Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Book Club Bonanza: Horror & Suspense Edition & Book Discussion via Central Library, LAPL – Online Teen Event
Join LAPL for the Teen Book Club Bonanza: Horror & Suspense Edition.
Two books will be discussed at his meeting:
Eat, Brains, Love by Jeff Hart is a laugh-out-loud funny, surprisingly romantic, zombie road trip novel filled with heart, and guts.
Locke & Key V. 1 (Issues 1-6) by Joe Hill is an American comic book series, with illustrations by Gabriel Rodriguez.
Please email teens@lapl.org from your school email address at least one hour before the program to request the link.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Central Library, LAPL – Online Teen Event
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 4:30 pm
Address: LAPL (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-bonanza-horror-and-suspense-edition
Local Author Day: Jared Seide and Jose L. Recio via Vroman’s – Online Live Event
Join us to hear local authors Jared Seide and Jose L. Recio present and discuss their new books, Where Compassion Begins and Transitions, respectively.
Jared Seide will present and discuss his book, Where Compassion Begins: Foundational Practices to Enhance Mindfulness, Attention, and Listening from the Heart, which distinguishes compassion from empathy or sympathy, although it includes some aspects of both. Compassion begins when we truly hear and attune to suffering, of other and ourselves, and then are moved to do something about it. That action must be considered, skillful and beneficial. Council is a foundational practice that builds our capacity to perceive the experience of others and invites us to pay attention, listen without judging, and do something helpful in response. This book provides methods for building that muscle of compassion.
Jose L. Recio will present and discuss his book, Transitions, a book of mainstream fiction, written in the tradition of the short story classics, like Joseph Conrad. The author puts fictional characters in situations different from his own experiences but suitable to trigger the same or very similar sets of emotions when dealing with these situations.
NOTE: See Site for details and guidelines.
Where: Vroman’s – Online Event
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Vroman’s – Online Crowdcast event
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
This 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 from 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 event (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Joanne Lee Molinaro & The Korean Vegan Cookbook via Diesel Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join us at Diesel Bookstore for a conversation with attorney and debut author Joanne Lee Molinaro, who will discuss her acclaimed new cookbook, The Korean Vegan Cookbook: Reflections and Recipes from Omma’s Kitchen.
The author has captivated millions of fans with her powerfully moving personal tales of love, family, and food. In her debut cookbook, she shares a collection of her favorite Korean dishes, some traditional and some reimagined, as well as poignant narrative snapshots that have shaped her family history. This book is a rich portrait of the immigrant experience with life lessons that are universal. It celebrates how deeply food and the ones we love shape our identity.
NOTE: See site for guidelines & event details.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, Brentwood – In-Person Courtyard Event
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 4:15 pm – 4:45 pm
Address: 225 26th Street, Suite 33, Santa Monica, CA 90402
Rebekah Weatherspoon & A Thorn in the Saddle Launch Event via The Ripped Bodice Bookstore – Online FB Event
Join us at our Live Stream Virtual Event with authors Rebekah Weatherspoon, Beverly Jenkins, Reese Ryan, and Kathy Douglas, to celebrate Rebekah Weatherspoon’s launch of A Thorn in the Saddle..
A Thorn in the Saddle is set on a Black-owned luxury dude ranch with a fairy tale twist, and it’s the third Cowboys of California romance novel from award-winning author Rebekah Weatherspoon.
NOTE: See site for guidelines & event details.
Where: The Ripped Bodice – Online FB Event
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.therippedbodicela.com/events-and-tickets
Jane Wurwand & Skin in the Game via Diesel Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join us at Diesel Bookstore for a conversation with author Jane Wurwand, who will discuss her new book, Skin in the Game: Everything You Need Is Already Inside You!
Business leaders do not have to feel stuck or frustrated, and can look to the author’s Demalogica business model to learn how to impact the world and succeed.
The author is the Founder and Chief Visionary of Dermalogica and an innovative business visionary. In November 2018, she launched FOUND/LA, to fund, mentor and offer unique incubator programs and educational resources for local entrepreneurs who have been underserved or overlooked.
NOTE: See site for guidelines & event details.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, Brentwood – In-Person Courtyard Event
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 5:30 pm
Address: 225 26th Street, Suite 33, Santa Monica, CA 90402
Antonio Damasio & Feeling & Knowing via Book Soup – Online Event
Please join author and neuroscientist Antonio Damasio to hear him discuss his new book, Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious, a succinct, illuminating, and engaging investigation of how biology, neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence have given us the tools to unlock the mysteries of human consciousness.
The author believes recent findings across disciplines give us a way to understand the significance of consciousness for human life. He explains how being conscious is not the same as sensing, feeling, and why feeling opens the consciousness writ large. His research had transformed our understanding of the brain and human behavior.
NOTE: See site for book purchase & event details.
Where: Book Soup – Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event
Quantum Book Club & The Last Final Girl via Book Jewel – In-Person Event
Please join the Quantum Book Club as the dive into Horror for October’s book selection. They will be reading and talking about The Last Final Girl, by Stephen Graham Jones.
The Quantum Book Club reads fantasy, graphic novels, sci-fi. and more!
NOTE: See site for book purchase & event details.
Where: Book Jewel – Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/BookJewelBookstore/
Braintrust Writing Workshop with Matthew Feinstein via The Poetry Lab – Online Event
Join The Poetry Lab for a Braintrust generative writing workshop, led by Matthew Feinstein, and titled Horror Poetry Continued.is a neurodivergent poet from Tracy, California, and he is currently pursuing an MFA at Randolph College. His work has appeared in HAD, Heavy Feather Review, Drunk Monkeys, Rejection Letters, and elsewhere. He is the founding editor of Plum Recruit.
NOTE: See site for details. Cost from $3.
Where: The Poetry Lab – Online Zoom event
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.thepoetrylab.com/register/braintrust-october-26
Tuesday Night Café Asian American Open Mic with Johneric Concordia, Eddy Gana & traci-kato-kiriyama via Little Tokyo – Online Event
Join Tuesday Night Café, for a one-time virtual experience to mark what would have been the end of our 23rd season. Now the longest running Asian American Open Mic Series in the country, hosts Johneric Concordia, Eddy Gana & traci-kato-kiriyama welcome featured artists:
Joyce Kwon is a singer-songwriter and gayageum player form Los Angeles. Having studies jazz voice in New York City and Korean traditional music in Seoul, she now makes folk music for folks of the diaspora.
Grace Chikui is the subject of Walking with Grace, a video which takes a walk with a blind girl, Grace Chikui, who teaches us all how to navigate Little Tokyo. Shot in March 2016, this documentary highlights Little Tokyo places and streets from the perspective of this long-time resident.
Ally Vega is a witch doctor and poet who offers a movement meditation class online that guides you in energetic cleansing and confronting shadow work.
Narinda Heng is a poet and writer, and the author of two chapbooks, including unearthings (december 2020). She collaborated on 2019 Lonely Together {a decolonial zine}, and on Lonely Together Zine Vol. I (PDF).
Genevieve Erin O’Brien uses performance, video and installation to explore notions of “home” and “homeland.” As a mixed race child of a Vietnamese immigrant mother and an Irish American father, who was a career diplomat, her sense of home is fluid and changing. Her work engages the viewer in multiple senses, taste, sight, smell, as well as through a narrative story and conversation. Her installation work utilizes a similar aesthetic.
NOTE: See site for guidelines & details.
Where: Tuesday Night Café – Online Zoom event
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/559502175348748/
Tuesdays at the Virtual Cobalt: Poets Series Presents: Open Reading & Bob Holman – Virtual Zoom Event
The Virtual Cobalt Poets Series, presented by Rick Lupert via Zoom, will feature an Open Reading and guest poet Bob Holman.
Bob Holman is a poet and author of 17 poetry collections, most recently The Cutouts, from Peka Boo Press, and Sing This One Back to Me, from Coffee House Press. His poetry has traversed genres, styles and media since the 1970s. He has won many awards for his work, and became a professor of writing, among other pursuits.
NOTE: Details and Zoom link at event link.
Where: Cobalt Poets – Online Zoom Event
Date: Tuesday the 26th
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 – IG Online
DPL events at the Greenway Court Theatre are postponed until further notice.
DPL has an open mic every Tuesday night. There is a sign-up procedure and a three-minute time limit per performer.
Where: Online IG event
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 8 pm
Address: Online event (Check to verify)
Website: https://www.instagram.com/da_poetry_lounge/ (Check to verify)
Mystery Book Group, & The Right Side at Once Upon a Time Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join our Mystery Book Group at America’s oldest children’s bookstore.to discuss The Right Side, by Spencer Quinn. In this book, the author of the Chet and Bernie mystery series tells us about a deeply damaged female soldier home from the war in Afghanistan, who becomes obsessed with finding a missing girl, gains an unlikely ally in a stray dog, and encounters perils beyond the war zone.
Whether you loved it, hated it, or haven’t finished it, we want to see you there!
NOTE: See site for event details and to purchase book.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore – In-Person, outside shop in front of Star Café.
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 9 am
Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/mystery-book-group-right-side-spencer-quinn-discussion-email
Emma Steinkeller & The Okay Witch via Children‘s Book World – Online Kids Event
Join us to hear author and illustrator Emma Steinkeller,who will present and discuss her new children’s graphic novel series, including” The Okay Witch and The Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow.
These books explore the bullying and the powers thirteen-year-old Moth Hush encounters while becoming a witch-in-progress during eighth grade. It turns out Moth’s family is at the center of the history of witch drama in her home town. Once she starts to settle in to her newfound powers, Moth gets hold of a mysterious charm that can unleash another version of herself—one who is cool, calm and very popular. What could go wrong?
NOTE: See site for details and guidelines. Public invited with book purchase.
Where: Children’s Book World – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 1:30 pm
Address: Children’s Book World – Online event
Middle Grade Book Club & A Soft Place to Land via Pages Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join our Middle Grade Book Club to read and discussA Soft Place to Land, by author Janae Marks,
This is a compelling and heartfelt mystery which follows a young girl reshaping her meaning of home. Joy Taylor and her family must leave their home for a tiny apartment in a large building, after her father loses his job, and she fears her dreams of a life in music are over. But when she discovers a hideaway for kids in the building, she also discovers a mystery she must solve, all while trying to keep her own head above water.
NOTE: See site for details and guidelines.
Where: Pages Bookstore – In-Person Courtyard Event
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 4:30 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/middle-grade-book-club-person-1
Hitha Palepu, with Elizabeth Holmes, & We’re Speaking: The Life Lessons of Kamala Harris via Bel Canto Bookstore – Online IG Live Event
Bel Canto Bookstore presents a live event to hear author Hitha Palpu, in conversation with Elizabeth Holmes, discuss her book, We’re Speaking: The Life Lessons of Kamala Harris.
NOTE: See site for registration, event details and to purchase books.
Where: Bel Canto Bookstore – Online IG Live Event
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://belcantobooks.net/events or https://shopthehangout.com/products/bcb-were-speaking
Retok Ross, with Margaret Stohl, & Ski Weekend via Diesel Bookstore – Online Event
Diesel Bookstore presents a virtual event to hear author Retok Ross, in conversation with Margaret Stohl, discuss her book, Ski Weekend.
Ski Weekend is about what happens when Sam, has been dreading senior ski weekend while watching after her brother and his best friend, finds herself stranded in the mountains after she and her classmates’ SUV crashes into a snowbank. While their hours waiting for rescue turns in todays, the elements begin to claim members of the group one by one…
Rektok Ross is the pen name of Liani Kotcher, a trial attorney turned award-winning young adult author and book blogger. An avid reader since childhood, Liani writes exactly the kind of books she loves to escape into herself: exciting thrillers with strong female leads, swoonworthy love interests, and life-changing moments.
Margaret Stohl is a former game designer and writer who went on to become the co-founder of the game developer 7 Studios, she is now best known for her career as a novelist. As an award-winning young adult author, she has published more than fifteen novels and graphic novels, in fifty countries and thirty-two languages, and has sold more than ten million books worldwide.
NOTE: See site for registration, event details and to purchase books.
Where: Diesel Bookstore – Online Crowdcast Event
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online Crowdcast event (see site)
Sarah Kuhn & Hollywood Heroine Launch Event via The Ripped Bodice Bookstore – Online Livestream Event
Join us at our Live Stream Virtual Event with author Sarah Kuhn, in conversation with actress Ella Jay Basco (Cassandra Lane in Birds of Prey)and TV/comics writer Christina Strain (Marvel’s Jubilee/Shadow and Bone), to celebrate Sarah Kuhn’s launch of Hollywood Heroine.
They will chat about the Heroine Complex series and how superheroines have evolved in the last five years.
NOTE: See site for guidelines & event details.
Where: The Ripped Bodice – Online Livestream Event
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.therippedbodicela.com/events-and-tickets
Young Adult Book Club & Elatsol via Pages Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join us at our Young Adult Book Club, where we read YA novels, and where this month’s selection to read and discuss isElatsoe, by author Darcie Little Badger and illustrator Rovina Cai. This event isfacilitated by Charlotte Estrin and Sloan Shevin.
This is a novel about a Texas teen, who comes face-to-face with a cousin’s ghost and vows to unmask the murderer. Elatso– Elli for short—lives in an alternate contemporary America shaped by ancestral magic and knowledge of its indigenous and immigrant groups. When her cousin dies, all signs point to a car crash, but his ghost tells her otherwise. This is a breathtaking debut featuring an asexual, Apache teen, and it combines mystery, noir, horror and fantasy, with haunting illustrations.
NOTE: See site for details and guidelines.
Where: Pages Bookstore – In-Person Courtyard Event
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/young-adult-book-club-4
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 an El Sereno native, a political activist, speaker, and writer, and author of the poetry collection, Mowing Leaves of Grass (Flowersong Press, 2019).
NOTE: See site for details.
Where: Re/Arte Centro Literario – In-Person event
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar E. Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 900333
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos
Open Mic: Grito De Boyle Heights via Re/Arte Centro Literario – In-Person Event
Join us for an Open Mic: Grito De Boyle Heights, offered twice every month. This event follows the Matt Sedillo Workshop.
Matt Sedillo is an El Sereno native, a political activist, speaker, and writer, and author of the poetry collection, Mowing Leaves of Grass (Flowersong Press, 2019).
NOTE: See site for details.
Where: Re/Arte Centro Literario – In-Person event
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar E. Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 900333
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos
Green Poets Reading & Changes via Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
The Green Poets of Beyond Baroque’ Writing Workshop will read from their anthology Changes, an anthology by 35 of the Green Poets of Beyond Baroque, edited by Greg Bell, Estella Ramirez, and Chris Kay Northrup.
Contributors/ readers include:
Diane August
Steve Goldman
Claire Acerno
Genie Nakano
Nancy Sisti
Janet Hoult
Gloria Vando Hickok
Bj Cotton-Jeffords
Diane August
Laurel Gord
Chris Northrup
Bob Boucher
Beverly Higginson
Greg Bell
In Memoriam:
Helen Comay
Marvin Farber
Alfred Benjamin
Bill Hickok
Bill Robertson
NOTE: See site for further details, free tickets and information.
Where: Online Zoom event (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 7 pm – 0 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-reading-from-changes-an-anthology-by-the-green-poets-of-beyond-baroque-tickets-195279344777
Mike Duncan & Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution via Vroman’s – In-Person at Pasadena Presbyterian Church
Join us to hear author Mike Duncan present and discuss his new book, Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution.
Mike Duncan, bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm, and host of the Revolutions podcast, brings us the thrilling story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend principles of liberty and equality. He fought courageously on both sides of the Atlantic, as a soldier, statesman, idealist, philanthropist, and abolitionist. Over fifty years he never stopped fighting for the rights of all mankind.
NOTE: See Site for details and guidelines.
Where: Vroman’s Offsite at Pasadena Presbyterian Church– In-Person Event
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 585 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-presents-mike-duncan-hero-two-worlds
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 the 27th
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/2956323651294477/
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 Joseph Rios.
Joseph Rios is the author of Shadowboxing: Poems and Impersonations (Omnidawn), winner of the American Book Award, and was named one of the notable debut poets by Poets & Writers Magazine for 2017. He is currently attending the low residency MFA program at Bennington College.
NOTE: See site for further details, tickets and information.
Where: Online event (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
A Dark Ink Halloween Party by Two Idiots Peddling Poetry at The Ugly Mug – In-Person Event
Join Ben Trigg and Two Idiots Peddling Poetry for the Wednesday Night Halloween Party, featuring poems and poets from MoonTide Press’ Dark Ink: A Poetry Anthology Inspired by Horror.
Details pending. Bring your costumes and haunting, spooky poetry for a special reading.
$4 cover fee, cash only. Masks are required unless eating or drinking.
NOTE: See site for further details, guidelines & information.
Where: The Ugly Mug, Orange
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 261 N. Glassell St., Orange, CA 92866
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Two-Idiots-Peddling-Poetry/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/413732800472727?ref=newsfeed
Freeman’s: Change with Rick Bass, Lana Bastasic & Lina Mounzer via ALOUD Reading Series-LFLA – Online Event
Join Writer and Editor Extraordinaire, John Freeman, who returns with the latest installment of his acclaimed literary journal. Freeman’s. This biannual publication explores the subject of change and our ultimate survival and resilience, and features the work of writers Rick Bass, Lana Bastasic, and Linda Mounzer. The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to reimagine our lives and adapt to a new way of life—one with fewer possibilities for interaction, but with vast, universal dilemmas—which are captured by our artists in the new issue of Freeman’s: Change.
Rick Bass is the author of thirty books, won the Story Prize for his collection For a Little While and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for his memoir Why I Came West. His most recent book is Fortunate Son: Selected Essays from the Lone Star State. His work, which has appeared in the New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire, and the Paris Review, among many other publications, and has been anthologized numerous times in The Best American Short Stories, has also won multiple O. Henry Awards and Pushcart Prizes, as well as NEA and Guggenheim fellowships. Bass lives in Montana’s Yaak Valley, where he is a founding board member of the Yaak Valley Forest Council.
Lana Bastasic is a Yugoslav-born writer. Her first novel, Catch the Rabbit, won the European Union Prize in Literature in 2020 and was published in English in 2021. Mliječni zubi (Milk Teeth), a col[1]lection of short stories, was published in Serbo-Croatian in 2020.
Lina Mounzer is a writer and translator living in Beirut. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Paris Review, 1843, Literary Hub, and Bidoun, as well as in Hikayat: Short Stories by Lebanese Women and Tales of Two Planets, an anthology of writing on climate change and inequality.
Where: ALOUD Reading Series – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online Event (See Site)
Website: https://lfla.org/event/freemans-biannual-change/ or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/freemans-change-tickets-169395499499
Erica Ridley, with Karella Stetz-Waters, & The Perks of Loving a Wallflower Launch Event via The Ripped Bodice Bookstore – Online Livestream Event
Join us at our Live Stream Virtual Event with author Erica Ridley, in conversation with Karella Stetz-Waters, to celebrate Ridley’s launch of The Perks of Loving a Wallfower.
The authors will chat about their recent F/F romance novels.
NOTE: See site for guidelines & event details.
Where: The Ripped Bodice – Online Livestream Event
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.therippedbodicela.com/events-and-tickets
Scripps Presents: Rebecca Solnit, with Ross Gay, & Orwell’s Roses via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Acclaimed author of Men Explain Things to Me, and 20 others, Rebecca Solnit, in conversation with Ross Gay (Unabashed Gratitude), will present and discuss her new book, Orwell’s Roses.
“In the year 1936 a writer planted roses.” So begins Rebecca Solnit’s new book, a reflection on George Orwell’s passionate gardening; the way that his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, and the natural world illuminated his other commitments as a writer and antifascist; and the intertwined politics of nature and power. Solnit, whose writing explores feminism, activism and social change, hope, and the climate crisis, delivers a compelling examination of this understudied aspect of Orwell’s life. Join her for a conversation that reflects on pleasure, beauty, and joy as acts of resistance.
NOTE: See site for tickets, event details and to purchase book.
Where: Skylight Books – Online Zoom Event
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event (see Site)
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/scripps-presents-rebecca-solnit-conversation-ross-gay
Writers Bloc: Daniel Sokatch, with Rabbi Sharon Brous, & Can We Talk About Israel?via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Author Daniel Sokatch, in conversation with Rabbi Sahron Brous of Temple Ikar, will present and discuss his new book, Can We Talk About Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted.
At last, a primer for the Israel/Palestine situation, one of the most complicated conflicts on earth. At last, a way to understand the Israel/Palestinian conflict and controversy from all points of view. Can We Talk About Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted, raises a question that Jews ask all the time. Can we talk about Israel in a way that won’t jeopardize relationships, provoke arguments, and lead to discord among family and friends? The author, as one of the most influential Jewish thinkers and activists in the country, approaches the subject in a most accessible manner, with illustrations to help us along.
NOTE: See site for free tickets, event details and to purchase book.
Where: Skylight Books – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online Event (see Site)
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/writers-bloc-presents-daniel-sokatch-author-can-we-talk-about-israel or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/daniel-sokatch-and-rabbi-sharon-brous-free-livestream-tickets-185370757927
Ravi Shakar, with Sholeh Wolpe, & Correctional via Book Soup – Online Event
Author Ravi Shankar, in conversation with Sholeh Wolpe, will present and discuss his book, Correctional: A Memoir.
Shankar’s memoir is a bold and complex self-portrait—and a portrait of America—that challenges us to rethink our complicity in the criminal justice system and mental health policies that perpetuate inequity and harm. Correctional dives into the inner workings of his mind and heart, framing his unexpected encounters with law and order through lenses of race class, privilege, and his bicultural upbringing as the first and only son of South Indian immigrants. Many of his demons turn out to be ours, as well.
NOTE: See site for event details and to purchase book.
Where: Book Soup – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 6 pm
Address: See Site
Albert Samaha, with Tracy Clayton, & Concepcion via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Author and investigative journalist Albert Samaha (Never Ran, Never Will: Boyhood and Football in a Changing American Inner City) in conversation with writer and podcaster Tracy Clayton, will present and discuss his memoir, Concepcion: An Immigrant Family’s Fortunes.
Concepcion is a journalist’s powerful and incisive account of the forces steering the fate of his sprawling Filipino American Family and it reframes how we comprehend the immigrant experience. Tracing his family’s history through the region’s unique geopolitical roots, his fits their arc into the wider story of global migration as determined by chess moves among superpowers. He explores what it means to reckon with the unjust legacy of imperialism, and to live with contradiction and hope.
NOTE: See site for event details and to purchase book.
Where: Skylight Books – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 6 pm
Address: See Site
Three Idiots Shouting Poetry Presents Kaye Leddy – Online Zoom Event
Join Ben Trigg and Three Idiots Shouting Poetry for a poetry reading by Kate Leddy.
This new online collaboration between Two Idiots Peddling Poetry and Shout the Open Mic has birthed a new reading series, to be held every 4th Thursday at 6pm Pacific time.
Kate Leddy is a writer, artist, and mental health advocate currently living in Portland, Oregon. Kate has represented Portland at the 2019 Women of the World Poetry Slam, the 2019 Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam, and the 2018 Individual World Poetry Slam but now she forgot how to socialize with large groups of people. Her chapbook, Homesick Season, explores nostalgia for those very people, for places, and for states of mind. You can find more of her work at www.KateLeddy.com.
$4 cover fee, cash only. Masks are required unless eating or drinking.
NOTE: See site for further details, guidelines & information.
Where: Three Idiots Shouting Poetry – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Two-Idiots-Peddling-Poetry/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/161498382856811/
Gabriel Hart & Fallout From Our Asphalt Hell Launch Event via Stories Books & Café – Online Livestream Event
Join us for the release party for Gabriel Hart’s short story collection, Fallout From Our Asphalt Hell.
The author will be joined by:
Chandler Morrison is the author of Dead Inside, Along the Path of Torment, Until the Sun, and other works of fiction.
Duncan Birmingham is a writer, TV producer and filmmaker, who became a reporter and editor for Boston area newspapers. His fiction has appeared in numerous journals, and he’s the author of the tasteless humor book, Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves.
Elizabeth V. Aldrich is the author of Ruthless Little Things, a fantasy fiction novel.
Karter Mycroft is an author in the collection, Murder Park After Dark, Volumes I, II & III.
NOTE: See site for guidelines & event details.
Where: Stories Books & Café, Echo Park – In-Person Event
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 1716 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: https://storiesla.com/?q=h.calevents
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 28th
Time: 8 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.instagram.com/fos_thursdays/ (Confirm at site)
Author’s Night: Rhacel Salazar Parrenas & UNFREE via Phiippine Expressions Bookshop – In-Person Event
Author Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, in conversation with Philippine Consul General Hon. Edgar B. Badajos, will present and discuss her new book, UNFREE.
Dr. Rahcel Salazar Parrenas is a Professor of Sociology and Gender and Sexuality Studies at USC, and she will present and discuss her latest book, UNFREE: Migrant Domestic Worker in Arab States. She will also receive the “2001 Author of the Year Award” from Philippine Expressions Bookshop.
Dr. Parrenas is the author of numerous books, including Illicit Flirtations: Labor, Migration and Sex Trafficking in Tokyo, and Children of Global Migration: Transnational Families and Gendered Woes. She is the recipient of the 2019 Jessie Bernard Award from the American Sociological Association.
NOTE: See website for further details.
Where: Philippine Expressions Bookshop – In-Person event (see details at website link)
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 479 W. Sixth St., Suite 105, Los Angeles, CA 90731
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1076357529844269
Halloween Scary Story Contest Party & Reading: Teens & Adults at The Book Jewel – In-Person Event
Join us for a party and reading by participants in our Halloween Scary Story Contest for Teens and Adults.
Winners must read their story aloud at our party, and costumes are welcome!
Where: The Book Jewel – In-Person Event
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 6 pm
Address:
Website: https://www.facebook.com/BookJewelBookstore/photos/a.104096281005518/589479715800503/
Aurielle Marie, with Morgan Parker, & Gumbo Ya Ya via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Join us to hear writer and author Aurielle Marie, in conversation with poet and author Morgan Parker (There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce, Magical Negro), to discuss her book, Gumbo Ya Ya, which won the 2020 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, selected by Douglas Kearney.
Gumbo Ya Ya: Poems is a stunning debut, a cauldron of hearty poems exploring race, gender, desire, and violence in the lives of Black girls, soaring against the backdrop of the contemporary South. It catalogs the wide gamut of Black life at intersections, with punching cultural commentary and a poetic voice that holds tenderness and sharpness in tandem.
Aurielle Marie is a Black and queer essayist, poet, and cultural strategist hailing form the deep South. A multiple prize winner and Fellowship award recipient, her work has been featured in numerous journals, and she writes and speaks about Blackness, sex, and pop culture from a Black feminist lens.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, details, and book purchase.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Friday the 22nd
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-aurielle-marie-presents-gumbo-ya-ya-morgan-parker
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 29th
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1256929578015815/
Book Clubs for Middle Grade Readers & The View From Saturday via Palisades Branch & Brentwood Branch Libraries, LAPL – Online Event
Middle Grade readers are invited to participate in our monthly book discussions. Our book club selection this month is The View From Saturday, by award-winning author E.L. Konigsberg. This novel is about four sixth-graders who call themselves The Souls, who are chosen to represent the class in the Academic Bowl competition, after their teacher returns to teaching following an accident that left her paraplegic.
Please email either Miss Gail at gkim@;apl.org at the Palisades Library OR email gkim@lapl.org at the Brentwood Library, for the Zoom login information.
NOTE: Sign-ups open on Wednesday at 3 pm.
Where: Palisades & Brentwood Branch Libraries, LAPL – Online
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: Online event (see sites)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-middle-grade-readers-view-saturday-el-konigsburg or https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-middle-grade-readers-view-saturday-el-konigsburg-0
Freed by the Arbitrary: The Paradox of Literary Form Writing Workshop with James Cushing via Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
Join Beyond Baroque via Zoom online as we present a Writing Workshop led by poet James Cushing: Freed by the Arbitrary: The Paradox of the Literary Form.
This workshop begins with the notion that poetic form embodies a powerfully creative paradox that blends freedom with constraint—that, if a poet freely chooses to work within a form, the demands of that form can goad the poet’s imagination into territories the poet would never have found otherwise. The process of creation thereby involves the poet’s discovery of what had been waiting for articulation all along. You might say that the form may contain a secret—what the poet keeps hidden from consciousness—and that in this workshop, we’re trying to uncover that secret. We’ll work with a couple of forms that I’ve found enormously fecund, the PANTOUM and the SESTINA; we’ll read a couple of contemporary examples to see how they work, then enter these forms, both collectively and individually.
James Cushing is a poet who holds a doctorate in English from UC Irvine. He has been writing, publishing, and trying to teach poetry for fifty years. Associated with Beyond Baroque since the late 1970s, Cushing hosted a live poetry radio program on KPFK-FM which gave early exposure to Dennis Cooper, David Trinidad, Amy Gerstler, Wanda Coleman, Leland Hickman, and many others. From 1989-2020, he taught literature and creative writing at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and served as the community’s Poet Laureate for 2008 – 2010. Cushing’s poems have appeared in many journals, and as a co-founder of Cahuenga Press (with Harry Northup, Holly Prado, Phoebe MacAdams, and Cecilia Woloch), he has authored six collections: You and the Night and the Music (1991), The Length of an Afternoon (1999), Undercurrent Blues (2004), Pinocchio’s Revolution (2010), The Magicians’ Union (2016), and Solace(2018). His daughter is the New York-based poet Iris Cushing. Visit his website: www.jamescushingpoetry.com.
NOTE: See site for further details, cost, tickets and information.
Where: Online event (Eventbrite)
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 11 am – 2 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/intensive_workshops.html or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/freed-by-the-arbitrary-the-paradox-of-literary-form-with-james-cushing-tickets-176564277507
Lee Goldberg & GATED PREY at Mystery Ink – In-Person Event
Join us at Mystery Ink Bookstore to hear author Lee Goldberg present and discuss his new novel, GATED PREY. This is the third book in the Detective Eve Ronin mystery series. A simple sting operation takes a violent and unexpected turn for Eve in this gripping thriller. Signed copies will be available. Cakes & assorted treats will be served.
NOTE: See website for further details.
Where: Mystery Ink Bookstore – In-Person Event
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 11 am – 12:30 pm
Address: 8907 Warner Ave., Suite 135, Huntington Beach, CA
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/376153723866575
Local Author Day: Louise Wannier, Cecilia Caballero, Dr. Antoinette Corley-Newman via Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Event
Join us to hear three children’s authors present and discuss their new books:
Louise Wannier will present and discuss her book, a book written in rhyme which encourages children to develop their imagination, creativity and emotional intelligence. It also includes an interactive drawing section.
Cecilia Caballero will present and discuss her book, Lavender Little Girl, an ode to love of a darling daughter, and for a clever, strong, and compassionate girl. This is a heartwarming story for all women, sister, and mothers, who were also little girls once.
Dr. Antoinette Corley-Newman will present and discuss her book, Trick or Treat, a Halloween tale about Abigail, the most precocious little witch of all the warlock children of Transylvania. At this year’s mortals’ Harvests celebration she plans to bring back enough mortal treats to share with all of Transylvania, to enjoy all year long.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, details, and book purchase.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 11 am
Address: Online Event (see site)
Halloween Scary Story & Art Contest Party & Reading: Kids at The Book Jewel – In-Person Event
Join us for a party and reading by participants in our Halloween Scary Story Contest for Kids. Prizes will be awarded via gift cards.
Winners must read their story aloud at our party, and costumes are welcome!
Where: The Book Jewel – In-Person Event
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 12 pm
Address:
Website: https://www.facebook.com/BookJewelBookstore/photos/a.104096281005518/589479715800503/
Writer’s Workshop with Viva Padilla via RE/ARTE Centro Literario – 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 Centro Literario – In-Person Event
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 1 pm – 2:30 pm
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos
Lee Goldberg & GATED PREY at Book Carnival, Orange, CA – In-Person Event
Join us at Book Carnival to hear author Lee Goldberg present and discuss his new novel, GATED PREY. This is the third book in the Detective Eve Ronin mystery series. A simple sting operation takes a violent and unexpected turn for Eve in this gripping thriller. Signed copies will be available.
NOTE: See website for further details.
Where: Book Carnival, Orange – In-Person Event
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 2 pm – 3:30 pm
Address: 348 S. Tustin St., Orange, CA
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/4149228238479187
CON SAFOS: Conversation with Ruben Funkahuatl at RE/ARTE Centro Literario – In-Person Event
Join us at RE/ARTE to hear a conversation with poet and musician and singer Ruben Funkahuatl, with a Q&A moderated by poet and Beyond Baroque Poetry Coalition Fellow Ivan Salinas.
Mike Sonksen has called the “Chicano Culture Sculptor,” Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara, a multifaceted talent, as he is a Los Angeles native Chicano musician, singer, songwriter, poet, performance artist, activist, producer, short story author and historian. Famed for his voice, and performances with artists such as Frank Zappa, Johnny Otis, Tina Turner, Celia Cruz and Bo Diddley, Guevara’s calling has always been “as much a spiritual calling as it was political.”
His new book, “Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer” on UC Press “…explicates the roller coaster ride of his 50-year career. The nearly 350-page book not only covers his long and eventful life, it offers a primer to core concepts of Chicano history and a panoramic overview of the last 75 years of Los Angeles history.”
NOTE: See website for further details.
Where: RE/ARTE – In-Person Event
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 2 pm – 5 pm
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos
At Skylight: A Treehouse Storytime with Eric Geron & Poultrygeist via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Join us to hear children’s author Eric Geron discuss his book, Poutrygeist. Presented with the Punk Rock Marthas.
From the debut author of a picture book and a #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator, comes a wry take on “Why did the chicken cross the road” that gives a whole new meaning to “the Other Side.”
It’s funny. It’s spooky. It’s a meta picture book that elevates chicken comedy to ghastly new levels. Loaded with laughs and shivers, this Halloween-ready tale features ghoulishly funny art. Let the haunting begin!
No chickens were harmed in the making of this book.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, details, and book purchase.
Where: Skylight Bookstore & LAPL – In-Store Event
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-treehouse-storytime-eric-geron-author-poultrygeist
Workshop with Jessica Dore & Tarot for Change via Skylight Books – Online Event
Jessica Dore will present Tarot for Change: Using the Cards for Self-Care, Acceptance and Growth. She will demonstrate how the mythic imagery of tarot supports modern therapeutic concepts.
NOTE: See site for event details and to purchase books.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 3 pm
Address: See Site
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-workshop-jessica-dore-author-tarot-change
Saturday Afternoon Poetry: Spectrum 29 Reading at My Place Café – Hybrid Event
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry for a Spectrum 29 Publication Reading: The Dead & The Divine.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Online at Zoom ID: 759 9367 3202 (no spaces required); P/W: poetry; OR
Off-site at My Place Cafe
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: My Place Café,2057 N. Los Robles, Pasadena, CA OR on Zoom
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
Burning Issues Book Club (BIBC): Harriet A. Washington & Medical Apartheid via Bel Canto Bookstore – Online Event
Join our Burning Issues Book Club and celebrate Filipino American History Month by reading Harriet A. Washington’s book, Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present (2007).
This book is the result of prodigious research and it presents the first detailed account of Black Americans’ abuse as unwitting subjects of medical experimentation throughout history. The book is divided into three parts: cultural memory of medical experimentation: recent cases of medical abuse and research; and cases of medical experimentation in Africa and their links to African American cases.
NOTE: See website for guidelines & event details.
Where: Bel Canto Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Sunday the 31st
Time: 12 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://belcantobooks.net/book-clubs
At Skylight: Halloween Storytime & Spooky Reads at Skylight Bookstore – In-Store Event
Join Skylight Books in-store for a Halloween Storytime event, with Skylight booksellers sharing Halloween reads. Don’t forget your mask!
NOTE: See site for details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – In-Store Event
Date: Sunday the 31st
Time: 3 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-halloween-storytime
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