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We love us some Emily Henry romances! And now that her newest book, Great Big Beautiful Life, is coming out on Tuesday, April 22nd, we couldn’t not throw a midnight release party for our romance loving community! 

Join us on Monday night, April 21st from 10:00pm to midnight for games, activities, trivia, and wine! And at midnight on the dot, you’ll get your copy of Great Big Beautiful Life! 

Purchase your book bundle below. One (1) ticket for $34.66 gets you one (1) book, as well as access to the festivities

About Great Big Beautiful Life: Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years—or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the twentieth century. When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game. One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over. Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication. Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition. But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room. And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad…depending on who’s telling it.

Where: Cellar Door Books

Date: Monday the 21^st

Time: 10 pm – 12 am

Address: 473 E. Alessandro Blvd., Suite B, Riverside, CA 92508

Virtual Book Club: The Heart of Winter via La Crescenta Library, LACL – In-Person Event

Join us for our weekly Virtual Book Club on Zoom. In April we will be discussing The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison. If you have like to get the link to join the virtual book club, please email mwiggins@library.lacounty.gov For adults.

We will be discussing the following section:

April 22: Is This What you think—Pages 269—to the end of the book

Where: La Crescenta Library, LACL

Date: Tuesday the 22^nd

Time: 11 am – 12 pm

Address: Online Event (see site)

Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/13216667

National Poetry Month: Poetry Zinesat Compton Library, LACL – In-Person Teen Event

Celebrate National Poetry Month by creating your own poetry zine! Be a poet, illustrator, and publisher all in one with a DIY mini-magazine reflective of you. We’ll supply the materials; you supply the inspiration! For teens ages 12 – 18.

Where: Compton Library, LACL

Date: Tuesday the 22^nd

Time: 4 pm – 5 pm

Address: 240 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220

Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/13293231

Brain Trust Workshop: Words of the Wild: Exploring Nature and Poetry at The Poetry Lab – Online Event

Celebrate National Poetry Month with instructor Angel Yeh in the workshop titled Words of the Wild: Exploring Nature and Poetry.

Angela Yeh is an East Coast Canadian native who grew up a stone’s throw from Stephen King’s Maine. She graduated with a BA in Psychology and Literature at Mount Allison University. She has had many non-fiction articles published by DIYMFA.com, and most recently, a few with The Poetry Lab. Her poetry appears in the Monterey Poetry Review, Bright Orchards, and Bread ’N Molasses. Her one foray into horror was published Pink Chair Storytellers by LivingCrue magazine. She lives among the tall pines of Texas with her two human children, three cranky fur babies and one magical willow tree that calls herself Maddie

NOTE: See site for details and sliding cost scale..

Where: The Poetry Lab

Date: Tuesday the 22^nd

Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Address: Online Zoom Event (see site)

Website: https://www.thepoetrylab.com/braintrust

Phy-Sci Book Club: Silent Spring Revolution (Last 2/3 of book) at Cellar Door Bookstore – In-Person Event

Participants will discuss the last 2/3 of Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening by author Douglas Brinkley.

New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.

In Silent Spring Revolution, Douglas Brinkley pays tribute to those who combated the mauling of the natural world in the Long Sixties: Rachel Carson (a marine biologist and author), David Brower (director of the Sierra Club), Barry Commoner (an environmental justice advocate), Coretta Scott King (an antinuclear activist), Stewart Udall (the secretary of the interior), William O. Douglas (Supreme Court justice), Cesar Chavez (a labor organizer), and other crusaders are profiled with verve and insight.

Where: Cellar Door Bookstore

Date: Tuesday the 22^nd

Time: 6 pm

Join us to welcome Matthew Specktor, in conversation with, to discuss The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood.

A personal and cultural exploration of the struggles between art and business at the heart of modern Hollywood, through the eyes of the talent that shaped it.

Matthew Specktor grew up in the film industry: the son of legendary CAA superagent Fred Specktor, his childhood was one where Beau Bridges came over for dinner, Martin Sheen’s daughter was his close friend, and Marlon Brando left long messages on the family answering machine. He would eventually spend time working in Hollywood himself, first as a reluctant studio executive and later as a screenwriter.

Now, withThe Golden Hour, Specktor blends memoir, cultural criticism, and narrative history to tell the story of the modern motion picture industry—illuminating the conflict between art and business that has played out over the last seventy-five years in Hollywood. Braiding his own story with that of his father, mother (a talented screenwriter whose career was cut short), and figures ranging from Jack Nicholson to CAA’s Michael Ovitz, Specktor reveals how Hollywood became a laboratory for the eternal struggle between art, labor, and capital.

Matthew Specktor is the author of the novels American Dream Machine and That Summertime Sound, and the nonfiction books The Sting and Always Crashing in the Same Car. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Paris Review, The Believer, Tin House, Vogue, GQ, Black Clock, and Open City. He has been a MacDowell Fellow and is a founding editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books. He resides in Los Angeles.

Tom Bissell is the author of eleven books, the most recent of which is Creative Types and Other Stories. His accolades include the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a WGA Award. As a screenwriter, he coadapted The Mosquito Coast, based on Paul Theroux’s novel, for Apple+, and wrote three episodes for the second and final season of Star Wars: Andor, for Disney+.

Where: Diesel, A Bookstore

Date: Tuesday the 22^nd

Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Address: 225 26^th St., #33., Santa Monica, CA 90402

Website: https://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/Matthew-Specktor-April-22-Author-signing

Conchas y Café Bilingual Writing Zine Workshop via DSTL Arts – Online Event

Our Conchas y Café bilingual community writing workshop series is a 15-week virtual course that explores skills in poetry and other forms of creative writing. Writers of all skill levels are welcome to join.

The SPRING 2025 SEMESTER will culminate with the publishing of Conchas y Café Zine; Vol. 10, Issue 2.

The theme we will be exploring during this series and zine is the concept: “TBD.”

Days and Times: Tuesdays (weekly); 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

To enroll in our series, visit: https://classroom.google.com

Nuestra serie de clases bilingües comunitarias de escritura ‘Conchas y Café’ es un curso virtual de 15 semanas que explora técnicas poéticas y otras formas de escritura creativa. Autores de todo nivel técnico son bienvenidos a participar.

Where: DSTL Arts

Date: Tuesday the 22^nd (through May 6, 2025)

Time: 6:30 pm – 8 pm

Address: Online Event

Website: https://www.dstlarts.org/calendar

Open Mic Readings Every Tuesday at the Aftermath Bar, Sherman Oaks – In-Person Event

CALLING ALL WRITERS! Every Tuesday we’ll be having Open Mic Readings open to the public! Read your poems, fiction, and spoken word at our open mic reading EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT from 7 pm – 10 pm!

Read your poetry, fiction, spoken word or lyrics.

Free event. 21+

Note: Please RSVP at site.

Where: The Aftermath Bar

Date: Tuesday the 22^nd

Time: 7 pm – 10 pm

Sister, Sinner chronicles the dramatic rise, disappearance, and near-fall of Aimee Semple McPherson, America’s most famous woman evangelist.

On a spring day in 1926, Aimee Semple McPherson wandered into the Pacific Ocean and vanished. Weeks later she reappeared in the desert, claiming to have been kidnapped. A national media frenzy and months of investigation ensued. Who was this woman?

America’s most famous evangelist, McPherson was a sophisticated marketer who used spectacle, storytelling, and the newest technology—including her own radio station—to bring God’s message to the masses. Her innovations brought Pentecostalism into the mainstream, paved the way for televangelists, and shaped the future of American Christianity. Her Angelus Temple in Echo Park, Los Angeles, can be called the first megachurch. Her Foursquare Church continues, with more than eight million faithful around the world.

But after her disappearance, as crowds gathered at the water’s edge, people asked: Was McPherson everybody’s saintly sister, or a con-artist sinner? The story of what happened next—sex scandals, religious persecution, legal shenanigans, the seemingly unshakable faith of thousands of followers, and the race to cover it all—runs through the center of Claire Hoffman’s thrilling Sister, Sinner.

A riveting journey into the rise of popular religion in America and life in early Hollywood, told with the flavor of the period’s noir mysteries, this is an unforgettable story of an iconic woman, largely overlooked, who changed the world.

Where: Book Soup

Date: Tuesday the 22^nd

Time: 7 pm – 8 pm

Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069

Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/claire-hoffman

Romance Book Club: Great Big Beautiful Life at pages: a bookstore – In-Person Event

Romance Book Club meets monthly, generally on the third Tuesday at 7:00 pm. Book selection is done by voting prior to each meeting on the next month’s book.

Participants will discuss the April selection, Great Big Beautiful Life, by author Emily Henry.

Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping novel from Emily Henry.

Where: pages: a bookstore

Date: Tuesday the 22^nd

Time: 7 pm

Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

Website: https://pagesabookstore.com/event/2025-04-22/romance-book-club

Book Release: College Ruled Notebook at Stories Books & Café – In-Person Event

Featuring readings by Wilhelm Sitz, Enily Krisky, and more.

To celebrate the release of College Ruled Notebook.

Where: Stories Books & Café

Date: Tuesday the 22^nd

Time: 7 pm – 9 pm

Address: 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026

Website: https://storiesla.com/events

Sci-Fi Fantasy Book Club: Water Moon at Village Well Books & Coffee – In-Person Event

The Village Well Book Club offshoot, the Sci-fi Fantasy Book Club! To the Tolkien nerds, SJM stans, and R.F. Kuang enjoyers, this group is for you! On the fourth Tuesday of every month, we will come together and discuss a story that falls within the realms of either science fiction or fantasy (or sometimes both!). To join our emailing list, reach out to events@villagewell.com.

This month’s pick is Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao.

On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant. And only the chosen ones—those who are lost—will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets.

Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop’s new owner to find it ransacked, the shop’s most precious acquisition stolen, and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike its other customers, for he offers help instead of seeking it.

Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hana’s father and the stolen choice—by way of rain puddles, rides on paper cranes, the bridge between midnight and morning, and a night market in the clouds.

But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her own—and risk making a choice that she will never be able to take back.

Note: Please RSVP at site.

Where: Village Well Books & Coffee

Date: Tuesday the 22^nd

Time: 7 pm – 8 pm

Address: 9900 Culver Blvd. #1B, Culver City, CA 90232

Website: https://shop.villagewell.com/eventsng491820250422

The Virtual Cobalt Series & Open Mic: Rick Lupert & Guest Ally Ang – Online Zoom Event

Cobalt Poets Reading & Open Mic and host Rick Lupert welcomes guest Ally Ang to read and discuss his work.

Ally Ang is a gaysian poet and editor based in Seattle, Washington. Their work has been published in Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology, Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color, Foglifter, Columbia Journal, and elsewhere.

Where: Cobalt Poets – Online Zoom Event

Date: Tuesday, the 22^nd

Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

The nation’s largest weekly spoken word Open Mic event is 26 years strong. DPL is a community space for every poet to be heard. They provide a platform to celebrate poetry while using it as the foundation for creativity, innovation, and expression across an array of media outlets.

$10 donation. Do NOT line up prior to 7:30 pm Free parking adjacent to the theater.

Masks are encouraged. All ages are welcome.

Where: Greenway Court Theatre

Date: Tuesday, the 22^nd

Time: 9 pm – 11 pm

Participants will discuss Double or Nothing by author Kim Sherwood

James Bond is missing and time is running out.

Meets at 9:00 am on the fourth Wednesday of each month. We think talking about books is the best way to start a morning! Find out what the next book is below.

Books are available in print, and when possible as an e-book and a digital audiobook.

We also recommend some of our favorite breakfast options! Grab a tea or coffee with sweet cream from Black Cow Cafe.

Where: Once Upon a Time

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 9 am

Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020

Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/mystery-book-group-double-or-nothing-kim-sherwood

Adult Book Club: The Library Book at Washington Irving Branch Library, LAPL – In-Person Event

Join us for a lively discussion of the novel The Library Book by Susan Orlean.

Where: Washington Irving Branch Library, LAPL

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 12 pm

Address: 4117 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/washington-irving-adult-book-club-7

Poets Café via KPFK 90.7 FM – Live On-Air Event

Poets Café celebrates Poetry. This program is a weekly half-hour literary arts discussion and reading program featuring guest authors and their works.

Poetry From Around the World is a segment of this series offered monthly on the 2^nd Monday of the month on KPFK Los Angeles 90.7 FM.

NOTE: See site for details.

Where: KPFK 90.7 FM

Date: Wednesday, the 23^rd

Time: 2 pm – 2:30 pm

Address: On-air Event (live)

Where: Studio City Branch Library, LAPL

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 4 pm – 5 pm

Address: 12511 Moorpark St., Studio City, CA 91604

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/kids-creative-writing-workshop-0

Otis Visiting Writer Series: Anna Qu via Otis College of Art & Design – Online Zoom Event

Anna Qu is a Chinese American writer. Her critically acclaimed debut memoir Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick. Her work has appeared in Poets & Writers, Lithub, Threepenny Review, Lumina, Kartika, Kweli, and Vol.1 Brooklyn, among others. She was a spring 2023 Shearing Fellow at UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Sarah Lawrence College and serves as theNonfiction Editor at Kweli Journal. Qu teaches at Catapult, Monmouth University and the low residency MFA program at New England College.

Where: Otis College of Art & Design

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 4 pm

Address: Online Event (see site)

Contact store for details.

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

Website: https://pagesabookstore.com/event/2025-04-23/middle-grade-book-club

Book Club: Deamon Copperhead at Montebello Library, LACL – In-Person Event

Join us for a special discussion on the novel Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. There are copies available at the Circulation Desk upon request.

Where: Montebello Library, LACL

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 5 pm – 6 pm

Address: 1550 W. Beverly Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640

Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/13252500

Book Club: The Art Thief at Valley Plaza Branch Library, LAPL – In-Person Event

Join us for a lively literary discussion at our new book club for adults. You may check out the book (or e-book) for free with your library card.

April 23: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Where: Valley Plaza Branch Library, LAPL

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 6 pm – 7:15 pm

Address: 12311 Vanowen St., North Hollywood, CA 91605

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-26

Sci-Fi Short Story Club: “Mrs. Caliban” by Rachel Ingalls, with Guest Kate Folk at Mark Twain Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event

Explore the fantastic and fabulous 1983 novella Mrs. Caliban with sci-fi lovers from across the universe via Zoom. This month’s reading was selected by author Kate Folk who will join our conversation, celebrating the release of her debut novel Sky Daddy.

RSVP:

RSVP here or email mtwain@lapl.org for the Zoom link.

Where: Mark Twain Branch Library, LAPL

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 6 pm

Address: Online Event (see site)

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/sci-fi-short-story-club-mrs-caliban-rachel-ingalls-guest-kate-folk

The Canyon Readers Collective Book Club: The Overstory at Topanga Library, LACL – In-Person Event

Join us for a special Earth Day discussion of the novel, The Overstory by Richard Powers, a powerful story that intertwines the lives of humans and trees.

Where: Topanga Library, LACL

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 6 pm – 7 pm

Address: 122 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, CA 90290

Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/13322993

Reading in Bed with Jessica: L.A. Poet Society via 101.5 FM – Live On-Air Event

Reading in Bed with Jessica hosts poets and writers in conversation and is aired weekly on 101.5 FM.

Jessica Wilson Cardenas is the founder of the Los Angeles Poet Society.

Guests: TBA

This program is offered weekly on radio in Los Angeles 101.5 FM.

NOTE: See site for details.

Where: 101.5 FM

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 6 pm – 8 pm

Address: On-air Event (live at 101.5 FM)

Website: https://www.lapoetsociety.org/events

Romantasy Book Club: Quicksilver at Agoura Hills Library In-Person Event

Participants will discuss Quicksilver by author Callie Hart.

Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen’s reservoirs for as long as she can remember. But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone. When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently reopens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. Death has a name. It is Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate. His past is murky. His attitude stinks. And he’s the only way Saeris is going to make it home.

Where: Agoura Hills Library, LACL

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 6:30 pm

Address: 12511 Moorpark St., Studio City, CA 91604 

Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/13087753 

Makenna Held & Mostly French: Recipes from a Kitchen in Provence (a Cookbook) at Diesel, A Bookstore – In-Person Event

Makenna Held will discuss Mostly French: Recipes from a Kitchen in Provence (a Cookbook) 

Makenna Held bought La Pitchoune, Julia Child’s summer home in Provence sight-unseen in 2016, when she came across a listing for it in The New York Times. Today, she operates the home as the Courageous Cooking School. She was the host of La Pitchoune: Cooking in France on the Magnolia Network, a seven-part show that featured Makenna and her fellow teachers as they welcomed guests to La Peetch for a week-long cooking class. A graduate of Smith College, she and Julia share an alma mater, and Makenna has appeared in Vogue, Eater, Condé Nast Traveler, Boston Magazine, among other media outlets.

​​​​​​​Where: Diesel, A Bookstore

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 6:30 pm

Address: 225 26^th St., #33, Santa Monica, CA 90402

The Martin Luther King Jr. of popular memory vanquished Jim Crow in the South. But in this myth-shattering book, award-winning and New York Times bestselling historian Jeanne Theoharis argues that King’s time in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago—outside Dixie—was at the heart of his campaign for racial justice. King of the North follows King as he crisscrosses the country from the Northeast to the West Coast, challenging school segregation, police brutality, housing segregation, and job discrimination. For these efforts, he was relentlessly attacked by white liberals, the media, and the federal government.

In this bold retelling, King emerges as a someone who not only led a movement but who showed up for other people’s struggles; a charismatic speaker who also listened and learned; a Black man who experienced police brutality; a minister who lived with and organized alongside the poor; and a husband who—despite his flaws—depended on Coretta Scott King as an intellectual and political guide in the national fight against racism, poverty, and war.

King of the North speaks directly to our struggles over racial inequality today. Just as she restored Rosa Parks’s central place in modern American history, so Theoharis radically expands our understanding of King’s life and work—a vision of justice unfulfilled in the present.

Where: Book Soup

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 7 pm – 8 pm

Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069

Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/jeanne-theoharis-conversation-robin-dg-kelley-discusses-signs-king-north-martin-luther-king

RECESS Open Mic is at SIPA HQ, Palms Up Academy – In-Person Event

RECESS Open Mic is at SIPA HQ on Wednesdays.

This dynamic open mic is the most accessible public program in the Palms Up Academy curriculum and manifests their mission statement in a physical (and digital) space.

Join them at the intersection of Historic Filipino town & The World: Search to Involve Pilipino Americans.

NOTE: See site for RSVP, cost, guidelines, and details.

Where: SIPA HQ

Date: Wednesday, the 23^rd

Time: 7 pm – 9:30 pm (Doors at 6:30; Open Mic at 8 pm)

Address: 3200 W. Temple St., Ste. 100, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Website: https://www.palmsupacademy.com

Vroman’s Fiction Reading Group: The Last Unicorn at Vroman’s – In-Person Event

Vroman’s Fiction Reading Group participants will discuss The Last Unicorn by author Peter Beagle.

The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone…

…so she ventured out from the safety of the enchanted forest on a quest for others of her kind. Joined along the way by the bumbling magician Schmendrick and the indomitable Molly Grue, the unicorn learns all about the joys and sorrows of life and love before meeting her destiny in the castle of a despondent monarch—and confronting the creature that would drive her kind to extinction….

In The Last Unicorn, renowned and beloved novelist Peter S. Beagle spins a poignant tale of love, loss, and wonder that has resonated with millions of readers around the world..

Where: Vroman’s

Date: Wednesday the 23^rd

Time: 7 pm – 8 pm

Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101

Website: https://vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-04-23/vromans-fiction-reading-group

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.

• 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm — Formal workshop;
• 8:30 pm – 9:00 pm — TBA;
• 9:05 pm – 10:00 pm — Open mic.

Suggested: $10.00 Donation via PayPal: The World Stage Gallery.

NOTE: See site for further details and any change in the schedule. Contact kaliflowers@gmail.com or call (323) 293-2451. 

Where: The World Stage

Date: Wednesday, the 23^rd

Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm

Address: 4321 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008

Website: https://www.instagram.com/p/DH_iBedvp6E/

Wednesday Night Poetry Workshop with Tom Laichas via Beyond Baroque – Online Event

The West Coast’s longest-running free poetry workshop is offered by Beyond Baroque on Zoom and welcomes new and seasoned poets to share their work and provide feedback. Please be prepared to share one poem. This workshop will be hosted via the Zoom video-conferencing platform. Please be prepared to share one poem.

Please spend some time before the workshop learning how to share documents via Zoom. It will keep the session moving if you’re able to make your poem viewable quickly and easily. An instructive video is available at the site.

The workshop can sometimes reach high levels of attendance, which means not everyone will get a chance to read every session.

Tom Laichas is author of four books of poetry, including Three Hundred Streets of Venice California (FutureCycle Press, 2023) and the forthcoming Landscapes From An American Afterlife (The Los Angeles Press, 2025). His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Plume, BarBar, The Los Angeles Times, the Irish Times, The High Window Review (UK), and elsewhere. He is the winner of poetry prizes from Jabberwock Review, Puerto del Sol, and Prime 53, and has been shortlisted in competitions sponsored by The Moth (Ireland), Aesthetica, Arts & Letters, New Letters and Gunpowder Press. He lives with his family in Venice, California.

NOTE: See site for further details, tickets, and information. 

Where: Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center

Date: Wednesday, the 23^rd

Time: 8 pm – 10 pm

Address: Online event (see site)

Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wednesday-night-poetry-workshop-tickets-1329169996239?aff=erelexpmlt

Poetry Nights with East Los Soul at East Los Angeles Rising Youth Club – In-Person Event

East Los Soul presents Poetry Nights every Wednesday from 8 pm – 9:45 pm at East L.A. Rising Youth Club. Poetry starts at 8:15 pm.

This week’s event is titled Ghosts & Echoes,

Hosted by John White, with vibes by DJ Hennytee.

Where: East Los Angeles Rising Youth Club

Date: Wednesday, the 23^rd

Time: 8 pm – 9:45 pm (Doors at 7:30)

Host Ben Trigg and Two Idiots Peddling Poetry welcome featured guest Pastiche Queen.

Pastiche Queen (They/Them) is a non-binary latindigenous, interdisciplinary performance artist from Denver, CO currently based in Hollywood, CA. Their work as an actor and slam poet has been featured on AppleTV’s “Dear: Viola Davis”, and Facebook’s “Queer Community Leaders of Color Initiative”. Pastiche’s one-person show, originally developed as part of The REDCAT partnership with Da Poetry Lounge in 2022, “Level One Gygax”, won The Theatricum Botanicum Wordsmith Award for Advancing the Artform of Storytelling as well as multiple Producers’ Encore Awards. They are a grand slam championship title-holder in multiple individual slams as well as a proud member of The West Hollywood Slam Team. Pastiche’s book, Trans Velociraptors, officially launched on Feb 11th, 2025!

$4 cover fee, cash only

NOTE: See site for further details.

Where: The Ugly Mug, Orange

Date: Wednesday, the 23^rd

Time: 8 pm – 10 pm

Address: 261 N. Glassell St., Orange, CA

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2041562673006058

Live Talks LA Presents; Art Spiegelman, Dan Nadel and Matt Groening & Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life at JANM – In-Person & Online Hybrid Event

The first biography of Robert Crumb—one of the most profound and influential artists of the 20th century—whose iconic, radically frank and meticulously rendered cartoons and comics inspired generations of readers and cartoonists, from Art Spiegelman to Alison Bechdel.

Robert Crumb is often credited with single-handedly transforming the comics medium into a place for adult expression, in the process pioneering the underground comic book industry, and transforming the vernacular language of 20th-century America into an instantly recognizable and popular aesthetic, as iconic as Walt Disney or Charles Schulz. Now, for the first time, Dan Nadel, a curator and writer specializing in comics and art, shares how this complicated artist survived childhood abuse, fame in his twenties, more fame, and came out the other side intact.

Robert Crumb was initially listed as being part of this event, but due to health reasons will not be traveling to Los Angeles for the event. He will still be signing the books for the event. So tickets that include the book will be signed by R. Crumb and Dan Nadel.

Art Spiegelman was the first comics artist to win the Pulitzer Prize, which he received for his groundbreaking Holocaust narrative, Maus. He studied art and philosophy at Harpur College before joining the underground comics movement in the 1960s. He taught history and the aesthetics of comics at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1979 to 1986, and in 1980 he founded RAW, the acclaimed avantgarde comics magazine, with his wife, Françoise Mouly. In 2005, he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. He was made an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2007, and in 2011 he was awarded the Grand Prix at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. In 2015, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2018 he became the first comic artist to receive the Edward MacDowell Medal. His work has been exhibited at museums throughout the world, including the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Jewish Museum in New York City, and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

Dan Nadel is a writer and curator. His previous books include, It’s Life as a I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940–1980; Peter Saul: Professional Artist Correspondence, 1945–1976; and Art Out of Time: Unknown Comic Visionaries, 1900–1969. Nadel has curated exhibitions for galleries and museums internationally including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He is the founder of PictureBox, a publishing and packaging company that produced over one hundred books, objects, and zines from 2000 to 2014, including the Grammy Award–winning design for Wilco’s 2004 album A Ghost Is Born. Dan is the curator-at-large for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

Matt Groening created the longest-running comedy in television history…The Simpsons. It exploded into a cultural phenomenon in 1990 and has remained one of the most groundbreaking and innovative entertainment franchises, recognizable throughout the world. He followed it with his creation of the hit sci-fi series FUTURAMA, currently one of the top rated shows on Comedy Central. As a cartoonist, Groening began his “Life in Hell” weekly comic strip series in the 1980’s which he concluded in 2012.

NOTE: See site for further details.

Where: Aratani Theatre, Japanese American Cultural & Community Center

Date: Wednesday, the 23^rd

Time: 8 pm – 10 pm

Address: 244 San Pedro St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Website https://livetalksla.org/events/robert-crumb-dan-nadel-with-matt-groening/

Lit Angels: Heal Through Writing with Francesca Lia Block at Village Well Books & Coffee – In-Person Event

Let Francesca help you with all aspects of your writing!

Do you want to write professionally or for personal satisfaction and healing but aren’t sure where to start and need some inspiring tips and support? Do you have a project that needs revision? Are you feeling stuck creatively? Join acclaimed author and writing instructor Francesca Lia Block for a discussion of her 12 Questions followed by free writing and Q&A. Come be a part of the supportive Lit Angels writing community.

Francesca Lia Block is the author of more than thirty books of fiction, non-fiction, short stories and poetry, and has written screenplay adaptations of her work. She received the Spectrum Award, the Phoenix Award, the ALA Rainbow Award and the 2005 Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as other citations from the American Library Association, and from the NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, and PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY. Currently she teaches creative writing at UCLA Extension, Antioch University, Pocket MFA, and numerous workshops across the country. Francesca also edits LIT ANGELS, a literary journal available on Substack. Her latest novel is HOUSE OF HEARTS now out in paper back. https://www.francescaliablock.com/

About Lit Angels Writing Studio:

There are so many fitness classes available for the body, but what are you doing to exercise your creative mind?

Lit Angels offers classes that provide just that—a fun and freeing way to work out the creative muscles and eliminate the stumbling blocks that might be holding you back, not only in your writing, art, or performance projects, but in all areas of your life—uplifting and refreshing your mind and soul, improving relationships, work, and your outlook on the future. Taught by top-level working professionals, Lit Angels classes cultivate community and connection, something we all desperately need in these challenging times.

Come make some magic at the Village Well! All genres and levels are welcome!

Reserve your tickets on EVENTBRITE!

Where: Village Well Books & Coffee

Date: Thursday the 24^th

Time: 10 am – 11 am

Address: 9900 Culver Blvd. #1B, Culver City, CA 90232

Website: https://shop.villagewell.com/events/1880320250424

Afternoon Book Club: Before the Coffee Gets Cold at Culver City Julian Dixon Library, LACL – In-Person Event

Participants will discuss the novel Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. For adults.

Summary provided by the publisher:

“In a cozy back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.”

Where: Culver City Julian Dixon Library, LACL

Date: Thursday the 24^th

Time: 12 pm –15 pm

Address: 4975 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA 90232

Where: Sunland – Tujunga Branch Library, LAPL

Date: Thursday the 24^th

Time: 1 pm

Address: 7771 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga, CA 91042 

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-discussion-8

Book Club: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo at Marina del Rey Library, LACL – In-Person Event

Participants will discuss the novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. For adults.

This contemporary fiction follows the life of Evelyn Hugo, a reclusive and aging Hollywood star. Afternoon session. For adults.

Where: Lloyd Taber Marina del Rey Library, LACL

Date: Thursday the 24^th

Time: 2 pm – 3 pm

Address: 4533 Admiralty Way. Marina del Rey, CA 90292

Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/13215146

Cover to Cover Book Club: Hitler in Los Angeles at Mid-Valley Regional Branch Library, LAPL – In-Person & Online Hybrid Event

Join us for this community-led book discussion of Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America by Steven Joseph Ross

Where: Mid-Valley Regional Branch Library, LAPL

Date: Thursday the 24^th

Time: 6 pm

Address: 16244 Nordhoff St., North Hills, CA 91343 

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/cover-cover-book-club-2

Between the Lines Book Club at Castaic Library, LACL – In-Person Event

Join us as we check out Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller, a wildly entertaining satire about a small Southern town, a pitched battle over banned books, and a little lending library that changes everything. For adults.

Where: Castaic Library, LACL

Date: Thursday the 24^th

Time: 6 pm – 7 pm

Address: 27971 Sloan Canyon Rd., Castaic, CA 91384

Where: Marina del Rey Library, LACL

Date: Thursday the 24^th

Time: 6 pm – 7 pm

Address: 4533 Admiralty Way., Marina del Rey, CA 90292 

Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/13215147

Word Theatre Author Event: An Evening with Ben Shattuck and His Stories at William Turner Gallery, Bergamot Station – In-Person Event

Kick off The LA Festival of Books: Meet author Ben Shattuck and hear two stories from his recent collection “The History of Sound.” The remarkable JoBeth Williams & The Holdovers’ Michael Provost will transport you to Nantucket and then Cheyenne Jackson & Jason Butler Harner will step into the extraordinary Pushcart Prize winning title story, now a feature film debuting in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, screenplay by the author! Hear the story before you see what promises to be a major hit movie…

NOTE: See link at site for Tickets

Where: William Turner Gallery, Bergamot Station

Date: Thursday the 24^th

Time: 6 pm Reception & Book Signing: 7 pm Reading & Discussion

Address: 2525 Michigan Ave., E-1, Santa Monica, CA 90404

Website: https://wordtheatre.org/events/author-actor-series-an-evening-with-ben-shattuck/

Sports Page Turner Book Club at pages: a bookstore – In-Person Event

This group meets quarterly, check here for next meeting information. This club will meet quarterly to discuss the best of sports writing.

This month is readers choice and the discussion is facilitated by Dave Suiter.

RSVP

Where: pages: a bookstore

Date: Thursday the 24^th

Time: 7 pm – 8 pm

Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 

Website: https://pagesabookstore.com/event/2025-04-24/sports-page-turner-book-club

Jon Tottenham, with Special Guests, & Service at Poetic Research Bureau – In-Person Event

Join Semiotext(e) and the Poetic Research Bureau as they celebrate the launch of Service, by John Tottenham.

Readings by Paul Gellman, Rachel Kushner, Evan Laffer and Ian Svenonius.

Followed by a conversation between John Tottenham and Colm Tóibín.

A journalist in his late forties—having lost his job as a consequence of the death of print media—finds himself working at a bookstore in a rapidly gentrifying Los Angeles neighborhood, where he is thrown into the company of a younger generation with whom he has little in common. Embittered by his lowly position at this late stage of what had once been a promising career, he collapses his longtime ambition of writing a novel into a hilariously cathartic litany of contempt for his present circumstances.

Service examines the plight of the unrepentant artistic outsider in an unforgiving day and age. It alternates between passages that painstakingly describe the protagonist’s fraught attempts to write his novel and such scenes of service work as wrapping children’s books for Silver Lake moms and being “pilloried by dunces” on Yelp. As his writing process stalls in a “stale ceremony” of indolence and self-doubt, these unfamiliar humiliations become a toxic wellspring for his irascible observations.

With his notoriously dry wit, John Tottenham’s debut novel reflects on a farrago of contemporary afflictions: gentrification, debt, friendship, aging gracelessly, self-medication, male vanity, professional jealousy, the perils of political correctness, and the role of literature in the digital era. Eventually, after endlessly agonizing about matters of form and style, he finds that despite himself he has actually written a book.

Where: Poetic Research Bureau

Date: Thursday the 24^th

Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm

Address: 2220 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90057 

Website: https://www.poeticresearch.com/events/john-tottenham

Tia Chucha’s Book Club: Malinalli at Tia Chucha’s Centro & Bookstore – In-Person Event

Our next read! Join us for a discussion on the book Malinalli by Veronica Chapa.

Our book club requires no registration. Feel free to drop when on any of the following months as we also discuss Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin in May and House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros in June.

Where: Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore

Date: Thursday the 24^th

Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm

Address: 12677 Glenoaks Blvd., Sylmar, CA 91342

Website: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHwI8DIPk-d/?hl=en&img_index=1

Lit Angels: Morning Writing with Francesca Lia Block at Village Well Books & Coffee – In-Person Event

Many people believe that morning writing practice is key to finding your voice, your story and, in this case, your community! At the Village Well!

Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning at 8:30 AM come join acclaimed author and writing instructor Francesca Lia Block for a brief intro and 40 minutes of free writing on any topic without judgement. Afterwards, you will be able to share a bit about your process and ask Francesca questions about your writing.

About the instructor:

Francesca Lia Block is the author of more than thirty books of fiction, non-fiction, short stories and poetry, and has written screenplay adaptations of her work. She received the Spectrum Award, the Phoenix Award, the ALA Rainbow Award and the 2005 Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as other citations from the American Library Association, and from the NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, and PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY. Currently she teaches creative writing at UCLA Extension, Antioch University, Pocket MFA, and numerous workshops across the country. Francesca also edits LIT ANGELS, a literary journal available on Substack. Her latest novel is HOUSE OF HEARTS now out in paperback. https://www.francescaliablock.com/

Come make some magic at the Village Well! All genres and levels are welcome!

Where: Village Well Books & Coffee

Date: Friday the 25^th

Time: 8:30 am – 9:30 am

Our most popular story time is ready to delight and dazzle! This is also the prime time to see Pippi Longstocking, our bookstore cat in action.

Open to all ages. Free to attend.

There is a large FREE parking lot off Florencita Dr. as well as metered parking along Honolulu Ave. and Montrose Ave.

NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details. 

Where: Once Upon a Time, Montrose

Date: Friday, the 25^th

Time: 9:30 am

Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020

Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/pajama-story-time-11

Book Club: Apples Never Fall at La Mirada Library, LACL – In-Person Event

The Delaney family love one another dearly―it’s just that sometimes they want to murder each other. If your mother was missing, would you tell the police? Even if the most obvious suspect was your father? For adults.

Where: La Mirada Library, LACL

Date: Friday, the 25^th

Time: 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Address: 13800 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada, CA 90638

Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/events?r=range&start=2025-04-25

Bilingual Storytime at Village Well Books & Coffee – In-Person Event

Bilingual Storytime! Exposing your children to multiple languages is highly beneficial for their learning and development, and what better way to do it than through this fun activity where we will read a wonderful story in both English and Spanish.

¡Hora de cuentos bilingüe! Exponer a tus hjijos a varios idiomas es de gran beneficio para su aprendizaje y desarrollo, y qué mejor que hacerlo en esta divertida actividad en donde leeremos un maravilloso cuento en inglés y en español.

Where: Village Well Books & Coffee

Date: Friday the 25^th

Time: 11 am

Address: 9900 Culver Blvd. #1B, Culver City, CA 90232

Website: https://shop.villagewell.com/events/2070820250425

Spring Break – Arab American Heritage Month Book Club: Salma the Syrian Chef at Compton Library, LACL – In-Person Kids Event

Join participants to discuss Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan. For ages 5 – 12 with parent or caregiver.

Where: Compton Library, LACL

Date: Friday the 25^th

Time: 3 pm – 4 pm

Address: 240 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220

Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/13293258

Horror Book Club: Salma the Syrian Chef at Compton Library, LACL – In-Person Event

Join participants to discuss The Fervor by Alma Katsu. For ages 181944: As World War II rages on, the threat has come to the home front. In a remote corner of Idaho, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, are desperate to return home. Meiko and Aiko were taken from their home in Seattle and sent to one of the internment camps in the Midwest. Mother and daughter attempt to hold on to elements of their old life in the camp when a mysterious disease begins to spread among those interned. What starts as a minor cold quickly becomes spontaneous fits of violence and aggression, even death. Inspired by the Japanese yokai and the jorogumo spider demon.

Where: Compton Library, LACL

Date: Friday the 25^th

Time: 4 pm – 5 pm

Address: 240 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220

Where: Chevalier’s

Date: Friday the 25^th

Time: 5 pm – 6 pm

Address: 133 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004

Sip wine, browse the shelves, & talk about books with other book lovers.

Wine & snacks will be provided.

Where: Cellar Door Bookstore

Date: Friday the 25^th

Time: 6 pm – 8 pm

Address: 473 E. Alessandro Blvd., Suite B, Riverside, CA 92508

Website: https://www.cellardoorbookstore.com/event/book-lovers-speed-dating

Open Mic Night Every Friday Night at The Den Café, Santa Ana – In-Person Event

See you for a night of local talent, food, coffee and cocktails at The Den Cafe. A stage that’s been a home for OC’s artist since 1999.

Sign-ups start at 5:30 with @rodharrison66

Music starts at 6pm

Spoken word and poetry are welcome!

Where: The Den Café

Date: Friday the 25^th

Time: 6 pm (Doors at 5:30 pm)

Open Mic Night is held on the last Friday of the month at Bookman Bookstore in Orange, CA.

Where: The Bookman

Date: Friday the 25^th

Time: 6:30 pm (Doors at 6 pm)

Address: 320 E. Katella, Suite M, Orange, CA 92867

Franny Arrieta is a writer, poet, and creator who is widely acclaimed online for her video content and poetry. In her writing, she focuses on the power of feeling, falling in love again, and embracing the heartache that heartbreak may bring, while at the same time allowing her readers to know that it’s okay not to be okay when you’re trying to fall in love with yourself again.

Where: Village Well Books & Coffee

Date: Friday, the 25^th

Time: 6:30 pm – 8 pm

Time: 7 pm – 9 pm

Address: 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026

Where: Wrigley Coffee Company

Date: Friday the 25^th

Time: 7 pm – 9 pm

Address: 437 W. Willow St., Long Beach, CA 90806

Explore this year’s indoor and outdoor events including over 200 author and celebrity panels, book signings, exhibitor booths, food and cooking demos, bilingual programming and more.

Get exclusive discounts and first access to panel reservations with a Friend of the Festival package. All outdoor events and activities are free.

See website link for schedule and details, and for individual ticket purchases.

Where: University of Southern California (various sites)

Date: Saturday the 26^th

Time: 10 am – 6 pm

Address: 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089

Schedule:

11 am: Arlene Abundis signing Into the Mighty Sea

11 am: Ezra Edmond signing My Friend Levar

Noon: George McClements signing Haiku Kaiju Ah-Choo!

1 pm: Kim Fay signing Kate & Frida

1 pm: Karen Briner signing Starry, Starry Heist

2 pm: Livia Blackburne signing Nainai’s Mountain

All Day: Exclusive Independent Bookstore Day items for sale (while supplies last)

All Day: Treats, goodies, and prizes!

See website for special offers.

Where: Once Upon a Time

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 10 am – 6 pm

Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020

Arts & Literacy Festival at Virginia Avenue Park – In-Person Kids & Family Event

This year’s theme is “Dinosaurs!” and the event will host over thirty different community organizations offering games and activities that align with the Santa Monica Cradle to Career Building Blocks for Kindergarten (BBK) campaign. Building Blocks for Kindergarten promotes social and emotional development, self-care, physical well-being and motor skills, language development and early learning to help parents, educators, early childcare providers, and other community partners work together to make sure all Santa Monica children start kindergarten ready to learn, inside and outside the classroom.

Getting to the Arts & Literacy Festival at Virginia Avenue Park: Walking and biking are encouraged. Additional free parking is available at Venice Family Clinic, 2509 Pico Blvd or at SMC Parking Lot 3 between 16th and 17th Streets on Pico Blvd. The park is served by Big Blue Bus Line No. 7. Virginia Avenue Park is wheelchair accessible and welcomes persons of all abilities. For special accommodations, contact (310) 458-8688 or TTY (310) 917-6626.

Event activities include:

Dinosaur Costume Parade

Santa Monica Public Library (SMPL)’s Storytime Stage features dinosaur themed books read by local librarians

Collecting stamps from activity booths on the event’s Explorer Card, redeemable for a free book at the Santa Monica Public Library booth

Various Performances on the Main Stage

And so much more!

Where: Virginia Avenue Park

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 10 am – 2 pm

Join Evan Griffith, author of this year’s Read Together Diamond Bar children’s book selection The Strange Wonders of Roots, for an illuminating writing workshop just for kids!

For ages 8 – 12.

Attendance is limited, and advance registration is required. Please register every individual in your party, including kids. This will be used to save your spots in the program. We cannot guarantee availability for any unregistered attendees.

Where: Diamond Bar Library, LACL

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Address: 21800 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar, CA 91765 

Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/13197046

Book Club: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo at Gardena Mayme Dear Library, LACL – In-Person Event

The book for April is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. For adults.

Copies of the book are available at the Customer Service Desk.

When an aging and reclusive Hollywood icon selects an unknown magazine reporter to write her life story, the baffled journalist forges deep ties with the actress during a complicated interview process that exposed their tragic common history.

Where: Gardena Mayme Dear Library, LACL

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 11 am – 12 pm

Address: 1731 W. Gardena Blvd., Gardena, CA 90247

Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/13065757

Book Club: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo at View Park Bebe Moore Campbell Library, LACL – In-Person Event

Participants will discuss The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. For adults.

Where: View Park Bebe Moore Campbell Library, LACL

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 11 am – 12 pm

Address: 3854 W. 54^th St., Los Angeles, CA 90043

Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/13246624

Mystery Book Club: at Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – In-Person Event

Read the book and join our lively discussion!

April 26: What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman

Where: Westwood Branch Library, LAPL

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 11 am – 12 pm

Address: 1246 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024 

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/mystery-book-club-14

Teddi Lynn Chichester and Kate McMillan Present: Wildlife Crossings of Hope and Sustainable Structures, respectively, at Vroman’s – In-Person Event

We all need safe places to live and safe paths to travel. Animals, too.

In Wildlife Crossings, meet the people who are stitching the planet’s habitats back together.

An NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12

Let’s explore together how scientists, engineers, and lots of everyday people are working to make sure that the wildlife so essential to Earth’s health and beauty continues to freely move through the landscapes, waterways, and skylines of this richly inhabited planet.

Above all, this is a book that invites young people to think of themselves and wildlife as part of one community that urgently needs restoration and protection. Back matter includes actions for kids to take, a complete listing of the scientific names of all creatures discussed, source notes, a bibliography, an index, and more.

Sustanable Structures is a stunning illustrated overview of “green” architecture on every continent, packed full of cool STEAM facts and fascinating details.

From a waste collection site built entirely from recycled materials, to a school designed to float during flood season in Bangladesh, this dazzling book highlights innovative and sustainably built structures around the world.

Pairing a kid friendly, conversational approach with spectacularly detailed art, Kate McMillan dissects the design of 15 eco-friendly buildings worldwide. The extraordinary structures fall into five categories, each emphasizing a key element of sustainable design: 1) local materials, 2) adaptability, 3) sustainable construction, 4) clean energy, and 5) optimized space.

Where: Vroman’s

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 11 am – 12 pm

Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101

Website: https://vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-04-26/teddi-lynn-chichester-and-kate-mcmillan-present-wildlife-crossings-hope-and

National Poetry Month: Poetry Box at Norwalk Library, LACL – In-Person Teen Event

Celebrate National Poetry Month with us by learning about different poetry styles, writing your own poem, and expressing yourself through words! You’ll also decorate a personalized poetry box to keep your poem safe. For ages 13 – 17.

Where: Norwalk Library, LACL

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Address: 12350 Imperial Hwy., Norwalk, CA 90650Teen

Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/13346058

Indie Bookstore Day at Bel Canto Books, Long Beach – Online Event

Celebrate Indie Bookstore Day with Bel Canto Books Retro Row, Long Beach.

More information coming soon.

Where: Bel Canto Books, Retro Row, Long Beach

Date: Saturday the 26^th

Time: 12 pm – 8 pm

Address: 2106 E. 4th St., Long Beach, CA 90814

Website: https://belcantobooks.net/events

Life Lines: An Autobiographical Poetry Writing Workshop with Stevn Reigns at West Hollywood Library, LACL – In-Person Event

Join us for a one-day workshop focused on autobiographical writing taught by City of West Hollywood Inaugural Poet Laureate Steven Reigns. For adults.

Reality is more interesting than fiction. In this writing workshop you will generate new poems based on your life experiences. You don’t need to like poetry, or writing, or reading. You don’t need to know the rules of grammar, or spelling, or have a large vocabulary. A willingness to try is all that is needed. Please bring a pen/paper or a laptop. Sponsored by the Friends of the West Hollywood Library.

Steven Reigns is a Los Angeles poet and educator and was appointed the first Poet Laureate of West Hollywood. Alongside over a dozen chapbooks, he has published the collections Inheritance and Your Dead Body is My Welcome Mat. For more about Steven, visit http://www.StevenReigns.com.

Attendance is limited, and advance registration is required. This will be used to save your spot in the program. We cannot guarantee availability for any unregistered attendees.

Where: West Hollywood Library, LACL

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 1 pm – 4 pm

Address: 625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, Ca 90069

For ages 8 – 12.

Attendance is limited, and advance registration is required. Please register every individual in your party, including kids. This will be used to save your spots in the program. We cannot guarantee availability for any unregistered attendees.

Where: Diamond Bar Library, LACL

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 2 pm – 3:30 pm

Address: 21800 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar, CA 91765 

This workshop is meant to inspire and empower participants to write political poetry for rallies and for the stage.

The workshop will be broken into two segments. In one segment participants will write a poem for a political rally. In the second segment poets will write a poem for the stage or conference. Throughout the workshop the participants will be instructed on the difference of the demands of each. Throughout the workshop Sedillo will instruct participants how to weave historical context into personal narrative for explosive results.

Matt Sedillo is the Literary Director of the Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, the National Coordinator for the World Poetry Movement in the US, the Co-Founder of El Martillo Press, the host of Radio La Raza on KPFK and the author of Mowing Leaves of Grass, City on the Second Floor, and Mexican Style. His work has been translated and published in seven languages and he has read his work in eleven countries.

Time: 12 pm – 2 pm (Doors at 11 am)

Address: 544 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036

Website: https://www.ticketsource.com/greenway-court-theatre/t-ojdxded

Fourth Saturdays Poetry Readings: Chris Santiago & Romaine Washington at the Claremont Helen Renwick Library – In-Person Event

Join us for our April Fourth Saturday’s poetry reading featuring Chris Santiago and Romaine Washington.

Chris Santiago is a 2025 NEA Poetry Fellow and the author of Small Wars Manual and Tula, winner of the Lindquist & Vennum Prize and a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Nation, POETRY Magazine, the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day Series, and American Public Media’s The Slowdown. A past fellow of the McKnight Foundation, the Mellon Foundation/ACLS, and Kundiman, he has received his PhD from USC and teaches at CalArts. Chris discussed “How this son of immigrants reimagined his parents’ homeland” on PBS News. He lives in Pasadena with his wife and two sons.

Romaine Washington is an Inland Empire native and a twice-nominated Pushcart Prize poet whose work has also been nominated for Best of the Net. She is the editor of These Black Bodies Are… A Blacklandia Anthology (Inlandia Institute), and the literary journal Cholla Needles, issues 88 and 101. Washington is the author of two poetry books, Purgatory Has an Address (Bamboo Dart Press) and Sirens in Her Belly (Jamii Publishing). Her writing has been widely anthologized, and she is a regular contributor to Inlandia Literary Journeys. She has presented her poetry in many programs, including Inside Socal CBS2/KCSL9, NPR, and KPFK. She has been an educator for over twenty years and is currently curating and editing work for a Black Mental Health anthology. Visit her website at: http://www.romainewashington.com.

Where: Claremont Helen Renwick Library

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 2 pm – 3:30 pm

Address: 208 Harvard Ave., Claremont, CA 

Website: https://www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html

Miriam’s Garden Poetry Series at Central Library, LAPL – In-Person Event

Host and Hyde Park librarian Yago Cura welcomes featured poets to read and share their work in the garden of the library on the 4th Saturday of the month.

This month we feature the original work of Brian Dunlap @briansdunlap, Richard E @richard_e_further_out and Sheila Ellis of (Annabel (lee)), and Daryl Gussin @an_uplifting_gourmandizer. #poetry #poetrycommunity #library #libraries #librariesofinstagram

Brian Dunlap is the founder and editor of the online literary magazine Los Angeles Literature, and author of Concrete Paradise.

Richard E and Sheila Ellis (of Annabel (lee)

Daryl Gussin is a writer and musician, and managing editor of Razorcake, a non-profit fanzine.

Where: Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Branch Library, LAPL

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 2:30 pm – 4 pm

Address: 2205 W. Florence Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90043 

RSVP:

Please RSVP by emailing fiction@lapl.org.

Where: Central Library, LAPL, Meeting Room B

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 3 pm – 5 pm

Address: 630 W. 5^th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/creative-writing-group

Saturday Afternoon Poetry: Readings at Lamanda Park Library, Pasadena – In-Person Event

Join us for Publishing Book Readings by THE INNER THREE (CaLokie, DKC, Marvinlouis Dorsey) + Poets published in Four Feathers Press SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WINDOWS featuring: LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL, JACKIE CHOU, S.A. GERBER, JOE GRIECO, MATT McGEE, CLS SANDOVAL, MICHELLE SMITH, MERI TUMANYAN, and LORI WALL-HOLLOWAY.

Don Kingfisher Campbell hosts and curates these events.

Where: Lamanda Park Branch Library, Pasadena

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 3 pm – 5 pm

Address: 140 S. Altadena Dr., Pasadena, CA

Website: https://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/

Poetry Workshop at Palms – Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL – In-Person Event

Local poet Cesca Brenner offers guidance & inspiration designed to push the inner critic out of the way so you can find your creative self. This generative poetry workshop aims to help build your confidence and skills through observation, drawing on sensory details to enhance and express experiences, and exploring word choice to create musicality and surprising imagery.

RSVP:

Email prncho@lapl.org or call the branch at 310-840-2142 to reserve your spot. Sign-ups are encouraged.

Where: Palms – Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 3:30 pm – 5 pm

Address: 2920 Overland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90064 

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/poetry-workshop-0

Historical Fiction Book Club: The Lost Journals of Sacajewea at Cellar Door Bookstore – In-Person Event

Participants will discuss The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by author Debra Magpie Earling.

Among the most memorialized women in American history, Sacajewea served as interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery. In this visionary novel, acclaimed Indigenous author Debra Magpie Earling brings this mythologized figure vividly to life, casting unsparing light on the men who brutalized her and recentering Sacajewea as the arbiter of her own history.Here, the young Sacajewea is bright and bold, growing strong from the hard work of “learning all ways to survive.”

When her village is raided, Sacajewea is kidnapped and then gambled away to Charbonneau, a French Canadian trapper. Heavy with grief, she learns how to survive at the edge of a strange new world. When Lewis and Clark’s expedition party arrives, Sacajewea knows she must cross a vast and brutal terrain with her newborn son, the white man who owns her, and a company of men who wish to conquer and commodify the world she loves.Written in lyrical, dreamlike prose, The Lost Journals of Sacajewea is an astonishing work of art and a powerful tale of perseverance—the Indigenous woman’s story that hasn’t been told.

Debra Magpie Earling is the author of Perma Red and The Lost Journals of Sacajewea. An earlier version of the latter, written in verse, was produced as an artist book during the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition. She has received both a National Endowment for the Arts grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She is retired from the University of Montana, where she was named professor emeritus in 2021. She is Bitterroot Salish.

Where: Cellar Door Bookstore

Date: Saturday the 26^th

Time: 5 pm – 6 pm

Address: 473 E. Alessandro Blvd., Suite B, Riverside, CA 92508

Website: https://www.cellardoorbookstore.com/event/historical-fiction-book-club-lost-journals-sacajewea

Local Author Event: Samantha Crewson & Every Secret Thing Is Bitter at Cellar Door Bookstore – In-Person Event

Cella Door welcomes local author Samantha Crewson to discuss Every Secret Thing Is Bitter.

Thirteen years ago, Providence Byrd threw the family car in reverse and ran over her mother. Even though her mother survived, that single instant of teenage madness made Providence a felon and irrevocably altered her life. When her mother disappears years later under suspicious circumstances, Providence tells herself that returning home is her chance to find closure after a prolonged estrangement from her family. Never mind that this is only half of the truth: she’s also returning to finally confront her abusive father, Tom Byrd. Nothing can stamp out Providence’s certainty that he is guilty of whatever terrible thing has happened to her mother.

As the search unfolds, Providence is haunted by the wounds of her past, none of which cut as deep as the distance between her and her younger sisters. As her thirst for vengeance collides with her desire to heal her relationships with her sisters, Providence must decide which she values more: revenge or redemption.

Every Sweet Thing Is Bitter is a stunning novel that eschews picture-perfect endings and dares to tell a story about a resilient queer woman and her relentless determination to persevere.

Where: Cellar Door Bookstore

Date: Saturday the 26^th

Time: 6 pm

Address: 473 E. Alessandro Blvd., Suite B, Riverside, CA 92508

Website: https://www.cellardoorbookstore.com/samanthacrewson

Ted Genoways & Tequila Wars at Chevalier’s Off-site at Madre – In-Person Event

Join author Ted Genoways to discuss Tequila Wars:José Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the spirit of Mexico.

At the dawn of the twentieth century, José Cuervo inherited his family’s humble distillery, La Rojeña, in the Tequila Valley. Within a decade, he had transformed it into a complex national enterprise that would become Mexico’s leading producer of tequila. Cuervo grew his kingdom of agave by acquiring thousands of acres of estates throughout the valley; he brought electricity and a railroad line to Tequila, so he could reach drinkers across the country. But when the Mexican Revolution erupted, a charge of treason and a death threat against him by Pancho Villa forced Cuervo to flee. His disappearance turned him into an obscure, shadowy historical figure—despite having one of the most famous names in Mexican history.

In Tequila Wars, award-winning author Ted Genoways restores Cuervo to his place as a key player in Mexico’s formative period. Before the revolution, Cuervo’s acclaim spread worldwide, and once war broke out, Cuervo remained an impresario, kingmaker, and cultural force. In the face of his own government’s corruption and the nationalism of his northern neighbors, Cuervo reached American drinkers by establishing Mexico’s covert form of cross-border commerce with the United States. As the largest and most important distilleries in the Tequila Valley recognized the threat posed by Mexico’s unraveling, Cuervo also lobbied for suspending normal competition in favor of “a union of tequila makers”—what would become the first Mexican cartel.

With extensive original research, including access to the secret archives of the Cuervo and Sauza families, Genoways follows the violent, unpredictable, and hugely profitable world of tequila through the story of its most successful maker. The first biography of Cuervo, Tequila Wars uncovers the history of the man who would forever change not only the business of tequila, but international relations between Mexico and the United States.

Ted Genoways is a two-time James Beard Award winner and the author of six books, including Tequila Wars and This Blessed Earth. He is a senior editor at the Food & Environment Reporting Network and a President’s Professor at the University of Tulsa, where he edits Switchyard.

Date: Saturday the 26^th

Time: 6 pm – 8 pm

Website: https://chevaliersbooks.com/event/2025-04-26/ted-genoways-tequila-wars-madre

Open Mic Night via Nervous Ghost Press – Online YouTube Event

Open Mic Night is hosted by Matthew Mejia and held on the last Saturday of the month via YouTube @nervousghostlive

Our open mic is truly open and it allows us to live our mission and work toward realizing our vision in bringing the arts to all people. Art is what binds us, heals us, and saves us. Come join the party.

Where: Nervous Ghost Press

Date: Saturday the 26^th

Time: 6:30 pm

Address: Live on YouTube @nervousghostlive

Medina, a five-time Emmy nominee for his work on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, will take us through this humorous and vital immigration saga in conversation with Venezuelan American comedian Joanna Hausmann. Come meet Felipe and Joanna and learn everything you ever wanted (or didn’t want) to know about the American immigration system!

Reserve your tickets on EVENTBRITE!

Born in Colombia, Felipe Torres Medina moved to the US at the age of 21 and has spent over ten years of his life both navigating the chaos and confusion of the immigration system and explaining that craziness to the clueless Americans around him. There are few subjects that Americans have stronger opinions on. And there are few subjects that they know less about.

So, like many immigrants before him, Torres Medina sets out to do the job American-born citizens won’t: make the US immigration process accessible, relatable, and, hey, a little bit funny. With an outsider’s eye, an insider’s affection, and a biting, humorous flair, Torres Medina invites readers from all passport lines to explore the multiple paths and potholes of moving to America, and experience just how many choices it takes to choose a new home.

About the participants:

Felipe Torres Medina is a Peabody and Writers Guild of America Award–winning writer from Bogotá, Colombia. His writing for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has earned him five Emmy nominations. His humor has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and others. He lives in New York City with his wife and is totally chill when you misspell his birth country’s name. (He is not.)

Joanna Hausmann is a Venezuelan American writer, comedian, and actor known for her viral comedy videos about identity and biculturalism. She has written for Hulu’s Gordita Chronicles, Comedy Central, Netflix’s Tacoma FD and was the co-creator of Disney’s Hamster & Gretel. She’s voiced many characters including on shows like Monsters at Work, Milo Murphy’s Law, and Harper House. Joanna was also a correspondent on Netflix’s Bill Nye Saves the World. She is currently writing for the new seasons of Phineas and Ferb and loves imitating Felipe’s Colombian accent.

Where: Village Well Books & Coffee

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 6:30 pm – 8 pm

Address: 9900 Culver Blvd., 1B, Culver City, CA 90232 

Website: https://shop.villagewell.com/events/2318420250426

LA Get Down: InkSlam Invitational at Greenway Court – In-Person Event

Join the 2025 LA Get Down Festival for the InkSlam Invitational at Greenway Court.

Hosted by Matthew Cuban Hernadez and Edwin Bodney.

The inkSlam Invitational Slam features 8 of the nation’s best Slam poets in a 3-round battle of lyrical supremacy with $2500 in cash prizes!

NOTE: See site for Tickets purchase and details.

Where: Greenway Court Theatre

Date: Saturday, the 26^th

Time: 8 pm – 10 pm

Address: 544 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036

2025 30^th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (Day 2 of 2) at USC – In-Person Event

The 2025 L.A. Times Festival of Books is the 30^th annual two-day event held at the campus of the University of Southern California every April.

Explore this year’s indoor and outdoor events including over 200 author and celebrity panels, book signings, exhibitor booths, food and cooking demos, bilingual programming and more.

Get exclusive discounts and first access to panel reservations with a Friend of the Festival package. All outdoor events and activities are free.

See website link for schedule and details, and for individual ticket purchases.

Where: University of Southern California (various sites)

Date: Sunday the 27^th

Time: 10 am – 5 pm

Address: 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089

Website: https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/schedule/

Melrose Trading Post Event & L.A. Poet Society at Greenway Arts Alliance at Melrose Trading Post at Fairfax H.S. – In-Person Event

The Melrose Trading Post is a pioneering arts-based marketplace held every Sunday at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, CA with 275 local creative small business vendors, delicious food booths and local live music.

MTP was founded in 1997 with a mission to champion small businesses, art and community. The market funds Greenway Arts Alliance’s arts education programming and provides employment and leadership development opportunities for students at Fairfax High School.

JOIN us in space R18 each Sunday, from 11 am – 5 pm.

All poems are donation based, so you name your price.

NOTE: Check every Sunday for story time and reading events

Where: Melrose Trading Post, Greenway Main Stage at Fairfax HS

Date: Sunday, the 27^th (Every Sunday)

Time: 10 am – 5 pm (market); 11 am – 5 pm (poets on demand)

Address: 7850 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046

More information & RSVP link coming soon.

Where: Bel Canto Books, KUBO, Long Beach

Date: Sunday the 27^th

Time: 11 am – 1 pm

Address: Online Zoom Event (see site)

Participants will discuss What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures by author Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.

Where: Bel Canto Books, Long Beach

Date: Sunday the 27^th

Time: 12 am – 1 pm

Address: Online Zoom Event (see site)

Where: Avenue 50 Studio

Date: Sunday the 27^th

Time: 2 pm

Address: 3714 N. Figueroa St., Highland Park, CA 90065 

Website: https://avenue50studio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Valenzuelas-Childrens-Book.png

Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate 2024-2025 Culminating Readings: Poetry of Resistance at Long Beach Forward – In-Person Event

We will hear featured poetry readings by: 2024-25 Youth Poet Laureate Helena Donato-Sapp and 2024-25 Youth Poet Ambassadors Ajala Sen, Ezequiel Correa, Liam “Lee” Balmeo, Jorany Chim, and Sammantha Martinez.

This reading will celebrate the service year of these incredible teen poets as they exit the program.

Theme: Poetry of Resistance

The event will also feature a Know Your Rights presenter offering information for community safety along with free red cards.

This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited, so please RSVP at this link: https://bit.ly/2025LBYPL_POR

Where: Long Beach Forward

Date: Sunday the 27^th

Time: 2 pm – 4 pm

Address: 2217 E. 6^th St., Long Beach, CA 90814 

Website: https://artslb.org/event/poetry-of-resistance-2024-25-long-beach-youth-poet-laureate-culminating-reading/

Poetry Open Mic: Revolution 2025 with Pam Ward & Matt Sedillo at The Book Jewel – In-Person Event

Join us celebrate poetry month with a Poetry Open Mic: Revolution 2025, featuring acclaimed poets Pam Ward and Matt Sedillo.

L.A. native Pam Ward released her collection, Between a Good Man and No Man at All in 2022. She is the author of two novels: Want Some, Get Some and Bad Girls Burn Slow.

Matt Sedillo has read in 11 countries and his work has been translated into 7 languages. He has written three collections: Mowing Leaves of Grass, City on the Second Floor, and Mexican Style. His work resonates globally for his commitment to global struggle. He is the current literary director of the Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles.

Where: The Book Jewel

Date: Sunday the 27^th

Time: 3 pm

Address: 6259 W. 87^th St., Westchester, CA 90045 

Thos Poignant and often humorous novel follows a young, queer Palestinian American woman grappling with her identity and a persistent longing for love and belonging. Caught between her American upbringing and her Palestinian heritage, she navigates complex relationships, cultural expectations, and her own self-destructive patterns in romance. The story unfolds in vignettes that shift between the US and the Middle East, tracing her journey through heartbreak, self-discovery, and eventually, an unconventional treatment center for “love addiction.”

Ultimately, the novel explores the intricacies of desire, the search for an authentic self, and the struggle to reconcile the various facets of one’s identity when feeling like you are perpetually “too much” for the world.

Where: Chevalier’s

Date: Sunday the 27^th

Time: 7 pm

Address: 133 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004 

Website: https://chevaliersbooks.com/event/2025-04-27/queer-book-club

April Historical Romance Book Club: We Could Be So Good at The Ripped Bodice – In-Person Event

Orders manager Katie S. will lead our discussion of: We Could Be So Good by author Cat Sebastian.

We read all historical romance titles, all eras, both new and old.

No membership is necessary, but RSVP is required.

Where: The Ripped Bodice

Date: Sunday the 27^th

Time: 7:15 pm – 8:30 pm

Address: 3806 Main St., Culver City, CA 90232

Website: https://www.therippedbodice.com/events-and-tickets