger, Bad Feminist, and Marvel’s World of Wakanda.
Where: Hammer Museum – Zoom Online event (RSVP online)
Date: Tuesday the 14th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Hammer Museum – Online event
Website: https://www.faceboo.com/evetns/18141652066524
Virtual Book of the Month Club via Bel Canto Books, Long Beach – Online Event
Bel Canto Books’ Book of the Month Club will read and discuss White Houses, by Amy Bloom, in celebration of Pride Month.
Inspired by the real-life love story between Eleanor Roosevelt and “first friend” Lorena Hickok, this book offers a look at a mature love and companionship, written in compelling prose and with emotional depth and wit.
Where: Bel Canto Books – Online event (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 14th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www. https://www.meetup.com/Bel-Canto-Books-Book-Lovers-Meetup-Group/events/271322430/
Adult Book Club via Once Upon a Time Bookstore, Montrose – Online Event
The Adult Book Club will read and discuss A Wolf Called Romeo, by Nick Jans.
This is a new family classic in which 10-year old Louie is trying his best to save a mini-donkey he named Winston, and uses his plight as a connection to his older brother Gus, absent while serving in the army.
You may join us whether you have finished the book or not.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online event (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 14th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: Zoom Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.shoponceupomatime,com/event/adult-book-group-wolf-called-romeo-nick-jans
AfroFuturism Book Club & Wild Seed at The Last Bookstore Online
The AfroFuturism Book Club, led by Tyree Boyd-Pates, will read and discuss Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed, in which a love match between vast, cosmic entities shapes human history and humanity itself.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Zoom online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Tuesday the 14th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://lastbookstorela.com/#events
LiveTalks: An Evening with Charlie Kaufman & Antkind – Online Event (SEE SITE)
Charlie Kaufman is the screenwriter of numerous acclaimed films, including Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, among his many honors.
In Antkind, a neurotic and underappreciated film critic stumbles across an unseen film by an enigmatic outsider, which he believes will change the world of cinema. But the film is destroyed, leaving him the sole witness to its ephemeral genius.
NOTE: The details of this ticketed event have been altered frequently, and it may be sold out at his time. Check further for latest information.
Where: LiveTalks & Dynasty Typewriter – Online event
Date: Tuesday the 14th
Time: 8 pm
Address: Ticketed – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/551588005436667
CalArts CAP Creative Writing Class Online via LAPL Zoom Online – Teen Event
Sign up for a free 6-session, 2-week Creative Writing course offered in partnership with the CalArts Community Arts Project. You will learn about poetry, fiction writing, zines, word-building, spoken word, and more! Eligible participants should reside in L.A. County and be a current high school student. All class meetings will take place via Zoom. Additional materials will be available by email and on Google Sites.
Where: Los Angeles Public Library, Zoom online (Register at site link)
Date: Wednesday the 15th (2nd meeting) through July 24th
Time: 12 pm – 2 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/calarts-cap-creates-online-library-creative-writing
Workshop Wednesdays Series via Get Lit Words Ignite – Online Event
Join our series of Workshop Wednesdays, led by award-winning poets and offered to all ages, interest, and abilities. Poet Franny Choi will lead today’s workshop, which is available free via Eventbrite link.
Where: Get Lit – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 15th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/1253106115021170/
Bring Your Own Book Club via Beverly Hills Public Library – Online Tween Event
Join our Bring Your Own Book Club for Tweens & Teens (4th grade and up), where you can talk about your favorite book or discover new books to read. Register at the website link to get your Zoom link.
Where: Beverly Hills Library – Zoom Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 15th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/1715937325242321
Pages Bookstore Presents Kirkland Hamill & Filthy Beasts – Online Event
Join Pages Bookstore online to meet and discuss the memoir Filthy Beasts, by Kirkland Hamill.
The author will be joined in conversation with his friend author Steven Rowley (The Editor), so the conversation should be lively. The author has written for Salon and The Advocate, and this is is a juicy summer read. It is a fascinating window into the life of extreme privilege, and a powerful story of self-acceptance.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Zoom Online event
Date: Wednesday the 15th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Free Zoom Online event
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/a-virtual-event-author-kirkland-hamill-july-15th-5pm
Colin Jost (SNL) & A Very Punchable Face at Book Soup- Crowdcast Online Event
Join comedian Colin Jost to discuss his memoir, A Very Punchable Face,
From growing up in a family of firefighters on Staten Island to attending Harvard while Facebook was created, Jost shares how he has navigated the world like a slightly smarter Forrest Gump. You’ll hear about many unique experiences, go behind the scenes at SNL, and learn about the touring life of a stand-up comedian. Told with qa healthy dose of self-deprecation, he reveals a brilliant mind behind some of the dumbest sketches on TV.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 15th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman & Fight of the Century via Vroman’s Live – Online Event
Join us for a discussion with authors Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman, in conversation with Ahilan T. Arulanantham, about their book, Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases.
The powerful stories within this book, along with essays from Neil Gaiman, Meg Wolitzer, Salman Rushdie, Ann Patchett, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Louise Edich, George Saunders, and many more, remind us of what issues remain as vital as ever today, and that we can never take our liberties for granted.
NOTE: Details available at website.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 15th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast Live
Zan Romanoiff, Aminah Mae Safi, Amy Spalding & Robyn Schneider Event – Skylight Books’ Crowdcast Online Event
Authors Zan Romanoff, Aminah Mae Safi, Amy Spalding & Robyn Schneider will read and discuss their new books: Romanoff’s Look, Safi’s Tell Me How You Really Feel, Spalding’s Not the Girls You’re Looking For, and Schneider’s You Don’t Live Here, among others.
The authors have numerous literary successes and books to discuss and share at his event. See site for further details.
Where: Skylight Books Crowdcast – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Wednesday the 15th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Skylight Books Crowdcast – Online event
Pajama Storytime Event Online – Kids Event
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 15th
Time: 7 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/581076052510382/
Feminist Book Club at The Last Bookstore Online
The Feminist Book Club, led by Julia Callahan, will read and discuss Zaina Arafat’s You Exist Too Much,, which follows a young, queer, Palestinian-American woman wrestling with love addiction and her relationship with her mother.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Zoom online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 15th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://lastbookstorela.com/#events or https://www.facebook.com/event/302395877565023
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.
NOTE: See site for further details.
Where: Online event (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 15th
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 16th
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2818076744896424/
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 16th
Time: 1 pm – 2 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/881416712341302/
Author Event with Aimee Liu & Glorious Boy via HBPL Zoom – Online Event
Join us via Zoom online live as we talk with bestselling historical fiction author Aimee Liu, and discuss her new novel Glorious Boy.
This is the story of a couple based in Burma n 1942, who face a personal crisis when their mute young child disappears with his nanny just prior to their forced evacuation. they will take unimaginable risks to save their “glorious boy.”
Note: This is a free event. Details are available at site.
Where: Zoom Online
Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/895567007596751
Calabasas Library Open Mic- Zoom Online Event
The Calabasas Library is hosting an Open Mic happy hour via Zoom for poets, writers, and musicians to share their thoughts and experiences, needed in these transformative times.
Where: Calabasas Library Zoom – Online (Register at site link)
Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://facebook.com/events/205824977335404
West Los Angeles Regional Library Book To Action Book Club- Online Event
The West Los Angeles Regional Library, Book To Action Book Club will read and discuss The Information Age: How False Beliefs Spread, by Caitlin O’Connor & James Owen Weatherall.
Where: West Los Angeles Regional Library Book Club – Online (Register at site link)
Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://facebook.com/events/308416916842411
John Washington & Joe Meno Discuss Their New Books – Skylight Books’ Crowdcast Online Event
Authors John Washington and Joe Meno will read and discuss their new books: John Washington’s The Dispossessed and Joe Meno’s Between Everything and Nothing.
Between Everything and Nothing: Journey of Seidu Mohammed and Razak Ayal and the Quest for Asylum, is the harrowing true story of two young men for Ghana and their quest for asylum in the failing U.S. immigrations system.
The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the U.S. Border and Beyond, is the first comprehensive, in-depth book on the Trump administration’s assault on asylum protections, through the story of a young Salvadoran man.
Where: Skylight Books Crowdcast – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Skylight Books Crowdcast – Online event
Electrical Currents Through Language: A Poetry Workshop Series & Margaret Rhee – Beyond Baroque Zoom Event
Join Beyond Baroque Workshops online at Zoom for Electrical Currents Through Language: A Poetry Workshop Series, led by Margaret Rhee.
In this exploratory workshop, we’ll ask and write through a series of questions at the intersection of poetry and technology. While the two seem disparate, we’ll explore how technology is intimate, poetic and humanized, and hpw the poetic is technologized and transformed in everyday life.
Each two-hour workshop in the series will begin with a reading and discussion of text, followed by a writing prompt for generating writing and sharing, then a workshopping of poems. By the end of each session, poets should have arough draft of a poem, and a completed poem based on weekly prompts.
Margaret Rhee is the author of Love, Robot (2017), and her new media art project The Kimchi Poetry Machine. She is assistant professor in the Department of Media Study at SUNY Buffalo.
NOTE: See website link for costs and details.
Where: Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 16th (1st meeting) through August 6th
Time: 6:30 pam – 8:30 pm
Address: Zoom online event (see site)
Amanda Brainerd, with Aline Brosh McKenna & Age of Consent via Chevalier’s Books Virtual Online Event
This is the book launch of Amanda Brainerd’s forthcoming book, Age of Consent. She will be in conversation with host Aline Brosh McKenna, author of The Devil Wears Prada and Jane, a reimagining of Charlotte Bronte’s classic novel, Jane Eyre set in present day
This event will be hosted by Amanda Brainerd
Where: Chevalier’s Books Online event (see site for link)
Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/625772584811801
Free Online Poetry Basics Workshop with Rex Weiner via Frog Town Art Walk- Online Event
Are you curious about writing poetry? Want to learn some basics from a friendly creative coach? John Wiener, editor, journalist, and Board member of Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center is offering a free online workshop for all ages, and special guest writer Harry Gamboa, Jr. will join him in this workshop (Flower of the Dead).
Where: Frogtown Art Walk – Google Meet Online (Register at site link)
Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://facebook.com/events/201071327922875
Rock ‘n’ Roll Pajama Storytime via Huntington Beach Public Library Online – Kids Event
Put on your PJs, snuggle up with a blanket and your favorite stuffed animal, and join us on Facebook Live for Rock ‘n’ Roll storytime with Mr. Brian. We’ll be reading favorite silly stories, singing songs, and getting ready for dreamland every Thursday during the closure.
NOTE: Check with library for online platform and details.
Where: HBPL Facebook Live Online
Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 7 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/2417958271829432/
Eric Swalwell, with Ted Lieu, & Endgame via Vroman’s Live – Online Event
Join us for a discussion with author Congressman Eric Swallwell, in conversation with Representative Ted Lieu, about his book, Endgame: Inside the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump.
This book offers the author’s personal account of his path to office and how he and his colleagues resisted, investigated, and impeached a corrupt president.
NOTE: Details available at website.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast Live
True Crime Book Club at The Last Bookstore Online
The True Crime Book Club, led by James T. Bartlett, will read and discuss The Third Rainbow Girl. See site for further information.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Zoom online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://lastbookstorela.com/#events or https://www.facebook.com/event/2328301394143431
CalArts CAP Creative Writing Class Online via LAPL Zoom Online – Teen Event
Sign up for a free 6-session, 2-week Creative Writing course offered in partnership with the CalArts Community Arts Project. You will learn about poetry, fiction writing, zines, word-building, spoken word, and more! Eligible participants should reside in L.A. County and be a current high school student. All class meetings will take place via Zoom. Additional materials will be available by email and on Google Sites.
Where: Los Angeles Public Library, Zoom online (Register at site link)
Date: Friday the 17th (3rd meeting) through July 24th
Time: 12 pm – 2 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/calarts-cap-creates-online-library-creative-writing
Virtual Spotlight Café by MOAH Cedar – Online Event
All performance art is welcome at the Virtual Spotlight Café Online event every Friday. Claim a spot at our site.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Instagram Live online event (see site)
Date: Friday the 17th
Time: 3 pm – 6 pm
Address: Live online event
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/895683244269034/
Writing Ekphrasis Workshop with John Brantingham – Zoom Online Event
This is the third meeting in a free five-week class, John Brantingham will discuss public forms of art in the Inland Empire, and teach you how to engage with them as a writer and a poet. These free classes will meet on the next five Fridays from 5-6pm. All are welcome.
In Writing Ekphrasis about Public Art in the Inland Empire, we will supercharge an ongoing cultural conversation and extend the narrative to reflect our new understanding of the world, presenting our vision and voices.
Each session will focus on different aspects of art at the California Imagism Gallery, including: exploring the poetic form and public art, murals and flash fiction, sculpture and fiction vignettes, political statement and poetry, touring the city and the lyric flash essay.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: California Imagism Gallery – Online event
Date: Friday the 17th (3rd of 5 meetings)
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm
Address: Zoom Online event
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/304594597365046
Deborah Lott & Don’t Go Crazy Without Me at Vroman’s Live – Crowdcast Online Event
Join us for a discussion with author Deborah Lott, in conversation with Barbara Abercrombie, to discuss her book, Don’t Go Crazy Without Me.
This book is a tragicomic coming-of-age story of a girl who grew up under the seductive sway of her outrageously eccentric father. He taught her to have fun, and also how to fear many contaminations in the world at large, Alienated from her mother, the girl bonded with her father and his world view until he plunged into full-blown psychosis. And she nearly followed him. Sanity is not always a choice. This is the story of how she learned she would have to save herself, and found the means to do so..
NOTE: Details available at website.
Where: Vroman’s Live – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Friday the 17th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
How to Break the Rules of Writing and Win! Workshop & Art Holcomb via WC2 Online Event
Join the West Coast Writers Conferences Workshop, How to Break the Rules of Writing and Win!, led by Art Holcomb online.
Dedicated writers are working today in greater numbers than ever before. Critical success can be found in the most unlikely places. Now you can learn their secrets in this four-hour workshop.
NOTE: See website link for costs and details.
Where: WC2 – Online event (see site)
Date: Saturday the 18th
Time: 9 am – 1 pm
Address: WC2 online event (see site)
Website: http://facebook.com/events/719408402206906
Chapter Book Read-Aloud via Simi Valley Library – Facebook Online -Kids Event
Writers and aspiring writers are invited to join the Eagle Rock Branch Library of LAPL at their Zoom site for a group discussion that supports writing endeavors of all genres: fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and memoirs. Email us for the link for the event.
NOTE: See website for Online link and further details.
Where: Simi Valley Library – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 18th
Time: 9:30 am – 10 am
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/271628437425975/
Imagine Your Story with Liz Climo via Palos Verdes Library District Online – Kids Event
Cartoonist and illustrator Liz Climo presents a fun, interactive author talk on Zoom about how to draw fun characters. She is the author of Please Don’t Eat Me. Rory the Dinosaur, The Little World of Liz Climo, and Lobster Is the Best Medicine.
NOTE: See website for Online link and further details.
Where: Palos Verdes Library District – Online event (register in advance at website link)
Date: Saturday the18th
Time: 10 am – 11 am
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook com/1362413890634085
Social Justice Book Club & Steven T. Newcomb 7 Pagans in the Promised Land – Tia Chucha Bookstore Online Event
Please join author Steven T. Newcomb at Tia Chucha’s Zoom online Social Justice Book Club meeting to discuss his book, Pagans in the Promised Land.
All are welcome and you may register with Andrea at andrea@tiachucha.org.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Zoom online event (see site)
Date: Saturday the 18th
Time: 12 pm – 1:30 pm
Address: Tia Chucha’s Zoom online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/your-author-series-andrea-loney
America Is in the Heart – A Virtual Webinar Class with Carlos Buloson Book Club
Join Carlos Bulosan online for his Book Club and syllabus guide (at google site) for America Is in the Heart, a virtual webinar class.
Carlos Bulosan was born in the Philippines in a rural farming village, which suffered due to conditions created by U.S. colonization. He came to America to help support his family and further his education.
NOTE: See website link for costs and details.
Where: Zoom Online event (see site to register)
Date: Saturday the 18th
Time: 1:30 pm – 5 pm
Address: Zoom Online event (see site)
Website: http://facebook.com/events/267252048039424
Saturday Afternoon Poetry Event & Open Mic at Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry online via Zoom for an Open Reading and to hear our featured poets: Lola Rodriguez Cashman, Alan Goodman, and Kenneth Irving Scott, Jr.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Zoom Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 18th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: Zoom online
Website; https://www.saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com
“Birthing Out the Writer in You” Writing Workshop – Zoom Online
Join this free 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 18th
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/538958426782020/
La Palabra Reading Series Goes Virtual: 10 Poets in 10 Weeks – Zoom Online Event
La Palabra Reading Series presents 10 Poets in 10 Weeks, from July 11th through September 13th, in which a poetry reading will go live each Sunday at 2pm for 20 minutes.
The first event on July 11th featured Gabriel Cortez. Stay tuned for more information!
Where: La Palabra Zoom – Online event
Date: Sunday the 19th (July 11th through September 13th)
Time: 2 pm – 2:20 pm
Address: La Palabra Zoom – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/413256312967460/
Skylight Books Presents: Tricia Elam Walker & Nana Akua Goes to School– Instagram Kids Online Event
Author Tricia Elam Walker will read and discuss her children’s book, Nana Akua Goes to School.
In this story that celebrates cultural diversity, a shy girl brings her West African grandmother—whose face bears traditional tribal markings—to meet her classmates on Grandparents Day.
Where: Skylight Books Instagram – Online event (no registration required)
Date: Sunday the 19th
Time: 2:30 pm
Address: Skylight Books Instagram – Online event
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-instagram-tricia-elam-walker-reads-nana-akua-goes-to-school
The After School Writing Workshop with Ryka Aoki
Join the After School Writing Workshop, a monthly work space and test platform for writers who are self-identified queers and people of color. Our goal is to develop your writing projects that subvert or repurpose how literature is made and read. Event is facilitated by Ryka Aoki and Assistant Facilitator Catherine Chen.
Where: Zoom online event with Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 18th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: Zoom online event.
Website; https://www.facebook.com/events/754778831573762/
Sunday Jump Workshop: Queer Love Is Spacious with Jenevieve Ying via Zoom Online
Join Sunday Jump for the Queer Love Is Spacious event, led by Jenevieve Ying.
How can poetry become a vehicle for QTBIPOC to realize ourselves more fully? How can queerness be its own poetry? In this workshop we will try to be more spacious –- in our imagination, in our communal care, in our in our hopes, in ourselves —not to be less, about ourselves or each other.
NOTE: Registration deadline is July 17th and a $5 -$10 donation is requested. See site for details.
Where: Zoom online event with Sunday Jump
Date: Sunday the 18th
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: Zoom online event.
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