Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Monday Funday: April Poetry Month – LAPL Online Kids Event
You can win a free poetry book when you join us for Monday Funday, celebrating National Poetry Month!
We’ll do Mad Libs, solve riddles, and experiment with writing our own poems. Please have your paper and pencils ready.
NOTE: Details, registration, and link at site.
Where: Los Angeles Public Library – Online Event
Date: Monday the 5th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/monday-funday-april
Charles Solomon & Wolf Walkers via Book Soup – Online Crowdcast Event
This is the official behind-the-scenes art book for four-time academy Award-nominated animation studio Cartoon Saloon’s and their co-producer Melusine’s stunning new animated fantasy adventure, WolfWalkers. Renowned animation critic and historian Charles Solomon showcases, and discusses with Director/Producer Tomm Moore, the craft and skill behind some of the most lovingly detailed and imaginative 2-D animation currently being produced.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Book Soup – Online event
Date: Monday the 5th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
Tammy Duckworth & Every Day Is a Gift via LiveTalks LA – Online Event
Senator Tammy Duckworth, in conversation with actor Bradley Whitford, discusses her memoir, Every Day Is a Gift.
In this memoir Tammy Duckworth takes readers through her incomparable life. With the 2004 Iraqi RPG explosion of the cockpit of her U.S. Army helicopter, which destroyed her legs and mangled her right arm, a major turning point in her life, she began a series of extraordinary turns.
A biracial daughter of an American father and a Thai-Chinese mother, she faced discrimination, poverty, and the horrors of war—all before the age of 16. As a child she and her family fled war-torn Phnom Penh, and as a teen she sold roses by the side of the road in Hawaii to support her family. These experiences developed a fierce resilience in her that served her well in the Army, her recovery from the helicopter crash, learning to walk on prosthetic legs and planning a new future in the U.S. Senate. Then she and her husband Bryan fulfilled another dream when she gave birth to two daughters, while a sitting senator.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: LiveTalks LA – Online event
Date: Monday the 5th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://livetalksla.org/events/senator-duckworth/
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
The free Monday Night Fiction Workshop led by Raquel Baker is a community writing workshop in which participants are asked to bring copies of 2-3 pages of fiction to read, and for critique and discussion. Registration is required.
Raquel Baker earned a PhD in English Literary Studies from the University of Iowa and an MFA in Creative Writing form Mills College. She is currently Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Studies and Transnational Literatures at CSU Channel Islands. She also has published poetry and non-fiction, and done readings with the Ventura Poetry Project.
Where: Beyond Baroque online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Monday the 5th
Time: 7:30pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Queer Book Club with CB Lee & Echo Wife via The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online
The Queer Book Club is led by Lambda finalist CB Lee. We read and discuss queer authors, books, and topics across genres (mostly fiction).
This month’s book selection is Echo Wife, by speculative fiction author Sarah Gailey, a domestic thriller at heart, which builds suspense gradually and packs a killer sci-fi twist.
NOTE: All Last Bookstore events are ticketed, so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Zoom online (see site)
Date: Monday the 5th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.lastbookstorela.com/event-details/queer-book-club-with-cb-lee-4
Valerie Gilpeer & Memoir of Autism and Hope via American Jewish University (AJU) – Zoom Online
Join author Valerie Gilpeer as she tells her family’s story and discusses the lifelong struggles and victories of families affected by autism. I Have Been buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope is a remarkable book by a mother and her autistic daughter who’d been unable to communicate—until a miraculous breakthrough revealed a young woman with a rich and creative interior life, a poet, who’d been trapped inside for more than two decades. Born with nonverbal autism, Emily Grodin was unable to communicate with the world—beyond simple words and gestures—until the age of twenty-five. They will discuss their lifelong struggles and unbelievable victories as part of our Jews Shining a Light on Autism series.
Where: AJU – Online via Eventbrite (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 6th
Time: 12 pm – 12:45 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/271451244382715
April Book Club & The Body Is Not an Apology via NAWBO-OC – Online Event
The April Book Club meeting of the National Association of Women Business Owners-OC will read and discuss The Body Is Not an Apology, by Sonia Renee Taylor, an award-winning poet, activist, performance and slam artist, and self-image leader.
NOTE: Details, registration, and link at site.
Where: NAWBO-OC – Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 6th
Time: 4 pm – 5:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/636813267041149/
Annabelle Gurwitch with Cynthia d’Aprix Sweeney Launch: You’re Leaving When & Good Company via Chevalier’s Bookstore – Virtual Zoom Event
Writers Bloc presents authors Annabelle Gurwitch & Cynthia d’Aprix Sweeney,in conversation to discuss their books, You’re Leaving When?: Adventures in Downward Mobility, and Good Company, respectively.
Gurwitch’s bookputs a singularly and truly funny voice to her experiences, to which we can all relate. This book is as much a brilliantly funny cautionary tale about life’s uncertainties, as it is a record of our times, and her she gifts us with her relentless search for joy, a bit of luxury, and enormous laughs.
Sweeney’s second novel, is a book about the struggles with profound questions about the lines between loyalty and secrecy, self-interest and self-preservation—and in doing so, asks us to do the same.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Zoom Event
Date: Tuesday the 6th
Time: 5 pm PST
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.writersblocpresents.com/main/annabelle-gurwitch/
Raphael Simon (aka Paseudonymous Bosch) & Adam Gidwitz & The AntiBook via Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Crowdcast Kids Event
Authors Raphael Simon (aka Paseudonymous Bosch) & Adam Gidwitz willpresent and discuss their children’s book, The Anti-Book.
With nods to The Phantom Tollbooth and Coraline, this darkly funny fantasy is a classic-in-the-making–the story of a boy who wants the world to disappear . . . and what happens when it does. Full of humor and surprise, and slyly meaningful, this is a Wizard of Oz for today’s generation—a fantastical quest for comfort and belonging that will resonate with many readers.
NOTE: Details, book orders, and event link available at website.
Where: Vroman’s Live – Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 6th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live – Online event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/raphael-simon-adam-gidwitz
Justine Bateman & Face via Book Soup – Online Crowdcast Event
Actress and author Justine Bateman, in conversation with Nancy Etcoff, will discuss her book, Face: One Square Foot of Skin.
Face is a book of fictional vignettes that examines the fear and vestigial evolutionary habits that have caused women and men to cultivate the imagined reality that older women’s faces are unattractive, undesirable, and something to be “fixed.” With impassioned prose and a laser-sharp eye, the author argues that woman’s confidence should grow as she ages, not be destroyed by society’s misled attitude about that one square foot of skin.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Book Soup – Online event
Date: Tuesday the 6th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
Lee Wind, with Alex Sanchez, & No Way, They Were Gay? via Pages Bookstore – Virtual Kids Event
Author Lee Wind, in conversation with author Alex Sanchez,will discuss his kids book, No Way, They Were Gay?
This book launch will feature a conversation with authors Lee Wind and Alex Sanchez to celebrate the publication of Lee’s nonfiction book for readers age 11 and up, to empower LGBTQ kids and teens by letting them know what the author never learned in school. His aim is to enable them to claim their place today, and imagine a future of infinite possibilities.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online Kids Event
Date: Tuesday the 6th
Time: 6:30 pm PST
Address: Online event (see site)
Kaitlyn Greenidge & Libirtie via Skylight Books – Online Crowdcast Event
Join us to hear author Kaitlyn Greenidge, in conversation with author C. Morgan Babst (The Floating World), to hear them discuss her novel, Libertie.
In her new novel, Libertie, the critically acclaimed and Whiting Award-winning author of We Love You, Charlie Freeman, returns with a story about one young Black girl’s attempt in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, to find a place where she can be fully, and only, herself. Inspired by the life of one of the first Black female doctors in the United States, and rich with historical detail, this immersive novel will resonate with readers eager to understand our present through a deep, moving and lyrical dive into our complicated past.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online event
Date: Tuesday the 6th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event
Alyssa Colman, with Julie Abe, & The Gilded Girl via Chevalier’s Bookstore – Virtual Kids Event
Author Alyssa Colman, in conversation with author Julie Abe,will discuss her book, The Gilded Girl.
Colman’s booktells of a place where any child can spark magic, but only the elite are allowed to kindle it. Those denied access to the secrets of the kindling ritual will see their magic snuffed out before their thirteenth birthday.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Kids Event
Date: Tuesday the 6th
Time: 7 pm PST
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/april-06-alyssa-colman
Tuesdays at the Virtual Cobalt: Poets Series Presents: Mariko Kitakubo & Open Mic – Virtual Zoom Event
The Virtual Cobalt Poets Series, presented by Rick Lupert via Zoom, will feature poet Mariko Kitakubo, plus an open reading.
Mariko Kitakuba is a Tokyo poet and writer, and frequent local visitor, who has published five books of tanka, including two bilingual ones, On This Same Star and Cicada Forest. She has also produced a CD of her tanka titled “Messages.” She is an experienced performer who has presented her work world-wide.
NOTE: Details and Zoom link at event link.
Where: Cobalt Poets – Online Zoom Event
Date: Tuesday the 6th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: http://poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html
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 6th
Time: 9 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://dapoetrylounge.com/calendar (Check site to confirm date)
Mystery Book Club & The Lost Boy via Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL – Online Zoom Event
The Mystery Book Club at Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library has international crime fiction on the docket this month, when we discuss The Lost Boy, by Camilla Lackberg.
In this 2009 mystery, a woman flees for her life to the little island of Graskar just outside of Fjallbacka, taking her son with her. A few days later, the newly appointed finance officer on the local council is murdered, and the investigation reveals he had visited the “Ghost Isle”, before he was killed. During the investigation the police discover a series of secrets in his past.
Please RSVP to prncho@lapl.org for discussion link. Book copies available through library to-go pick up or the hoopladigital app.
NOTE: See site for details.
Where: Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 7th
Time: 4 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/mystery-book-club-22
Sarah Mlynowski & Good as Gold: Whatever After via Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online Kids Event
Join us for an opportunity to hear bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski present and discuss Good as Gold: Whatever After #14 book event.
This hilarious book is for fairytale lovers, and is full of unexpected plot twists and plenty of girl power.
NOTE: See site for details.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 7th
Time: 4 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/good-as-gold
Morgan Jerkins, with Rachel Cargle & Tyrese Coleman, & Caul Baby via Chevalier’s Bookstore – Virtual Event
Author Morgan Jerkins, in conversation with authors Rachel Cargle & Tyrese Coleman,will discuss her book, Caul Baby: A Novel.
The author’s fiction debut is a family saga filled with secrets, betrayal, intrigue and magic. When Laila is unsuccessful in her previous pregnancies, she turns to an old and powerful Harlem family known for their caul, a precious layer of skin that is the secret source of healing power. When she acquires a piece of the caul and her baby is stillborn, she is overcome with grief and rage. Then a baby named Hallow is delivered by her niece, Amara, born with a caul, and they believe the girl will restore the family’s prosperity. But problems arise when Amara looks for ways to avenge her grudge.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 7th
Time: 6 pm PST
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/morgan-jerkins
Max Brooks, with Sarah Peed, & Minecraft: The Mountain via Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Crowdcast Event
Join author Max Brooks, in conversation with author Sarah Peed (Crazy Rich Asians),to hear them discuss his book, Minecraft: The Mountain, an official Minecraft novel.
While walking a vast, icy tundra, the explorer has never felt more alone after leaving his island. Then he stumbles on another castaway, and discovers that teamwork might just be the secret to survival. If they want to make it home, they must learn to work together.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Vroman’s Live – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 7th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live – Online event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/max-brooks
WeHo Reads Presents: LGBTQ Landscape with Rocio Carlos & Gustavo Hernandez via City of West Hollywood Literary Series – Online Event
In exploring The Landscape of the Gay Rights Movement, poets and musical guests will read and discuss representation in relation to the history of the local LGBTQIA + right movement.
Rocio Carlos is the author of the (other) house.
Gustavo Hernandez is the author of Flower Grand First.
Musical guests include Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles.
NOTE: See Eventbrite site link for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: WeHo Reads Series – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 7th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/421826349125205
Hallie Bateman, with Jaqueline Suskin, & Directions via Skylight Books
Join us to hear author Hallie Bateman, in conversation with author Jacqueline Susskin (Poem Store),to hear them discuss her new book, Directions: Really Good Advice for Getting From Here to There.
This book originated when the author started a collaboration with her brother, which turned into a viral sensation when she posted her beautifully crafted notes and illustrations, offering readers reminders and inspirational advice on things they may have forgotten along the way in life’s journey.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 7th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event
Brendan Constantine: 30 in 30 Poetry Workshop at Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
Beyond Baroque offers the First Annual 30 in 30 Poetry Writing Workshop, led by Brendan Constantine, to meet the challenge in National Poetry Month to write a poem a day for the whole month of April.
This is the 2nd class in this four-week poetry intensive, and it will include group discussions on the art of poetry, effective tools and routines, and enough prompts to keep you busy until the next class and beyond. No experience necessary. Writers of all genres welcome. Join us and be inspired.
Brendan Constantine’s most recent collections are Dementia, My Darling (2016) and Bouncy Bounce (2018), and he has developed poetry workshops and taught creative writing at local schools and venues for many years.
NOTE: Check site for costs and details.
Where: Beyond Baroque online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 7th (- Wednesday April 21st)
Time: 7pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/intensive_workshops.html or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-baroques-first-annual-30-in-30-workshop-w-poet-brendan-constantine-tickets-142789129129
Anansi Virtual Writers Workshop via The World Stage – Online Event
Join this weekly community workshop founded in 1990, and following a three-part format, by joining in via Zoom every Wednesday night at 7:30 pm.
In its 30th year, the Anansi Writers Workshop is a whop and open mic performance featuring L.A.’s freshest, most inspiring voices speaking their truth in poetry and prose.
Suggested: $5.00 Donation via PayPal: The World Stage Gallery. Check website for Zoom link.
NOTE: See site for further details, and any change in the schedule due to holidays. Contact kaliflowers@gmial.com or call (323) 293-2451
Where: Online event (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 7th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.theworldstage.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/AnansiVirtual Workshop/ (Check site to confirm date)
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 Beth Ruscio.
NOTE: See site for further details, tickets and information.
Where: Online event (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 7th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
The Ugly Mug Open Mic Reading with Victor Infante & Lea Deschenes via Two Idiots Peddling Poetry – Zoom Online
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry and host Ben Trigg presents weekly poetry readings at the Ugly Mug and the events are now virtual.
This week’s features are poets Victor Infante & Lea Deschenes.
Victor D. Infante is the author of City of Insomnia (Write Bloody Publishing). He is editor-in-chief of the online literary journal Radius: Poetry from the Center of the Edge, and is an editor and music columnist for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette..
Lea C. Deschenes lives in Worcester, MA and has been writing and performing for over 20 years. Her poetry has appeared online, on stage, and in print. She has been a member of four National Poetry Slam teams and represented Worcester in the 2005 Individual World Poetry Slam.
You can join in at the Zoom event via link provided, and sign up to read via Google Sheets at site.
NOTE: See site for further details.
Where: Online Zoom event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 7th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/455898085654099
Celebrating Poetry Month with Ariana Brown & Alan Pelaez Lopezvia LiboMobile – Online IG Event
Poets and teaching artists Ariana Brown & Alan Pelaez Lopez join forces to in The Kindred Tour, offering a dual virtual performance with LibroMobile.
Combining Brown’s ten-year long spoken word and teaching career and Pelaez Lopez’s ten years organizing with Black and queer migrants, this tour creates an interactive experience that addresses the joyful and traumatic conditions of the Black child in the U.S., imagines Black queer futures outside of state-sanctioned violence, and offers concrete tools to help individuals and their communities rethink how we offer and accept care from one another.
NOTE: See site for RSVP & event details.
Where: LibroMobile – Online IG Event
Date: Thursday the 8th
Time: 4 pm
Address: Online event
Lynne Thompson & Friends: A Celebration of L.A.’s New Poet Laureate via Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center – Online Event
This special event is a celebratory reading with L.A.’s newly-appointed poet laureate, Lynne Thompson, who will be joined by three exceptional poets: Hiram Sims, Gail Wronsky, and Mariano Zaro.
Lynne Thompason is the prize-winning author of Start With a Small Guitar, Beg No Pardon, and her most recent publication, Fretwork (2019), and appears in the anthologies Best American Poetry 2020 and Sh*t Men Say to Me.
Hiram Sims is a poet, essayist, short fiction writer, and creative writing professor at the Los Angeles Film School. He is also founding director of The Community Literature Initiative.
Gail Wronsky’s newest book is Under the Capsized Boat We Fly: New & Selected Poems (White Pine Press, April 2021). She is the author of numerous books of poetry, prose and translations, and teaches at LMU.
Mariano Zaro is the author of six books of poetry, most recently Decoding Sparrows (What Books, Los Angeles, CA) and Padre Tierra (Olifante, Zaragosa, Spain). His Poems have been included in the anthologies Monster Verse, Wide Awake Poets, The Coiled Serpent, and several magazines in Mexico and the U.S. He is a professor of Spanish at Rio Hondo Community College (Whittier CA).
NOTE: See site for event details, and Eventbrite link.
Where: Beyond Baroque – Online Zoom event
Date: Thursday the 8th
Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/440421787237117/
Caroline Kepnes, with Mary Kubica, & You Love Me via Book Soup – Online Crowdcast Event
Author Caroline Kepnes, in conversation with Mary Kubica, will discuss her book, You Love Me: A Novel.
This book is about finding the right person at the right time in life—or not. True love can only triumph if both people are willing to make room for the real thing, and for one another.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Book Soup – Online event
Date: Thursday the 8th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/caroline-kepnes-discusses-you-love-me
The Braintrust: A Free Generative Workshop via The Poetry Lab – Online Event
The Poetry Lab started as a co-work space in Downtown Long Beach in 2013, meeting twice a month. Intermixed with lessons on various topics, were original sessions such as Blind Date with a Book and Submissions Sesh. Braintrust is our virtual version of this workshop. Come see what it’s all about: Everyone is welcome!
Workshop instructor: Danielle Mitchell.
NOTE: See site for details, and to RSVP for the event.
Where: The Poetry Lab – Online event
Date: Thursday the 8th
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.thepoetrylab.com/braintrust
Flynn Berry & Northern Spy via Diesel’s Bookstore – Online Crowdcast Event
Join us to hear author Flynn Berry, the Edgar Award-winning author of Under the Harrow and the critically acclaimed follow-up A Double Life, present and discuss her riveting new novel, Northern Spy.
This book is an extensively researched, immaculately crafted propulsive thriller about the contemporary IRA, and two sisters who find themselves caught in the middle of the re-escalating sectarian conflict in Norther Ireland.
NOTE: Details, RSVP link are available at website.
Where: Diesel Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 8th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/flynn-berry-discusses-northern-spy
Max Brallier, with Douglas Holgate, & Last Kids on Earth via Chevalier’s Bookstore – Virtual Kids Event
Author Max Brallier, in conversation with illustrator Douglas Holgate,will discuss his latest Last Kids series book, Last Kids on Earth: Thrilling Tales From the Tree House.
The author’s latest book includes six new Last Kids short stories, with full-color art.
The kids and their monster buddies are hanging out in the tree house, when Jack launches into an epic, totally-heroic rad story of one of his many post-apocalyptic adventures, which prompts the others to give a tale of their own. A special double-length feature will finally reveal the mysterious whereabouts of two villains to prep readers for the 7th book in the series, coming in Fall, 2021.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 8th
Time: 7 pm PT
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/maxbrallier-douglasholgate
Sabor y Cultura: fos_thursdays Open Mic– Instagram Event
Please enjoy the Sabor y Cultura Open Mic on Instagram Live on Thursdays at 8pm PST.
This is an Instagram online event.
NOTE: Sign-ups open on Wednesday at 3 pm.
Where: Online event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 8th
Time: 8 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.instagram.com/fos_thursdays/
Los Feliz Branch Book Club & Disappearing Earth via Los Feliz Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join our virtual meeting to discuss Disappearing Earth, a novel by author Julia Phillips.
In this story are the makings of a thriller when two sisters vanish without a trace on the isolated Kamchatka peninsula. But this is a much more sophisticated read.
NOTE: Email mpanzera@lapl.org for Zoom participation link.
Where: Los Feliz Branch Library – Zoom Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Friday the 9th
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club
Contributors Discuss Bob Crewe: Sight and Sound: Compositions in Art and Music via Book Soup – Online Crowdcast Event
Contributors/essayists Dan Crewe, Donald Albrecht, Jessica May & Peter Plagens, in conversation, will discuss the book, Bob Crewe: Sight and Sound: Compositions in Art and Music..
This book explores the extraordinary musical life and paintings of one of America’s greatest song writers. Collected here are more than 80 of Bob Crewe’s artworks, form the 1950s to the 1990s, accompanied by archival images and ephemera that reflect his contributions to popular music.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Book Soup – Online event
Date: Friday the 9th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
Andrew Morton, with Diana Dixson, & Elizabeth & Margaret via Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Crowdcast Event
Join author Andrew Morton, in conversation with Diana Dixson,to hear them discuss his book, Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters.
This book from the author of Diana: Her True Story, describes how the dynamic between the Winsor sisters was forever changed following the abdication of the throne by their uncle Edward VIII. Elizabeth always looked upon her sister’s antics with a kind of stoical amusement, but Margaret’s struggle to find a place and position inside the royal system, and her fraught relationship with its expectations, was often a source of tension.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Vroman’s Live – Online Event
Date: Friday the 9th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live – Online event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/andrew-morton
Justina Blakeney, with Sonja Rasula, & Jungalow via Skylight Books
Join us to hear author Justina Blakeney, in conversation with Sonja Rasula, to hear them discuss her new book, Jungalow: Decorate Wild.
This book is a guide to designing wildly creative interior that are deeply personal and break the rules.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online event
Date: Friday the 9th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
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 10th
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1256929518015821
Get Lit Saturday Class via Get Lit – Words Ignite – Online Teen Event
Join the 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. This is a FREE writing technique, performance training and confidence building workshop for poets of all experience levels, ages 13-19.
NOTE: See website for online link and further details.
Where: Get Lit – Words Ignite – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 10th
Time: 10 am – 1 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/670785703795178/
Western Edge Writers Workshop via Eagle Rock Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Writers and aspiring writers, join us for a group discussion that supports writing endeavors of all genres: fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and memoirs. Share your work and receive constructive criticism.
NOTE: Email shannah@lapl.org for Zoom participation details.
Where: Eagle Rock Library – Zoom Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 10th
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/western-edge-writers-0
Emerging Writers Fellowship via Get Lit – Online Teen Event
Get Lit’s FREE 15-week Emerging Writers Fellowship is an online publishing course held for teens on Saturdays from 1-3pm PST.
The course is designated for youth (ages 13-19) who are interested in creating their own poetry chapbooks, as well as learning more about submission and media marketing. No previous experience necessary! Priority to LA youth but all are welcome.
Contact Raul@getlit.org with any questions.
NOTE: See website for online link and further details.
Where: Get Lit – Words Ignite – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 10th
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/418997705979819/
Robbie Crouch and Adam Silvera, with The Sky Blues & Infinity Reaper via Skylight Books – Online YA Event
Join us to hear author Robbie Crouch and author Adam Silvera to hear them discuss their new YA books, The Sky Blues and Infinity Reaper, respectively.
Robbie Crouch’s The Sky Blues is a debut novel about the small town of Sky, which absolutely turns claustrophobic, when his secret proposal plans get leaked to the entire school. This is a witty, ultimately hopeful story for fans of What If It’s Us?
Adam Silvera’s Infinity Reaper is the #2 in the Infinity Cycle series, in which Emil and Brighton Rey defied the odds and beat the Blood Casters to escape with their lives. When Brighton drank the Reaper’s Blood, he believed it would make him invincible, but instead the potion is killing him.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online event
Date: Saturday the 10th
Time: 3 pm
Address: Online event
Saturday Afternoon Poetry & The Big Performance Workshop via Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry for The Big Performance Workshop, hosted by Joshua Corwin and G.T. Foster (E-Prizes for all participants).
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Santa Catalina Library, Zoom Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 10th
Time: 3 pm– 5 pm
Address: Zoom online
Website; https://www.saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com
Rickie Lee Jones, with Chris Douridas, & Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour via Book Soup – Online Crowdcast Event
Author, artist and musician Rickie Lee Jones, in conversation with Chris Douridas, will discuss her book, Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour.
This book is the first ever no-holds-barred account of the life of two-time Grammy winner Rickie Lee Jones in her own words. It’s a tale of desperate chances and impossible triumphs, and a tender and intimate memoir by a trailblazing and tenacious woman whose music defied categorization and inspired pop culture for decades.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Book Soup and the Troubadour – Online event
Date: Saturday the 10th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online event
#DIGNIDADLITERARIA: Our Voices Reading via Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Crowdcast Event
Join us for an event that celebrates the voices of underrepresented Latinx writers through reading and discussion of their work, organized by Vroman’s and Lisbeth Coiman.
Panelists/readers include:
Viva Padilla is a Founding Editor of Dryland literary journal, book editor, and poet.
Angela Sanchez is the author of Scruffy and the Egg: Adventures on the Road, and is an education advocate.
Marcus Clayton is a writer and is an editor at Indica Lit.
Fei Hernandez is the author of Hood Criatura.
Lisbeth Coiman is the author of Uprsing /Alzamientos and I Asked the Blue Heron.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Vroman’s Live – Online Event
Date: Saturday the 10th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live – Online event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/andrew-morton
Be the Change Author Talk with Khatchig Mouradan & The Resistance Network via Glendale CA Library – Online Event
Author Khatchig Mouradan in conversation with filmmaker and screenwriter Eric Nazarian, will discuss his book, The Resistance Network.
This book is the history of an underground network of humanitarians, missionaries, and diplomats in Ottoman Syria who helped save the lives of thousands during the Armenian Genocide. It challenges depictions of Armenians as passive victims of violence and subjects of humanitarianism, demonstrating the key role they played in organizing a humanitarian resistance against the destruction of their people.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Glendale CA Public Library – Online event
Date: Saturday the 10th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://glendaleca.libnet.info/event/4954439
AAPI Book Club & Your House Will Pay via Bel Canto Bookstore– Online Event
As a Filipina-owned bookstore, we’re excited to start the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Book Club at Bel Canto Books. We will read fiction and non-fiction by writers of the Asian diaspora. We plan to meet on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 12pm Pacific Time. This event is free to attend and all are welcome!
Our first book selection to read and discuss is Your House Will Pay, by Steph Cha. This is a powerful and taut novel about racial tension sin Los Angeles, following two families—one Korean–American and one African-American—grappling with the effects of a decades–old crime.
NOTE: See website for online link and further details.
Where: Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Sunday the 11th
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.meetup.com/Bel-Canto-Books-Book-Lovers-Meetup-Group/events/276718768/
Otis MFA Class of 2020 + 2021 Reading via Skylight Books – Online Event
Join us to hear the students of the Otis MFA Classes of 2020 + 2021 read their work in fiction, memoir, poetry, and playwriting.
The readers include: Geneva Arystan, Jenna Dorian, Alexi Gehring, Hannah Martin, Falzah Ahmad Rajput, Chenfan Tao, Annabelle Vincent, Dan White, Julia Zellie.
NOTE: See site for bios and event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online event
Date: Sunday the 11th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-otis-mfa-group-reading
We’re All Gonna Die Book Club with Peter Clines & Windup Girl via The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online
We’re All Gonna Die Book Club is led by Peter Clines. We explore dystopia and the post-apocalypse in their bewildering array of forms.
This month’s book selection is The Windup Girl, by author Paolo Bacigalupi, a dystopian novel about Emiko, a non-human, engineered being, crèche-gown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman, but now abandoned on the streets of Bangkok. This book asks: what happens when calories become currency; when bio-engineered plagues run rampant across the globe’ when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits.
NOTE: All Last Bookstore events are ticketed, so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Zoom online (see site)
Date: Sunday the 11th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: Zoom Online
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