Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Anna David & Make Your Mess Your Memoir at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Anna David, in conversation with Lisa Smith, to discuss her non-fiction book, Make Your Mess Your Memoir.
When Anna David got sober and sold a book about her recovery to the biggest publisher in the world, she thought she’d made it. She was wrong. Now she’s sharing what she learned and showing others how to do the same.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://booksoup.com/event/anna-david-conversation-lisa-smith-discusses-make-your-mess-your-memoir
Vromans Live: Kate Stayman-London & One to Watch – Crowdcast Online Event
Author Kate Stayman-London, in conversation with Morgan Matson, will discuss her novel, One to Watch, in a Crowdcast online event.
Bea Schumacher is a devastatingly stylish plus-size fashion blogger who has amazing friends, a devoted family, legions of followers–and a massively broken heart. Like the rest of America, Bea indulges in her weekly obsession: the hit reality show Main Squeeze. The fantasy dates! The kiss-off rejections! The surprising amount of guys named Chad! But Bea is sick and tired of the lack of body diversity on the show. Since when is being a size zero a prerequisite for getting engaged on television?
Then she gets an intriguing call: Main Squeeze wants her to be its next star, surrounded by men vying for her affections. Bea agrees, on one condition–under no circumstances will she actually fall in love. She tells herself she’s in this to supercharge her career, subvert harmful beauty standards, and inspire women. But she must decide who to trust, including herself, for a true chance at happy-ever-after.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event (see site)
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
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 3rd
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.com/calendar or https://www.facebook.com/events/534987650407119/
Queer Book Club at The Last Bookstore Online
The Queer Book Club, led by CB Lee, focuses on queer authors, books and topics across genres (mostly fiction). This meeting’s participants will read and discuss Tamsyn Muir’s sci-fi, goth, horror world builder, Gideon the Ninth.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Zoom online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://lastbookstorela.com/#events or https://www.facebook.com/event/203337220980946
Jeffrey Toobin, with Scott Turow, & True Crimes and Misdemeanors via Chevalier’s Books – Livestream Online Event
Join acclaimed author and journalist Jeffrey Toobin, in conversation with attorney and author Scott Turow (Presumed Innocent, et al), to discuss his book, True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump.
Jeffrey Toobin’s highly entertaining, definitive account of the Mueller investigation and the impeachment of the president, takes readers behind the scenes of the struggle to call him to account for his misdeeds. Filled with never before reported details, this book weaves a tale of a rogue president guilty of historic misconduct, and how he got away with it.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Livestream Event (RSVP and details at site)
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 4 pm
Address: Livestream Event (see site)
Website: https://chevlaiersbooks.com/jeffrey-toobin
Poetry Open Mic & Wyatt Underwood via Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Please join host Wyatt Underwood on the library’s Zoom site as he presents the monthly Poetry Open Mic. Share a poem you wrote or one you love on Zoom! To receive an invitation, please contact wwood@lapl.org
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Library online event (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Library online event
Website: http://lapl.org/whats-on/eventspoetry-open-mic
Nelson George, with Lynell George, & The Darkest Hearts at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author, critic, and journalist Nelson George, in conversation with author Lynell George, to discuss his novel, The Darkest Hearts.
When former bodyguard D Hunter moves to Los Angeles to become a talent manager for hot Atlanta rapper Lil Daye, business is good. But he worries that he has sold his soul once he learns of a client CEO’s unsavory sexual habits and reactionary political views. When his sometime collaborator Serene Powers returns from London, he asks for her help.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://booksoup.com/event/nelson-george-conversation-lynell-george-discusses-darkest-hearts
Mike Birbiglia, with J. Hope Stein, & The New One at Pages Bookstore Online
Join author, filmmaker, and comedian Mike Birbiglia, in conversation with poet J. Hope Stein, to discuss his book, The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad, with poems by J. Hope Stein.
This book is the compilation of the author’s recent theatrical show, based on his own writings and the poems of his wife, poet J. Hope Stein, as they moved through adulthood, relationship, marriage, and the addition of their daughter to their lives.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online Event (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Live Event
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/jokes-and-poems-mike-birbiglia-and-j-hope-stein-august-4th-6pm
Vroman’s Live: Chiquis Rivera & Chiquis Keto – Crowdcast Online Event
Author Chiquis Rivera, in conversation with Evelyn Sicairos, will present and discuss her book, Chiquis Keto: The 21-Day Starter Kit for Taco, Tortilla, and Tequila Lovers, in a Crowdcast online event.
The author teamed up with her personal trainer, Sarah Koudouzian, to create a realistic, healthy diet, while enjoying her favorite dishes and Mexican cuisine, and a healthy lifestyle.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
DSTL Arts: New Conchas y Café Zine Bilingual Writing Workshops – Online Events
Please join DSTL Arts and founder Luis Antonio Pichardo online at Google classroom for new Conchas y Café Zine bilingual community writing workshops! Lessons in poetry and writing for all are offered on Google Classroom (Class Code d3nvygy) every Tuesday at 6:30 pm, as DSTL Arts participants begin Volume 6 (year six) of these bilingual zine writing workshops!
NOTE: Use class code: d3nvygy (at Google Classroom)
Where: DSTL Arts online event (Google classroom)
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: DSTL Arts online event (Google classroom)
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/
Colin Dickey & The Unidentified – Skylight Books’ Crowdcast Online Event
Author Colin Dickey, in conversation Emily Yoshida, Tess Lynch, & Molly Lambert, will read and discus his book, The Unidentified.
With the curiosity and insight that made Ghostland a hit, the author looks at what fringe beliefs have in common. He visits the wacky sites of America’s wildest fringe beliefs to see how these theories come about and why these beliefs take hold, and why Americans keep inventing and re-inventing them over the decades.
Where: Skylight Books Crowdcast – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Skylight Books Crowdcast – Online event
Brad Balukjian, with Judge Marc Marmaro (Ret.), & The Wax Pack via Chevalier’s Books – Livestream Online Event
Join author Brad Balukjian, in conversation with Judge Marc Marmaro (Ret.), to discuss his book, The Wax Pack.
This book is part baseball nostalgia, part road trip travelogue, and all heart; a reminder that greatness is not found in the stats on the backs of baseball cards but in the personal stories of the men on the front of them. In 2015, the author took a trip to connect with all the players in his initial 1986 player card pack, spanning 11,341 miles, through thirty states, in forty-eight days.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Livestream Event (RSVP and details at site)
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Livestream Event (see site)
Website: https://chevaliersbooks.com/brad-balukjian
Daven McQueen & The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones via ESMoA Virtual Online YA Event
The Invincible Story of Juniper Jones, by author Daven McQueen, will be featured in a conversation between the author and Nayila Moore, Getty Marrow Education & Public Programs Intern, about race, friendship, hope and historical fiction for real future change.
In summer of 1955, Ethan Harper, a biracial kid, is sent to spend the summer in small-town Alabama, and meets Juniper Jones. She’s the town’s resident oddball and free spirit, and is everything the townspeople aren’t—open, kind, and accepting. Armed with two bikes and an unlimited supply of root beer floats, Ethan and Juniper set out to find their place in a town that’s bent on rejecting them, and find even the darkest days can give rise to an invincible summer.
Where: ESMoA – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Wednesday the 6th
Time: 2 pm – 3 pm
Address: Zoom Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/313245029863674
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 5th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/663372171249501/
The Thing in the Library Event via Fullerton Public Library – Online Event
Join us on Zoom Live to join our new scary book club for adults and teens, The Thing in the Library, an event to be held every Wednesday of each month.
In August we will read the graphic novel Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda, and published by Image Comics, an epic fantasy series set in a matriarchal society based on early 20th century Asia. This series is brimming with outre horror and epic monsters.
Where: Fullerton Public Library, – Zoom Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 4:30 pm – 6 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/313245029863674
Daniel Kraus, with Grady Hendrix, & The Living Dead at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Bestselling author Daniel Krause has completed George Romero’s new masterpiece of zombie horror, which was left unfinished at Romero’s death.
Daniel Krause, co-author of The Shape of Water, and author of the Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, was honored to be asked by Romero’s widow to complete The Living Dead. Set in the present day, The Living Dead is an entirely new tale, the story of the zombie plague.
It begins with one body. A pair of medical examiners find themselves battling a dead man who won’t stay dead. It spreads quickly, and soon people are targeted by both the living and the dead. We think we know how this story ends, but we are wrong!
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://booksoup.com/event/daniel-krause-conversation-grady-hendrix-discusses-living-dead
Vromans Live: Diana Giovinazzo & The Woman in Red – Crowdcast Online Event
Author Diana Giovinazzo, in conversation with Greer MacAllister, will discuss her debut novel, The Woman in Red, in a Crowdcast online event.
This book is both an exhilarating adventure and an unforgettable love story. It’s a sweeping tale of the feminist icon Anita Garibaldi, who meets the leader of the Brazilian resistance, Guiseppe Garibaldi in 1839, and then falls in love and becomes enmeshed in a ten year struggle to liberate Southern Brazil from Portugal, and then goes on to become one of the most revered historical figures of South America and Italy.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Morgan Jerkins & Wandering in Strange Lands – Skylight Books’ Crowdcast Online Event
Author Morgan Jerkins, in conversation with author Soroya Nadia McDonald, will read and discuss her book, Wandering in Strange Lands.
From the author of This Will Be My Undoing, comes the most anticipated story of the author Morgan Jerkins’ journey, Wandering in Strange Lands, and Soroya Nadia McDonald will join her in conversation. She writes of her journey to understand her northern and southern roots, the Great Migration, and displacement of black people across America, to connect her family’s history and the histories of those she met along the way—including black myths and customs.
Where: Skylight Books Crowdcast – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Skylight Books Crowdcast – Online event
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 5th
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 6th
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2818076744896424/
ALOUD Event: Big Friendship: A Conversation via Zoom – Online Event
ALOUD on Words & Scripps Presents host Big Friendship: A Conversation with Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, in conversation with Glory Edim on chosen family.
Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman are co-hosts of the addictive podcast Call Your Girlfriend, and in Big Friendship they explore their relationship and the value of friendship and platonic love in our lives, Regardless of geography or pandemic, they remind us that friendships must be nourished or they will wither or die.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: ALOUD/ LAPL & Scripps Presents – Zoom online
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 5 pm – 5 pm
Address: Zoom online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/314728319713609
Karolina Waclawiak, with Roxane Gay & Life Events – Skylight Books – Crowdcast Online Event
Author Karolina Waclawiak, in conversation with Roxane Gay, will read and discuss her new novel, Life Events.
Evelyn, at age 37, is on the verge of a divorce and anxiously awaiting the death of everyone she loves She combats her existential crisis by driving the freeways of California looking for an escape, and finds a collective of “exit guides” with whom she finds companionship and a final exit for terminally ill patients seeking a conscious departure.
Where: Skylight Books Crowdcast – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Thursday the 6th
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 how 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 a rough 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 6th (final meeting)
Time: 6:30 pam – 8:30 pm
Address: Zoom online event (see site)
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 6th
Time: 7 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/2417958271829432/
Book Club reads Lisa See’s Island of Sea Women via Los Feliz Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Our Book Club will meet and discuss The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See. New members are welcome. Email mpanzera@lapl.org for the meeting link. Physical books are available through LAPL, so see site for instructions.
This is a free Zoom event. Details are available at site.
Where: Los Feliz Branch Library, LAPL – Online event
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 11 am
Address: Facebook Online
Website: https://lapl/whats-on/events/book-club
Storytime Live with a Gallery Interpreter via NHMLA Online Event
Gather with the family, and join a Natural History Museum of Los Angeles interpreter for a reading of one of their favorite books, at our Facebook page.
This is a free event. Details are available at site.
Where: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County – Online event
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 11 am – 11:30 am
Address: Facebook Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/303231527710280
Found Poetry Workshop via Muckenthaler Cultural Center – Zoom Online Event
Muck Artist-in-Residence Katherine Zaun will facilitate an instructional workshop for anyone looking to participate in the Found Poetry Project,
For novice and experienced writer alike, as well as visual artists or simply anyone (kids and adults) bored at home, this project welcomes all and offers a creative way to make use of articles you have on hand.
Where: Muckenthaler Cultural Center Zoom – Online event
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/304287174315801
First Friday’s Book Club & The Only Woman in the Room via Memorial Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
First Friday’s Book Club will meet and discuss The Only Woman in the Room, by Marie Benedict. Email dmatthews@lapl.org for participation details. Physical books are available through LAPL, so see site for instructions.
This is a free Zoom event. Details are available at site.
Where: Memorial Branch Library, LAPL – Zoom online event
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 1 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://lapl/whats-on/events/first-fridays-book-club
Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference via GLAWS – Check SITE to Confirm
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society (GLAWS) will host the Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference, and is open to all levels of writers. Details provided at site.
NOTE: This is a three-day ticketed event, so check site for details.
Where: See site link for details of this event (subject to change)
Date: Friday the 7th through Saturday August 16th)
Time: 1 pm
Address: Unable to confirm at this time if event is Online or In-Person
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/520330468630105
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 7th
Time: 3 pm – 6 pm
Address: Live online event
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/895683244269034/
ACLU, Ellis Close & Hector Villagra & Democracy, If We Can Keep It at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
ACLU invited Ellis Close to be its first ever writer-in-residence as its centennial approached, and the result is Close’s groundbreaking book, Democracy, If We Can Keep It: the ACLU’s 100-Year Fight for Rights in America.
Ellis Close’s narrative begins with World War I and brings us up to today, chronicling ACLU’s role through the horrors of 9/11, the saga of Edward Snowden, and the phenomenon of Donald Trump. A chronicle of America’s most difficult ethical quandaries from the Red Scare, the Scottsboro Boys’ trials, Japanese American internment, McCarthyism, and Vietnam, this book weaves these accounts into a deeper story that is profoundly relevant to our present moment.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Vromans Live: David Sheff & The Buddhist on Death Row – Crowdcast Online Event
Author David Sheff will discuss his book, The Buddhist on Death Row: How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place, in a Crowdcast online event.
This book is the story of the life of Jarvis Jay Masters, who has been on San Quentin’s death row since 1990. The author describes his gradual but profound transformation from a man dedicated to hurting others to one who has prevented violence on the prison yard, counseled high school kids by mail, and helped both prisoners and guards find meaning in their lives. He now is a renowned Buddhist thinker, with much to share.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
RAPP Saloon: First Fridays Open Mic Event – Zoom Online Event
Cynthia Alessandra Briano will host Rapp Saloon’s First Friday Open Mic Event at Zoom online. Join us in celebrating Black voices, and bring a piece by a Black author to share alongside your own. All forms of expression are welcome, and we are committed to amplifying and celebrating marginalized voices in a night of poetry, prose, music, conversation, and connection. Open mic time is 6-7 minutes for each reader.
NOTE: See website for Zoom ID Online link posted 1 hour before event, and for further details.
Where: WWW – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Friday the 8th
Time: 8:30 pm (sign-ups: 8:15- 8:30 pm)
Address: Zoom Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/RappSaloonReadingSeries/
Women Who Submit (WWS) Submission Conference – Online Event
The WWS Submission Conference is a one-day, online event created to help empower women and non-binary writers to submit work to tier one journals in conjunction with our annual Submission Blitz by sharing important knowledge and strategies from professionals within our networks.
Tickets will be limited to 100 participants, and all must register by Thursday, August 6th. Emails with log-in information will be sent Friday, August 7th to participants.
See site for Schedule of the Day, including:
New Member Orientation with WWS Director Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo; Submissions panel discussion; Editors panel discussion; Chapter Leads discussion moderated by Ashaki M. Jackson, and lunch!
NOTE: See website for Zoom Online link and further details.
Where: WWW – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 10 am – 3:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/267420317695310/
Creative Writing Workshop via LAwritersgroup.com – Online Event
Get words on the page and meet other writers in this online creative writing workshop.
NOTE: See website for online link and further details. Tickets are available via Eventbrite.
Where: Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/1129862607389180/
Self- Writing Workshop via Eagle Rock Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Participants meet in this conducive space to develop their craft and unique voice. Discussion and story sharing, then quiet writing time on Zoom online.
NOTE: Email shannah@lapl.org for Zoom participation details.
Where: Eagle Rock Library – Zoom Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/self-directed-writing or https://www.facebook.com/eventa/950297425406654/
Western Edge Writers Workshop via Eagle Rock Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Writers and aspiring writers, join us for a group discussion that supports writing endeavors of all genres: fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and memoirs. Share your work and receive constructive criticism.
NOTE: Email shannah@lapl.org for Zoom participation details.
Where: Eagle Rock Library – Zoom Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/western-edge-writers-0
Westwood Book Club & Far From the Madding Crowd via Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Zoom Online
Join the Westwood Branch Library Book Club monthly meeting to read and discuss the classic novel, Far From the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy.
This program is open to all, and registration is available at site.
Where: LAPL Library Zoom Online event (see site to register)
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 11 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: http://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-27
Vromans Live: Dan Santat & Little Fox – Crowdcast Online Kids Event
Author Dan Santat will discuss his forthcoming book, Little Fox and the Wild Imagination, in a Crowdcast online children’s event.
This book is about a father’s love that transcends time, space, and even giant robot-squids. Caldecott Medal award-winning illustrator Dan Santat has teamed up with debut author Jorma Taccone (member of The Lonely Island) to create this picture book.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Saturday Afternoon Poetry Event & Workshop at Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry online via Zoom for a Deep Critique Poetry Writing Workshop, led by GT Foster.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Zoom Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 8th
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 8th
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/538958426782020/
HEALING wRITES: a poetry Workshop with V. Kali – Beyond Baroque Zoom Event
Join Beyond Baroque Workshops online at Zoom for: HEALING wrITES: A Poetry Workshop, led by V. Kali.
In this poetry workshop, we’ll demonstrate and explore the ritual of how all that comes FROM us is meant to create balance “IN” us, and our surrounding earth family… manifesting joy from pain, placing testimony on the page.
V Kali is a vegan culinary artist/poet, and author of the collection HYMN, (World Stage Press, 2018). In 2017 she premiered and produced the nine-women ensemble, THE OVARY OFFICE, featured at the 2019 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books and 2018 Pasadena Literary Festival. She has lectured widely, and has facilitated the World Stage Anansi Writers Workshop since 2011, now on Zoom in 2020.
NOTE: See website link for costs and details.
Where: Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online event (see site)
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 11 am – 1:30 pm
Address: Zoom online event (see site)
Website: http://www.eventbrite.com/events/healing-writes-a-poetry-workshop-with-v-kali-113549696198
La Palabra Reading Series Goes Virtual: 10 Poets in 10 Weeks – Zoom Online Event
La Palabra Reading Series & host Angelina Saenz, present 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.
Today’s featured poet is the talented Melissa Bennett.
Where: La Palabra Zoom – Online event
Date: Sunday the 9th (July 11th through September 13th)
Time: 2 pm – 2:20 pm
Address: La Palabra Zoom – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/413256312967460/
We’re All Gonna Die Dystopian Book Club at The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online Event
The Dystopian Book Club, led by Peter Clines, explores dystopia and the post-apocalypse, in all their forms. This meeting’s participants will read and discuss Tochi Onyebochi’s Riot Baby, in which a prescient, African-American teenager psychically prepares her brother for a better post-dystopian world.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Zoom online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://lastbookstorela.com/#events
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