Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Cover to Cover Reading Club for Kids, from October 5th – November 13th – Kids Event
Stop by the Orange Public Library & History Center to sign up for the In-N-Out Cover to Cover Reading Club, which will run until November 13th. Kids ages 4-12 are eligible to participate. For every five books read, each child will receive a Cover to Cover Achievement certificate redeemable for one hamburger, cheeseburger, or gilled cheese. Earn up to three certificates per child, while supplies last.
NOTE: Details available at website link.
Where: Orange Public Library & History Center – Zoom Online Event
Date: Monday the 12th
Time: 10 am – 7 pm
Address: 407 E. Chapman Ave., Orange, CA
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2399363487036106
Wine Dark Deep – Book 1 & R. Peter Keith Book Launch – Zoom Online Event
Join author and host R. Peter Keith for the official book launch of Wine Dark Deep – Book 1, the first book in his new sci-fi series.
Where: Facebook – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Monday the 12th
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm PST
Address: Facebook – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/342019093903197
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 12th
Time: 7:30pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Ficcion en Espanol Book Club via The Last Bookstore – Online Event
The Ficcion en Espanol Book Club, led by Dan Lopez, reads fiction in Spanish, and this month will read and discuss the book Los recuerdos del porvenir, by Elena Garro, in which General Rosas is given the task of representing an oppressive government in a small town battered by incessant, ineffectual revolution.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so see details at site.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Monday the 12th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online
Website: https://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Restless Books Immigrant Writing Workshop & Iian Stavans via Studio City Branch Library, LAPL – Zoom Online Event
The Library Innovation Lab: Belonging series will host two sessions of the @RestlessBooks Immigrant Writing Workshop, once in October and again in November. Taught by Restless Books Publisher Iian Stavans, these workshops aim to help immigrant communities develop their voices, self-confidence, and self-esteem.
Participants may pick up a free copy of And We Came Outside and Sau Stars Again: Writers form Around the World on the Covis-19 Pandemc, and will also receive a copy of an anthology we create from the writings produced in the workshop.
Each workshop consists of three session, and is limited to 20 students
Registration is required. Email Emily at eaaronson@lapl.org
Where: Studio City Branch Library – Online Event (see site for further details)
Date: Tuesday the 13th
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Address: LAPL – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/3319541594803514/ or https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/library-innovation-lab-belonging-series-restless-books-immigrant-writing-workshop
A Reading & Conversation: Kendra Atleework & April Davila via Scripps Presents – Online Event
Author Kendra Atleework presents a powerful debut in Miracle Country, which “seamlessly blends personal narrative with historical fiction and highly charged activist-style rhetoric,” writes the San Francisco Chronicle. The seeds for this memoir were sown in the author’ hometown of Small Meadows, in the Eastern Sierras, but her writing was nurtured at Scripps.
Author April Collier Davila’s work was similarly nourished at Scripps. Her Pushcart nominated first novel, 142 OSTRICHES, set in the desert just east of Los Angeles, was published earlier this year. Join these two authors for a reading and conversation.
Where: Scripps Presents – Online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Tuesday the 13th
Time: 12pm – 12:30 pm
Address: Scripps Presents – Online event
Website: .https://www.facebook.com/events/3775689202458986
Inside the Israeli Psyche: A Conversation with Author Eshkol Nevo via AJU – Online Event
Author Eshkol Nevo, in conversation with Rabbi and AJU’s Emerita Professor Miriyam Glazer, will discuss his work, journey, and mark the anticipated publication day of the English version of his novel, The Last Interview.
Where: American Jewish University – Online (tickets link at site)
Date: Tuesday the 13th
Time: 12:30pm – 1:15 pm
Address: AJU – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/799386577487502
HH@Home: Reema Rajbanshi, Lara Ehrlich & Tracy Daughtery 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.
Reema Rajbanshi is the author of the book SUGAR, SMOKE, SONG, nine linked stories set in many locations, and crossing many genres and rules to arrive at unforeseen lives. She is a creative and critical writer whose short fiction explores the contours of girlhood, violence, immigration, and landscape through semi-experimental forms. Her collection won the 2015 Maurice Prize Fiction contest, among others. She currently teaches at Haverford College.
Lara Ehrlich is the author of Animal Wife, a short story collection of 15 stories of girls and women seeking liberation from family responsibilities, societal expectations, and their own minds. It was selected as the winner of the Red Hen Fiction Award by New York Times bestselling author Ann Hood, who says the book “made [her] dizzy with its exploration and illumination of the inner and outer lives of girls and women.” She lives in Boston, MA with her family.
Tracy Dougherty is the author of several books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion. His short stories and essays have appeared in many journals, and his book HIGH SKIES recounts the collision of devastating weather, Cold War suspicion, tense race relations, and the unintended consequences of good intentions in a small West Texas town in the 1950s, changing the futures of families there, and altering their perceptions of America. Recalling the writings of Dennis Johnson and Larry McMurtry, this novel is a perfectly distilled American epic.
Where: Red Hen Press Facebook – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Tuesday the 13th
Time: 4pm – 5 pm
Address: Four Platforms – Facebook Live Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/767297920670473
Expressions Poetry Readings & Open Mic via Studio City Branch Library, LAPL – Zoom Online
Expressions LA Poetry Reading Series and Open Mic will meet online. Please email Emily at eaaronson@lapl.org for instructions on how to join the program.
Where: LAPL online (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 13th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/poetry-night
Vroman’s Live: Dana Gluckstein & Dignity via Vroman’s – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Dana Gluckstein, in conversation with Pam Kingfisher & Tarah Demant, to discuss her new book, Dignity.
Internationally acclaimed photographer Dana Gluckstein is known for her powerful portraits of Indigenous Peoples around the world. DIGNITY’S new edition provides urgency and a contemporary focus to the worldwide movement against racial injustice in which this book continues to play an important part. This volume is a three-time winner of the International Photography Awards, includes more than 100 photos made over three decades, and expresses the theme of tribes in transition, where traditional and contemporary cultures collide.
NOTE: Details event link available at website.
Where: Vroman’s Live – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 13th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-live-dana-gluckstein-with-pam-kingfisher-and-tarah-demant
Aminah Mae Safi, with Amy Spalding, & This Is All Your Fault via Skylight Books – YA Online Event
Join author Aminah Mae Safi, in conversation with Amy Spalding, to discuss her new YA book, This Is All Your Fault.
This book is a smart and voice-driven YA novel that follows three young women over a day, as they are determined to save their indie bookstore. When they check into work at Wild Nights Bookstore on the first day of summer, they’re expecting the hours to drift by as always. Instead they have to deal with the news the bookstore is closing, and it will take all three of them working together to try to save it.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Online event
Date: Tuesday the 13th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-aminah-mae-safi-launches-all-your-fault-amy-spalding
Rosie Mercado & The Girl with Self-Esteem Issues via Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Author Rosie Mercado, in conversationwith Dr. Judy Ho, will read and discuss her memoir, The Girl with Self-Esteem Issues.
In this book the Latina superstar shares the impossible true story of her fight to realize her dreams in this powerful memoir and inspirational guide. When her husband, and the father of her newborn, left with no warning, she started her journey from helplessness to becoming a model, life coach, and daytime celebrity. her life was anything but easy, yet she never gave up and eventually triumphed.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online event (RSVP at site)
Date: Tuesday the 13th
Time: 7pm
Address: Chevalier’s Books – Online event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/events/rosie-mercado
Mystery Book Club & Winter Counts via Pages Bookstore – Online Event
The Mystery Book Club, facilitated by Bobby McCue, will read and discuss author David Heska Wanbli Weiden’s book, Winter Counts, a thriller with an important social and political message. This group reads new release mysteries and votes by mail on the selection for each meeting.
This novel follows a Lakota “enforcer’ who enacts extrajudicial punishment to fill the gaps in the legal system, and explores the injustices of reservations life, including the source of a heroin influx.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online event (register at site)
Date: Tuesday the 13th
Time: 7pm
Address: Pages Bookstore – Online event
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/mystery-book-club-virtual-meeting-3
Joe Hernandez-Kolski & Downbeat 720 Open Mic – Online Teen Event
The Downbeat 720 Open Mic is a virtual event for teens, and you must register to join in on Tuesday Night by going to the link given below.
Where: Downbeat 720 – Online event (register at site)
Date: Tuesday the 13th
Time: 7:20pm
Address: Downbeat 720 – Online event
Website: https://www.santamonica.gov/arts/downbeat720
Mercy Watson to the Rescue: Online Book Party via City of Glendora – Zoom Online Kids Event
The Glendora Public Library hosts an Online Book Party for Kate Di Camillo’s new children’s book, Mercy Watson to the Rescue. We will have an afternoon celebration of reading, activities, and fun featuring everyone’s favorite pig, Mercy. Activity kits are available to pick up at the Library before the event.
Where: City of Glendora Library – Zoom Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Wednesday the 14th
Time: 2 pm – 3 pm
Address: City of Glendora – Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1033067877143479
Virtual Happy Hour with Chris Erskine via Pages Bookstore – Online Event
Pages Bookstore presents a Virtual Happy Hour with author and former LA Times columnist and journalist Chris Erskine, who will read and discuss his new book, Lavender in Your Lemonade: A Funny and Touching COVID Diary.
This novel book follows the New Normal, with Erskine chronicling daily life under the frustrating, terrifying, and sometimes antic structures of the worldwide COVID pandemic. NO, it’s not funny, but in the author’s hands it feels more tolerable.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online ticketed event (register at site)
Date: Wednesday the 14th
Time: 5pm
Address: Pages Bookstore – Online event
ALOUD Reading Series: Debora Spar & Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny – Online Event
ALOUD Reading Series presents author Debora Spar, in conversation with Michele Bratcher Goodwin, to discuss her new book, Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny.
ALOUD examines the delicate balance of power and value in a special series this fall, and in this book Harvard Business School Professor Debora Spar discusses how technology is transforming the intimacies of our lives. Listen to this provocative imagining of our future humanity.
Where: ALOUD Reading Series – Online ticketed event (register at site)
Date: Wednesday the 14th
Time: 5pm
Address: LAPL – Online event
Website: https://lfla.org/event/work-mate-marry-love-how-machines-shape-our-human-destiny/
Vroman’s Live: BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATION: Conversation with Youth Authors – Online Event
Join BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATION Youth Reporters Juan Acosta, Tyrah Majors, & Hana Mangat, in conversation with Alex Aide, for an inspiring evening filled with personal stories about the power of kindness.
The Foundation supports the mental health and wellness of young people, empowering them to build a kinder, brave world. Launched in 2012, BTWF has launched innovative programming and cutting-edge research to improve the understanding of mental wellness and the impact of kindness.
Where: Vroman’s – Online event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 14th
Time: 5pm – 6 pm
Address: Vroman’s – Online event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/channel-kindness
Poets for Climate Action: Vote to Survive via Beyond Baroque – Online Event
Powerful voices in poetry, from Los Angeles and across the country, come together to draw attention to the climate crisis. Readers include: Kingsley Tufts Award winner Patricia Smith; Texas Poet Laureate Emmy Perez; Marsh Hawk Poetry Prize winner Lynn Thompson; Ovation Award-winning actor Alan Mandell; and the hosts of the program, COLA Fellow Suzanne Lummis & Director of the Literary Southwest Jim Natal..
On November 3rd vote for survival—for ourselves, the land, the sea, and the planet.
NOTE: See site for tickets and further information.
Where: Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 14th
Time: 6pm
Address: Online event
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Rachel True & True Heart Intuitive Tarot at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Rachel True to discuss her book, True Heart Intuitive Tarot, Guidebook and Deck..
This is a book by an actress best known for her role in The Craft. She is a lifelong occultist, and here she shares her knowledge through a unique guidebook and deck boxed set.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 16th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://booksoup.com/event/rachel-true-presents-true-heart-intuitive-tarot-guidebook-and-deck
Phil Klay, with Nate Dimeo, & Missionaries via Skylight Books – Online Event
Join author Phil Klay, in conversation with podcast host Nate Dimeo, to discuss his new book, Missionaries.
In the modern world, everything is connected, including how we kill. In this debut novel, National Book Award-winning author Phil Klay examines the globalization of violence through the interlocking stories of four characters and the conflicts that define their lives. Drawing on six years of research in America and Colombia into the effects of modern warfare on regular people, this story of suspense is infused with geopolitical sophistication second to none. This is a window into both modern warfare and into the individual lives that go on long after the drones have left the skies.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 14th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-phil-klay-reads-missionaries-nate-dimeo
Words & Wine Workshop via Writers Blok – In-Person Event
Join Writers Blok for a full evening of productivity and wine, where you will mark a goal for the first 50-minute writing session, then group up in a second 50-minute session to see how everyone did. All this is accompanied by plenty of wine, coffee, tea, and light snacks.
NOTE: See site for registration, tickets & further details.
Where: Writers Blok (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 14th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 2677 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90034
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/818461278916513
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 14th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Rare Books LA Virtual Book Fair Tour: The Essential Ingredients via Huntington Beach Public Library – Online Event
Join HBPL for a free online RBLA event: The Essential Ingredients is a Virtual Tour of Culinary Books and Ephimera.
Where: Rare Books Los Angeles – Online event (RSVP via Eventbrite at site)
Date: Thursday the 15th
Time: 11 am –12 pm
Address: Zoom – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/377663166970724
Book Talk with Tommy Orange & There There via UCLA American Indian Studies Center – Online Event
Join UCLA AISC for an afternoon talk with Cheyenne and Arapaho author Tommy Orange, a 2019 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his acclaimed book There There.
Moderated and discussed by Director of UCLA AISC, Shannon Speed.
Where: UCLA American Indian Studies Center – Online Zoom event (RSVP at site)
Date: Thursday the 15th
Time: 3pm – 4:30 pm
Address: Zoom – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2082016308598238
Stuart Gibbs & Spy School Revolution via Pages Bookstore – Online Kids Event
Join children’s book author Stuart Gibbs, author of the Spy School series, to discuss his new book, Spy School Revolution. In this book, with SPYDER defeated, Ben Ripley is looking forward to getting his life back to normal…. until someone bombs the CIA conference room next door. His mission becomes proving Erica Hale is not working for the enemy. And he doesn’t know who he can trust.
The author has written the Charlie Thorne series and the bestselling Funjungle, Spy School, and Moon Base Alpha series. He has written screenplays, worked on many animated films, and developed shows for Nickelodeon, Disney Channel ABC and Fox.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online event
Date: Thursday the 15th
Time: 4 pm
Address: Online event
Marcus D. Newsome & Lightning Strike at Comic Cult – Torrance – In-Person Event
Join Compton artist Marcus D. Newsome, author of Lightning Strike, to sign copies of his stunning comic. Lightning Strike chronicles the story of 17-year-old Marcus Newsome from Compton, California, a city known for its crime and home to some tf the most notorious gangs in the country. Never one to succumb to the pressures of his environment, Marcus knows his city is in drastic need of change. But what can he, a mere kid, possibly do to stem the tide of evil he sees every day? Then, lightning strikes…
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Comic Cult – Torrance
Date: Thursday the 15th
Time: 4 pm – 6:30 pm
Address: 1047 W. Carson St., Torrance, CA 90502
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1024652614615334
Social Justice Virtual Teen Book Club & On the Come Up via Baldwin Hills Branch Library, LAPL – Online Teen Event
Join the Social Justice Teen Book Club online to read and discuss author Angie Thomas’ second novel, On the Come Up.
Practice your freestyle skills as we are asking all participants to create a verse to share?
Email zzehdar@lapl.org to participate.
Where: Baldwin Hills Branch Library, LAPL – Online Zoom event (RSVP at site)
Date: Thursday the 15th
Time: 4:30 pm
Address: Zoom – Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/social-justice-virtual-teen-book-club
West Los Angeles Library Book Club & MARCH: Book One via West L.A. Regional Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join the West Los Angeles Book Club online to read and discuss author and civil rights icon John Lewis’ graphic novel, MARCH: Book One.
See site for details.
Where: West Los Angeles Regional Library, LAPL – Online Zoom event (RSVP at site)
Date: Thursday the 15th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Zoom – Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-4
Rebecca Roanhorse, with Justina Ireland, & Black Sun via Skylight Books – Online Event
Join author Rebecca Roanhorse, in conversation with Justina Ireland, to discuss her new novel, Black Sun.
This is the first book in the author’s Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. Crafted with unforgettable characters, this is an epic adventure exploring the decadence of power amidst the weight of history the struggles of individuals swimming against the confines of society and their broken pasts in the most original debut in decades.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Online event
Date: Thursday the 15th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-rebecca-roanhorse-reads-her-new-novel-black-sun
Jon Gertner & Ice at the Edge of the World via Aquarium of the Pacific – Online Event
Join journalist and historian Jon Gertner to hear a lecture and discussion of his book, Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland’s Buried Past and Our Perilous Future. This book provides an account of the explorers and scientists working to understand the rapidly melting ice sheet in Greenland, a dramatic harbinger of climate change.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Aquarium of the Pacific – Online Event
Date: Thursday the15th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: YouTube Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1126453361085130
True Crime Book Club with James Bartlett & Let Love Rule – Online Event
The True Crime Book Club, led by James Bartlett, explores our dark side, and the selection for this meeting is American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century, by Maureen Callahan. This book is about prolific serial killer Israel Keyes.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 15th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: The Last Bookstore – Online Event
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Story Time Live with a Gallery Interpreter via Natural History Museum of L.A. County – Facebook Online Kids Event
Please enjoy a family event from the L.A. County Natural History, which 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 16th
Time: 11 am – 11:30 am (note time change)
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/331827284747549
Rare Books Los Angeles Virtual Book Fair Discussion: Human Skin-Bound Books of California via RBLA – Online Event
California Tanned Skin: The Human Skin-Bound Books of the Golden State, with librarian and author Megan Rosenbloom, will be presented by RBLA. Through a mix of lecture and readings from her forthcoming book, Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation in the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin, the author will introduce the historical phenomenon of anthropodermic bibliopegy (books bound in human skin).
There will be focus on examples of these books, both real and fake, that have been held in California’s public and private libraries.
Where: RBLA– Online event (see site)
Date: Friday the 16th
Time: 1 pm – 2pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2692893987649978
Reading the River: The Poetry of Lewis MacAdams via Beyond Baroque – Online Event
In partnership with Elysian Valley arts Collective (EVAC), Beyond Baroque presents Reading the River: The Poetry of Lewis MacAdams (1944-2020). Join us to celebrate the poetry of MacAdams, the founder of Friends of the LA River (FOTLAR), presented with the annual Frogtown (Virtual) Art Walk, and featuring live and pre-recorded readings sof his poetry by his colleagues, including: Aram Saroyan, Mike Sonksen, and some surprise guests. Journalist Rex Weiner will moderate.
NOTE: See site for tickets and further information.
Where: Beyond Baroque– Online event (see site)
Date: Friday the 16th
Time: 5pm
Address: Online event
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html or https://www.evartscollective.com/event-details/reading-the-river-the-poetry-of-lewis-macadams
David Hajdu & Adrianne Geffel: A Fiction via Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join music critic, professor, and author David Hajdu to hear him discuss his new book, Adrianne Geffel: A Fiction. There will be a performance of scenes from the book, featuring actors Linda Mancini and Tony Torn, followed by a discussion of the book with the author.
Adrianne Geffel was a genius, a one-of-a-kind artist, pianist and composer, with a rare neurological condition that enabled her to make music that was nothing less than pure, unmediated emotional expression. She and her sensibility are now fully integrated into the cultural lexicon. But what do we really know about her?
This is a brilliantly funny satire, with characters that leap off the page, and the book is a vividly twisted evocation of the NYC avant-garde of the 1970s and ‘80s. Hadju has us believing every note of it!
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Friday the 16th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/david-hajdu-presents-adrianne-geffel-fiction
Rock N’ Roll Memoir, with Rex Weiner via Frogtown Art Walk – Online Event
An Evening with Pamela Des Barres, Pleasant Gehman & Rex Weiner focuses on: Writing the Rock ‘N Roll Memoir. In this talk with two of the most legendary ladies of the Hollywood scene spanning the 1960s to the 1990s, Rex Weiner, author of The (Original) Adventures of Ford Fairlane: The Long lost Rock N’ Roll Detective Stories, discusses their exploits and fame.
NOTE: See website for online link and further details.
Where: Frogtown Art Walk – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Friday the 16th
Time: 8 pm – 9 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1029601180823640/
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 17th
Time: 9 am – 12 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/670785707128511/
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 17th
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://facebook.com/events/1129862607389180/
Poets & The Poetry of Strangers at Village Well Books & Coffee – Virtual + In-Person Event
Culver City’s own, poet and author of The Poetry of Strangers, Brian Sonia-Wallace, with Janet Hoult and Alexey Steele, will discuss poetry, art, and the power of community, Plus, take a look at the new space.
NOTE: See website for tickets, online link and further details.
Where: Village Well Books & Coffee:
Virtual Event: 10:30 am – 12 pm: Safe Sidewalk Signing: 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm.
Date: Saturday the 17th
Time: 10:30 am – 12 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://facebook.com/events/754157851830299
Scott Rothman & Pete Oswald & Attack of the Underwear Dragon via Children’s Book World – Online Kids Event
Join us for Attack of the Underwear Dragon, a Virtual Storytime and Q&A with author Scott Rothman and illustrator Pete Oswald.
Where: Children’s Book World – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 17th
Time: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://facebook.com/events/3535461929903736
Discovering a Poet’s Aesthetic: a Virtual Writing Retreat with Eric Moraga via Beyond Baroque – Online Event
Join poet Eric Moraga for a two-day Virtual Writing Retreat Workshop Discovering a Poet’s Aesthetic. Each of us carries an underlying purpose to our work, and/or why we read and write the poems we do. We aim to find the tools we need, obtain that vision, and tighten up a few poems along the way.
Eric Moraga is the author of What We Ache For and Feasting on Sky. He hosts a monthly reading series, teaches writing workshops, and is editor-in-chief and publisher of Moon Tide Press.
NOTE: Please see website for costs and further information.
Where: Beyond Baroque Zoom – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 17th (Day 1 of 2)
Time: 11 am – 3 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: http://http://beyondbaroque.org/intensive_workshops.html or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/discovering-a-poets-aesthetic-a-virtual-writing-retreat-with-eric-morago-tickets-118564600913
Shaking the Raymond Chandler Tree: New Discoveries About L.A.’ Master Detective via Esotouric’s Secret Los Angeles – Online Event
This is an online webinar about author Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles. Take a virtual tour through his life in Los Angeles, and hear about Kim Cooper’s nonfiction novel The Kept Girl, which features the young Chandler and role model for Philip Marlowe on the trail of a cult of murderous angel worshippers, and about the new map of Los Angeles.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Buffington Book Festival – Online Event (streaming link provided with ticket purchase)
Date: Saturday the 17th
Time: 12 pm – 1:30 pm
Address: Online Live
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2836404003351837
Social Justice Book Club & Hood Feminism via Tia Chucha’s Cultural & Book Store – Online Event
Join the Social Justice Book Club to read and discuss Hood Feminism: Noted from the Women That a Movement Forgot, by Mikki Kendall. This is a critical feminist text on the failings of the mainstream feminist establishment’s myopia toward the needs of a broader spectrum of women who face ongoing inequalities and challenges.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Tia Chucha’s – Online Event (streaming link provided with ticket purchase)
Date: Saturday the 17th
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm
Address: Online Live
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/
Author Talk: Jan Eliasberg & Hannah’s War via Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join us to meet author Jan Eliasberg, who will read and discuss her novel, Hannah’s War, about a woman scientist involved in the Manhattan Project who is suspected of being a spy.
To receive a Zoom invitation, please contact wwood@lapl.org.
Where: Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (Registration required at site)
Date: Saturday the 17th
Time: 2 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/author-talk-jan-eliasberg
Saturday Afternoon Poetry Event with Featured Guests via Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry to hear featured poets and readers: Rose Alonso, Katerina Canyon & Toti O’Brien.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Santa Catalina Library, Zoom Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 17th
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 17th
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/538958430115353/ (CK SITE)
LiveTalks LA: David Byrne & Maira Kalman & American Utopia – Online Kids & YA Event
Author and Talking Heads musician David Byrne, with author and illustrator Maira Kalman, will present an inspiring celebration in words and art of the connections between us all. They will present and discuss their new book, American Utopia.
David Byrne is the author of How Music Works, Bicycle Diaries, and The New Sins.
Maira Kalman is the author of And the Pursuit of Happiness and The Principals of Uncertainty. She is illustrator of Food Rules and The Elements of Style.
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: Saturday the 17th
Time: 5 pm – 6:15 pm
Address: LiveTalks LA – Online Event
Website: https://livetalksla.org/events/byrnekalman
Virtual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Stories and Ideas 2020 – Online
Join the 25th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, postponed from April 2020, and offered virtually on various dates in October & November, starting with today’s kickoff program of events! 25 literary events plus today’s introductory Kickoff Program will be offered, and tickets are FREE!
Kickoff Program is hosted by Patt Morrison, and features USC President Dr. Carol L. Folt, LA Times President and COO, Chris Argentieri, the USC marching band, and more.
Where: Los Angeles Times – Online events (see details & tickets available at Eventbrite link)
Date: Sunday the 18th
Time: 10 am – 5 pm
Address: Online events (see site)
Virtual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Stories and Ideas 2020 – Online Kids Event
Join the 25th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, postponed from April 2020, and offered virtually on dates in October & November, starting with today’s program of events! 25 literary events plus today’s introductory Kickoff Program will be offered, and tickets are FREE!
A Children’s Program will be offered as the first literary event, hosted by Michael Ordona, and it features actor and author Henry Winkler, and Lin Oliver, who will present their book, Lights, Camera, Danger!
Where: Los Angeles Times – Online events (see details & tickets available at Eventbrite link)
Date: Sunday the 18th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: Online events (see site)
Discovering a Poet’s Aesthetic: a Virtual Writing Retreat with Eric Moragavia Beyond Baroque – Online Event
Join poet Eric Moraga for day 2 of a two-day Virtual Writing Retreat Workshop Discovering a Poet’s Aesthetic. Each of us carries an underlying purpose to our work, and/or why we read and write the poems we do. We aim to find the tools we need, obtain that vision, and tighten up a few poems along the way.
Eric Moraga is the author of What We Ache For and Feasting on Sky. He hosts a monthly reading series, teaches writing workshops, and is editor-in-chief and publisher of Moon Tide Press.
NOTE: Please see website for costs and further information.
Where: Beyond Baroque Zoom – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Sunday the 18th (Day 2 of 2)
Time: 11 am – 3 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: http://http://beyondbaroque.org/intensive_workshops.html or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/discovering-a-poets-aesthetic-a-virtual-writing-retreat-with-eric-morago-tickets-118564600913
Rare Books Los Angeles Book Tour Fair: The Path to Poetry – RBLA Online Event
Join RBLA poetry experts to explore the important books, journals and ephemera of interest to poetry collectors. Our experts include:
Dana Gioia is the former Poet Laureate of California, and is author of five collections, including: Interrogations at Noon (2001), which won the American Book Award, and 99 Poems; New & Selected (2016), which won the Poets’ Prize. His provocative volume, Can Poetry Matter? (1992) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Award.
Karla Neilson works as curator of Literary Collections at the Huntington and was formerly Curator of Literature at Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library. She also published poetry at University of California Press and the Kelsey St. Press.
Jesse Rossa is proprietor of Trioet Rare Books, ABAA, specializing in modern literature and poetry since 2011. He previously worked for a hand bookbinder, held positions at the Getty Research Institute and UCLA, and serves as special collections librarian at the University of Delaware.
NOTE: Check website for tickets and further information at Eventbrite.
Where: Check website to register and get link online
Date: Sunday the 18th
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/669714437004792
Virtual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Stories and Ideas 2020 – Online YA Fiction Event
Join the 25th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, postponed from April 2020, and offered virtually, on dates from October & November, and starting with today’s program of events! 25 literary events plus today’s introductory Kickoff Program will be offered, and tickets are FREE!
A Young Adult Panel Program will be offered on the first day as the second literary event, and it will discuss YA Fiction: Love, Struggles, and What Lies in Between, featuring:
Jennifer De Leon is the debut fiction author of Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, and is the editor of Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education.
Shaun David Hutchinson is an award-winning author of several books and anthologies for young adults, including The State of U.
Zan Romanoff (moderator) is the author of three YA novels. Her latest, Look, is a queer, feminist story about coming-of-age online and IRL. Her non-fiction has appeared widely, including in the Los Angeles Times, and she lives and writes in L.A.
Where: Los Angeles Times – Online events (see details & tickets available at Eventbrite link)
Date: Sunday the 18th
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm
Address: Online events (see site)
The After School: a Writing Workshop with Ryka Aokivia Beyond Baroque – Online Event
Poet and facilitator Ryka Aoki hosts The After School Virtual Writing Workshop, offered every third Sunday of the month, for writers who are self-identified queers and people of color. Our goal is to subvert or repurpose who literature is made and read. We hope to foster modes of expression that creatively respond to expectations, limitations, and exclusions of the literary machine.
NOTE: Please see website for further information.
Where: Beyond Baroque Zoom – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Sunday the 18th
Time: 3 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: http://http://beyondbaroque.org/intensive_workshops.html or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-after-school-a-writing-workshop-with-ryka-aoki-tickets-56156242834
LiveTalks LA: Andrew Cuomo & American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic – Online Event
Author and New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo tells the riveting story of how he took charge in the fight against COVID-19 as New York became the epicenter of the pandemic, offering hard-won lessons in leadership and his vision for the path forward. He presents his new book, American Crisis.
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 18th
Time: 4 pm – 6:pm
Address: LiveTalks LA – Online Event
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