Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Bilingual Storytime via Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library, LAPL Instagram Online – Kids Event
Join the Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library’s Instagram online link for the Bilingual Storytime event, to enjoy stories, rhymes and songs in Spanish and English.
Where: Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library, LAPL Zoom online
Date: Monday the 31st
Time: 3 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/bilingual-storytimela-hora-de-cuentos-bilingüe
Vromans Local Author Day via Vroman’s Bookstore – Crowdcast Online Event
Authors Laura Moss White, Sanja Kulenovic & Jadurani will read and discus their new books:
Mrs. White’s SUB SNIPS, by Laura Moss White, is a book of humorous substitute teaching real life experiences in grades K-12.
The Siege of Sarajevo, by Sanja Kulenovic, is set in 1992, when Bosnian honeymooners in Southern California are suddenly stranded and homeless when their native Yugoslavia erupts into civil war. Their family letters vividly capture the four years of suffering the Sarajevans endured, the human toll of war, and the resilience and determination of immigrants.
The Art of Spiritual Life, by Jadurni, is a poetic title, not a literal one, but a double entendre. This memoir is a personal journey of a fine artist, whose saints gave her the subject of her art and her life.
Where: Vroman’s Books Crowdcast – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Monday the 31st
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Books 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 31st
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.com/calendar or https://www.facebook.com/events/534987650407119/
Author David Davis & Wheels of Courage via Central Library, LAPL – Online Event
Please join us to welcome author David Davis, to discuss his book, Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans from World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports.
The author has written six books, and will appear in conversation with Candace Cable, a nine-time Para-Olympian and member of the bid committee that won the LA2028 Games for Los Angeles.
Where: Central Library, LAPL – YouTube & Facebook Online Event (RSVP and details at site)
Date: Tuesday the 1st
Time: 12 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/event/athlete-author-and-games-olympics-and-paralympics
Author Faris Cassell & The Unanswered Letter via American Jewish University (AJU) – Online Event
Please join AJU to welcome author Faris Cassell, to discuss his book, The Unanswered Letter.
A letter that was hidden in an attic for 60 years changed journalist Faris Cassell’s life. Mailed from 1939 Vienna, this desperate plea by a Jewish man remained unanswered. The discovery led the author on a life-changing journey that now culminates with the release of her new book. Join her in conversation with AJU’s Professor Michael Berenbaum, to discuss this incredible, unexpected discovery.
Where: AJU Online Event – (RSVP and details at site)
Date: Tuesday the 1st
Time: 12 pm – 12:45 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/739859840139866/
The 1619 Project Learning Circle Series (3rd of 6 sessions) & Traffic via LAPL – Online Event
Please join the 1619 Project Learning Circle, created for the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery by Pulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones, to detail the history of slavery, its last effects in our culture, and to celebrate those formerly enslaved peoples making American democracy manifest.
Week 3 will focus on the book, Traffic, by Kevin M. Kruse. See site for books discussed at all six meeting in series.
You may link to the project and a tutorial at website, and must sign in at least 72 hours prior to each weekly event. See site for further details.
Where: Hollywood Regional Library, LAPL – Online Event (RSVP and details at site)
Date: Tuesday the 1st
Time: 3:30 pm
Address: Zoom Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/1619-project-learning-circle
John Dean & Authoritarian Nightmare – Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Author John Dean will read and discuss his new book, Authoritarian Nightmare.
John Dean, of Watergate Fame, knows what it’s like to work for a vindictive president, but to analyze the power of Trump, he partnered with professor of psychology Bob Altemeyer, whose expertise is in the study of authoritarianism. They offer an eye-opening revelation of this moment, and a road map to where we may go next.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Tuesday the 1st
Time: 5 pm – 6:30 pm
Address: Chevalier’s Books – Online event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/john-dean
Curatorial Dialogues: Black Ship Scrolls & Mary Queen of Scots via Huntington Library – Online Event
Two remarkable-and remarkably different—manuscripts form the Library’s collections are the focus of this presentation and conversation with Li Wei Yang, curator of Pacific Rim Collections, and Vanessa Wilkie, William A. Moffett Curator of Medieval Manuscripts and British History. Yang explores the dramatic encounters referenced in the Japanese Manuscript scrolls documenting Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s maritime incursion into Japan in 1853 and 1854. Wilkie shares the story of caring for the 15th century illuminated manuscript many believe Mary Queen of Scots carried to her execution.
Where: Huntington Museum Library – Zoom Online Event (RSVP and details at site)
Date: Tuesday the 1st
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2735993089975111/
Poetry Open Mic via Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Poetry Open Mic has gone virtual via Zoom! Please join host Wyatt Underwood for poetry readings and an Open Mic by emailing him at wwood@lapl.org for an invitation to join the program.
Where: Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event (RSVP and details at site)
Date: Tuesday the 1st
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/poetry-open-mic
Brian Castleberry & Nine Shiny Objects at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join Brian Castleberry to discuss his debut novel, Nine Shiny Objects.
On June 26, 1947, headlines across America report the sighting of nine pulsating lights flying over the Cascade Mountains at speed surpassing any aircraft. By chance, two different men, one from Chicago and one from Idaho, set in motion the birth of “the Seekers”– a collective of outcasts and others who seek to create a society free from the divisions of the past—of race, ethnicity and sexuality. But a stranger emerges and a crime ensues, which reveals a shocking truth about the clash of the optimism of some and the venom of others, including the virtual unearthing of the dead.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 1st
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://booksoup.com/event/brian-castleberry-presents-nine-shiny-objects
Vroman’s Live: Stephanie Scott, with Lisa See, & What’s Left of Me Is Yours – Crowdcast Online Event
Author Stephanie Scott, in discussion with acclaimed author Lisa See, will discuss her new book, What’s Left of Me Is Yours, in a Crowdcast online event.
In Japan, a covert industry has grown up around the “wakaresaseya” (literally “breaker-upper”), a person hired by one spouse to seduce the other in order to gain the advantage in divorce proceedings. In this story the situation is told from alternating points of view and across breathtaking landscapes of Japan. The author exquisitely renders the affair and its intricate repercussions, and probes the thorny psychological and moral grounds of the actions we take in the name of love, and where we draw the line between passion and possession.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 1st
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Barney Scout Mann, with Casey Shreiner, & Journeys North at Skylight Books – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Barney Scott Mann, in conversation with author Casey Schreiner (Discovering Griffith Park) to discuss Mann’s book, Journeys North: The Pacific Crest Trail..
This book relates the compelling tale of six hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail in 2007 as they walk from Mexico to Canada, including Barney and his wife Sandy. They face many tests of their will, and in fact, only a third of all the hikers who set out on the trial that year would finish. This is a story of grit, compassion, am=nd the relationships people forge when they strive towards a common goal.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 1st
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://skylightbooks.com/event/event/live-crowdcast-barney-scout-mann-conversation-casey-schreiner
Jeff Hobbes, with F. Douglas Brown, & Show Them You’re Good – Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Author Jeff Hobbes, in conversation with author F. Douglas Brown, will read and discuss his new book, Show Them You’re Good.
This is a story of four teenage boys, high school seniors at two very different schools within Los Angeles, and their challenges and triumphs confronting their futures, both their own and the cultures in which they live. This book combines complex social issues with the compelling experience of the individuals, and ignites conversations about class, race, expectations, divides, an even the concept of fate.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Tuesday the 1st
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: Chevalier’s Books – Online event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/jeff-hobbs
Gothic Book Club & Mexican Gothic at The Last Bookstore Online
The Gothic Book Club, led by John Palisano, reads many genres and art forms, from horror to architecture to shoes. This meeting’s participants will read and discuss Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s book Mexican Gothic, in which Noemi braves a rotting English estate in 1950s Mexico, to rescue her imperiled cousin..
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Zoom online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Tuesday the 1st
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://lastbookstorela.com/#events or https://facebook.com/events/2678346702264968
Chatsworth Book Club & The Cat Who Went to Paris via Chatsworth Branch Library, LAPL Online Event
Join the Chatsworth Branch Library Book Club via Zoom for a discussion of The Cat Who Went to Paris by Peter Gethers.
For access to the meeting, please email Chatworthfriends@gmail.com
Where: Chatsworth Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Wednesday the 2nd
Time: 1:30 pm – 3 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/classics-book-club-1
Vroman’s Live: Heart Happy! Tales of Friendship, Family & Fun– Crowdcast Online Event
Authors Jeffrey Brown, Laura Knetzger & Jose Pimienta are presented by Random House Graphic to show why graphic novels are the best as evidenced by these three artists.
Jeffrey Brown is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Star Wars: Jedi academy series and the Darth Vader series. He is the author of the Lucy and Andy Neanderthal graphic novels for middle graders and the picture book My Teacher is a Robot.
Laura Knetzger has worked as a storyboard artist for Adventure Time, and makes comics about feelings.
Jose Pimienta works on comics and storyboards for animation and film. Suncatcher is his debut author/illustrator graphic novel.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 2nd
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-live-live-heart-happy-tales-friendship-family-and-fun
Greg Mania, with Lindy West, & Born to Be Public at Skylight Books – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Greg Mania, in conversation with author Lindy West (Shrill: Notes form a Loud Woman) to discuss Mania’s memoir, Born to be Public.
This debut m recounts Mania’s coming-of-age adventures in New York City’s wild, early-aughts nightlife scene, as he he infiltrated the socialite set online and traded it all in for a life in comedy. This is a vulnerable, poignant exploration of identity and rediscovery of his identity when he came out to his Polish immigrant parnets through his internet exploits.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 2nd
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, with Aimee Bender, & LIKES– Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Author Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, in conversation with author Aimee Bender, will read and discuss her new book, LIKES.
In nine stories that range from the real to the unreal, strange to familiar, fun to frightening, the author reminds us why her wildly original debut, Madeleine Is Sleeping, and her masterful Ms. Hempel Chronicles have been contemporary classics—celebrated and beloved.
LIKES explores the full range and contradictions of our contemporary moment, a collection that is both otherworldly and suffused with the deceitful humdrum of everyday life. This book will expose the roots of our abiding terrors and delights.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Wednesday the 2nd
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: Chevalier’s Books – Online event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/saraah-shun-lien-bynym
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 2nd
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 3rd
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2818076744896424/
ALOUD Reading Series: The Cost of Inequality & The System Discussion via LAPL Online Event
Join the ALOUD Reading Series to hear author Robert Reich and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II in conversation, for a discussion of the cost of inequality and how to create a more equitable democracy. The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is Robert Reich’s most recent book on this subject. Dr. Barber is the architect of the “Moral Monday” Movement, organizing rallies and nonviolent acts of civil disobedience to challenge immoral policies against poor and marginalized communities.
NOTE: Please register at site.
Where: LAPL Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Thursday the 3rd
Time: 3 pm – 4 pm
Address: Online event
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/425654285061163
Santa Monica Reads Book Discussion & The Library Book via SMPL Online Event
Join the Santa Monica Reads Book Discussion via SMPL Zoom for a discussion of The Library Book, by Susan Orlean, about the LAPL library fire and arson investigation. These discussions are hosted by trained discussion facilitators, and all are welcome to listen and learn more about the book.
NOTE: Please register at site.
Where: SMPL – Zoom Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Thursday the 3rd
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: Online event
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=33465
Tori Eldridge, with Rachel Howzell Hall, & The Ninja’s Blade at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Tori Eldridge, in conversation with author Rachel Howzell Hall, to discuss her new novel, The Ninja’s Blade.
From the author of The Ninja’s Daughter, this book is about Lily Wong—a Chinese Norwegian modern-day ninja who must deal with a visit form her grandparents form Hong Kong at the same time she goes undercover in the dangerous world of youth sex trafficking. She relies on her ninja skills to deceive and infiltrate, rescue and kill—whatever is necessary for the case. If only those same skills could control her grandparents.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Thursday the 3rd
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://booksoup.com/event/tori-eldridge-conversation-rachel-howzell-hall-discusses-ninja’s-blade
Vroman’s Live: Charles Rosenberg & The Day Lincoln Lost – Re-Scheduled Crowdcast Online Event
Author Charles Rosenberg, in conversation with Anne Kenney, will discuss his book, The Day Lincoln Lost. about a time when James Buchanan made one last move to derail Lincoln’s campaign, steal the election, and threw America into chaos.
This is both a fascinating historical novel and a fast-paced thriller of a nation on the cusp of civil war, and offers an unexpected window into one of the most consequential elections in our country’s history.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 3rd
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
LiveTalks LA: Jon Meacham & His Truth Is Marching On – Online Event
Author Jon Meacham will present and discuss his book, His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope, an intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and long-time U,.S, congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America, from the 1950s to the present.
NOTE: Event is free to register and watch, and book may be purchased when you RSVP at Eventbrite link.
Where: LiveTalks LA– YouTube and Facebook – Online event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 3rd
Time: 6 pm – 7:15 pm
Address: YouTube and Facebook Online Event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/618172608807365 or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-jon-meacham-tickets-115076707530
Hector Tobar & The Last Great Road Bum – Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Author Hector Tobar, in conversation with Roberto Lovato, will read and discuss his new book, The Last Great Road Bum.
This is a peripatetic true story of a native son of Urbana, Illinois, who died fighting with guerrillas in El Salvador, and the author turns it into the great American novel for our times.
Joe Sanderson died in pursuit of a life worth writing about. He referred to himself as a “road bum,” an adventurer and a storyteller, belonging to no place, people or ideas. He was born into a childhood of middle class contentment in Illinois, and died fighting with guerrillas in Central America. A decade ago, Tobar came into possession of the personal writings of Sanderson, which chart his freewheeling course across the world, and ending in anonymous heroism. This is the story Sanderson never could have written, but did truly live—a hybrid of fiction and non-fiction.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Thursday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: Chevalier’s Books – Online event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/hector-tobar
Rock ‘N Roll Pajama Storytime via HBPL Facebook Page – Kids Event
Put on your comfiest pajamas, snuggle up with a blanket and you favorite stuffed animal, and tune in to Facebook Live for Rock ‘N Roll storytime on the library Facebook page. We will sing, dance and read stories every Thursday night at 7 pm.
Where: Huntington Beach Public Library – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Facebook Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/736581520432505/
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 4th
Time: 11 am – 11:30 am
Address: Facebook Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/303231527710280
Virtual Book Club & The Library Book via Los Feliz Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join our virtual meeting to discuss The Library Book, by Susan Orlean. New members are welcome. Email mpanzera@lapl.org for the meeting link.
Where: Los Feliz Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Date: Friday the 4th
Time: 11 am
Address: Los Feliz Branch Library, LAPL – Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club
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 4th
Time: 3 pm – 6 pm
Address: Live online event
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/895683244269034/
ASL Literature Slam via Long Beach Shakespeare Company – Check/ Confirm if In-Person or Online Event
This event presents a new way to interact with the community and with language, and showcases the beauty of poetry and literature through the medium of American Sign Language Slam nights and their performances.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: ASL Literature Slam (see site)
Date: Friday the 4th
Time: 8 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: Live online event
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/121338509216050
Get Lit Saturday Class via Get Lit – Words Ignite – Online Teen Event
Join Get Lit Saturday Class, a weekly poetry workshop that is free and open to all teens!
Learn writing techniques, performance training, and confidence-building every Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm via Zoom.
NOTE: See website for online link and further details.
Where: Get Lit – Words Ignite – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 5th
Time: 10 am – 1 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/670785753795173/
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 5th
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://facebook.com/events/1129862734055834/
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 5th
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/western-edge-writers-1
Ocean Park Book Group & Lab Girl via Ocean Park Branch Library, SMPL – Online Event
The Ocean Park Book Group meets every 1st Saturday of the month, and is open to all. This month we will read and discuss Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren.
NOTE: To register for the program, email karen.reitz@smgov.net for participation details.
Where: Santa Monica Library – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 5th
Time: 11 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=31948
Saturday Afternoon Poetry Event & Open Mic at Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry for a Poetry Writing Workshop led by Don Kingfisher Campbell. Submit up to 3 poems totaling no more than 150 lines for Spectrum Special Edition: The Fall by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 pm, September 12th.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Santa Catalina Library, Zoom Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 5th
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 5th
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 & 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 and writer is Willie Perdomo.
Where: La Palabra Zoom – Online event
Date: Sunday the 6th (July 11th through September 13th)
Time: 2 pm – 2:20 pm
Address: La Palabra Zoom – Online event
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