A Visceral and Fabulist Short Story Collection Filled With Roots, Inheritance and Blood
“In these 10 fabulist tales,” written by SoCal native Carribean Fragoza, “the body and the inevitability of loss shimmer, and each story moves effortlessly between horror and the real.” Continue reading A Visceral and Fabulist Short Story Collection Filled With Roots, Inheritance and Blood
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2021 Edition is Virtual
By Brian Dunlap
2021’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books features a week of virtual literary events. The events range from one-on-one conversations to exciting panels, virtual readings and more.
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INTERVIEW: Daniel Olivas, Beckett’s Babies Podcast
A recent guest on Beckett’s Babies was L.Á. writer DANIEL OLIVAS! Daniel Olivas is the author of nine books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/29/21 – 04/04/21
Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Shannon Kenny Carbonell & All Is Not Lost via Chevalier’s Bookstore – Virtual Crowdcast Event
Join author Shannon Kenny Carbonell, in conversation with Nestor Carbonell,to hear her discuss her book, All Is Not Lost.
Shannon Kenny Carbonell’s book, All Is Not Lost, is the story of what happened when one woman set aside a lifelong dream in favor of her kids, only to find herself battling her own ego and unfulfilled ambition. When her family relocated to Oahu, Hawaii during the shooting of the TV show LOST, she found herself as lost as the characters/survivors, and find a way to reconcile her growing feeling of failure and sudden loss of herself, This is her journey.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Crowdcast Event
Date: Monday the 29th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/shannon-kenny-carbonell
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Native Angeleno Lynne Thompson is L.A.’s 2021 Poet Laureate
A bit late, but L.Á. native, Lynne Thompson, is L.Á.’s new Poet Laureate. She is the author of three collections of poetry and three chapbooks. Continue reading Native Angeleno Lynne Thompson is L.A.’s 2021 Poet Laureate
Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/22/21 – 03/28/21
Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Denise Hamilton & Contributors & Speculative Los Angeles via Beverly Hills Public Library, BHPL – Virtual Event
Editor and author Denise Hamilton, with contributors Francesca Lia Block, Lisa Morton, and Luis J. Rodriguez, will presents selections of their new work from the debut title in a new city-based anthology series, Speculative Los Angeles.
L.A. native Denise Hamilton is the author of seven crime novels, and is editor of Speculative Los Angeles (2021), She is editor of the bestselling Los Angeles Noir 2, and is a former LA Times journalist. Her next novel is a work of speculative fiction set in Los Angeles.
Francesca Lia Block is the author of more than 25 acclaimed and widely translated books, as well as short stories, essays and poems. She lives, writes, and teaches creative writing in Los Angeles.
Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, author of nonfiction books, and prose writer, and a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award. She is the author of four novels, and over 150 short stories.
Luis J. Rodriguez has published 16 books of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and essays. Best-known for his memoir Always Running, he has also been a print and radio journalist, written plays and movie scripts, and worked as a script consultant on three TV shows. He served as Los Angeles’s official Poet Laureate for two terms.
NOTE: Details and Zoom link instructions available at event link.
Where: BHPL – Online Zoom Event
Date: Monday the 22nd
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.beverlyhills.org/cbhfiles/storage/files/19881747621935143177/SpeculativeLA2.0.pdf
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The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen review – challenging colonialism
“And so here it is, with perfect timing, a political novel that anyone who is part of a colonising or colonised nation – and that includes, of course, America – should read.” Continue reading The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen review – challenging colonialism
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Committed” Is a Spy Thriller Where the Real Enemy Is Colonialism
An interview with Pulitzer Prize winning USC Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen. Continue reading Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Committed” Is a Spy Thriller Where the Real Enemy Is Colonialism
Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/15/21 – 03/21/21
Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Women’s History Month: Tessa Boase & Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds via The Ebell of Los Angeles – Virtual Event
Author Tessa Boase will present and discuss her book, Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds, in England as she tells the intriguing story about woman’s love affair with plumes. For fifty years Etta Lemon was the driving force behind the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and where she led in 1889, the Audubon Society would follow author and former investigative journalist Boase will bring to life the untold story of women, birds, hats—and votes.
NOTE: Details at event link
Where: The Ebell – Online Event
Date: Monday the 15th
Time: 12 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: http://facebook.com/events/817217392241006
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Welcome to ‘Octavia E. Butler Landing’
An honor for L.Á. writer and science fiction legend Octavia E. Butler. Continue reading Welcome to ‘Octavia E. Butler Landing’
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