Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
LiveTalks Presents: Robert Putmam & Shaylyn Romney Garrett & The Upswing via LiveTalks LA – Online Event
In their new book, The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again, Robert Putman & Shaylyn Romney Garrett, in conversation with Yancy Sritckler, will discuss how we have gone from an individualistic ”I” society (in the Guilded Age) to a more communitarian “We” society and then back again, and how we can learn from that experience to become a more unified, stronger nation.
NOTE: See site for costs and further details.
Where: LiveTalks LA – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Monday the 14th
Time: 6 pm
Address: LiveTalks LA – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1644723775701803/ or https://livetalksla.org/events/robertputnam/
Daniel Abbott & Razel Jones & Wounds via Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join authors Daniel Abbott & Razel Jones as they discuss their book, Wounds: A Collaborative Memoir in Stories.
This book is about the triumphs and pains experienced in Razel Jones’, (African American) and Daniel Abbott’s (Caucasian) collective journey toward cross-cultural navigation. They explore concepts of Racism and Difference, and their stories begin with their youthful experiences in rural northwestern Michigan. And they come on the heels of the senseless, race-inspired murders of Ahmad Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor. Change is past due, and this book offers tools to enable meaningful cross-cultural relationships, and to inspire activism and advocacy.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Monday the 14th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://booksoup.com/event/daniel-abbott-razel-jones-discuss-wounds
An Evening with Chris Erskine via Sherman Oaks Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Humor columnist and author Chris Erskine (recently retired for the LA Times), will discuss his latest book, Lavender in Your Lemonade: A Funny and Touching Covid Diary. His other three books are: Daditude, Man of the House, and Surviving Suburbia.
His latest book is a chronicle of his daily life under the frustrating, terrifying, and sometimes antic strictures of a world-wide pandemic. All fo his books are available through the library catalog and resources.
NOTE: RSVP for this free event via Eventbrite link.
Where: Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see site)
Date: Monday the 14th
Time: 6:15 pm
Address: LAPL – Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/evening-chris-erskine
Sarah Faith Gottesdiener, with Pam Grossman, & The Moon Book via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Author Sarah Faith Gottesdiener, in conversation with Pam Grossman, will present and discuss The Moon Book: Lunar Magic to Change Your Life.
The Moon Book is an attempt to remind us of a common lineage, the guiding and rhythms of our lives to the moon, which also reminds us of our humanity. This self-published book is a comprehensive guide to lunar living.
NOTE: See website link to RSVP and for details.
Where: Skylight Books – Online event (see site)
Date: Monday the 14nd
Time: 6:30 am
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.skylightbooks,com/event/live-crowdcast-moon-book-sarah-faith-gottesdiener-pam-grossman
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 14th
Time: 7:30pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Ficcion en Espanol Book Club & Cinderella Is Dead 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 Cadaver Exquisito, a dystopian cannibal epic by author Austina Bazterrica.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so see details at site.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Monday the 14th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online
Website: https://lastbookstorela.com/#events or https://www.facebook.com/events/
Air/Light Issue #1 Launch offered on PDF via Online Event
Air/Light Magazine, which launched on October 5th, offers the first issue via a free downloadable PDF of the whole issue.
The first issue features work by astonishing writers and artists, including: Susan Straight, Lilliam Rivera, Vickie Vertiz, Kimi Eisele, Daniel Alarcon, Chris Abani, Natashia Deon, Pam Houston, Douglas Kearney, Lynn Thompson, Victoria Chang, etc.
Published quarterly, we’ll offer a free accessible PDF of the first issue in celebration of the launch of the magazine.
NOTE: Details event link available at website.
Where: Air/Light Magazine, Issue #1 – Online (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 15th
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/251296089618148/
Vroman’s Live: William Loving, with Chip Jacobs, & City of Angles via Vroman’s – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author William Loving, in conversation with author Chip Jacobs (Arroyo), to hear them discuss his book, City of Angles.
In this book the author follows a man aggrieved by his loss of status as a college-educated, white-collar man, and finds he is about to learn what loss really looks like. Successive catastrophes rob him of nearly everything and plnnge him into a spiral of despair and homelessness. So begins his gritty journey as he searches for his missing son and tries to rebuild his life. The city itself is both familiar and foreign, tragic and comic, as he seeks a place and a new meaning for his life.
NOTE: Details event link available at website.
Where: Vroman’s Live – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 15th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://vromansbookstore.com/event/William-Loving
IRYBA Presents: Lynell George in Conversation with Rec Weiner & A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky – Online Event
“I Read Your Book and…” presents a discussion by Rex Weiner with author Lynell George, about her new book, A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler.
This book offers a blueprint for a creative life from the perspective of award-winning sic-fi writer Octavia E. Bulter. Drawn from the author’s work researching Butler in the Huntington Library archives, the reader is drawn into another world with unmatched intimacy, detail, and authenticity.
NOTE: Register in advance at the Eventbrite link at the site.
Where: Beyond Baroque – Online event
Date: Tuesday the 15th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1853355814819159
LA Times Book Club Presents Karla Cornejo Villavicencio & Marcello Hernandez Catillo, in conversation with editor Steve Padilla via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
The LA Times Book Club will present two authors and their books, in conversation with editor Steve Padilla.
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio will present and discuss her new book, The Undocumented Americans, which tells the stories of her fellow undocumented immigrants, when she began while in search of her own hidden key to her own story. These stories are not deferential or naïve, but show the love, magic, heartbreak, and vulgarity that infuse the day-to-day lives of her subjects.
Marcello Hernandez Castillo will present and discuss his book, Children of the Land. With beauty, grace, and honesty, he recounts his and his family’s encounters with a system that treated them as criminals for seeking safe, ordinary lives. He distills the trauma of displacement, illuminates the lives behind the headlines, and serves a stunning meditation on what it takes to be a man and a citizen.
NOTE: Register to attend at the link at the site, via multiple platforms.
Where: Skylight Bookstore & LA Times – Online event
Date: Tuesday the 16th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Online event
Afrofutruism Book Club & Cinderella Is Dead via The Last Bookstore – Online Event
The Afrofuturism Book Club, led by Tyree Boyd-Pates, reads the work of a vast, forward-looking movement with solid roots in the past, and this month will read and discuss the book Master of Poisons, by author Andrea Hairston.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so see details at site.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Tuesday the 15th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online
Website: https://lastbookstorela.com/#events or https://www.facebook.com/events/
Da Poetry Lounge Open Mic at Greenway Court Theatre Is Now Virtual – Online
DPL events at the Greenway Court Theatre are postponed until further notice.
But some events are offered via livestream, so check the calendar for information on events offered via the wonderly app link.
We have an open mic every Tuesday night except for the third Tuesday, when we have a poetry slam. There is a sign-up procedure and a three-minute time limit per performer. The event is open to all ages.
Where: Online event
Date: Tuesday the 15th
Time: 9 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://dapoetrylounge.com/calendar
Coffee Time Book Club & Squeeze Me via Pages Bookstore – Online Event
The Coffee Time Book Club select’s each month’s selection via email prior to each meeting. The group is facilitated by Linda McLoughlin Figel.
This month’s book selection is Squeeze Me, by author Carl Hiaasen.
This is a hilarious novel of social and political intrigues, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida’s gold coast. This author can brighten the darkest times, and this book captures the absurdity of our times.
Register in advance at the link at the site.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 16th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/coffee-time-book-club-virtual-meeting-6
Book Club Discussion & Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine via Granada Hills Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join us the December Book Discussion when the selected book will be Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman.
Please email grnhls@lapl.org to receive the meeting invitation.
Where: Granada Hills Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 16th
Time: 1:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/eventsbook-discussion /
Vroman’s Live: Isabelle Bridges-Boesch & Daddy Daughter Day via Vroman’s – Crowdcast Online Kids Event
Join author Isabelle Bridges-Boesch to hear her present and discuss her book, Daddy Daughter Day.
In this book the author celebrates the relationship between dads and daughters, and is inspired by her relationship with her father, actor/musician/artist Jeff Bridges.
NOTE: Details event link available at website.
Where: Vroman’s Live – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 16th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Website: https://vromansbookstore.com/event/isabelle-bridges-boesch
John Brennan & Undaunted: My Fight Against Enemies, at Home and Abroad via Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Join former CIA director and author John Brennan, to hear him discuss his book, Undaunted: My Fight Against Enemies, at Home and Abroad.
In this brutally honest memoir, Brennan describes the life that took him from being a young CIA recruit to his travels and experiences as the most powerful individual in American intelligence. He pulls back the curtains on the inner workings of the Agency, and covers events during his eight years with the Obama administration, including the Bin Laden raid.
NOTE: Details event link available at website.
Where: Chevalier’s Live – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 16th
Time: 5:30 pm
Address: Chevalier’s Live
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/john-brennan
Adult Book Club & My Family and Other Animals via Studio City Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join the Studio City Branch Library Book Club to virtually read and discuss My Family and Other Animals, by Gerald Durrell, the first in his Corfu Trilogy, about his family and wildlife experiences as a boy, and where he writes with wry humor about this experiences with both animals and humans..
NOTE: Email Emily at eaaronson@lapl.org for Zoom link and details.
Where: Pacoima Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 16th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-26
The Art of Getting It Wrong: Poetry Workshop with Brendan Constantine via Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
Acclaimed Los Angeles poet Brendan Constantine presents a special, four-week poetry intensive for Beyond Baroque. In this unusual class, participants will liberate their strongest poetry by embracing its opposite. “Sometimes, in order to strike gold,” he says, you must dig through lots of mud.”
Since this would be the 2nd of the four meetings, check site for details on attendance.
Brendan Constantine is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Dementia My Darling (2016) and the chapbook Bouncy Bounce (2018), is a popular performer, and currently teaches at the Windward School.
Where: Beyond Baroque online (tickets at Eventbrite link)
Date: Wednesday the 16th
Time: 7pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/804756383608158
Jane Gilman & Inside Hancock Park via Chevalier’s Books – Online Event
Join historian, journalist, and author Jane Gilman, to hear her discuss her book, Inside Hancock Park.
The former president of the Historical Society and editor of The Larchmont Chronicle is a local treasure, and captures the history of Hancock Park in this wonderful new book.
NOTE: Details event link available at website.
Where: Chevalier’s Live – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 16th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Chevalier’s Live
Website: https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/2020/11/inside-hancock-park/
Culture, Virtue, and Tradition with author Yolanda Nava via LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes – Online Zoom Event
Join us on Zoom and Facebook Live as author Yolanda Nava discusses the digital audio release of her groundbreaking book, It’s All in the Frijoles: 100 Famous Latinos Share Real-Life Stories, Time-Tested Dichos, Favorite Folktales, and Inspiring Words of Wisdom. Her book shares the spirituality, inspiration and faith inherent in Latino culture.
Where: LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes – Online Zoom event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 16th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/4029513673744914
Feminist Book Club & Cinderella Is Dead via The Last Bookstore – Online Event
The Feminist Book Club, led by Julia Callahan, reads an intersectional variety of feminist literature, and this month will read and discuss the book Transcendent Kingdom, by author Yaa Gyasi.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so see details at site.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Wednesday the 16th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online
Website: https://lastbookstorela.com/#events or https://www.facebook.com/events/
Book Release: This Body by Andres Sanchez via The World Stage – Online Event
Join the book release event for This Body, by Andres Sanchez, a compilation of poems about the author’s personal coming out story as a queer/trans person of color.
Zoom detains will be emailed 24 hours before the event to al ticketed attendees. You may pre-order book now at site.
NOTE: See site for further details.
Where: Online event (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 16th
Time: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.theworldstage.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/848306122425708/
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 16th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Spillway Anthology Reading via Two Idiots Peddling Poetry & Ben Trigg – Zoom Online
Spillway magazine is an annual publication of Tebot Bach, Inc., presenting poetry, reviews, and articles since 1993. Susan Terris was editor from 2010 to 2017, and now Marsha de la O and Phil Taggart are co-editors. Lynn Thompson has been the Reviews and Essays Editor since 2012.
Published each summer in Orange County, CA Spillway presents emerging and established poets of regional, national, and international interest, including David St. John, Richard Garcia, and Natalie Diaz.
NOTE: See site for further details on this free event.
Where: Online Zoom event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 16th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/133080811721690/
Coach Paul Westhead & The Speed Game via Pages Bookstore – Online Event
Coach Paul Westhead, in conversation with Rob Lucnenti, will present and discuss his book The Speed Game.
This book is a vibrant account of how Westhead helped develop a style of basketball that not only won at the highest levels, but went on to influence basketball as it is played today. Known for implementing an up-tempo, quick possession, high-octane offense, he is the only coach to have won championships in both the NBA and WNBA.
NOTE: Register in advance at the link at the site to order a personalized, autographed copy of the book.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online event
Date: Thursday the 17th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/coach-paul-westhead-discusses-speed-game-rob-lucenti
The Poetry Stage Redux Part IV via LA Times Festival of Books & Beyond Baroque – Online Event
Join beyond Baroque to hear Part IV of The Poetry Stage Redux, a series of readings by poets from the LA Times Festival of Books Poetry Stage. Featured readers include:
Joshua Bennett is the author of three books of poetry and prose: Owed (Penguin Books, 2020), Being Property Once Myself (Harvard University Press, 2020), and The Sobbing School (Penguin Books, 2016). A work of narrative fiction is forthcoming.
Gillian Conoley is a poet, translator and editor, and her most recent book, PEACE, was named a finalist for the LA Times Book Award in 2014.
Heid E Erdrich is the author of seven collections of poetry, a non-fiction Indigenous foods memoir, and editor of two anthologies. She won a National Poetry Series Award for her collection Little Big Bully (Penguin, 2020).
Forrest Gander Smith is a poet and the author of Poets & Prisoners, available on Audio CD, among others.
Carmen Gimenez is the author of six collections of poetry, including Cruel Futures (City Lights, 2018) and Milk and Filth (2013).
Mark Irwin is the author of nine collections of poetry, which includes A Passion According to Green (2017), American Urn: Selected Poems: (1987-2014)..
Didi Jackson is the author of Moon Jar: Poems (Red Henn Press, 2020).
Elizabeth Jacobson is the author of Not into the Blossoms and Not into the Air (Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press, 2019), is Reviews Editor for Terrain.org, and is poet laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Patricia Smith is the author of seven books of poetry, including the prize-winning Incendiary Art (2017).
Page Starzinger is the author of the poetry collection Vestigal (Barrow Street Press, 2013).
Tess Taylor is the author of the poetry collections, Work and Days (Red Hen Press, 2016) and The Forage House (Red Hen Press, 2013).
NOTE: The full series takes place over four weeks and will feature over 40 poets.
Where: Beyond Baroque – Crowdcast Live Online Event (see site for link and further details)
Date: Thursday the 17th
Time: 6pm – 7 pm
Address: Beyond Baroque – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/382315419687189
Streaming Hope Curated Showcase: music, spoken word via City of Santa Monica – In-Person Event
The Streaming Hope Curated Showcase of music and spoken word performances is a monthly, 90-minute, curated, outdoor showcase of art, music, photography, poetry, and spoken word.
Where: City of Santa Monica – Government – In-Person Event (see site for Eventbrite tickets)
Date: Thursday the 17th
Time: 7pm
Address: City of Santa Monica (se site)
Website: https://www.fracebook.com/events/836909803740343
Rex Weiner Workshop: Getting Started (or Get Unstuck) via Elysian Valley Arts Collective – Zoom Online Event
Join renowned author, journalist, editor and screenwriter Rex Weiner for a free virtual writing workshop presented by the Elysian Valley (aka Frogtown) Arts Collective: Getting Starte (Get Unstuck). In this short but fully-loaded session, you will receive practical tips on connecting with your original inspiration, how to locate your authentic voice and through-line, and get fired up to complete the work you started with a deadline. Writers in all genres and at all experience levels can benefit from this workshop.
Where: Elysian Valley Arts Collective – Zoom Online Event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 17th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Zoom – online event (see site)
Website: https://www.evartscollective.com/classes
True Crime Book Club & To Kill and Kill Again via The Last Bookstore – Online Event
The True Crime Book Club, led by James T. Bartlett, reads a variety of literature exploring our dark side. This month we will read and discuss the book To Kill and Kill Again, by author John Coston. this book is that rarest of killer tales: the kind where the victims fight back.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so see details at site.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Thursday the 17th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: Zoom – online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lastbookstore.com/#events
NoHo Book Club & Orhan’s Inheritance via Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) – Online Event
Join the NoHo Book Club twice a month to discuss a selected title and a book of your choice. New members are welcome.
This month’s selection is Orhan’s Inheritance, by author Aline Ohanesian, which are available for pick-up using Library to Go or accessed electronically.
NOTE: See site for further details.
Where: LAPL – Online event (see site)
Date: Friday the 18th
Time: 10 am
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/noho-book-club-discuss-book-your-choice
Story Time Live Video 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 brand new 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 18th
Time: 11 am – 11:30 am
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/3680927641968584
Your Author Series: Mike Curato via Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) – Online Kids Event
Hang out with writer and illustrator Mike Cutrato, on the library’s YouTube channel of Facebook.
Mike Curato has won several awards for his Little Elliot series, which has been translated into more than ten languages. In addition to being a children’s literature luminary, he is a connoisseur of cupcakes and ice cream. Those attendidng will have an opportunity to win a free book.
NOTE: See site for further details.
Where: LAPL – Online Kids event (see site)
Date: Friday the 18th
Time: 4 pm – 5:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/your-author-series-mike-curato
Teen Writing Group: Rewrite a Fairy Tale via Thousand Oaks Library – Online Teen Event
Please join the Teen Writing Group for those in grades 9-12,where we will conclude our series and meet for the last time to talk about how teens were able to rewrite their own fairy tales so they can learn form each other this process.
NOTE: See website link for details. Register at libcal.tolibrary.org/calandar/teens
Where: Thousand Oaks Library online (see site)
Date: Friday the 18th
Time: 4 pm – 5:30 pm
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2802832606630589/
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 19th
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://facebook.com/events/1129862674055840/
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, 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 19th
Time: 10 am – 1 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/670785697128512/
Book Club for Middle Grade Readers: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH via Brentwood and Palisades Branch Libraries, LAPL – Online Event
Middle Grade Readers are invited to participate in a fun monthly book discussion. This month’s selection will be Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert O’Brien.
NOTE: Middle grade readers are invited to participate in our fun monthly book discussions. Please e-mail akagan@lapl.org or gkim@lapl.org for the Zoom login information
Where: Brentwood Branch Library & Palisades Branch Library – Zoom Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 19th
Time: 10:30 am – 12 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-middle-grade-readers-mrs-frisby-and-rats-nimh-robert-obrien-0 or https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-middle-grade-readers-mrs-frisby-and-rats-nimh-robert-c-obrien
Mini-Talk and Q&A with Bestselling Author B.A. Shapiro – Facebook Online Event
Join the Bowers Museum for an exclusive pre-recorded event which launches at 1:30 pm and is available for 24 hours. Proceeds will benefit the Bowers Museum Education Programs.
B.A, Shapiro is the author of the book, The Art Forger, and the author will be interviewed by Bowers Museum Vice President of Programs and Collections, Victoria Gerard.
NOTE: Details, costs, and event link available at website.
Where: Bowers Museum – Facebook Online Event
Date: Saturday the 19th
Time: 1:30 pm
Address: Bowers Museum –Online (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/725185991675445/
Saturday Afternoon Poetry & Featured Guests & Open Reading via Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry for featured readings by poets Romus Simpson & Martin Strangeweather, plus an Open Reading.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Santa Catalina Library, Zoom Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 19th
Time: 3 pm– 5 pm
Address: Zoom online
Website; https://www.saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com
Altadena Library Virtual Holiday Reading Event via Zoom Online
The Friends of the Altadena Library invite anyone to share or enjoy some festive readings at our holiday party. From a Kwanzaa short story to a scene form “A Chistmas Carol” or The Chanukah Guest” to a winter poem, all contributions are welcomeand individual or group performances are equally encouraged. If you would like ot join in or want more information, email the link at site.
NOTE: See website for online link and details.
Where: Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 19th
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://facebook.com/events/1114927712259159/
The Wings of Dracula Reading Event via Zoom Online
Fierce Backbone presents an online reading of a new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel, The Wings of Dracula by David MacDowell Blue, It is designed for either audio or zoom. Curtain is at 7pm, so arrive early.
NOTE: See website for online link and details.
Where: Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 19th
Time: 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://facebook.com/events/959231601228264
The Thing in the Labyrinth Book Club & All You Need Is Love and Hell’s Bells via The Last Bookstore – Online Event
The Thing in the Labyrinth Book Club, led by Katherine E. McGee, is a horror book club. This month we will read and discuss two novellas: All you Need Is Love and a Strong Electric Current, by author MacKenzie Kiera, and Hell’s Bells, by Lisa Quigley.
Please note we have shifted the date to avoid the holiday void.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so see details at site.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Event (see site for link)
Date: Saturday the 19th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: Zoom – online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lastbookstore.com/#events
Writing Workshop with Marcus Omari – Virtual Poetry Lab Event
Join us online as The Poetry Lab presents a one-time poetry and performance workshop with poet and artist Marcus Omari, as part of its Sunday Series.
Learn craft whle creating new work in an exciting collaborative setting. Sunday Series offers a new workshop on the 3rd Sunday of every month at 1pm – 3pm, and all workshops are held via Zoom. All people of all backgrounds are welcome!
Cost: $35
NOTE: Details at event link.
Where: The Poetry Lab – Online Event
Date: Sunday the 20th
Time: 1 pm – 3:30 pm
Address: Live Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.thepoetrylab.com/upcoming-events/marcusomari
La Palabra Autumn Reading Series with Angelina Saenz – Virtual Zoom Event
Join the La Palabra Autumn Reading Series, hosted by Angelina Saenz via Zoom.
This series features short, 20-minute readings online via Zoom. The earlier readings in December featured: Jubi Arriola-Headley, V Kali, and Bridgett Bianca.
The next event is TBA. (Contact 323-258-1435 or http://www.avenue50studio.org.)
The Autumn Series will feature 20 Minute Poetry Readings on Zoom: 854 9355 4801.
Passcode: 2020.
NOTE: Details at event link.
Where: La Palabra Reading Series – Online Event
Date: Sunday the 20th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: Live Online event (see site)
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The After School Writing Workshop with Ryka Aoki via Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
Join The After School Writing Workshop on Zoom, with Ryka Aoki, held every third Sunday afternoon of each month at 3pm. This is a safe workspace and test platform for writers who are self-identified queers and people of color. Our common goal is to develop your writing projects that subvert or repurpose how writing is made and read, and to respond to expectations, limitations and exclusions of the literary machine.
Where: Zoom Online event (see site)
Date: Sunday the 20th
Time: 3 pm– 5 pm
Address: Zoom online
Los Angeles Literature 