NOTE: There Are Both Online and Virtual Events Listed Here
Teen Book Bites: Neurodiversity in Young Adult Fiction via Central Library, LAPL – Online Teen YouTube & FB Event
Teens may join our librarians online as they share books for teens that celebrate neurodiverse characters in YA literature.
Watch past episodes on YouTube for more book recommendations.
NOTE: See site for RSVP & event details.
Where: Central Library, LAPL – Online YouTube & FB event
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 3 pm
Address: LAPL – Online (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/teen-book-bites-neurodiversity-ya
Celebrate Dia: Storytime via Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL – Online Kids Event
Families with children ages approximately 3-6 are invited to an afternoon storytime on Zoom, with stories, puppets, songs, and movement. Though this program is on a Monday, we’ll be looking forward to the weekend with the book Saturday by Oge Mora! In this story of family resilience, a mother and daughter cope with ruined weekend plans and find new ways to have fun together.
NOTE: See site for event details and Zoom link.
Where: Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL – Online Kids Event
Date: Mondaythe 25th
Time: 4 pm
Address: LAPL – Online Event
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/dia-storytime
Quantum Book Club: Awake: The Legend of Akara, with Dayna Dunbar – In-Person Event
Our Quantum Book club will discuss our April selection, Awake: The Legacy of Akara, which includes a video chat with author Dayna Dunbar.
This Mayan myth sci-fi fantasy of an apocalypse on Earth by planet Akara in 2012 did not occur due to their intervention. A thousand years later this mystery is revived.
NOTE: See site for event details and book purchase.
Where: The Book Jewel
Date: Mondaythe 25th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 6259 W. 87th St., Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: https://www.facebook.com/BookJewelBookstore/
Book Club: The Lost Book of Names via Sherman Oaks Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Please join our monthly Book Club meeting to discuss our April selection, The Book of Lost Names, by Kristen Harmel.
Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this “sweeping and magnificent” (Fiona Davis, bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue) historical novel from the #1 international bestselling author of The Winemaker’s Wife.
NOTE: See site for event details and Zoom link.
Where: Sherman Oaks Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Date: Mondaythe 25th
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Address: LAPL – Online Event
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-book-lost-names
Alejandro Varela, with Justin Torres, & The Town of Babylon at Book Soup – In-Person Event
Alejandro Varela, in conversation with Justin Torres, will present and discuss his novel, The Town of Babylon.
When his father falls ill, Andrés, a professor of public health, returns to his suburban hometown to tend to his father’s recovery. Reevaluating his rocky marriage in the wake of his husband’s infidelity and with little else to do, he decides to attend his twenty-year high school reunion, where he runs into the long-lost characters of his youth.
A novel about the essential nature of community in maintaining one’s own health, The Town of Babylon is an intimate portrait of queer, racial, and class identity, a call to reevaluate the ties of societal bonds and the systems in which they are forged. (Astra House)
NOTE: See site for tickets, guidelines, and details.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/alejandro-varela-conversation-justin-torres-discusses-town-babylon
Lisa Barr, with Abby Stern, & Woman on Fire at Chevalier’s Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join us to hear author Lisa Barr, in conversation with Abby Stern, discuss her newest novel, Woman on Fire.
This novel is a thrilling tale of secrets, love, and sacrifice that illuminates the destructive cruelty of war and greed and the triumphant power of beauty and love, Woman on Fire tells the story of a remarkable woman and an exquisite work of art that burns bright, moving through hands, hearts, and history.
After talking her way into a job with Dan Mansfield, the leading investigative reporter in Chicago, rising young journalist Jules Roth is given an unusual—and very secret—assignment. Dan needs her to locate a painting stolen by the Nazis more than 75 years earlier: legendary Expressionist artist Ernst Engel’s most famous work, Woman on Fire. World-renowned shoe designer Ellis Baum wants this portrait of a beautiful, mysterious woman for deeply personal reasons, and has enlisted Dan’s help to find it. But Jules doesn’t have much time; the famous designer is dying.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, tickets, guidelines, and event details.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 133 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-lisa-barrs-woman-on-fire-with-abby-stern-tickets-312051774257
Poetry in Color: A Virtual Slam Inspired by Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You via LACMA – Online Zoom Event
Poetry in Color Virtual Slam is presented in conjunction with Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean Me.
Poets will present original poems in response to themes of popular culture, advertising, and hierarchies of power. Featured poets include Edwin Bodney, Theo DeMarco, Verónica Reyes, and Alyesha Wise. Moderated by Jasmine Williams.
Where: Los Angeles Museum of Art (LACMA) – Online event – RSVP at link
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: LACMA – Zoom Online
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online Event
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 to use 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 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 or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monday-night-fiction-workshop-tickets-323180179617
Janelle Brown Luncheon, with Julie Clark, & I’ll Be You at Tin Roof Bistro – In-Person Event
Join Pages’ luncheon launch event at Tin Roof Bistro for Janelle Brown & her new novel, I’ll Be You, in conversation with author Julie Clark.
In this novel, two identical twin sisters and former child actors have grown apart—until one disappears and the other is forced to confront the secrets they’ve kept from one another in this twisty surprise novel, from the author of Pretty Things.
NOTE: See site for tickets and event details.
Where: Pages Bookstore at Tin Roof Bistro
Date: Tuesday 26th
Time: 11:30 am
Address: 3500 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/janelle-brown-launch-luncheon
Book Club: Deacon King Kong, by James McBride, via Venice – Abbot Kinney Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Please join our monthly Book Club meeting to discuss our April selection, Deacon King Kong: A Novel, by James McBride.
This book is a crime novel centered around life in the Brooklyn housing project where the author grew up. It is full of characters and back-stories about people who are connected in so many ways.
NOTE: See site for event details and Zoom link.
Where: Venice – Abbott Kinney Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Date: Tuesdaythe 26th
Time: 5 pm
Address: LAPL – Online Event
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/venice-book-club-0
Life Stories Open Mic via Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Please join our monthly Life Stories Open Mic. Share something that happened to you, or read a piece you wrote, or speak off-the-cuff. You also are welcome to just listen.
NOTE: See site for event details and Zoom link.
Where: Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Date: Tuesdaythe 26th
Time: 6 pm
Address: LAPL – Online Event
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/life-stories-open-mic
Expressions LA Poetry Reading Series & Open Mic via Studio City Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Please join our twice-monthly Expressions LA Poetry Reading Series & Open Mic. This event hosts featured poetry readings and an Open Mic.
NOTE: See site for event details and Zoom link.
Where: Studio City Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Date: Tuesdaythe 26th
Time: 6 pm
Address: LAPL – Online Event
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/expressions-la-poetry-reading-series-and-open-mic
Colm Tóibín & Vinegar Hill at Book Soup – Online Event
Fans of Colm Tóbin’s novels, including The Magician, The Master, and Nora Webster, will relish the opportunity to re-encounter Tóibín in verse.
Vinegar Hill explores the liminal space between private experiences and public events as Tóibín examines a wide range of subjects–politics, queer love, reflections on literary and artistic greats, living through COVID, and facing mortality. The poems reflect a life well-traveled and well-lived; from growing up in the town of Enniscorthy, wandering the streets of Dublin, and crossing the bridges of Venice to visiting the White House, readers will travel through familiar locations and new destinations through the author’s unique lens.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, book purchase, and details.
Where: Book Soup – Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Book Soup (see site)
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/colm-discusses-vinegar-hill-poems
David Baldacci, with Robert Crais, & Dream Town (Archer #3) at Vroman’s – Online Event
Author David Baldacci, in conversation with author Robert Crais, will present and discuss his new Archer #3 novel, Dream Town.
It’s the eve of 1953, and Aloysius Archer is in Los Angeles to ring in the New Year with an old friend, aspiring actress Liberty Callahan, when their evening is interrupted by an acquaintance of Callahan’s: Eleanor Lamb, a screenwriter in dire straits.
After a series of increasingly chilling events—mysterious phone calls, the same blue car loitering outside her house, and a bloody knife left in her sink—Eleanor fears that her life is in danger, and she wants to hire Archer to look into the matter. Archer suspects that Eleanor knows more than she’s saying, but before he can officially take on her case, a dead body turns up inside of Eleanor’s home . . . and Eleanor herself disappears.
Missing client or not, Archer is dead set on finding both the murderer and Eleanor.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and details.
Where: Vroman’s
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Vroman’s Online (see site)
Cassidy Lucas (aka Julia Fierro & Caeli Wolfson Widger) & The Last Party at Diesel Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join us to welcome Cassidy Lucas (aka Julia Fierro and Caeli Wolfson Widger) to the store to read from and sign The Last Party!
For Los Angeles native Dawn Sanders, turning 50 does not feel like cause for celebration: her career as an esthetician to westside L.A.’s wealthy women has dead-ended, her developmentally challenged 19-year-old daughter Quinn seems to be regressing, and her ex-husband, a fertility doctor worshipped by the Hollywood set, is forever disrupting her daily life. But when Dawn’s actress best friend Mia Meadows insists on planning a “creative” milestone birthday weekend for her in Topanga Canyon, she agrees to the plan.
But as the weekend unfolds, long-buried tensions, unresolved grievances, and old secrets among the friends begin to emerge, and Dawn finds herself desperate for clarity and answers about her life and relationships. What began as a weekend of respite and celebration takes a dark, swift turn.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and event details.
Where: Diesel Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., #33, Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: https://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/cassidy-lucas-last-party
Jennifer Egan, with Danzy Senna, & The Candy House at ALOUD, Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library – In-Person Event
Join us to hear Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan, in conversation with author Danzy Senna, present and discuss The Candy House: A Novel, the “sibling novel” to her novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad.
This book is a fictional foray, through interlocking narratives, into the idea of a technology that allows us to access every memory we’ve had, and to share these memories in exchange for access to the memories of others. It blends multiple characters, narrative styles, voices, and is organized like a concept album, imaging a world that is moments away.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and event details.
Where: Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: https://lfla.org/event/the-candy-house-a-novel/
Glenn Boozan & Pricilla Witte, with Laura Wilcox, & There Are Moms Way Worse Than You at Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Webinar Event
Join us to hear author Glenn Boozan and illustrator Pricilla Witte, in conversation with Laura Wilcox. discuss their new book, There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You are Indeed a Fantastic Parent.
This book talk is about a children’s book in which mother animals do hilarious things that do not, in fact, hurt their child, and show how these mothers are all doing the best they can. These examples are true facts taken from real life and offer a unique perspective.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online event
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Chevalier’s (see site)
Website: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ovRqlrBTTYWrDDgn2Z8dJg
Nonfiction Book Club & All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days at Pages Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join Pages’ Nonfiction Book Club to discuss this month’s selection, All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days, by author Rebecca Donner. Facilitated by Mark Polak
This prize-winning book is the true story of an American woman at the heart of German Resistance to Hitler in World War II. The author chronicles the life and brutal death of her great-great aunt Mildred Harnack, the American leader of one of the largest underground resistance groups at the time, and it’s a story of espionage, love and betrayal.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Pages Bookstore – In-Person Event
Date: Tuesday 26th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/nonfiction-book-club-2
Tuesdays at the Virtual Cobalt: Poets Series Presents: Open Reading & Roger Funston – Virtual Zoom Event
The Virtual Cobalt Poets Series, presented by Rick Lupert via Zoom, will feature an Open Reading and guest poet Roger Funston.
Roger Funston is a spoken word poet and writer based in northern California.
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
Some Favorite Writers: Danielle Evans, with Mona Simpson, at Hammer Museum – In-Person Event
Join us for our next Some Favorite Authors series feature, author Danielle Evans, in conversation with author Mona Simpson, present and discuss her story collections: The Office of Historical Corrections and Before You Suffocate Your Fool Self.
This event features readings, followed by a discussion with the author and the organizer of the series. Admission is free, but parking in the building offers various rates.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and event details.
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 7”30 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2022/some-favorite-writers-danielle-evans
Da Poetry Lounge Women & Femmes Night @ Dynasty Typewriter – Live Event
Women and Femmes Night is back IN PERSON! They celebrate Women and Femme voices only on the mic. This open mic is hosted by Yesika Salgado and Jasmine Williams, with music and vibes by DJ Sizzle Fantastic.
See sites for details.
Where: Greenway Court Theatre
Date: Tuesday the 26th (Check to Verify details).
Time: 9 pm – 11 pm
Address: 544 North Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: https://www.instagram.com/p/CbX26Z5lrTD/
SOM Tuesdays Open Mic at Di Piazza’s Pizza, Long Beach – In-Person Event
SOM Open Mic Tuesdays at Di Piazza’s are back! Come and share music, comedy, and poetry with us.
Where: Di Piazza’s Pizza (Check to verify)
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 9 pm – 12 am
Address: 5205 E. Pacific Coast Hwy., Long Beach, CA
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1253012645206168/1253012708539495/?active_tab=about
Mystery Book Group & Out, by Natsuo Kirino, at Once Upon a Time Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join our Mystery Book Group, at America’s Oldest Children’s Bookstore, which will meet outside the shop in the circle in front of Star Café.
This month’s selection is the mystery fiction novel, Out: A Thriller, by Natsuo Kirino.
This is a mesmerizing novel of a brutal murder in the Tokyo suburbs, Four women work the draining graveyard shift at a boxed-lunch factory, and they all secretly dream of a way out of their dead-end lives. One young mother finally cracks and strangles her philandering, gambling husband, and then confesses her crime to her closest colleague.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore
Date: Wednesday 27th
Time: 9 am
Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/mystery-book-group-out-natsuo-kirino
Quest Book Club: Awake: Orlando, by Virginia Wolff – In-Person Event
Our Quest Book club will discuss our April selection, Orlando: A Biography, by Virginia Wolff.
This classic literary fiction describes the adventures of a poet who changes sex form man to woman and lives for centuries, meeting the key figures of English literary history.
NOTE: See site for event details and book purchase.
Where: The Book Jewel
Date: Wednesdaythe 27th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 6259 W. 87th St., Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: https://www.facebook.com/BookJewelBookstore/
Damien Echols & Lorrie Davis & Ritual at Book Soup – Online Event
Authors and magiciansDamien Echols & Lorrie Davis will discuss their book, Ritual: an Essential Grimoire.
In this book the authors share a broad selection of their most effective rituals, meditations, and prayers—presented in terms accessible to all. They learned magick to help them get through the most trying times and hope to help others.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, book purchase, and details.
Where: Book Soup – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Book Soup (see site)
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/damien-echols-lorri-davis-discuss-ritual-essential-grimoire
Poetry Speaks: A Poetry Reading with the OC Poet Laureate via OCPL – Online Event
Join OCPL online, for the fourth event in our Poetry Speaks Reading Series, with a Poetry Reading with the OC Poet Laureate.
The Poetry Speaks Reading Series culminates with a poetry reading by OC Poet Laureate, Dr. Natalie Graham, author of Start With a Failed Body, and Honorable Mention, Gustavo Hernandez, author of Flower Grand First. Listen to the poets read some of their poems, talk about their experience with LibroMobile’s O.C. Poet Laureates program, and answer questions from the audience.
NOTE: To get the Zoom link, email readoc@occr.ocgov.com.
Where: OC Poet Laureate Event – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 6 pm
Address: OCPL – Online Event (see site)
Website: https://ocpl.org/poetryspeaks
Liz Fosslien & Mollie West Duffy, with Lori Gottlieb, & Big Feelings at Live Talks LA – Online Event
Join us to hear authors Liz Fosslien & Mollie West Duffy, in conversation with Lori Gottlieb, discuss their book, Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay.
This book is from the duo behind the bestselling book No Hard Feelings and the wildly popular @LizandMollie Instagram account, an insightful and approachable illustrated guide to handling our most difficult emotions.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, link, and event details.
Where: Live Talks LA
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Live Talks LA Online (see site)
Website: https://livetalksla.org/events/lizandmollie/
The Three Act Poem Writer’s Workshop with Matt Sedillo, Chicano Political Poet – In-Person Event
Please join The Three Act Poem Writer’s Workshop with Matt Sedillo, Chicano Political Poet.
Matt Sedillo is the author of Mowing Leaves of Grass and City on the Second Floor (Flower Song Press).
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Re/Arte centro literio
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 2014 ½ East Cesar E. Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos
Poetry Open Mic via Vermont Square Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Please join our Poetry Open Mic online event.
To celebrate National Poetry Month, join us for an hour of open mic. Take a turn sharing an original poem, a poem from your favorite poet, or simply attend.
NOTE: See site for event details and Zoom link.
Where: Vermont Square Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Date: Wednesdaythe 27th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: LAPL – Online Event
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/poetry-open-mic
John Avalon & Lincoln and the Fight for Peace at Richard Nixon Library – In-Person Event
Please join us to hear CNN anchor John Avalon present and discuss his book, Lincoln and the Fight for Peace.
This book is a groundbreaking, revelatory history of Abraham Lincoln’s plan to secure a just and lasting peace after the Civil War—a vision that inspired future presidents as well as the world’s most famous peacemakers, including Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Richard Nixon Library
Date: Wednesdaythe 27th
Time: 7 pm
Address:18001 Yorba Linda Blvd., Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-john-avlon-tickets-311285722977?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
At Skylight: Janelle Brown, with Edan Lepucki, & I’ll Be You at Skylight Bookstore – In-Person Event
AuthorJanelle Brown, in conversation with author Edan Lepucki, will discuss her novel, I’ll Be You.
In this book two identical twin sisters and former child actors have grown apart—until one disappears, and the other is forced to confront the secrets they’ve kept from each other, in this twisty suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things.
This novel is packed with surprising revelations and sharp insights about the choices that define our live—and could just as easily destroy them
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Vroman’s Live: Michelle Huneven & Search at Vroman’s Bookstore – In-Person Event
Author Michelle Huneven will present and discuss her new novel, Search: A Novel.
In this story, Dana Potowski is a restaurant critic and food writer and a longtime member of a progressive Unitarian Universalist congregation in Southern California. Just as she’s finishing the book tour for her latest bestseller, Dana is asked to join the church search committee for a new minister. Under pressure to find her next book idea, she agrees, and resolves to secretly pen a memoir, with recipes, about the experience. That memoir, Search, follows the travails of the committee and their candidates–and becomes its own media sensation.
This wry and wise tale will speak to anyone who has ever gone searching, and James Beard Award-winning author Michelle Huneven’s food writing and recipes add flavor to the delightful journey. (Penguin Press)
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Vroman’s
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/michelle-huneven-discusses-search
Anansi Virtual Writers Workshop at The World Stage – In-Person Event
The Anansi Writers Workshop was founded in 1990 by Kamau Daáood, Akilah Oliver, Nafis Nabawi and Anthony Lyons. In 1993, Michael Datcher initiated the development of a three-part format for the workshop. Our tradition of a community workshop began in the late 1960s at the Watts Writers’ Workshop, where World Stage co-founder Kamau Daáood started his writing career. For general information and booking, contact V. Kali, the Anansi Writers Workshop Coordinator, at vkaliflowers@gmail.com.
• 7:30p.m.–8:30p.m. — Formal workshop;
• 8:30p.m.–9:00p.m. — Featured reader;
• 9:05p.m.–10:00p.m. — Open mic
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
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 Pam Ward.
Pam Ward is the author most recently of Between Good Men and No Man at All (World Stage Press, 2022). Author of two novels, Want Some Get Some, and Bad Girls Burn Slow, she is a California Arts Council Fellow, Pushcart nominee, and Art Center instructor/designer. Her poetry has been published in Calyx, Chiron, The Santa Monica Review, Voices of Leimert Park, and The Los Angeles Times. Pam’s writing sings of her beloved city in prismatic color.
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 or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wednesday-night-poetry-workshop-tickets-324998006787
Poetry Reading & Open Mic by Two Idiots Peddling Poetry & Tay Reem at The Ugly Mug – In-Person Event
Join Ben Trigg and Two Idiots Peddling Poetry at the Ugly Mug on Wednesday Nights.
The format is to welcome a featured poet for a reading, and also have an Open Mic reading. Tonight’s featured artist is Tay Reem.
Tay Reem is a published author and poet, born in Nigeria and raised in a small town in Maryland. Driven by the need to tell compelling stories, Reem began her journey to authorship at just 11 years old. She sought out to create similar worlds she was so fond of reading about as a means to temporarily escape reality. Her debut book, Tales of Woe, was published October 2020.
Inspired by her own childhood and every day human experiences, Reem channels her empathetic side as fuel for he r work. Her academic background in psychology and previous work as a behavioral analyst, prepared her for a universe of complicated characters portraying the light, the grey and the dark side of humanity. Her next book is set to do just that – tell real narratives about regular people who do what any of us would do given the right circumstance.
See site for details and/or to verify.
$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/events/Two-Idiot-Peddling_poetry/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/506019384586896
Meredith May Luncheon, with Steven Rowley, & I’ll Be You at Slay’s Italian Kitchen (Pages Bookstore) – In-Person Event
Join Pages’ luncheon launch event at Slay’s Italian Kitchen for Meredith May & her new book, Loving Edie, in conversation with author Steven Rowley(The Guncle).
From the author of The Honey Bus, Meredith May, comes a heartfelt memoir about raising a loveable but anxious golden retriever puppy named Edie, a wild and emotional journey of self-discovery and unconditional love, perfect for fans of Marley and Me and Dog Medicine.
NOTE: See site for ticket, cost, and event details.
Where: Pages Bookstore at Slay Italian Kitchen
Date: Thursday 28th
Time: 11:30 am
Address: 1001 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/luncheon-meredith-may-and-steven-rowleym/event/
Book Talk: Tony Shaw & Giora Goodman & HOLLYWOOD AND ISRAEL: A HISTORY via Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Event
Join us to hear authors Tony Shaw and Gloria Goodman in conversation with Michael Renov, discuss their newest book, HOLLYWOOD AND ISRAEL: A HISTORY
See site for details of the=is webinar.
NOTE: See site for book purchase and event details.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 4 pm PST
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/events/
Three Idiots Shouting Poetry Presents: Tresha Faye Haefner Reading – Online Event
Please join Three Idiots Shouting Poetry to hear Tresha Faue Haefner, poet, writer, editor, workshop facilitator, nd founder of The Poetry Salon. Los Angeles where she uses her knowledge to guide other writers into accessing their authentic, creative voice.
Tresha has learned at the feet of innovative poets such as Kim Addonizio, Sally Ashton, Ellen Bass, Matthew Dickman, Jack Grapes, Suzanne Lummis, Eloise Klein Healy, Naomi Shihab-Nye, and founder of the Poetry Depths Mystery School, Kim Rosen. Her own work has been published in several journals, including BloodLotus, The Cincinnati Review Fourth River, Hunger Mountain, Pirene’s Fountain, Poet Lore, Prairie Schooner, and Rattle. She is the recipient of the 2011 Robert and Adele Schiff Poetry Prize, the 2011 Alien Sloth Sex Award, a 2015 Pushcart nominee, and author of two chapbooks, The Lone Breakable Night and Take This Longing from Finishing Line Press.
NOTE: See site for link and event details.
Where: Three Idiots Shouting Poetry
Date: Thursday 28th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Three Idiots – Online (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/387739859875127/
Cover to Cover Book Club & The Midnight Library via Mid-Valley Regional Library, LAPL – Online Event
Please join the Cover to Cover Book Club to discuss this month’s selection, The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig.
E-mail npholan@lapl.org for the Zoom link.
Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.
NOTE: See site for link and event details.
Where: Mid-Valley Regional Library, LAPL – Online Event
Date: Thursday 28th
Time: 6 pm
Address: LAPL – Online (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/cover-cover-book-club-2
National Poetry Month Series: I Am America at Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join us virtually during National Poetry Month to hear local and national poets share poems about their diverse and rich cultural heritages representing everyday people who live, work, and build America from its past to its present and future.
Register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining.
Alixen Pham, poet/writer/artist, hosts this four-week Virtual Public Poetry Reading Series along with poets:
Myles Johnson N/A
Blake Johnson N/A
Meri Tumanyan is a school teacher, adjunct professor, mother, and has published two children’s books: Daddy’s Waltz and Mommy, The Dreamweaver, and the collection Love in the Time of Corona: Poems, .
Lois P. Jones is a poet whose first collection of poems, Night Ladder, was a finalist for the Lascaux Poetry Prize and semi-finalist for the Julie Suk Award. She hosts KPFK’s Poets Café in Los Angeles, is the Poetry Editor of Kyoto Journal and co-hosts the long running Moonday Poetry Series at Flintridge Bookstore.
Phil Venable is a poet and writer, and the author of Heron Clan Vill Poetry Anthology, and is the owner oof Soul City Sounds.
Melissa Ridley Elmes is a writer, scholar, educator, and the author of the collection, Arthurian Things, among other publications.
Sophia Rakel Armen is a poet and writer, and an ArmenianAamerican civil rights organizer from Los Angeles.
Tiffany Babb is apoet, cultural critic, and comics writer, and regular contributor to PanlexPanel Magazine. A List of Things I’ve Lost is her debut collection of poetry.
Lisbeth Coiman is a bilingual writer, educator, and cultural commentator from Venezuela. She is the author of two books: I Asked the Blue Heron, and Uprising/Alzamieno: Poems.
Ellen Webre ls a biracial poet and photographer, social media specialist for Two Idiots Peddling Poetry and Moon Tide Press. A Burning Lake of Paper Suns is her debut poetry collection.
NOTE: See site for link and event details.
Where: Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Date: Thursday 28th
Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: LAPL Online (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/national-poetry-month-series-i-am-america-1
LGBTQ Book Club & Plain Bad Heroines at Cellar Door Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join our LGBTQ Book Club, to read and discuss this month’s selection, Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth & Sar Lautman.
This novel is a romp and multi-faceted gothic saga which celebrates the female spirit. It’s a story within a story within a story and features black-and-white period-inspired illustrations/This modern masterwork of metafiction manages to be a spellbinding read.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Cellar Door Bookstore
Date: Thursday 28th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 5225 Canyon Crest Dr., #30A, Riverside, CA 92507
Website: https://www.cellardoorbookstore.com/event/lgbtq-book-club-plain-bad-heroines
DSTL Arts Workshop Presents Community Bridges: Queer Coded at Barnes & Noble Bookstore – Montclair – In-Person Event
Join us as we discuss the cultural, historical and artistic impact of the Civil Rights Era on our community today!
During this workshop we’ll discuss the use of poetry and art in expressing the concept of “the personal as political”, and how the LGBTQIA community has used the arts to empower generations of artists and communities. Participants will be guided through the process of crafting poetry/art influenced by the Civil Rights Era and the Gay Liberation Movement.
NOTE: See site for guidelines and event details. Register now at dstlarts.eventbrite.com
Where: DSTL Arts Workshop at Barnes & Noble – Montclair Plaza
Date: Thursday 28th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 5183 North Montclair Plaza Lane, Montclair, CA 91763
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-bridges-queercoded-tickets-317854079107?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Poetry Night: Elena Karina Byrne’s Launch of If This Makes You Nervous, with Yun Wang & Maureen Alsop, at Chevalier’s Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join us for Elena Karina Byrne’s book launch of If This Makes You Nervous, with special guest readers: Yun Wang, author of The Book of Mirrors, and Maureen Alsop, author of PYRE.
Elena Karina Byrne, former Regional Director of the Poetry Society of America, freelance editor, lecturer and events manager, is the author of numerous previous books, including: No, Don’t, Squander, MASQUE, and The Flammable Bird. She is now Ycompleting her first screenplays and collection of essays entitled Voyeur Hour.
Yun Wang is the author of poetry books “Going Faraway” (Chinese/English Bilingual, Salmon Poetry Press, Forthcoming 2025), “The Book of Mirrors” (Winner of the Twenty-Sixth White Pine Press Poetry Prize, 2021), “The Book of Totality” (Salmon Poetry Press, 2015), and “The Book of Jade” (Winner of the 15th Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize, Story Line Press, 2002), as well as a book of poetry translation, “Dreaming of Fallen Blossoms: Tune Poems of Su Dong-Po” (WhitePine Press, 2019).
Maureen Alsop, Ph.D. is the author of Pyre; Later, Knives & Trees; Mirror Inside Coffin; Mantic; Apparition Wren (also a Spanish Edition, Reyezuelo Aparición, translated by Mario Domínguez Parra); and several chapbooks. Her translations of the poetry of Juana de Ibarbou rou (Uruguay, 1892-1979) are available through Poetry Salzburg Review. She teaches online with the Poetry Barn. She is a Book Review Editor and Associate Poetry Editor at Poemeleon.
Gail Wronsky is the author, coauthor, or translator of twelve books of poetry and prose, including the poetry collections Imperfect Pastorals; Poems for Infidels; and Dying for Beauty. She has an MFA from the University of Virginia and a PhD from the University of Utah, and teaches at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
NOTE: See site to RSVP, for guidelines and event details.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 133 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Architecture and Beyond at the Los Feliz Library, LAPL via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Author Cristina Rice will present her book as part of the Architecture and Beyond lecture series at the Los Feliz Library, LAPL.
Christina Rice is the author of Mean…Moody…Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend.
Christina Rice offers the first biography of the actress and activist perhaps most well-known for her role in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). Despite the fact that her movie career was stalled for nearly a decade, Russell’s filmography is respectable. This stunning first biography offers a fresh perspective on a star whose legacy endures not simply because she forged a notable film career, but also because she effectively used her celebrity to benefit others.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/architecture-and-beyond-los-feliz-library-3
Kim Dower, with Ron Koertge, & I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom at Vroman’s – In-Person Event
Kim Dower, in conversation with Ron Koertge, Poet Laureate of South Pasadena, will present and discuss her latest book: I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom.
This anthology of her poems on being a mother–childbirth to empty nest–as well as being a daughter with all the teenaged messiness, drama and conflict, to finally caring for one’s mother suffering from dementia. Culled from her four collections as well as a selection of new work, these poems, heartbreaking, funny, surprising, and touching, explore the quirky, unexpected observations, and bittersweet moments mothers and daughters share. These evocative poems do not glorify mothers, but rather look under the hood of motherhood and explore the deep crevices and emotions of these impenetrable relationships: the love, despair, joy, humor and gratitude that fill our lives. (Red Hen Press)
NOTE: See site for tickets, guidelines, and details.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/kim-dower-reads-from-i-wore-this-dress-today-for-you-mom
FOS–Thursdays & FOST Artistic Collective present: Freedom of Speech Open Mic with Sabor y Cultura Café – In-Person & Online IG Event
Please help FOS’s in-person venue Sabor y Cultura with the link in the bio. Open Mic is currently only on IG Live at 8 pm PST, with sign-ups open on Wednesday at 3pm PST.
NOTE: See site for cost, event details.
Where: Freedom of Speech (FOS) Open Mic – In-Person & Online IG event
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: 665 N. Heliotrope Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.instagram.com/fos_thursdays/ or https://www.instagram.com/p/CbQpRzPv5qe/
The Den Petry Edition: Open Mic Poetry, DJ, Food & Drinks & More at Fernando Pullum Community Art Center – In-Person Event
Welcome to the Den Poetry Edition by Project Pit and come enjoy some amazing poetry and good vibes.
NOTE: See site for costs and event details.
Where: The Den by Project Pit
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 9 pm
Address: 3351 W. 43rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Celebrate Dia: Story Journeys with Karen Golden via Central Library, LAPL – Online Kids Event
Join Karen Golden on a journey around the world as she weaves Jewish, multicultural, personal, and family stories in a seamless, entertaining presentation.
Karen is currently a teaching artist with the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and founding director of Creative Learning Space, an academic and arts center for home-schooled children.
Streaming live on the library’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.
NOTE: See site for link and event details.
Where: Central Library, LAPL – Online Event
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 10 am
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/celebrate-dia-story-journeys-karen-golden
Book Release Party: John Cho & Troublemaker via Central Library, LAPL – Online YA Event
Join the Your Author Series to hear author and actor John Cho present his YA graphic novel, Troublemaker.
Former L.A. City Councilmember Michael Woo and filmmaker/researcher Carol Park join actor and author John Cho in celebrating the release of Troublemaker, John Cho’s middle-grade book set during the 1992 L.A. Uprising/Riots. This Future Ready Teens event will be moderated by teen members of the library’s Teens Leading Change initiative and the Koreatown Youth & Community Center’s Koreatown Storytelling Program.
Streaming live on the library’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.
Those attending the virtual program will have an opportunity to win a free book.
NOTE: See site for link and event details.
Where: Central Library, LAPL – Online Event
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 4 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-release-party-actor-author-john-cho
YALLWEST Fierce Friday Preview Event at Downtown Santa Monica Promenade – In-Person YA Event
Join the free YALLWEST YA Literary Festival Preview Event to kick off the festival weekend.
We’ll be kicking off the festival weekend with a night of signings, tomfoolery, swag giveaways — and more.
Fierce Friday Authors:
- Melissa de la Cruz
- Aminah Mae Safi
- Lizz Huerta
- Aiden Thomas
- Racquel Marie
- Julian Randall
- Mariko Tamaki
- Dhonielle Clayton
- Susan Dennard
- Melissa Albert
Books will be available for purchase at the event, but you can also bring your own books from home. Specific signing times to come.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Downtown Santa Monica – Promenade
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: 1351 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA 90401
South of Expo: Art, Artists, and Cultural Spaces Since the 1960s at USC Visions and Voices – In-Person Event
This inspiring two-day series of events explores the history and future of art, artists, activism, and cultural organizations in South Los Angeles.
On Friday, April 29, at the USC Roski School of Art and Design, renowned art historian and curator Dr. Kellie Jones will give a keynote lecture on her book, South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s. Jones’s lecture will provide context for three roundtables on Saturday, April 30, at the California African American Museum (CAAM). The first roundtable will explore the postwar histories of several Black arts institutions and community-engaged art practices in the Crenshaw-Leimert Park and West Adams neighborhoods. In the second roundtable, curators and directors from museums and artist-founded spaces will discuss new initiatives, programs, and challenges for art institutions in South L.A. today. At the third roundtable, a curator and a scholar will converse with a younger generation of cultural producers about current artistic practices and the larger cultural landscape in the South L.A. area. The program will culminate with a reception for participants and attendees at the USC Fisher Museum of Art courtyard.
NOTE: See site for further details.
Where: USC Visions and Voices
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 823 S. Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90089
Vroman’s Local Author Day: Dr. Ian Brooks, Shanti Hershenson, James Cox via Vroman’s – Online Event
Dr. Ian Brooks presents Intention, a step-by-step guide to transforming your story, by reinforcing and building new capabilities to move forward. This book will help you begin your personal journey if transformation.
Shanti Hershenson presents You Won’t Know Her Name, a haunting, shocking novel told in poetry. When a young middle school girl meets terrible challenges and dark moments, she finds the only way she can express her anger is through poetry. So when her school announces they will host an Open Mic night, she knows she has to enter it, which means she will have to face her demons.
James Cox presents Silver or Lead, which follows the aftermath of a horrific crime at his favorite coffee house. As authorities search for suspects, Teddy and his best firned are propelled into a world of bizarre characters, some real and some not. But all of whom lead him to a former life that might best be left buried.
NOTE: See site for link and details.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore – Online
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Vroman’s – Online (see site)
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/local-author-day-april-29
Sippin Poetry Open Mic Night at Sippin Poetry Location – In-Person Event
Welcome to an interactive live poetry event, including games, writing, and live music.
There will be writing activities throughout the night to get those creative juices pumping. The vibes of the night will be accompanied by a live band and vocalist. Also including performances from poets and spoken word artists that you won’t want to miss.
NOTE: See site for costs and event details.
Where: Sippin Poetry
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 7 pm – 10 pm
Address: 11401 Chandler Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 91601
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sippin-poetry-tickets-319311678827?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Little Vibe Friday Open Mic Night at Little Portion Social Center – In-Person Event
Welcome to the Little Vibe Friday Open Mic Night, a comfortable open mic for all artists and lovers of creativity, music and poetry.
NOTE: See site for costs and event details.
Where: Little Portion Social Center
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 8874 S, Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90003
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/little-vibe-friday-open-mic-night-tickets-315585132627?aff=erelpanelorg
Take the Mic: Open Mic Poetry Slam & Karaoke at Sips of Art – In-Person Event
We hope you’re ready to hear some of the hottest poets and singers that the West Coast has to offer. We’re blending poetry with karaoke for an evening to remember. This monthly vibe will sell out quickly so round up your crew and meet us on the stage! You bring your adult beverages and we’ll bring the fun! BYOB
All attendants must be 21+ with valid ID.
NOTE: See site for guidelines and event details.
Where: Sips of Art
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 8 pm -11:59 pm
Address: 776 Gladys Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Writing Workshop x Allegria Z. at Skies for Miles Boutique – In-Person Event
This is an ongoing weekly series is for anyone who has never written poetry before or wants to pick up writing again. Taught by Long Beach native, Alegria, author of Ella Es, this week’s emphasis is breaking away from perfection, but being disciplined artists with our skills.
NOTE: See site for costs and event details.
Where: Skies for Miles Boutique
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 10 am – 11 am
Address: 2741 East 4th St., Suite C, Long Beach, CA 90814
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-workshop-x-alegria-z-tickets-325394954067?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Middle Grade readers are invited to participate in our fun monthly book discussions.
This month’s selection for discussion is Wind in the Door, by author Madeleine Engel.
Please e-mail gkim@lapl.org for the Zoom login information.
NOTE: See site for link and event details.
Where: Palisades Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-middle-grade-readers-wind-door-madeleine-lengle
Independent Bookstore Day at Cellar Door Bookstore – In-Person & Online Event
11:00AM – Join us in virtually welcoming J. Drew Lanham, ornithologist, author, and famed Black Birder as he reads from his new book, Sparrow Envy.
2:00PM – Professor Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, winner of multiple awards for her poetry and activism, including receiving the American Book Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas, will be in store reading from her new book Look at This Blue. She’ll be signing as well.
5:00PM – Poet and UCR lecturer Rachelle Cruz, who won an American Book Award for God’s Will for Monsters, will be joining us virtually to read from her poetry.
NOTE: See site for details.
Where: Cellar Door Bookstore, Riverside
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 10 am – 6 pm
Address: 5225 Canyon Crest Dr., #30A, Riverside, CA
Website: https://www.cellardoorbookstore.com/event/indie-bookstore-day
Independent Bookstore Day at Flintridge Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join Flintridge Bookstore’s Independent Bookstore Day events to celebrate our 15th Birthday with local authors, activities, including:
10:30 AM-12:30 PM
Kim Fay, Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food and Love (Fiction)– National Bestseller & #1 Indie Next Pick. A witty and tender novel that follows two women in 1960s America as they discover that food really does connect us all, and that friendship and laughter are the best medicine.
John Glionna, Outback Nevada: Real Stories from the Silver State (Essays) – An exploration of the far-flung corners of Nevada, introducing readers to the state’s charming and courageous Americans. Written during Glionna’s work as a journalist for the Los Angeles Times and the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Rachel Montez Minor, The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars (Ages 3-6) – A lyrical celebration of the connections between parents, children, and the universe from actress, dancer, and singer Rachel Montez Minor (Illustrated by Annie Won).
Dannie & Dallas Raines (KABC Meteorologist), Chester and the Hot Air Balloon (Ages 5-12) – a charming tale featuring family pet, Chester, and Dallas up in the sky in a hot air balloon, introducing meteorological, climatological and earth science themes (Illustrated by Britanny Doney).
1:00-3:00 PM
Harlan Lebo, Citizen Kane, A Filmmaker’s Journey (Movie History) – A comprehensive history of the trials, tribulations, and triumphs behind the creation of one of the greatest films of all time, Orson Welles’s classic Citizen Kane.
Tori McCulloch, Women of Walt Disney Imagineering: 12 Women Reflect on Their Trailblazing Theme Park Careers (Memoir Anthology) – Each chapter written from an Imagineer’s unique perspective and experience by women who spent their careers telling stories in three dimensions for the public.
Oliver Uberti Atlas of the Invisible: Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World (Cartography/Graphic Design)—An unprecedented portrait of the hidden patterns in human society—visualized through the world of data. Winner of 2021 British Cartographic Society Awards.
POETRY READING 2:00-3:00 PM
Charlotte Innes, Twenty Pandemicals – Beautifully crafted poems depicting the collective doubts and hopes of America’s anxious lockdown months – from a review by Ned Balbo
Beth Ruscio, Speaking Parts – Lyrical meditations reminding us that to speak for others also allows us to speak most eloquently for those many interior aspects of ourselves. – from a review by David St. John
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Flintridge Bookstore
Date: Saturday 30th
Time: 10:30 am – 3 pm
Address: 858 Foothill Blvd., La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011
Independent Bookstore Day at Pages Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join Pages’ Independent Bookstore Day events with local authors, giveaways and exclusive items, including:
12-1 pm Meet author Lauren McBrayer! Lauren will be signing copies of her debut novel, Like a House on Fire.
2-4 pm Meet local authors and get your book signed! Joining us will be cookbook author Christina Minutillo, children’s book authors Charlee & Daniel Wickemeyer, Jeni Morrison and the author of Circus at the End of the End of the Sea, Lori Snyder!
Don’t forget to sign up for Zibby Owen’s #22in22 so when you visit {pages} you’ll be entered to win a $100 gift card!
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Saturday 30th
Time: 10:30 am – 6 pm
Address: 1001 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/independent-bookstore-day-22
Indie Book Store Field Trips #3: Page Against the Machine & Bel Canto Bookstore (Long Beach) – In-Person Event
YOU are invited to come join us for:
Indie Bookstore Field Trips around Southern California!
Once a month, we’ll host a FREE Saturday morning meetup at 1–2 bookstores in varying neighborhoods around SoCal. We’ll begin with free browsing time and end by circling up outside to introduce ourselves and share about any new books we bought or discovered. In certain months, we may even be given private tours by the bookshop owners, as well!
NOTE: See site for Registration & details.
Where: Page Against the Machine (PATM)
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 11 am
Address: 2714 East 4th St., Long Beach, CA 90814
Radical Bookstore Day: Briana Muñoz Signing at Midnight Bookstore – In-Person Event
Briana Munoz will present and sign her poetry collection Everything Is Returned to the Soil.
This book confronts social injustices while proving that emotional vulnerability is not a hindrance, The author examines and reflects on the experiences, conflicts and complexities of life.
NOTE: See site for costs, link, and details.
Where: Midnight Bookstore/Community Space
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 11 am
Address: 7201 Greenleaf Ave., Suite D, Whittier, Ca 90602
Website: N/A
YALLWEST Middle Grade Keynote Event at Downtown Santa Monica High School – In-Person YA Event
Join the free YALLWEST YA Literary Festival Middle Grade Keynote Event to hear: Julian Randall, author of Pilar Ramirez and Escape from Zata, and Raphael Simon, author of The Anti-Book.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Santa Monica High School – Cafeteria
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time:12 pm
Address: 601 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yallwest-mg-keynote-tickets-318655175207?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Poetry Workshop: Poetry of Grief and Healing, with Jodi Hollander via Vroman’s – Online Zoom Event
Jodi Hollander presents a Poetry Workshop on Grief and Healing, through an examination of examples of such writings, writing prompts to write about our own experiences, and discussion of techniques, craft, and writing instruction.
NOTE: See site for costs, link, and details.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore – Online
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 1 pm – 4 pm
Address: Vroman’s (see site)
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/poetry-workshop-jodie-hollander
International Poetry Film Festival 2022 at Beyond Baroque – In-Person Event
Join Beyond Baroque for the inaugural screening of the International Poetry Film Festival 2022, an all-day festival of poetry-based films screened in our historic theatre in Venice, California.
This event features over 40 poetry-based films from 12 countries, each unique in its exploration of merging both visual and literary art forms. Poem-based filmmakers have been increasingly interested in interpreting poetry in visual terms and exploring the use of poems as the spine of their stories, not just as script, but as the visual expression of movement of words.
Co-curated by festival founder Lynn Holley, films will be screened at our newly renovated and historic theater in any of four categories: Animation, Experimental, Documentary, and Narrative. Screenings will be accompanied by poetry readings form special guests.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and event details.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 2 pm – 9 pm
Address: 681 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90291
Website: http://www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-film-festival-hollywood-2022-tickets-320075573657
LitFest Pasadena Festival 2022: Opening Day Events at Mountain View Mausoleum – In-Person Event
Join the LitFest Pasadena Festival for the first day of events, to be held at Mountain View Mausoleum, meeting in the Old Radiance and Chapel of the Gardens locations.
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm:
The Geography of Crime panel suggests it’s easy to forget that LA is much more than the projection of Hollywood. Steph Cha, Claire Phillips, Jervey Tervalon & Antoine Wilson will discuss the LA novel, linked inevitably with the noir genre.
“Brown and Deep Green Hills:” LA’s Speculative Lens: Octavia Butler’s phrase reflects her understanding that location informs every bit of who you are. Dr. Jalondra Davis, Natashia Deon, & Nicole D. Scoriers speak of their speculative fiction, their LA experiences, and the city they mined ofr this work—and the layers beneath.
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm:
True Crime: Authors of all types of True Crime gather to discuss methods of delving into this world. Featuring: Liz Brown, Julia Brocklin, Frank Girardot, Jr., Christine Pelisek, and Jillian Lauren, moderator.
When the Dark Side Calls: Dissecting Our Love of Horror: Is there something “wrong” with us for loving horror? Authors Carlos Allende, Peter Atkins, Jo Kaplan & Michael Paul Gonzalez discuss this topic and what draws them to this genre for social commentary, metaphysical speculation, and even humor.
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm:
Mysterious Dimensions: Why are we drawn to a puzzle and yearn of the answer? This panel of Wendy Heard, Joe Ide, Kwai Qwarty, Pamela Samuels Young, and moderator Gary Phillips will discuss this topic.
Sci-Fi, Race, and Empowerment: How Octavia Butler changed the literary landscape. Shonda Buchanan will lead a discussion of how science fiction and near future literature and the racialization of the future equaled empowerment in the world of Octavia Butler.
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm:
In Conversation: Michael Connelly & Greg Hurwitz. How have these two acclaimed authors and veteran thrill crime writers of now iconic heroes (Harry Bosch and Evan Smoak) maintain interest in their characters and stories, how does novel writing affect screen writing, and what is lost in translation?
NOTE: See site for complete schedule, locations, and event details.
Where: Mountain View Mausoleum
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 2 pm – 8 pm
Address: 2300 N. Marengo Ave., Altadena, CA 91101
Website: https://litfestpasadena.org/schedule/
YALLWEST Book Festival 2022 at Santa Monica High School, PM Keynote – In-Person Event
Join YALLWEST 2022, an author a teen-run YA and middle grade book festival and non-profit, with the goal of getting books in the hands of those in need and saying the words to get them to open them.
This event features a Keynote Event with New York Times bestselling authors Taherer Mafi, author of This Woven Kingdom,and Ann Todd, author of After.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and event details.
Where: Yallwest at Santa Monica High School, Barnum Hall
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 601 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90450
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yallwest-pm-keynote-tickets-318655807097?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Michelle Huneven & Search at Diesel Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join us to hear author Michelle Huneven present and sign her latest book, Search: A Novel.
Dana Potowski is a restaurant critic and food writer and a longtime member of a progressive Unitarian Universalist congregation in Southern California. Just as she’s finishing the book tour for her latest bestseller, Dana is asked to join the church search committee for a new minister. Under pressure to find her next book idea, she agrees, and resolves to secretly pen a memoir, with recipes, about the experience. That memoir, Search, follows the travails of the committee and their candidates — and becomes its own media sensation.
Where: Diesel Bookstore – in the Courtyard
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: https://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/michelle-huneven-search
Daniel Olivas & How to Date a Flying Mexican via LibroMobile– Online IG Event
Daniel Olivas will present and discuss his most recent book, How to Date A Flying Mexican.
This collection of stories derived from Chicano and Mexican culture but ranges through fascinating literary worlds of magical realism, fairy tales, fables, and dystopian futures.
NOTE: See site for link, and details.
Where: LibroMobile – Online IG Event
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 3 pm
Address: LibroMobile (see site)
Saturday Afternoon Poetry & Publishing Party – Off-Site In-Person Event & Via Zoom
Join us at Saturday Afternoon Poetry off-site at My Place Café in Pasadena (and via the usual Zoom portal) for a Publishing Party for SPECTRUM 31: Well Done, with G.T. Foster.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: My Place Café & via ZOOM portal online
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 2057 N. Los Robles, Pasadena, CA
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
YALLWEST All Star Smackdown Event at Santa Monica High School – In-Person YA Event
Join the free YALLWEST YA Literary Smackdown Event to close the festival weekend. This all-star jam brings the cast of our features authors on-stage for a grand finale and program of entertainment, hosted by Melissa De La Cruz and Abdi Nazemian.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Barnum Hall – Santa Monica High School
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 5 pm – 6:30 pm
Address: 601 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yallwest-smackdown-tickets-318444525147?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
LA Poet Society & Fusion LA Presents: Acid Verse Official Release Party – In-Person Event
Join us at Botanical Wellness Bar in Pasadena for the release party for the Acid Verse #2 anthology published by LA Poet Society. This is a collaboration to promote artistic community and diversity through art.
Where: Lifted Botanical Wellness Bar
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 600 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Slow Lightning Lit – Odd Sundays Readings & Open Mic with Peggy Dobreer via Zoom Online – Online Event
Join host Peggy Dobreer for Slow Lightning Lit – Odd Sundays Series, featuring Dorothy Durac and Maggie Bloomfield, with musical guests and Open Reading.
Maggie Bloomfield is a poet, writer, educator and psychotherapist who has worked off Broadway for thirty years. She has numerous publications, including a chapbook, Trains of Thought, published by Local Gems Press, LI.
Dorothy Durac N/A
Where: Slow Lightning Lit Series & Open Mic – Online
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 12 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: Go to adhocink@yahoo.com to receive a direct Zoom link for the event.
Outdoor Lit Book Club & Blue Highways at Cellar Door Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join us for our Outdoor Lit Book Club to discuss this month’s selection, Blue Highways: A Journey into America, by William Least Heat-Moon & Bill McKibben.
This is an autobiographical travel book and it tells of a 13,000-mile journey around the back roads of America, full of adventures, discoveries, and reflections on extraordinary people met along the way.
Where: Cellar Door Bookstore, Riverside
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 2 pm
Address: 5225 Canyon Crest Dr., #30A, Riverside, CA
Website: https://www.cellardoorbookstore.com/event/outdoor-lit-book-club-blue-highways
Glenn Boozan & Priscilla White & There Are Moms Way Worse Than You at Diesel Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join us to hear author Glenn Boozan (and illustrator Priscilla White) present their book, There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent.
With wit and compassion, this book reminds the reader that it’s hard to be a perfect parent, and it goes on to examine the many weird examples and habits of many animal parents in the natural world to make the point.
Where: Diesel Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 3 pm – 4 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Suite 33, Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: https://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/glenn-boozan-worse-moms
Sunday Jump: Intention Open Mic at Pilipino Workers Center – In-Person Event
Join us for the return of Sunday Jump Open Mic which opens our 10th season!
Our theme this year is “in(ten)tion,” and begins a journey of purpose, embracing mistakes, and being present in all aspects of our lives. We maintain a safe space to share stories and create genuine connections through the arts.
Featured artists include:
Isha Sakhalkar (she/her), singer/songwriter from California.
CAMPING (he/him), singer songwriter
Traci kato kiriyama (they/she), is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer/author, actor, arts educator & community organizer. They have most recently released their book Navigating With(out) Instruments. Since 1996, she has performed and written for theatre tours, productions, artist residencies, and performance collaborations in hundreds of venues throughout the country.
NOTE: See site for details and guidelines.
Where: Sunday Jump: Intention Open Mic at Pilipino Workers Center
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 5 pm- 7 pm
Address: 153 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
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