Another big week with two festivals. The continuation of the month-long LA Get Down Festival at the Greenway Court Theatre in the Fairfax District and the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC. Local writers reading this week include: Theresa Robbinson, William Archilla, Connie Johnson, Janet Danielo, Jimmy Vega, Suzanne Lummis and Yesika Salgado, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 4/13/26 – 4/19/26
A busy week in the Greater Los Angeles literary community. The 10th Annual LA Get Down Festival starts this weekend at the Greenway Court Theatre in the Fairfax District and runs every weekend through April celebrating hip hop and spoken word. Plus, this Sunday is the Viet Book Fest at the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana. Local writers featuring this week include: Van Hoang, Cindy Nguyen, Pam Ward, Megan Dorame, Raffi Joe Wartanian and J Saravia, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 4/06/26 – 4/12/26
Another week packed with literary events across Greater Los Ángeles. Workshops, readings, open mics, an LGBTQIA book club, a teen open mic and more. Local writers reading this week include: Carolina Rivera Escamilla, Eddy M. Gana, Ra Avis, Brendan Constantine and Peter Lechuga, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 3/30/26 – 4/05/26
A big week in the Greater Los Ángeles literary community. The Annual Culver City Book Festival is Sunday at the Wende Museum in Culver City from 10 am – 5 pm with venders, author readings, panels and more. Plus, all the typical workshops, readings, open mics, book clubs and a few LGBTQIA events. Local writers reading this week include: Nikolai Garcia, Brenda Vaca, Douglas Manuel, Teresa Mei Chuc, Jen Cheng and Ismenia Monchez, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 3/23/26 – 3/29/26
Another week packed with literary events across Greater Los Ángeles. Workshops, readings, open mics, book clubs and more. Local writers reading this week include: Mylo Lam, Brenda Vaca, Peter Lechuga, Kim Dower, Grace Olugin, Julia C. Gaytán and Rachel Howzell Hall, among others. In these troubling times it’s more important than ever to foster literary community. #losangelesliterature Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 3/09/26 – 3/15/26
Another week packed with literary events across Greater Los Ángeles. Workshops, readings, open mics, book clubs and more. Local writers reading this week include: Hilda Weiss, Hanna Pachman, Derrick C. Brown, Peggy Dobreer and Sesshu Foster, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 3/02/26 – 3/08/26
Another week packed with literary events across Greater Los Ángeles. Workshops, readings, open mics, book clubs and more. Local writers reading this week include: Ceasar K. Avelar, Hedi El Kholti, Diosa Xochiquetzalcóat, Dorothy Randal-Gray, V. Kali, Mike Sonksen and Myriam Gurba, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 2/23/26 – 3/01/26
Another week packed with literary events across Greater Los Ángeles. Workshops, readings, open mics, book clubs and more. Local writers reading this week include: Sofía Aguilar, Juanita E. Mantz, Mariano Zaro, Natalie Sierra, Erin Marie Lynch and Matt Sedillo, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 2/16/26 – 2/22/26
Another week packed with literary events across Greater Los Ángeles, including The Pan African Film Festival Spoken Word Fest on Saturday at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. Local writers reading this week include: Queen Quannie, Rosecrans Baldwin, Tananarive Due, Tommy Domino, Rich Ferguson, Melineh Ani Yemenidjian and Robin Coste Lewis among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 2/09/26 – 2/15/26
Another week packed with literary events across Greater Los Ángeles. Workshops, readings, open mics, book clubs an LGBTQIA event and more. Local writers reading this week include: Donato Martinez, David A. Romero, Genesis Perez, Steve Abee, Camille Hernandez, Juan Amador and Camille Hernandez, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 2/02/26 – 2/08/26
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