Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Philosophy Discussion Group & Critique of Pure Reason via Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library’s Zoom link as we continue our discussion of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. Newcomers are welcome.
NOTE: Email ayosco@lapl.org for participation details. Confirm at site due to holiday.
Where: Arroyo Seco Branch Library, LAPL – Online event
Date: Monday the 7th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/philosophy-discussion-group-1
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.
NOTE: Confirm at site due to holiday.
Where: Beyond Baroque online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Monday the 7th
Time: 7:30pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
September Books + Coffee Meeting & Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong via NAWBO – Orange County – Online Event
NAWBO – Orange County hosts a Books + Coffee monthly meeting, and will discuss acclaimed science writer Angela Saini’s book, Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story. The author takes readers on a journey to uncover science’s failure to understand women and how we are just beginning to recover from centuries of entrenched exclusion and prejudice. Sexist assumptions have been stubbornly persistent in research studies and treatments, a legacy which women continue to encounter.
Where: National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) – Orange County – Online Event (RSVP and details at site)
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 8:30 am – 10 am
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://www.https://www.facebook.com/events/318938472562394
Faris Cassell & The Unanswered Letter via American Jewish University (AJU) – Online Event
A letter 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, culminating in this book, The Unanswered Letter. The author will discuss her discovery and narrative with AJU’s Professor Michael Berenbaum.
Where: AJU – Online Event (RSVP and details at site)
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 12 pm – 12:45 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://www.https://www.facebook.com/events/739859840139866
The 1619 Project Learning Circle Series (4th of 6 sessions) & Sidebars viaLAPL – 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 4 will focus on the book, Sidebars, by Mehrsa Baradaran. See site for books discussed at all six meetings 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 8th
Time: 3:30 pm
Address: Zoom Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/1619-project-learning-circle
HH@Home: Chlesea Catherine, Carlos Allende, Amber Flame, David Brendan Hopes via 4 Plattforms – Online Event
Red Hen Press and Chelsea Catherine will host the RHP virtual Fall Book Tour series, avirtual reading and conversation series, celebrating the releases of the RHP Fall 2020 season, with others moderating. Check site for details.
Chelsea Catherine is the author of Summer of the Cicadas.
Carlos Allende istheauthorof Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love.
Amber Flame is the Quill 2020 Judge, and will be joined by Quill editor Tobi Harper for a reading and conversation.
Where: Red Hen Press Facebook – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 4pm – 5 pm
Address: Facebook Live – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/327617865318260
Arts & Letters: Darin Strauss, with Tod Goldberg, & The Queen of Tuesday via UCR Palm Desert – Online Event
Author Darin Strauss, award-winning author of Chang & EngandHalf a Life, in conversation with UCR Palm Desert Director and author Tod Goldberg, will read and discuss his new book, The Queen of Tuesday
Darin Strauss presents a new novel about Lucille Ball, a thrilling love story starring Hollywood’s first true media mogul, and an epic multi-layered look at America’s most fascinating era. This romance begins with a daring conceit—that the author’s grandfather may have had an affair with Lucille Ball, and mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew.
Where: Arts & Letters, UCR Palm Desert – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 6pm – 7:30 pm
Address: UCR Palm Desert – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1502485619958870
Fremont Branch Book Club & The Known World via John C. Fremont Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Please join our Book Club discussion of Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward P. Jones’ book, The Known World. This acclaimed book examines issues regarding the ownership of black slaves by both white and black Americans, and is set in Virginia during the antebellum era.
Visit lapl.org to put your copy on hold. New members are always welcome.
Where: John C. Fremont Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event (RSVP and details at site)
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/john-c-fremont-book-club-1
Vroman’s Live: Ann Shen, with Kate Spencer, & Nevertheless, She Wore It – Crowdcast Online Event
Author Ann Shen, in discussion with Kate Spencer, will discuss her new book, Nevertheless, She Wore It: 50 Iconic Fashion Moments, in a Crowdcast online event.
This book is an illustrated compendium of 50 iconic styles and the women who wore them to break the rules and change the world. From the revolutionary bikini to the presidential pantsuit, the book also offers bold paintings and insightful anecdotes and seeks to empower readers to make their own fashion statements.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 6pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Chuck Palahniuk & The Invention of Sound via Skylight Books & Hosted by Dynasty Typewriter
Join author Chuck Palahniuk, hosted by Dynasty Typewriter on Streamyard, to discuss his book, The Invention of Sound..
A father searching for his missing daughter is suddenly given hope when a major clue is discovered, but learning the truth could shatter the seemingly perfect image Hollywood is desperate to uphold.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Live on Streamyard – Event hosted by Dynasty Typewriter
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://skylightbooks.com/event/event/chuck-palahniuk-dynasty-typewriter
Capricia Marshall, with John Emerson, & Protocol – Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Author Capricia Marshall, in conversation with author John Emerson, will read and discuss her new book, Protocol.
In this book President Obama’s former United States chief of protocol looks at why diplomacy and etiquette matter—from the international stage to everyday life..
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 7pm – 8:30 pm
Address: Chevalier’s Books – Online event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/capricia-marshall
August Norman & Sins of the Mother via Book Carnival – Online Event
Author August Norman will launch, present and discuss his second Caitlin Berman thriller, Sins of the Mother.
There will be readings, a Q&A, and the ability to purchase signed hardcover copies of this book.
Where: Book Carnival – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 7pm – 8:15pm
Address: Book Carnival – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/732852434231243
Mystery Book Club & Exit Strategy via Pages Bookstore – Online Event
Pages Bookstore will host its Mystery Book Club and discuss Exit Strategy (NYPD Negotiators #1) by Jen J. Danna.
This meeting will be facilitated by Bobby McCue.
We read new release mysteries, and the book selection is done by email voting prior to each meeting. See site for details.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 8th
Time: 7pm – 8:30 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/mystery-book-club-virtual-meeting-2
Book of the Month (BOTM) Book Club & Rodham at Bel Canto Bookstore Online
The BOTM Book Club currently meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7pm. Free to attend,a nd all are welcome!
This meeting’s participants will read and discuss Curtis Sittenfeld’s book, Rodham, which is a novel that imagines a deeply compelling what-might-have-been: What if Hillary Rodham Clinton hadn’t married Bill Clinton?
NOTE: All bookstore events request RSVP, so check website for details.
Where: Bel Canto Bookstore – Zoom online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 7pm – 8 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://belcantobooks.net/book-clubs
Queer Book Club & Compass Rose at The Last Bookstore Online
The Queer Book Club, led by Lambda finalist CB Lee, reads Queer authors, books, and topics across genres (mostly fiction). This meeting’s participants will read and discuss Anna Burke’s book Compass Rose, in which young Rose goes deep undercover with a pirate crew in a far future where the entire planet is covered in water.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Zoom online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 7:30pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://lastbookstorela.com/#events or https://www.facebook.com/events/289808002080045
Cass R. Sunstein & Too Much Information – Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Author Cass R. Sunstein will read and discuss his new book, Too Much Information: Understanding What You Don’t Want to Know.
In this book the author explores how information can make us happy or miserable, and why we sometimes avoid it and sometimes seek it out. He argues that the focus should be on human well-being and what information contributes to it.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 4pm
Address: Chevalier’s Books – Online event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/cass-sunstein
Media and Our Present Moment: ALOUD Panel Discussion with Yaniche Alcindor, Sewell Chan, and Brooke Gladstone via LFLA – Online Event
ALOUD Reading series presents a panel discussion on Media and Our Present Moment, featuring three veteran journalists: PBS NewsHour correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, the Los Angeles Times’ Sewell Chan, and NPR’s Brooke Gladstone.
Over the past decade the political divisions across America have threatened the ability of the media to deliver unbiased news, while individuals armed with their smartphones have stepped in to provide some of the most raw, unfiltered stories of our time. Here we will examine whose voices we can trust.
Where: ALOUD Reading Series – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 5pm
Address: ALOUD Reading Series, LFLA – Online event
Website: https://lfla.org/event/media-and-our-present-moment/
LiveTalks LA: John Cleese, with Judd Apatow, & Creativity – Online Event
Author and actor John Cleese, in conversation with comic writer and producer Judd Apatow, will present and discuss his book, Creativity: a Short and Cheerful Guide. In this book the legendary comedian, actor, and writer of Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, and A Fish Called Wanda fame shares his key ideas about creativity: that it’s a learnable and improvable skill.
NOTE: Event is available to register and watch, and book itself may be purchased when you RSVP at site link.
Where: LiveTalks LA – Online event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 6 pm – 7:15 pm
Address: LiveTalks LA – Online Event
Website: https://livetalksla.org/events/john-cleese/
Vroman’s Live: Lev Grossman & The Silver Arrow – Crowdcast Online Event
Author Lev Grossman, in conversation with Jeff Vandermeer, presents and discusses his new YA book, The Silver Arrow.
Kate and her younger brother Tom lead dull, uninteresting lives, as do their parents. For her 11th birthday her Uncle Herbert surprises her with the most unexpected, exhilarating, inappropriate birthday present of all time: a Colossal steam locomotive called the Silver Arrow. Soon they’re off to distant lands along magical rail lines—and they just might end up saving the world.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 6pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-live-lev-grossman-presents-silver-arrow
wriTE ouT Loud Wednesday & John Singh & HIV Writers Workshop– Online Event
HIV Writers Workshop and John Singh present a public literary reading of new works by the HIV Writers Workshop.
Where: HIV Writers Workshop – Online event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 9th (and Saturday the 12th at 6pm)
Time: 6pm – 7 pm
Address: HIV Writers Workshop – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2452076181757389
ONE Institute: Locating Your Place in Queer History – Memoir Workshop – Online Event
Join instructor Dr. Jacob Alden Sargent for a writing-based history exploration and memoir writing workshop. Writing sown your personal memories in relation to LGBTQ history can be healing and empowering. Dr. Sargent is affiliated faculty at Occidental College and brings a background in sociology and information literacy in the context of institutional transformation.
Where: Queer Memoir Writing Workshop – Online event (see site for details and tickets)
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 6pm – 7:15 pm
Address: Queer Writing Workshop – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1000609543742673
Dr. Meera Shah, with Julianna Guill, & You’re the Only One I’ve Told at Skylight Books – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Dr. Meera Shah, in conversation with Julianna Guill, to discuss her book, You’re the Only One I’ve Told: The Stories Behind Abortion.
This book collects the stories told to Dr. Shah as a way to humanize abortion and to combat myths that persist in the discourse that surrounds it. Stories have the power to break down stigmas and help us empathize with those whose experiences are unlike our own. They can also help us find community and a shared sense of camaraderie over experiences just like ours. This book will do both.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Pacoima Book Club & The Night Watchman via Pacoima Branch Library, LAPL Online Event
Join the Pacoima Branch Library Book Club via Zoom for a discussion of The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich.
For access to the meeting, please email lziman@lapl.org for the link to the Zoom meeting.
Where: Pacoima Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-26
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 9th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Rob Sturma Reading at the Ugly Mug via Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
Join Two Idiots Peddling Poetry and Ben Trigg to welcome Rob Sturma, founder and Editor-in-Chief of pop culture poetry journal FreezeRay and the editor of anthologies Aimfor the Head and Multiverse. He currently has two e-books available: DRINK DRANK DRUNK (a poetic snapshot of alcoholism and recovery) and We all Wear the Mask (all pop culture poems), and is readying his second full-length poetry collection for Moon Tide Press, in 2021.
NOTE: See site for further details.
Where: Online event (Google Sheets or Zoom)
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.https://www.facebook.com/events/357160265463536/
Timothy Snyder & Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary – Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Author Timothy Snyder, in conversationwith Mark Lipstitch, will read and discuss his new book, Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary.
In this book the author presents an impassioned condemnation of America’s coronavirus response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 10am
Address: Chevalier’s Books – Online event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/timothy-snyder
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 10th
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2818076744896424/
Virtual Book Club & The Other Americans via Signal Hill Public Library – Adults over Age 18 Event
Join our Virtual Book club discussion of the prize-winning book, The Other Americans, by Laila Lalami.
NOTE: Register at online link & pick up a copy of the book during curbside pickup hours.
Where: Signal Hill Public Library – Online
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 1 pm – 2:30 pm
Address: Signal Hill public Library – Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/3743674092328029
Make Your Own Cookbook with Genevieve Ko via L.A. Times Events – Online
Join the L.A. Times Series, We Can Teach You That, for the event, Make Your Own Cookbook, with L.A. Times cooking editor Genevieve Ko. Ko is the author of Better Baking, and has collaborated on more than a dozen cookbooks with notable chefs. In this class she shows you how to create recipes, shares tips and tricks for photographing food, and walks you through the steps to compile your own cookbook. Participants can share their questions too.
NOTE: Please register and purchase tickets at site.
Where: L.A. Times Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 5 pm – 6:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/954408965056837
Heart. Soul. Pen. Girl’s Night Out! on Zoom with Robin Finn – Online
Join Robin Finn for an evening of creativity and connection in a supportive environment of creative women to write and light our creative spark together on Zoom.
NOTE: Please register and purchase tickets at site.
Where: Zoom Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online event
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/250477672744517
Rachel Beanland & Florence Adler Swims Forever via Pages Bookstore Online Event
Join debut author Rachel Beanland for a discussion of her debut novel, Florence Adler Swims Forever.
Set in Atlantic City in 1934, Florence Adler returns to the family home from college, determined to spend the summer training to swim the English Channel. But when the apartment bursts at the seams, with a sister home on bedrest during her pregnancy, a mysterious emigrant from Nazi Germany, and a scheming brother-in-law, long-buried tensions reveal how quickly the act of protecting those we love can turn into betrayal.
NOTE: Please register at site.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
Paria Hassouri, with Tembi Locke, & Found in Transition at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Paria Hassouri, in conversation with author Tembi Locke, to discuss her book, Found in Transition: A Mother’s Evolution During Her Child’s Gender Change..
The author is a pediatrician and transgender rights activist, an in this book she chronicles a dual transition: as her child transitions form male to female, she navigates through anger, denial and grief to eventually arrive at acceptance. This page-turning memoir relates a tender story, while exploring identity, self-discovery, and difference in a world that values conformity.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Vroman’s Live: Leonard Mlodinow & Stephen Hawking Memoir – Crowdcast Online Event
Author Leonard Mlodinow, in conversation with Michael Shermer, will discuss his book, Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics, about their two decades as collaborators and friends.
In this book we meet a man whose illness leaves him able to communicate only six worlds a minute, but who expends the effort to punctuate his conversations with humor. The author captures Hawking’s indomitable spirit and teaches us about life and the human capacity to overcome daunting obstacles.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 6pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Dormant Rose Poetry Writing Workshop via North Hollywood Regional Library, LAPL – Online Event
In this workshop participants will study a different poet each month via Zoom, and write poetry based on the poet’s style. This program is held on the second Thursday of the month, and you may email nohiwd@lapl.org at least one day before the meeting for the link.
Where: North Hollywood Regional Library, LAPL – Zoom Online event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 6:15 pm– 7:30 pm
Address: LAPL Online Event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/dormant-rose-poetry-writing-workshop-0
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 10th
Time: 7 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Facebook Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/736581520432505/
Shout! The Open Mic Poetry Night – Zoom Online Edition
Join us for the Zoom online version of SHOUT The Open Mic Poetry Night, which meets every second Thursday of the month. You’ll be signed in to read once the Zoom meeting starts, and we’ll try to add latecomers so everyone has a chance to share. So, dust off your poems, stories, comedy, magic,…whatever floats your heart.
Where: Zoom online event (see site for link)
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: Online event (see site for link)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1034212067011550/
Times of Thirst and Desire: An Erotic Lit Fundraiser for AIDS Walk 2020– Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Explore the erotic landscape of desire as depicted by Dare Williams, M. Kiguwa, Tai Farnsworth, and Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo in the AIDS Walk 2020 fundraiser.
We’ll discuss how our bodies’ intersections are reshaped by social distancing and the appeal of kink and fetish and all types of subversive and defiant sexual relations.
This event is free to attend. All proceeds from pay-what-you-will ticketed donations will go to APLA Health (formerly AIDS Project Los Angeles).
Where: BookSwell and Sakae Manning – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 8pm – 9 pm
Address: BookSwell – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/596739700994252
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 11th
Time: 11 am – 11:30 am
Address: Facebook Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/303231527710280
Fall Poetry Series: Part 1 (of 3) via Muckenthaler Cultural Center – Online Event
The Muckenthaler Cultural Centeroffers a three-part workshop series with artist-in-residence Katherine Zaun, inspired by Robin Coste Lewis’ and Mary Oliver’s work, drawing from lyric essays, surrealism, dreams, memoir, and more to explore our own relationships with the earth, oceans, and sky.
Workshop series will be taking place on the second Friday of three months (September 11, October 9, and November 13)
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Muckenthaler Cultural Center – Online event (see site)
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 3 pm – 4 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/639504536969637
Latino Publishing University via Los Angeles City College – Confirm/Check Event
This is a 3-day event by Empowering Latino Futures, which consists of workshops with sessions targeting topics small publishers often ask about marketing, metadata, illustration, etc.
NOTE: Check with campus LACC or online to confirm details and validity of this post.
Where: Los Angeles City College
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 4 pm – 7 pm
Address: Los Angeles City College or Online event (unable to confirm)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events//2843314479057234/
Justin Michael Williams & Stay Woke at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Justin Michael Williams to discuss his book, Stay Woke: A Meditation Guide for the Rest of Us.
This book is a no-nonsense guide to establishing a personal meditation practice, changing your life, and taking hold of your dreams. It includes free downloadable audio meditations every step of the way, and gives everyone the tools to stop wasting time, overcome self-doubt, and wake up to our better lives.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://booksoup.com/event/justin-michael-williams-presents-stay-woke-meditation-guide-rest-us
Vroman’s Live: Barney Scout Mann & Journeys North – Crowdcast Online Event
Author Barney Scout Mann will discuss his book, Journeys North: The Pacific Crest Trail, about the compelling tale of sic hikers on the Pacific Crest Trial in 2007 as they walk from Mexico to Canada.
As the group approaches Canada, a storm rages, and how these very different hikers respond to hardship and suffering will reveal their tenacity, endurance, and breaking points.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event (see site)
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 6pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
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 9 am to 12 pm via Zoom.
NOTE: See website for online link and further details.
Where: Get Lit – Words Ignite and Kelly Grace Thomas – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 9 am – 12 pm (Confirm start time at site)
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/670785633795185/
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 12th
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 12th
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/western-edge-writers-1
Westwood Branch Library Book Club & Glengarry Glen Ross via Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
The Westwood Branch Library Book Club meets every 2nd Saturday of the month, and is open to all. This month we will read and discuss Glengarry Glen Ross, by David Mamet.
NOTE: To register for the program, email wwood@lapl.org for participation details.
Where: Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 11 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: http:/https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-27 /
Peace Adzo Medie & His Only Wife at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Peace Adzo Medie, in conversation with Mathangi Subraminian, to discuss her book, His Only Wife.
This novel is a witty, smart, and moving debut about a brave young woman traversing the minefield of modern life with its taboos and injustices, living in a world of men who want their wives to be beautiful and accomplished, while respecting their husbands and granting them forbearance. The author has created a spunky and relatable heroine who may just break all the rules.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 1 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
CIG Book Club & How to Be an Antiracist via California Imagism Gallery – Online Event
Join the CIG Book Club online to read and discuss Ibram X. Kendi’s book How to Be an Antiracist, hosted by CIG and Ann Brantingham.
The link for the club will be posted at the CIG website (bookshop link) and on its Facebook page too. Sign up at link on site.
Where: California Imagism Gallery – Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 1 pm– 3 pm
Address: Online event
Website; https://www.facebook.com/events/756072224943308
Maryrose Wood, with Steven Banks, & Alice’s Farm: A Rabbit’s Tale – Chevalier’s Books – Online Kids Event
Author Maryrose Wood, in conversationwith Steven Banks, will read and discuss her new children’s book, Alice’s Farm: A Rabbit’s Tale.
In this book a brave young rabbit must work with her natural predators to save her farmland home and secretly help the farm’s earnest but incompetent new owners.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 2pm
Address: Chevalier’s Books – Online event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/maryrose-wood
Saturday Afternoon Poetry Event at Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry for a Deep Critique Writing Workshop led by GT Foster.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Santa Catalina Library, Zoom Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 3 pm– 5 pm
Address: Zoom online
Website; https://www.saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com
No Guilt Book Club via Altadena Library District – Online Event
Join the No Guilt Book Club online to catch up on reading and chatting with other local readers!
Sign up at link on site.
Where: Altadena Library – Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 4 pm– 5 pm
Address: Online event
Website; https://www.facebook.com/events/303453584248365
22nd International Latino Book Awards Ceremony via LACC – Check if In-Person or Online Event
These awards recognize literature in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Award-winning authors continue to receive opportunities through this organization.
Where: Los Angeles City College (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 4 pm– 8 pm
Address: See site
Website; https://www.facebook.com/events/159171431875234
“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 12th
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/538958426782020/
No Gravity Writing Workshop with Rudy Francisco – Zoom Online
No Gravity Writing Workshop with Rudy Francisco is hosted by Awful Good Writers and Buddy Wakefield. This is a month-long workshop and is an exploration of various tools and techniques that will challenge writers to find unique ways to share their stories. Led by National Poetry Slam Champion/ Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and published author Rudy Francisco, it will be held on Sunday, Sept, 13th, 20th, 27th, and Oct. 4th from 1 pm – 2:30 pm/
NOTE: Check website for further details and costs.
Where: Awful Good Writers – Online (see site)
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 1 pm – 2:30 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/1947164235417596
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 Lindsey Haley.
Where: La Palabra Zoom – Online event
Date: Sunday the 13th (final event in 10 poets series)
Time: 2 pm – 2:20 pm
Address: La Palabra Zoom – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/413256312967460/
Fariha Roisin, with Tanais, & Like A Bird at Skylight Books – Crowdcast Online Event
Join poet, activist, and author Fariha Roisin, in conversation with Tanais, to discuss her debut novel, Like a Bird.
This book is an intense, provocative,, and emotionally profound portrait of an inner life in turmoil and the redemptive power of community and love. Taylia’s story is about survival in a world in which she was disowned and cast out by her parents after surviving a violent sexual assault. Her story is about survival, and coming to terms with her past while looking forward to a future she was never allowed to claim.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 3 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
We’re All Gonna Die Book Club & Mexican Gothic at The Last Bookstore Online
The We’re All Gonna Die Book Club, led by Peter Clines, reads dystopian literature and topics across genres. This meeting’s participants will read and discuss John Marrs’ book The One, in which a perfectly constructed matchmaking algorithm takes all that messy guesswork out of human relationships.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Zoom online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 7:30pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://lastbookstorela.com/#events
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