Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Jordan Ifueko & Redemptor Book Launch via Once Upon a Time Bookstore – In-Person/ Outside Event
Celebrate an In-Person book launch for Redemptor, by Jordan Ifueko, the sequel to the New York Times bestseller Raybearer.
In this story Empress Redemptor sits on Aristar’s throne, but must appease the sinister spirits of the dead. Tarisai must now anoint a council of her own, coming into her full power. She must then descend into the Underworld, a sacrifice to end all future atrocities. She is determined to survive, but fears the pressure may consume her. Now she must decide to die for justice…or to live for it.
For health and safety reasons, this event will take place both inside and outside the store, per guidelines available at website.
NOTE: See Site for details and book purchase.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore
Date: Monday the16th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/redemptor
Greg Turner, with Richard Meltzer & Dave Di Martino, & Hallucinations from Hell via Book Soup – Online Event
Join us to hear Greg Turner, in conversation with Richard Meltzer & Dave DiMartino, discuss his book, Hallucinations from Hell: Confessions of and Angry Samoan.
The stories in this anthology might be true wild tales absorbed over time, or be drenched with hyperbole. The author will let you decide. As one member of the seminal punk rock band Angry Samoans, he’s seen a lot and is here to share his tales. Illustrations are by Gary Panter.
NOTE: See Site for details and registration.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 16th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Registration available at site.
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/gregg-turner-discusses-hallucinations-hell-confessions-angry-samoan
Main Library Book Group Discussion & Calypso via Santa Monica Library – Online Event
Join us for the Santa Monica Main Library Book Group discussion of author David Sedaris’s work, Calypso.
This is the author’s most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book, and in it he envisions a vacation home that illustrates how one’s life is made up, more of past than future events.
NOTE: See site for registration and event details.
Where: Santa Monica Public Library – Online Zoom Event
Date: Monday the 16th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: Online Zoom event (see site)
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=33658
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 16th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Back to School Extravaganza: Lauren Tarshis & Alyssa Bermudez via Pages Bookstore Courtyard – In-Person & Online Zoom YA Event
Join us for a hybrid in-person & virtual event featuring author Lauren Tarshis, in conversation with Alyssa Bermudez (Big Apple Diaries), to discuss her new book, I Survived: The Attacks of September 11, 2001.
This novel is part of the I Survived series, which consists of over 20 books that include historical fiction, non-fiction, and graphic novel titles, which are perfect for the back-to-school season.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this event.
Where: Pages Bookstore Courtyard – In-Person event & Online via Zoom
Date: Tuesday the 17th
Time: 4 pm
Where: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/mystery-book-club-person-1
Mark Haskell Smith, with David Ulin, & Rude Talk in Athens via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Mark Haskell Smith, in conversation with David Ulin (Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles), will discuss his new book. Rude Talk in Athens: Ancient Rivals, the Birth of Comedy, and a Writer’s Journey through Greece.
A comic writer himself and author of many books and screenplays, Smith also looks back at his own career, his love for the uniquely dynamic city of Athens, and what it means for a writer to leave a legacy.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 17th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: See Site
Jaime Lowe, with Henry Weinstein, & Breathing Fire via Chevalier’s Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join us to hear author Jaime Lowe, in conversation with Henry Weinstein, discuss her new book. Breathing Fire.
This book is a dramatic, revelatory account of the female inmate firefighters who battle California wildfires. As the fire season continues to get hotter, longer, and more extreme every year— fire season is now year-round. Of the thousands of firefighters who battel blazes every day, 30 % of the on-ground crews are inmates earning a dollar an hour. Approximately 200 of these firefighters are women serving on all-female crews. This book is the result of years of research and interviews, and weaves a comprehensive and illuminating story of climate change and historical injustice.
NOTE: See site for registration and event details.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore – In-Person Event
Date: Tuesday the 16th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 133 N. Larchmont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/jaime-lowe
Afrofuturism Book Club & Imago via The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online
The Afrofuturism Book Club is led by Tyree Boyd-Pates. and is a vast forward-looking movement with solid roots in the past. Though it spans art, music theory, and everything we know, we read new fiction.
This month’s selection is Octavia E. Butler’s sci-fi fantasy, Imago (Xenogenesis #3), (1988), which concludes the series and story begun with the human woman Lilith in Dawn (1987), and continued with her Oankali-human construct son Akin in Adulthood Rites (1988).
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Zoom Event
Date: Tuesday the 17th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
Website: https://www.lastbookstorela.com/event-details/the-afrofuturism-book-club-with-tyree-boyd-pates-8
In-Store Signing: Mark Haskell Smith & Rude Talk in Athens via Skylight Bookstore – In-Store Event
Mark Haskell Smith will be signing his new book. Rude Talk in Athens: Ancient Rivals, the Birth of Comedy, and a Writer’s Journey through Greece. This event follows his discussion and presentation online at 6:30 pm.
A comic writer himself and author of many books and screenplays, Smith also looks back at his own career, his love for the uniquely dynamic city of Athens, and what it means for a writer to leave a legacy.
Masks are required!
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – In-Person Event
Date: Tuesday the 17th
Time: 8 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: See Site
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/store-signing-mark-haskell-smith-author-rude-talk-athens
Tuesdays at the Virtual Cobalt: Poets Series Presents: Open Reading & Salvatore Roseo – Virtual Zoom Event
The Virtual Cobalt Poets Series, presented by Rick Lupert via Zoom, will feature an Open Reading and guest poet Salvatore Roseo.
NOTE: Details and Zoom link at event link.
Where: Cobalt Poets – Online Zoom Event
Date: Tuesday the 17th
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 17th
Time: 9 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://dapoetrylounge.com/calendar (Confirm at site, which is now under reconstruction)
Coffee Time Book Club & Olympus via Pages Bookstore Courtyard – In-Person Event
Join us for the Coffee Time Book Club, which meets monthly, generally on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 10:30 am. We tend to read new release literary fiction, and at each meeting we vote on what we will read and discuss for the following month.
This month’s selection is Stacey Swan’s book, Olympus, Texas.
This novel is a gripping debut that finds all the skeletons in the Briscoe family’s closet and throws the on the front lawn. It cleverly weaves elements of classic mythology into a thoroughly modern family saga, rich in drama and psychological complexity.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this event.
Where: Pages Bookstore Courtyard – In-Person event & Online via Zoom
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 10:30 am
Where: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/coffee-time-book-club
Queercore Launch Event: How to Punk a Revolution: An Oral History via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Yony Leyser, Anna Joy Springer, Lynn Breedlove, Bruce LaBruce & Liam Warfield will launch Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution: An Oral History.
This book is the first comprehensive overview of a movement that defied both the music underground and the LGBT mainstream community. With exclusive interviews alongside a treasure trove of photos and zines from the time, it traces the history of the scene originally fabricate in San Francisco and Toronto.
Yony Leyser is the award-winning writer and director of three feature films: William S. Burroughs: A Man Within; Desire Will Set You Free; and Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution. He is co-editor of the Queercore book along with Walter Crasshole and Liam Warfield.
Anna Joy Springer is the author of The Vicious Red Relic, Love (2011) and The Birdwisher, A Murder mystery for Very Old Young Adults (2009). An associate professor of literature at UC San Diego,, she teaches, experimental writing, feminist literature, and graphic texts. She has performed in punk and queercore bands and toured the U.S. with the writers of Sister Spit.
Lynn Breedlove is a writer, performer, musician, entrepreneur and community activist from the San Francisco South Bay area. He’s toured comedy solo shows and with bands Tribe8 and the Homobiles. He is founder and CEO of Homobiles, the ride service. He is author of Godspeed and Lynn Breedlove’s One Freak Show.
Bruce LaBruce is an internationally acclaimed filmmaker, photographer, writer, and artist based in Toronto. He has written and directed nine feature films, a number of short films, and contributed to a variety of international magazines, newspapers and websites as both a writer and photographer. He has been honored with film retrospectives at both TIFF/Bell Lightbox in 2014 and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2015.
Liam Warfield is a writer, editor and educator living in Chicago.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online Crowdcast Event
Date: Tuesday the 17th
Time: 12 pm
Address: See Site
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-queercore-launch-event
Book Club Discussion & The Dutch House via Granada Hills Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join the Granada Hills Branch Library Book Club for a virtual discussion of Anne Patchett’s novel, The Dutch House.
This book is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love, and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and how we really are.
Please email grnhls@lapl.org to receive a meeting invitation link.
NOTE: See Site for details and registration.
Where: Granada Hills Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 1:30 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-discussion
David Talbot and Margaret Talbot & By the Light of Burning Dreams via Book Soup – Online Event
Join authors David Talbot & Margaret Talbot to hear them discuss their book, By the Light of Burning Dreams.
The political landscape of the 1960s and 1970s was perhaps one of the most tumultuous in this country’s history, shaped by the fight for civil rights, women’s liberation, Black power, and the end of the Vietnam War. In many ways it was a belated fulfillment of the betrayed promises of the first American Revolution, striving to fulfill the full protection of the Bill of Rights to non-white, non-male, non-elite Americans excluded by the nation’s founders.
Where: Book Soup – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Writing Workshop with Matt Sedillo via Re/Arte Centro Literario – In-Person Event
Join us for a writing workshop, hosted by Chicano Political Poet, Matt Sedillo.
Matt Sedillo is the author of the collection, Mowing Leaves of Grass:
NOTE: See site for details.
Where: Re/Arte centro literio – In-Person event
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar E. Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 900333
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos
Adult Book Club & French Exit via Studio City Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join our Adult Book Club discussion by registering in advance for the meeting at the site link.
This month’s selection is Patrick DeWitt’s book, French Exit. This novel is wickedly funny. A “French exit” is when guests sneak out of a party without saying goodbye, and that’s just what Frances, ”a moneyed, striking woman of 65 years” does when she blows through the last of her cash and flees Manhattan for Paris.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this event.
Where: Studio City Branch Library, LAPL – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 6:30 pm
Where: See site
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/adult-book-club-2
Montana Book Discussion Group & Americanah via Santa Monica Library – Online Event
Join us for the Montana Branch Book Group discussion of author Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche’s National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, Americanah.
This novel is about a young woman from Nigeria who leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected.
NOTE: See site for registration and event details.
Where: Santa Monica Public Library – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=338034
Feminist Book Club & Luster via The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online
The Feminist Book Club is led by Julia Callahan, where participants read an intersectional variety of feminist literature.
This month’s selection is Raven Leilani’s acclaimed debutnovel, Luster (2020), which is dark and funny and hilariously moving, as twenty-year-old Edie joins an open marriage with a white couple, with a job as a nanny to the couple’s adopted Black daughter, after losing her publishing job.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Zoom Event
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 7:30pm – 9 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
Website: https://www.lastbookstorela.com/event-details/feminist-book-club-with-julia-callahan-7
Anansi Virtual Writers Workshop via The World Stage – In-Person 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.
We return to the building after a 15-month, Covid-19 imposed exile, where the faithful met weekly via Zoom online. We are currently working on the process to continue to include our online community each session. WELCOME HOME!
In its 30th year, the Anansi Writers Workshop is a workshop 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.
NOTE: See site for further details, and any change in the schedule. Contact kaliflowers@gmial.com or call (323) 293-2451
Where: The World Stage (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the18th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: 4321 Dengan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: https://www.theworldstage.org/events.html or
https://www.facebook.com/events/2956323584627817/
Open Mic with Matt Sedillo, David A. Romero & Viva Padilla via MOBAR in El Sereno – In-Person Event
Join us at MOBAR Coffee & Co. in El Sereno for an Open Mic featuring Matt Sedillo, David A. Romero & Viva Padilla.
Matt Sedillo is the author of Mowing Leaves of Grass.
David A. Romero is the author of My Name Is Romeo.
Viva Padilla is the founder and editor of Dryland Literary Journal and founder of Re/Arte centro literario.
Where: MOBAR Coffee Co.
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 4884 Huntington Dr. S., Los Angeles, CA 90032
Website: https://www.facebook.com/davidanthonyromero/posts/10109122253233225
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 Luivette Resto.
Luivettte Resto is a mother, teacher, and poet, and the author of two collections: Unfinished Portrait and Ascension, both published by Tia Chucha Press. Her third book is forthcoming from FlowerSong Press.
NOTE: See site for further details, tickets and information.
Where: Online event (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
The Ugly Mug: Open Mic & Poetry Reading via Two Idiots Peddling Poetry & Moon Tide Press – In-Person Event
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry and host Ben Trigg presents weekly poetry readings at the Ugly Mug in Long Beach.
We are peddling poetry at the Ugly Mug again. We will be attempting a melding of online/in-person swan song for the virtual Mug that has sustained us in the meantime.
Only Open Mics will be offered this August during our transition.
Masks will be required unless you are actively eating or drinking.
NOTE: See site for further details. $4 cover fee, cash only.
Where: The Ugly Mug (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 261 N. Glassell St., Orange, CA
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/two-idiots-peddling-poetry or https://www.facebook.com/events/5899007546807391
Share the Mic: The Folklore of the Freeway via Fowler Museum – Online Event
The current “Borders and Boundaries” section of The Map and the Territory exhibition explores how borders affect relationships among individuals, communities, and places. Some boundaries are systemic, and require decades of struggle to overcome.
UCLA professor Eric Avila’s book, The Folklore of the Freeway: Race and Revolt in the Modern City, maps creative strategies devised by urban communities in the 1960s and 1970s to document and protest the damage wrought by highways, which cut through and destroyed many communities of color. Join us to learn about this history; the impact of redlining on LA’s Boyle Heights; the work of Latinx artists who critique and satirize highway construction as a racist and sexist enterprise; and the influence of diverse communities on urban policy.
Share the Mic: The Fowler believes in the civic duty of museums to give forum to multiple points of view. This series features thought lead artist, activists, and allies—who are guiding us along the arc of justice.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this event.
RSVP to receive link to join: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/165030806585
Where: Fowler Museum – Online event
Date: Thursday the 19th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Where: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/584929122497653/
Big Read Discussion: Explore the Science of Fuzzy Mud via West Valley Regional Library, LAPL – Online Kids, Teen & Adult Event
Join our Big Read discussion of Fuzzy Mud, by Louis Sachar. Our guest speaker, Dr. Ed O’Loughlin, will discuss the science behind the book’s themes.
NOTE: See site for further event details. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/nrdrauhc
Where: LAPL – Online event
Date: Thursday the 19th
Time: 4 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
Website: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvc–qqjIrHNPpav4LYOSDnkNLtwtVBiVa or https://www.thepoetrylab.com/braintrust
James Whiteside, with Ari Shapiro, & Center Center via Book Soup – Online Event
Join author James Whiteside, in conversation with NPR’s Ari Shapiro, to hear them discuss his book, Center Center: A Funny, Sexy, Sad Almost-Memoir of a Boy in Ballet.
This book is an absurdist and absurdist collection of essays, in which the author tells the story of how he got to be a primo ballerino, along with the tales of two alter egos he created to subvert the strict classical rigor of ballet. Center Center refers to the mark on every stage that signifies the center of its depth and width, and this is the tale of how Whiteside and his triple life reached that mark.
NOTE: See details & RSVP at site.
Where: Book Soup – Online Event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 19th
Time: 6 pm
Address: (See site)
Romina Garber, with Dhonielle Clayton, & Cazadora via Vroman’s – Online Event
Join us to hear author Romina Garber, in conversation with Dhonielle Clayton, present and discuss her book, Cazadora: A Novel (Wolves of No World #2).
Enter a world straight out of Argentine foldlore…
Following the events of Lobizona, Manu and her friends cross the mystical border into Kerana—a cursed realm of Argentina—searching for allies and a hiding place. Just as theya re cornered, she discovers they need a revolution too. But is she the right one to lead them? How much further can she go before she takes a stand?
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Vroman’s – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 19th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-live-romina-garber-discusses-cazadora
We Are the Babysitters Club: Roundtable Discussion of the BSC via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Join us for a discussion of We Are the Babysitters Club: A Roundtable Talk on the Past, Present, and Future of BSC.
This panel will discuss the anthology We Are the Babysitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers (Chicago Review Press).
Marisa Crawford is the author of two collections of poetry, Reversible and The Haunted House, both from Switchback Books. She is the founder of Weird Sister, a website and organization that explores the intersections of feminism, literature, and pop culture.
Megan Milks is the author of Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body and Other Stories. They are a Lambda finalist and recipient of the Lotos Foundation Prize in Fiction, and are editor of the &NOW Awards 3: the Best Innovative Writing, 2011-2013 and co-editor of Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives.
Malia Baker is best-known for her role as series regular Mary Ann Spier in Netflix’s remake of The Babysitters Club. Most recently she joined as a series regular on Nickelodean’s second season of Are You Afraid of the Dark. Botswana-born and Canadian-raised, she began performing at age three through musical theater and dance.
Naia Cucukov was most recently the executive producer of the Emmy-nominated Netflix series, The Babysitters Club, and has been involved in related projects. She is currently producing a slate of films and TV, including Tom Hanks’ starring sic-fi film Finch; Rumble from Paramount; and Manhunt from Apple.
Sue Ding is a filmmaker and artist who directs and produces nonfiction projects, and her most recent short film, The Claudia Kishi Club was a selection for South by Southwest, and premiered on Netflix. She writes and lectures on documentary, participatory, and new media sotrytelling.
Katy Farina is the creator of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel adaptations of The Babysitters Little Sister Series by Ann M. Martin. She has painted backgrounds for She-Ra and the Princesses of Power at Dreamworks TV and has done work for BOOM! Studios, Oni Press, and Z2 Comics.
NOTE: See site for details on this event.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online event
Date: Thursday the 19th
Time: 6:30 pm
Where: See Site
Get Lit Virtual Open Mic Event via Get Lit – Words Ignite – Online Live Event
Join us every third Thursday of the month for our Virtual Open Mic, featuring our Summertime Movie Poets Raul Herrera as host and Austin Antoine as our special guest performer. Save your spot at our site today!
NOTE: See site for details and RSVP.
Where: Get Lit – Words Ignite
Date: Thursday the 19th
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/770365270300550/
Gustavo Hernandez & Flower Grand First via LibroMobile – In-Person & IG Live Event
Join us for a Reading and Celebration for Gustavo Hernandez, as he presents his book, Flower Grand First. This collection is about a body formed by the physical landscape of one county and the memory of another. It honors family, personal history, and a vulnerable but resilient spirit preoccupied with the mapping of time and place.
NOTE: See site for details and RSVP.
Where: LibroMobile – In-Person (in the alley) & IG Live Event
Date: Thursday the 19th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm (confirm at site)
Address: 220 E. 4th St., #107, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Website: https://www.libromobile.com/event-details/flower-grand-first-by-gustavo-hernandez
Dave & Jill Henry & The Greatest Health Guide You Never Knew You Needed, via Flintridge Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join us to hear authors Jill & Dave Henry present their book, The Greatest Health Guide You Never Knew You Needed.
This book is a no-BS guide to managing physical and mental health on campus, including: food, booze, stress, sex, sleep, and exercise while away at college.
NOTE: See site for details and RSVP.
Where: Flintridge Books – In-Person (limited seating)
Date: Thursday the 19th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 858 Foothill Blvd., La Canada Flintridge, CA, 91011
Website: https://www.flintridgebooks.com/instore-events/thegreatestcollegehealthguideyouneverknewyouneeded
True Crime Book Club via The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online
The True Crime Club is led by James Barlett, and participants read a wide variety of true crime literature.
This month’s selection/discussion is closed. Check back for details or any change.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Zoom Event
Date: Thursday the 19th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
Website: https://www.lastbookstorela.com/event-details/true-crime-book-club-with-james-bartlett-5
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 19th
Time: 8 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.instagram.com/fos_thursdays/ (Confirm at site)
Your Author Series: Karla Valenti & Loteria via L.A. Public Library – Online Teens Event
Join us to meet author Karla Valenti as she presents her book, Loteria!.
The author is the creator of the My Super Science Heroes series, working in partnership with the Marie Curie Alumni Association. She writes picture books and middle grade novels.
Those attending this program will have an opportunity to receive a free book!
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: LAPL – Online Teens Event
Date: Friday the 20th
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/your-author-series-karla-valenti
Bookish Series: Charles Yu, Alka Joshi, Matthew Specktor & Dr. Gretchen Sorin via Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online Event
Join us for our next Bookish event, a one-hour virtual series of discussions with authors, thinkers, and performers.
Discover new books, meet interesting people, and learn about a variety of topics in this series, with host Sandra Tsing Loh, writer, actress, and radio personality.
Charles Yu is the author of the National Book Award Fiction winner, Interior Chinatown, an insightful and seering exploration of Asian identity and representation in popular culture.
Alka Joshi is the author of The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, which is about an educated young man involved with a tribal woman in Shimla, and The Henna Artist, about a woman escaping abuse in Jaipur during the 1950s, during the throes of a newly independent India.
Matthew Specktor is the author of Always Crashing in the Same Car. Blending memoir and cultural criticism, he explores family legacy, the lives of artists, and a city that embodies both dreams and disillusionment.
Dr. Gretchen Sorin is the author of Driving While Black, a finalist for the NAACP Image Award. In this book she recovers a forgotten history of Black motorists, and recounts their creation of a parallel, unseen world of travel guides, black-only hotels, and informal communications networks that kept Black drivers safe.
NOTE: See site for registration & event details.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Friday the 20th
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/bookish-august
Simon Van Booy, with Roda Ahmed, & Night Came with Many Stars via Vroman’s – Online Event
Join us to hear author Simon Van Booy, in conversation with Roda Ahmed, present and discuss his book, Night Came with Many Stars.
In Kentucky, back in 1933, Carol’s daddy lost his 13-year-old daughter in a game of cards. This spellbinding novel tells the story of Carol and the people in her life. Incidents intersect and lives unexpectedly change course in this masterfully interwoven story of chance and choice that leads home again to a night blessed with light.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Friday the 20th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-live-simon-van-booy-discusses-night-came-many-stars
Third Fridays Rapp Saloon Poetry Open Mic with Elena Secota & Mike Sonksen, Clare Chu, Greg Bell, Kalpna Singh-Chitmas – Virtual Event
The Third Fridays Rapp Saloon Open Mic events have been curated by Elena Secota, for the past ten years.
This month at Third Fridays Rapp Saloon, our event features poets Mike Sonksen, Clare Chu, Greg Bell, Kalpna Singh-Chitmas, and contributors from the Paws Healing the Earth anthology.
Mike Sonksen is a scholar and performer, professor at Woodbury Unniversity, and the author most recently of Letters to My City.
Clare Chu is an art curator, lecturer and writer who has published twelve books, most recently The Sand Dune Teacher.
Greg Bell is a writer and poet, author of Looking for Will, and facilitator of the Green Poets Workshop at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center.
Kalpna Singh-Chitmas is a poet, filmmaker, and actor. She is the author of four poetry books, Editor-in-Chief of Life & Legends and Translation Editor of IHRAF Publishes.
Paws Healing the Earth, is an anthology of poetry to raise awareness about the environment and animal rights. Contributing poets will be surprise guests at the event.
NOTE: See website link for details. Zoom details will be sent when you RSVP.
Where: Third Fridays Rapp Saloon (online)
Date: Friday the 20th
Time: 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Address: Virtual event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/therappsaloonpoetryreading/
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 21st
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1256929594682480/
Children’s Bilingual Storytime for Kids via Re/Arte – In-Person Event – Kids Event
Join us for a new weekly event, Chlldren’s Bilingual Storytime, offered on Saturday mornings, in English & Spanish.
NOTE: See website for registration and further details.
Where: Re/Arte – In-Person Event
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 10 am – 11:30 am
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos/
Eco Eros: A Workshop with Sarah Maclay via Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center – Online Zoom Event
Sarah Maclay offer an intensive workshop which will focus on a close critique of poems of EcoEros – poems that, in unique ways, entwine realms of ecological awareness with desire and human connection.
This workshop extends and revisits Dreambraid & EcoEros, Maclay’s previous workshop at Beyond Baroque, and is open to both returning participants and those who did not attend the previous workshop.
NOTE: See details, cost, & RSVP at site.
Where: Beyond Baroque – Online Event (see site)
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 11 am – 2 pm
Address: Online via Zoom
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/intensive_workshops.html or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ecoeros-a-workshop-with-sarah-maclay-tickets-163452698421
Julie Abe & Debbi Michiko Florence Event & Signing via Bel Canto Books – In-Person YA Event
Join us to welcome authors Julie Abe & Debbi Michiko Florence for a reading and book signing of their books, Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai and Eva Evergreen and the Cursed Witch, respectively.
Julie Abe is the author of the Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch middle grade fantasy series, as well as the middle grade fantasy Alliana, Girl of Dragons and the YA adult novel The Charmed List.
Debbi Michiko Florence is the author of the middle grade novel Keep It Together, Keiko Carter (2020) and the upcoming companion novel Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai (2021).
The authors will be in conversation with Bel Canto Books owner Jhoanna Belfer, with book signing to follow. There will be reserved seating, so select the ticket option that best fits your group. Masks are required.
NOTE: See website for RSVP & further details.
Where: Bel Canto Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 11 am
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://belcantobooks.net/events or https://shopthehangout.com/products/bcb-author-event-debbi-michiko-florence-and-julie-abe-sat-8-21-11am
Writer’s Workshop with Viva Padilla via Re/Arte – In-Person Event
Join us for an introduction to submitting your writing to journals and magazines. Incudes career advice, and writing feedback. Bring your work and a notebook.
NOTE: See website for registration, donation, and further details.
Where: Re/Arte – In-Person Event
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 1 pm – 2:30 pm
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos/
Saturday Afternoon Poetry: Mark Dixon, Josette Siqueiros & Chris Sorrenti & Open Mic – via Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry for an Open Mic and to hear our featured guest poets: Mark Dixon, Josette Siqueiros & Chris Sorrenti. Readings will be hosted by Coco.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Online Zoom Event
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
Website: https://www.saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com
Conney Williams’ Book Release & The Distance of Observation via The World Stage – via The World Stage Performance Gallery
Join us at The World Stage to celebrate the book release of The Distance of Observation, by Conney Williams.
This book is a journey of perspective and how life/love determines every relationship in which we participate.
Where: In-Person Event
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: 4321 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Website: https://www.theworldstage.org/events.html
Fourth Sunday: Submission and Self Promotion Support Group via The Poetry Salon – Online Event
Join us for a Fourth Sunday event, Submission and Self Promotion Support Group, presented by Tresha Faye Hefner.
NOTE: See site for details and link.
Where: The Poetry Salon – Online Event
Date: Sunday the 22nd
Time: 1 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/thepoetrysalon
La Palabra Poetry Reading Series via Avenue 50 Studio – Online Zoom Event
Join us for the monthly La Palabra Reading Series, hosted by Angelina Saenz, and featuring:
Viktoria Valenzuela is the San Antonio Chapter lead for Women Who Submit, and organizer of 100 Thousand Poet for Change: San Antonio. She is a writer and activist whose work appears in many anthologies, zines and journals, and her work focuses on her lived experience as a Chicana mother, scholar, and activist.
Gris Munoz is a frontera poet and storyteller, and author of the bilingual poetry and short story collection, Coatlicue Girl. She has been widely published, and is currently commissioned to write the biography of LA artist Fabian Debora.
Karla Cordero is a Chicano poet, educator, and ARTivist, raised along the borderlands of Calexico, CA. She currently serves as a Professor of Creative Writing and English at MiraCosta and San Diego City College. She is the author of the acclaimed collection, How to Pull Apart the Earth and Grasshoppers Before Gods.
NOTE: See site for registration and event details. Zoom: 881 0616 8718
Where: Avenue 50 Studio – Online
Date: Sunday the 22nd
Time: 2 pm
Address: See site
Website: http://avenue50studio.org/la-palabra
The Thing in the Labyrinth Horror Book Club via The Last Bookstore – Online Event
Join Thing in the Labyrinth Horror Book Club, with A.E. Santana, where bad things almost never happen.
This month’s selection is Philip Fracassi’s Beneath a Pale Sky, which collects grisly and insightful stories of man against nature and against the cosmos.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Sunday the 22nd
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
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