By Brian Dunlap
Because life interceded, there will be no list of Los Ángeles literary events this week. Check out Facebook Events for any local virtual literary event to support your local literary community. However, this list of L.A. literary events will be back next week.
Continue reading “No Los Angeles Literature Events 6/08/20 – 6/14/20”
All Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Vroman’s Live: Stephen Haff & Kid Quixote at Crowdcast Online
Author Stephen Haff presents his book Kid Quixotes: A Group of Students, Their Teacher, and the One-Room School Where Everything Is Possible. The author is the founder of Still Waters in a Storm, which serves Spanish speaking immigrant children in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Where: Crowdcast Online event (Register in advance)
Date: Monday the 1st
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Online
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 6/01/20 – 6/07/20”
All Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Call for Submissions Deadline of May 28 for Hombre Lobo Online
Announcement by Viva Padilla of Call for Submissions: real stories about spooky experiences for online zine HOMBRE LOBO dryland.org/hombre-lobo.
Send these goths your story about your real spooky experiences to be published in on online zine. Link for submissions is given at FB site below.
Where: Online deadline/event
Date: May submissions period ends this week
Time: Present – May 28 at 1am
Address: Submissions announcement/event (see website link for information)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/233703604712555/
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 5/25/20 – 5/31/20”
NOTE: All Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Lucy Smith & The Dirt, Reading & Q&A on Facebook Live Online
Join us for a Facebook Live online event with author Lucy Smith for a reading and Q&A of her memoir The Dirt: An illustrated, 100% Uncensored Memoir of a Girl with Mental Illness.
Where: Facebook Live Online
Date: Monday the 18th
Time: 1 pm – 1:30 pm
Address: Facebook Live
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/678273102965759
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 5/18/20 – 5/24/20”
NOTE: All Events Are Online/Vritual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Roots: Family History Project with VSU Bruins
The Roots; Family History Project is for those who want to share their Vietnamese and/or Southeast Asian-American stories or the stories of their parents, family or friends. You must fill out an interest form available online and a journalist will contact you to follow up.
Where: Online-Virtual event
Date: Monday the 11th & Tuesday the 12th
Time: 12 am – 12 am
Address: Online/Virtual event (see website link for information)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2522207648097351/
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 5/11/20 – 5/17/20”
All Events Are Online/Vritual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
The Stay at Home and Read a Book Ball: Safer at Home Edition
Although the original event date has passed, you may still participate—any time you choose. Select a book and get lost in the pages, and support the library’s fundraising efforts by donating what you would have spent on an evening’s entertainment.. Then share what you’re reading on Facebook, Instagram and/or Twitter.
This event will continue weekly through the quarantine period.
Where: Library Foundation of Los Angeles (LFLA) Online Event
Date: Monday the 4th
Time: 9 am – 9 pm
Address: FACEBOOK
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/515180569168972/
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 5/04/20 – 5/10/20”
Streaming Online Storytime at Rancho Los Cerritos – Kids Event
Our curator Sarah will present a free online storytime with new songs and stories to sing and read every Tuesday morning. This event is free but does require advanced sign-up so we can send you the videos.
Where: Rancho Los Cerritos
Date: Tuesday the 28th
Time: 11 am – 11:30 am
Address: Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/1102436860154638/
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 4/28/20 – 5/03/20 “
By Brian Dunlap
During this time of social distancing, many writers in the L.Á. literary community are holding virtual events from workshops to open mics to readings and book clubs in an effort to keep us all connected to each other and our humansess. Below is one such event, hosted by Long Beach poet Nancy Lynée Woo. Continue reading “Breathe. Write. Share. Virtual Poetry Workshop.”
By Nancy Lynée Woo
FROM: Long Beach Post
As we adjust to our new reality, poets, writers and arts organizations have quickly risen to the occasion, creating virtual opportunities for people to connect while isolated at home.
Continue reading “Creative Closeness In A Time of Social Distance”
By Brian Dunlap
Amind the rapidly changing living conditions surrounding the Coronavirus, there are no in-person literary events happening this week and into the near future. No gatherings of over 10 people are permitted, the White House now recommends.
Los Angeles Literature 