Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Speaker Series with Alison Rose Jefferson & Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During the Jim Crow Era via The Ebell of Los Angeles – Online Event
The Ebell hosts author and speaker Alison Rose Jefferson, who will share her research and findings contained in her book, Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era. Our local public places and leisure sites hold a central place in the ongoing freedom rights struggle, and the author describes these cases and efforts in detail.
Where: The Ebell Speaker Series – Online (see site)
Date: Monday the 21st
Time: 12pm – 1 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/269045181101014
Writing for Peace with Aimee Liu, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto & Sherri L. Smith via Skylight Books – Crowdcast Online Event
Join award-winning novelists Aimee Liu, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto & Sherri L. Smith for an International Peace Day Conversation on the 75th anniversary of World War II, sponsored by Consequence Magazine.
Aimee Liu is a bestselling author of fiction and other genres, and her latest novel, Glorious Boy, is a page-tuner with multiple themes, and takes place in the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean during WWII, when a couple find their young child has gone missing.
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto is the author of the memoir Hiroshima in the Morning, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle. Shadow Child is a haunting and suspenseful literary tale set in 1970s New York City and World War II-era Japan, about three strong women, the dangerous ties of family and identity, and the long shadows our histories can cast.
Sherri L. Smith is the author of seven award-winning YA novels, and her latest work is The Blossom and the Firefly, which transports readers to the impending doom hovering over an air base in Japan during the final days of WWII.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Monday the 21st
Time: 5 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Vroman’s Live: P.J. O’Rourke with Christopher Buckley & A Cry from the Far Middle via Vroman’s- Crowdcast Online Event
Join author P.J. O’Rourke, in conversation with Christopher Buckley, to discuss his book, A Cry from the Far Middle: Dispatches from a Divided Land.
The author believes our state of anger and perplexity is what America has always been about. These essays consider whether it’s better to hold people’s hands or bust into their heads to get at what bothers them most. He is editor-in-chief of the web magazine American Consequences, and lives in New England as far away form the things he writes about as he can get.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Vroman’s Live – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Monday the 21st
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
LiveTalks LA: Claudia Rankine, with Viet Thanh Nguyen, & Just Us – Online Event
Author and poet Claudia Rankine, in conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, will present and discuss her latest book, Just Us. She also is the author of Citizen: An American Lyric and four other books:
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: Monday the 21st
Time: 6 pm – 7:15 pm
Address: LiveTalks LA – Online Event
Website: https://livetalksla.org/events/claudia-rankine/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/306448537311842
Janna Ireland & Regarding Paul R. Williams: A Photographer’s View via Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Author Janna Ireland will present and discuss her new book, Regarding Paul R. Williams: A Photogrpaher’s View, which explores the legacy and work of the Black architect known as “Hollywood’s Architect” Williams through a series of intimate black-and-white photographs.
In this book the author gives a vision of Williams that is both universal and highly personal, grounded in the result of one artist’s encounter with another, connecting across generations within the same city.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Monday the 21st
Time: 7 pm
Address: Chevalier’s Books – Online event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/janna-ireland
Main Library Book Group & Beloved at Santa Monica Public Library – Online Event
The Main Library Book Group discusses a variety of books, and meets every third Monday of the month. This month we are reading Beloved, by Toni Morrison, the classic novel of love, loss, and sacrifice of Black families during slavery.
See site for details.
Where: Santa Monica Public Library – SMPL online (see site)
Date: Monday the 21st
Time: 7pm – 8 pm
Address: Online event
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=32813
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 21st
Time: 7:30pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Jill Lepore & If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future – Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Author Jill Lepore, in conversation with Dan Schnur, will discuss her new book, If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future.
In this book the author investigates how in the 1950s this unknown corporation unwittingly became the prototype for the ever-present Google, creating a mechanism to mine every detail of human behavior—for commercial and political profit.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Tuesday the 22nd
Time: 11 am
Address: Chevalier’s Books – Online event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/product-page/if-then-by-jill-lepore-w-signed-bookplate
Author Talk: Sarah Hadley & Lost Venice via Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join us as photographer Sarah Hadley present her book Lost Venice, which takes you through the mysterious hidden corners of the city with haunting images..
NOTE: Please register and get Zoom invitation by contacting wwood@lapl.org
Where: Westwood Branch Library, LAPL Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Tuesday the 22nd
Time: 3 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/author-talk-sarah-hadley
The 1619 Project Learning Circle Series (6th 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 6 is our final session, and will focus on the book, Sugar, by Kahlil Gibran Muhammad. 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 22nd
Time: 3:30 pm
Address: Zoom Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/1619-project-learning-circle
Gale Galligan & The Babysitters Club: Logan Likes Mary Anne via Pages Bookstore Online Event
Join us for a virtual event to meet talented cartoonist Gale Galligan, who will present the fifth Baby-Sitters Club book she has illustrated. She will share her experiences in creating illustrations for the books, and provide a drawing demonstration and take questions from the audience.
NOTE: Please register and see details at site.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Tuesday the 22nd
Time: 4 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/virtual-event/gale-gaffigan-september-22nd-400pm-pst
HH@Home: Rebecca McClanahan and Deborah Thompson via RHP Fall Book Tour – Online Event
Red Hen Press will host the RHP Virtual Fall Book Tour series, a virtual reading and conversation series, celebrating the releases of the RHP Fall 2020 season. Check site for details.
Rebecca McClanahan is the author of ten books, including a memoir, IN THE KEY OF NEW YORK CITY!, which is forged from upending settled lives in North Carolina to pursue a long-held dream to live in Manhattan, and create a home in a city of strangers. The 9/11 attacks and a serious cancer surgery complicate their story, to shape an unimagined journey.
Deborah Thompson istheauthorof PRETZEL, HOUDINI & OLIVE. Told from the perspective of a self-indentified “crazy dog lady,” these eleven interconnected essays follow one women’s relations with five different dogs. Together, they travel over terrain spanning her husband’s battel with cancer, his death, her grieving process, and her rejoining the living as her dogs lead her forward from the end of their leashes.
Where: Red Hen Press Facebook – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Tuesday the 22nd
Time: 4pm – 5 pm
Address: Four Platforms – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/787717705333378
La Poet Violeta & Open Mic via Zoom – Online Event
Join amazing young teen poet and writer La Poet Violeta inperformance, with an Open Mic, in an online Zoom event.
NOTE: Please register and get Zoom information by going to 922-5934-4768.
Where: Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Tuesday the 22nd
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/
Vroman’s Live: Chelsea Clinton, with Ibtihaj Muhammad: A Conversation and Q&A– Crowdcast Online Event
New York times bestselling authors Chelsea Clinton and Ibtihaj Muhammed will participate in a Crowdcast online event, moderated by sports reporter Lindsay Czarniak, to celebrate the launch of their books:
She Persisted in Sports, by Chelsea Clinton and The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family, by Ibtihaj Muhammed.
You may submit questions for the discussion when you purchase your ticket at the site.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 22nd
Time: 5 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-live-chelsea-clinton-and-ibtihaj-muhammad
Mirtha Michelle Castro Marmol, & Eighteen Inches at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join actress and poet Mirtha Mmichelles Castro Marmol to discuss her book, Eighteen Inches: The Distance Between the Heart and Mind..
These poems explore the distance between the head and the heart—and all the pain, beauty, and hope in between. It’s the story of one woman’s account of her longing to know herself fully.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 22nd
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
D.J. Waldie, with Thomas Curwen, & Becoming Los Angeles via Skylight Books – Online
Join author and journalist D.J. Waldie, in conversation with Thomas Curwen, to discuss his new book, Becoming Los Angeles: Myth, Memory, and a Sense of Place.
This new collection by the author of the acclaimed memoir Holy Land blends history, memory, and critical analysis to illuminate how angelenos have seen themselves and their city. His particular concern is commonplace Los Angeles, whose rhythms of daily life are set against the gaudy backdrop of historical myth and Hollywood illusion. He measures the place of nature and maps the contours of its identity. to portray a much loved sense of place.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Online event
Date: Tuesday the 22nd
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event
Nonfiction Book Club & Caste via Pages Bookstore Online Event
Join the Nonfiction Book Club, where we read new release literary fiction. This month’s selection is Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson. The meeting will be facilitated by Mark Polak.
NOTE: Please register and see details at site.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Tuesday the 22nd
Time: 7 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/non-fiction-book-club-virtual-meeting-0
Mystery Book Group & Iron Lake via Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Discussion via Email Event
Join the Mystery Book Group, which meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 9 AM. This month’s selection is Iron Lake, by William Knet Krueger. Whether you loved it, hated it, or haven’t finished it, we want to see you at the Mystery Book Group at America’s oldest Children’s Bookstore,
NOTE: Please register and see details at site.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 9 am
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/mystery-book-group-iron-lake-william-kent-krueger
Classics Book Club & Parrot in the Oven at Granada Hills Brnach Library, LAPL – Online Event
The Granada Hills Branch Library Classics Book Club selection for this month is Parrot in the Oven, by Victor Martinez, which is a brilliant coming-of-age story.
All are welcome. To register for this program, email gmhls@lapl.org for information on how to join in.
Where: Granada Hills Branch Library – LAPL online (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 1:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/classics-book-club-discussion
Online Book Discussion & The Ghost Bride via Felipe de Neve Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
The Felipe de Neve Branch Library Online Book Discussion selection for this month is The Ghost Bride, by Yangsze Choo.
All are welcome. To join this program, email felipelibrary48@lapl.org for information on the Zoom link or for help accessing the book.
Where: Granada Hills Branch Library – LAPL Zoom online (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/classics-book-club-discussion
Vroman’s Live: Ross Gay & Be Holding: A Poem – Crowdcast Online Event
Author Ross Gay will present and discuss his book, Be Holding: A Poem.
This book is a love song to the legendary basketball player Julius Erving—known as Dr. J—who dominated court sin the 1970s and ‘80s as a small forward for the Philadelphia ‘76ers. But this book-length poem is more than just an ode to a magnificent athlete. It wonders how our imagination, or our looking, might make us reach for each other, and how that reaching might be something like joy.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 6pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-live-ross-gay-presents-be-holding-poem
Yamile Saied Mendez, with Maria Padian, & Furia via Skylight Books – Online YA Event
Join debut author Yamile Saied Mendez, in conversation with Maria Padian, to discuss her new YA novel, Furia.
This debut novel is about a rising soccer star in Argentina, who must put everything on the line—even her blooming love story—to follow her dreams. At home, she is a careful daughter, living within her mother’s narrow expectations, in her brother’s shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father. But on the field, she is La Furia, a powerhouse of skill and talent. This is the story of a girl’s journey to make her life her own.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event
Wednesday Night Poetry Workshop via Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
Join Beyond Baroque’s longest running free poetry workshop via Zoom online as we welcome new and seasoned poets to share their work and provide feedback. Facilitators are rotated quarterly, and the current facilitator is James Maverick.
NOTE: See site for further details.
Where: Online event (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Thursday Morning Book Club & The Night Fire via Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at CSUDH – Check if In-Person or Online Event
The Thursday Morning Book Club selection for September is The Night Fire, by Michael Connelly, and will be facilitated by Gema Chaqueco and .Nicole Pacada.
Check site for registration link and details.
Where: OLLI at CSUDH – See site
Date: Thursday the 24th
Time: 10 am– 11 am
Address: See site
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/335678687455262/
Greg Hurwitz Author Event via Huntington Beach Public Library – Online Event
Greg Hurwitz is the New York Times bestselling author of 22 thrillers, including the Orphan X series.. He’s also written screenplays and TV scripts for major studios and networks, including comics for DC and Marvel and culture pieces for The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and others.
Check site for registration link and details.
Where: HBPL Online event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 24th
Time: 4 pm– 5 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1009770049473466/
Megan Dorame: Reawakening the Tongva Language through Poetry via Oakbrook Chumash Indian Museum – Online Event
Megan Dorame presents: Reawakening the Tongva Language through Poetry, a poetry reading and presentation of her poems as well as her ideas for writing poetry in our indigenous languages.
Megan Dorame is a Tongva poet who lives and writes in Santa Ana, California, and works to reclaim and revitalize the Tongva language. She is a 2020 PEN Emerging Voices Fellow and she is working on a collection of poems inspired by the complicated history of her people.
Where: Oakbrook Chumash Indian Museum – Zoom or Facebook Online event (see site to receive event and contact information)
Date: Thursday the 24th
Time: 6 pm– 7:15 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/688081145108612/
Jason Diamond & The Sprawl at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Jason Diamond, in conversation with Alana Levinson, to discuss his book, The Sprawl.
The author posits the suburbs as an incubator for distinctly American art, rather than just a key ingredient for creative transcendence. He believes this uniquely American milieu deserves another look.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Thursday the 24th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://booksoup.com/eventjason-diamond-conversation-alana-levinson-discusses-sprawl
Diane Cardwell & Rockaway: Surfing Headlong into a New Life via Pages Bookstore Online Event
Join us for a virtual event to meet author Diane Cardwell, in conversation with writer and surfer Daniel Duane and (pages) own Liliana Lettieri, who will present her book, Rockaway: Surfing Headlong into a New Life, the inspirational story of one woman learning to surf and creating a new life post-divorce in gritty, eccentric Rockaway Beach, New York.
NOTE: Please register and see details at site.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Thursday the 24th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
Vroman’s Live: Lee Child, with Joyce Carol Oates & David L. Ulin, & The Nicotine Chronicles – Crowdcast Online Event
Author Lee Child, has recruited authors Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Ames, Cara Black, and other to reveal nicotine’s scintillating alter egos in this anthology. The literary styles in this volume are as varied as the moral quandaries contained within it, fashioning an immensely addictive collection in The Nicotine Chronicles..
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 24th
Time: 6pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Eric Nussbaum & Stealing Home – Glendale Public Library – Online Author Event
Author Eric Nussbaum, in conversationwith author and writer Gustavo Arellano, will read and discuss his new book, Stealing Home: Los Angeles. The Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between..
This book is about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big league city. The hills that cradle Dodger Stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities, and in the 1950s they were condemned to make way for a public housing project which was never built. The city sold the land to Walter O’Malley and the Dodgers, after destroying the homes and upending the families and communities that were there.
Where: Glendale Public Library – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Thursday the 24th
Time: 6:30pm – 7:45 pm
Address: Glendale Public Library – Online event via WebEx and You Tube
Website: http://glendaleca.libnet.info/event/4581346
Darin Strauss & The Queen of Tuesday – Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Author Darin Strauss, in conversationwith author Samantha Dunn, will read and discuss his new book, The Queen of Tuesday.
In this book the author presents an account of the most powerful woman in the history of Hollywood, whose off-camera life was in disarray. She struggled to balance her fame with the demands of being a mother, a creative genius, an entrepreneur, and a symbol.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Thursday the 24th
Time: 7pm
Address: Chevalier’s Books – Online event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/events/darin-strauss
LA Times Virtual Book Club: Black Poets in a Time of Unrest – Online Event
Robin Coste Lewis, author of Voyage of the Sable Venus, Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, and USC writer-in-residence, in conversation with L.A. Times writer Makeda Easter, will join a lineup of poet performers sharing their experiences in verse, including:
Natalie J. Graham is the author of Begin with a Failed Body, her debut poetry collection. She is a Cave Canem Fellow and chair of the African American Studies Department at Cal State Fullerton.
Ashaki M. Jackson is the author of two chapter length collections, including “Language Lesson.” She is a social psychologist and program evaluator in Los Angeles.
Douglas Kearney is the author of six books and will publish his newest book, Sho, in 2021. He grew up in Pasadena and now teaches Creative Writing at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
jay dodd is the author of “Mannish Tongues” & “The Black Condition Ft. Narcissus.” Born in L.A. and now based in Portland, her films and performance work has been installed and screened across the country, from classrooms to museums.
Amaud Jamaul Johnson is the author of three poetry collections: Red Summer, Darktown Follies, and Imperial Liquor. Born and raised in Compton, he now directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Khadijah Queen is the author of six books, including I’m So Fine: A List of Famous Men & What I Had On. Her latest book, Anodyne, was published in August by Tin House.
Kima Jones is a Los Angeles poet and founder of Jack Jones Literary Arts. She is co-host of the event with the Los Angeles Times Book Club.
Where: L.A. Times Virtual Book Club – Online free event (RSVP at site)
Date: Thursday the 24th
Time: 7 pm
Address: L.A. Times – Online free event
Website: http://eventbrite,com/virtual-book-club-black-poets-in-a-time-of-unrest-tickets-119129015091
The Definitive Soapbox Open Mic 11th Anniversary via Zoom- Online Event
Join TDSB Open Mic’s 11th Anniversary with host Sheila, where we are featuring YOU: The Audience. Sign up for the open mice, as we want to hear what you have ot say. Feature TBA.
NOTE: Details and further information available at website.
Where: TDSB Zoom – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 24th
Time: 7 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/
Queer SCV Book Club: Modern HERstory via Stevenson Ranch Library – Online Event
Join the Queer SCV Book Club meeting to discuss the book, Modern HERstory, by author Blair Imani.
This book is an inspiring and radical celebration of 70 women, girls, and gender non-binary people who have changed–and are still changing—the world. The author is a writer, mental health, advocate, and historian living at the intersection of Black, queer, and Muslim identity.
NOTE: Details and further information available at website.
Where: Stevenson Ranch Library – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 24th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/299881778093810
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 24th
Time: 7 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Facebook Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/736581520432505/
Dino Fest Story Time Live with a Gallery Interpreter via Natural History Museum of L.A. County – Facebook Online Kids Event
Please note this reading’s special time and enjoy a special themed event during NHMLA’s annual Dino Fest at hone! The L.A. County Natural History Museum hosts a Gallery Interpreter reading event for the little ones, to share a story in a live reading of favorite books, every Friday morning!
This is a Facebook online event.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: – Online event (see site)
Date: Friday the 25th
Time: 10 am – 10:30 am (note time change)
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/617170058988492
California Native Voices through Poetry via UCLA American Indian Studies Center – Online Event
This event celebrates California Native American Day, not only to recognize tribal people, but to learn about California tribal cultures, histories, and heritage. This Zoom poetry event will feature local tribal poets: Emily Clarke from the Cahuilla tribe, and Kelly Caballero and Megan Dorame from the Tongva tribe. Each poet will share knowledge of their language, culture, and traditional life of contemporary California Native women, describe and illuminate issues facing their communities, as well as the perseverance of their cultures.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: UCLA American Indian Studies Center – Zoom Online event (see site)
Date: Friday the 25th
Time: 3 pm – 4 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/366769987815708/
Virtual Open Mic – Friday: QuarenTEEN via SOLA Contemporary – Instagram Online Kids Event
Please join us for this virtual sharing live via SOLA Contemporary Instagram online. ICEF scholars express their feelings about these times.
This is an Instagram online event.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: SOLA – Online event (see site)
Date: Friday the 25th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/527314294791719
Elizabeth Lesser, with Sally Field & Cassandra Speaks at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Elizabeth Lesser, in conversation with Sally Field, to discuss her book, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes.
The author believes that if women’s voices had been equally heard and respected throughout history, humankind would have followed different hero myths and guiding stories—ones that value caretaking, champion compassion, and elevate communication over vengeance and violence. The book is about the stories we tell and how those stories become the culture. It’s a synthesis of storytelling, memoir, and cultural observation.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Friday the 25th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1512771865592676
Vroman’s Live: David Davis, with Ron Kovc, & Wheels of Courage – Crowdcast Online Event
Author David Davis, in conversation with author Ron Kovic, will discuss his book, Wheels of Courage
This book reveals the inspiring story of the world’s first wheelchair athletes: U.S. soldiers, sailors, and Marines, who were paralyzed on the battlefield during World War II. It follows the lives of three of these vets, who changed the narrative of disability, from one of pity to one of hope and endless potential.
Where: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event (see site)
Date: Friday the 25th
Time: 6pm – 7 pm
Address: Vroman’s Crowdcast – Online event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-live-david-davis-ron-kovic-discusses-wheels-courage
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 morning, 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 26th
Time: 10 am – 1 pm
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 26th
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://facebook.com/events/1129862609389188/
Los Angeles Libros Festival via Los Angeles Public Library – Online Event
This is a free bilingual book festival for the entire family, and will offer a full day of entertainment for all ages featuring Spanish language and bilingual storytelling, performances, workshops, and award-winning authors.
NOTE: See site for full schedule & details.
Where: LAPL – Online event via Facebook and YouTube (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 26th
Time: 10 am – 5 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/698303167431608
Tia Chucha’s Virtual Social Justice Book Club & The Center Cannot Hold via Tia Chucha – Online Event
Tia Chucha’s Social Justice Book Club will read and discuss Elyn R. Saks’ book, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey through Madness. This is a memoir of living and surviving mental illness by a tenacious woman whose brain is both her best friend and her worst enemy.
NOTE: Please register by emailing andrea@tiachucha.org.
Where: Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 26th
Time: 12 pm – 1:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: http://www.facebook.com/tiachuchasCentroCultural/photos/a.194105443984035/3379510052110209/
Saturday Afternoon Poetry Event & Matt Sedillo at Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry for a Print & Internet Publishing Workshop led by poet and author Matt Sedillo, author of MowingLeavesofGrass.
Plus, there will be a SPECTRUM SPECIAL EDITION: THE FALL publication reading.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Santa Catalina Library, Zoom Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 26th
Time: 3 pm– 5 pm
Address: Zoom online
Website; https://www.saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com
True Crime Book Club via Altadena Library District – Online Event
Join the True Crime All the Time Book Club for a virtual gathering to discuss two true crime hits: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Start-Up, by John Carreyrou, and Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, by Patrick Radden Keefe.
Where: Altadena Library District, Zoom Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 26th
Time: 4 pm– 5 pm
Address: Online event
Website; https://www.facebook.com/events/236748770908077/
Joan Steidinger & Stand Up and Shout Out at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Joan Steidinger to discuss her book, Stand Up and Shout Out: Women’s Fight for Equal Pay, Equal Rights, and Equal Opportunities in Sports.
The author explores the three crucial areas in sport that remain huge concerns for women: leadership, money, and media. Her purpose is to create enlightened discussions around in equal treatment of women and present “action “ so we can improve the situation.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Saturday the 26th
Time: 4 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Live at Dynasty Typewriter Hosts: Arden Myrin & Little Miss Little Compton at Skylight Books – Streamyard Online Event
Join author Arden Myrin, with Lauren Lapkus, to discuss her new memoir, Little Miss Little Compton.
This book is a hilarious and heartfelt memoir from comedian and actress Arden Myrin, about navigating adulthood and the comedy scene despite an unconventional upbringing. She learns that very thing might be what one needs to thrive, while showing off your outrageous, authentic self.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Streamyard Online Event
Date: Saturday the 26th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Streamyard Online Live
“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 26th
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/538958426782020/
Poets United Against Racism Event via The World Stage – Zoom Online Event
Joining this event will redirect you to https://zoom.us/j/97975846763
Where: The World Stage – Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 26th
Time: 7 pm– 9 pm
Address: ZoomOnline
Website; https://www.facebook.com/events/299251484715964/
Writing Workshop with Ryan Holiday via Writer Blok Webinar – Zoom Online Event
Ryan Holiday is the bestselling author of The Ego Is the Enemy and Stillness Is the Key. His new book is called Lives of the Stoics. In this writing workshop he’ll talk about how he’s able to write in this madcap world and you’ll leave with ideas to make sense of your own busy schedule.
Where: Writers Blok – Online (see details at website link)
Date: Sunday the 27th
Time: 11 am– 12 pm
Address: ZoomOnline
Website; https://www.facebook.com/events/217816552970847
Fourth Sundays: Sharon Suzuki-Martinez & Prageeta Sharma via Claremont Library – Facebook Online Event
Join the Fourth Sundays Poetry at the Claremont Library online reading, featuring:
Sharon Suzuki-Martinez is the author of The Way of All Flux (New Rivers Press, 2012), which won the New Rivers Press MVP Poetry Prize. She was a finalist for Best of the Net in 2018. Originally from Hawaii, she now lives with her husband in Tempe Arizona, on the traditional homeland of the Akimei O’odham.
Prageeta Sharma is the author of the collections: Grief Sequence (Wave Books, 2019), Undergloom (Fence Books, 2013), Infamous Landscapes (Fence Books, 2007), The Opening Question (Fence Books, 2004), and Bliss to Fill (Subpress, 2000). She is the founder of the conference, Thinking Its Presence: Race, Creative Writing, Literary Studies and Art. She has taught at the University of Montana and is now the Henry G, Lee ’37 Professor of English at Pomona College.
Where: Claremont Library – Online (see details at website link)
Date: Sunday the 27th
Time: 2 pm– 4 pm
Address: FacebookOnline (available on Facebook page for one week following event)
Website; https://www.facebook.com/events/582052409339815/
LiveTalks LA: R.L. Stine & Just Us – Online Kids Event
An Afternoon with athor R.L. Stine will feature the popular and prolific children’s author discussing writingfor children and his new book, Welcome to Smallville (Garbage Pail Kids Book 1). The book is illustrated by Jeff Zapata and Joe Simko. Bonus includes four exclusive Garbage Pail Kids stickers.
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: Sunday the 27th
Time: 3 pm – 4 pm
Address: LiveTalks LA – Online Event
Website: https://livetalksla.org/events/r-l-stine/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/632217630797391
When the Virus Came Calling: Covid-19 Strikes America, Anthology Reading at Flintridge Books – Zoom Online Event
Join us to hear readings by the over 30 contributors to this anthology, compiled in response to COVID-19. See site for details and to register in advance.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Flintridge Books – Zoom Online Event
Date: Sunday the 27th
Time: 4 pm – 6:30 pm
Address: Zoom Live Event
Website: https://facebook.com/events/935426290271836
The Thing in the Labyrinth Horror Book Club & The Year of the Witching via The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online Event
The Thing in the Labyrinth Horror Book Club, led by Katherine McGee, will discuss Alexis Henderson’s The Year of the Witching, an atmospheric debut in which a young, mixed-race woman, with a family history of witchcraft and madness, may be the only hope for the town which shuns her.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online (see details at website link)
Date: Sunday the 27th
Time: 7:30 pm– 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online event
Website; https://lastbookstorela.com/#events
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