Los Angeles Literature Events: 09/12/22 – 09/18/22
Los Angeles Literature Events: 09/12/22 – 09/18/22
NOTE: There Are Both Online and Virtual Events Listed Here
Woodland Hills Mystery Book Club Discussion: Your House Will Pay at Washington Irving Branch Library, LAPL – In-Person & Online (Hybrid) Event
A novel about racial tensions in Los Angeles, following two families—one Korean-American, one African-American—grappling with the effects of a decades-old crime.
In the wake of the police shooting of a black teenager, Los Angeles is as tense as it’s been since the unrest of the early 1990s. But Grace Park and Shawn Matthews have their own problems. Grace is sheltered and largely oblivious, living in the Valley with her Korean-immigrant parents, working long hours at the family pharmacy. She’s distraught that her sister hasn’t spoken to their mother in two years, for reasons beyond Grace’s understanding. Shawn has already had enough of politics and protest after an act of violence shattered his family years ago. He just wants to be left alone to enjoy his quiet life in Palmdale.
But when another shocking crime hits LA, both the Park and Matthews families are forced to face down their history while navigating the tumult of a city on the brink of more violence.
Discussion is facilitated by Mary C. Schaffer. Books are read in advance of the meetings and are available to borrow from the Woodland Hills Library Reference Desk or you may place a copy on hold through the library catalog or Libby app.
Please call (818) 226-0017 for more information.
NOTE: See site for link, guidelines, and details.
Where: Woodland Hills Branch Library, LAPL Community Room
Date: Monday the 12th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 22200 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA 91364 (or online; see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/mystery-book-club-8
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ladybug: We Can Inherit Experiences
“ladybug” is the new memoir written by San Bernardino native Nikia Chaney, about how her mother and daughter are afflicted by schizophrenia. It opens with a child speaking in second person “as she observes her mother dissociate.” Continue reading ladybug: We Can Inherit Experiences
Annette Chavez Macias’ Inland Empire Childhood Inspired Her Novel About Mexican American Cousins
“The novel is a family drama set primarily in Inland Valley, a fictional L.A. suburb that’s inspired by the area that Macias, who was raised in Ontario and currently lives in Rancho Cucamonga.” Continue reading Annette Chavez Macias’ Inland Empire Childhood Inspired Her Novel About Mexican American Cousins
Los Angeles Literature Events: 09/05/22 – 09/11/22
NOTE: There Are Both Online and Virtual Events Listed Here
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 nonfiction and done readings with the Ventura Poetry Project.
Where: Beyond Baroque – Online event (tickets at Eventbrite) (check to verify)
Date: Monday the 5th
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-411567458347
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L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Mirelle Ortega
An interview with Mirelle Ortega, a Mexican illustrator and writer for kidlit and Animation based in Los Angeles, CA. Continue reading L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Mirelle Ortega
L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Daniel Olivas
“Daniel A. Olivas will be one of the featured authors at the Los Angeles Libros Festival, a free bilingual book festival for the whole family,” on September 23rd at the Central Library. Check out his interview. Continue reading L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Daniel Olivas
List of Weekly Events Back Next week
By Brian Dunlap
Due to the passing of my grandmother last week, at the age of 95, there will be no list of weekly events for this upcoming week. That doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of literary events to attend and local writers to support.
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LA Nonprofit Get Lit Brings Poetry, Literature to Students
Interviews with Get Lit founder Diane Luby Lane, about her nonprofit, and with student poets, teacher Jeanetta Wolfe and poet Luis Rodriguez about the transformative power of poetry and Uni(verse). Continue reading LA Nonprofit Get Lit Brings Poetry, Literature to Students
L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo
“Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo will be one of the featured authors at the Los Angeles Libros Festival, a free bilingual book festival for the whole family,” on September 23rd at the Central Library. Check out her interview. Continue reading L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo
Los Angeles Literature Events: 08/22/22 – 08/28/22
NOTE: There Are Both Online and Virtual Events Listed Here
Sara Woster, with Jackie Kashian, & Painting Can Save Your Life at Chevalier’s Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join us to hear Sara Woster, in conversation with Jackie Kashian, discuss and sign her book, Painting Can Save Your Life: How and Why We Paint.
Artist and founder of The Painting School Sara Woster invites readers into the vibrant world of painting as a creative practice powerful enough to transform our lives.
Weaving soup-to-nuts instruction on how to paint–from choosing the right materials to painting the human body–with her own story of discovering a passion for painting, this book includes:
NOTE: See site for guidelines and details.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 22nd
Time: 6 pm
Address: 133 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
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