Plenty of literary events this week. Events include: readings, book release parties, open mics, book clubs, workshops and kids. Local writers reading this week are: Jesenia Chávez, Mike Sonksen, Lady K Day, October Blu, Denise Heyl McEvoy, Isabel Quintero and Christina Cha, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/25/24 – 03/31/24
Plenty of literary events this week, including the annual UC Riverside’s Writers Week, both virtual and in-person. Other events include: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops and a few kids events. Local writers reading this week are: Jose Hernandez Diaz, Maestro, Alma Rosa Rivera, Ceasar Avelar, Diane Marie Brown, Lory Bedikian and Raffi Joe Wartanian, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 02/12/24 – 02/18/24
Eboo Patel: Author of the 2018 LMU Common Book at LMU
Join LMU students, faculty and staff as we welcome author, educator, and interfaith leader Eboo Patel to talk about his book Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America. This event is free and open to everyone in the LMU community.
Eboo Patel is a leading voice in the movement for interfaith cooperation and the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a national nonprofit working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm. He is the author of: Acts of Faith, Sacred Ground, Interfaith Leadership, and Out of Many Faiths. Eboo served on President Obama’s Inaugural Faith Council and is an expert on the topic of religious pluralism. For over fifteen years he has worked on and with many organizations to help realize a future where religion is a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division.
Where: Life Sciences Building Auditorium, Loyola Marymount University
Date: Monday the 18th
Time: 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: http://cal.lmu.edu/event/eboo_patel_author_of_the_2018_lmu_common_book#.XGC7YFxKiUk
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 2/18/19 –2/24/19”
Patt Morrison & Don’t Stop the Presses at Central Library, LAPL
Join celebrated journalist Patt Morrison as she talks about her new book, Don’t Stop the Presses: Truth, Justice and the American Newspaper. A book signing will follow the event.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, Downtown L.A.
Date: Monday the 24th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/patt-morrison
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 9/24/18 –9/30/18”
From: Los Angeles Times
More than 800 authors, readers and other literary Angelenos have signed a petition sent to the board of directors of the Library Foundation, along with L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, raising concerns about the future of its ALOUD reading series following the dismissal of ALOUD’s founder Louise Steinman and associate director Maureen Moore.
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Courtenay Hameister & Okay Fine Whatever at Book Soup
Join us to hear Courtenay Hameister discuss and sign her book, Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went from Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things.
In this book the author has written a refreshing, relatable, and funny account of her adventures of fighting chronic dread and anxiety. It’s possible to fight complacency and become bold, or at least bold-ish, a little at a time.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 17th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 9/17/18 –9/23/18”
Bilingual Poetry Workshops at Tia Chucha’s Bookstore
Join us for the second in a series of Bilingual Poetry Workshops, to be held on Mondays, July 2 to August 13, from 4 pm – 6pm, for ages 12 and up, with poet/teacher Juan Cardenas from CA Poets in the Schools, sponsored by Poets & Writers Magazine.
Explore your cultural narrative by allowing your sense to guide you and recall your past experiences. Food will play a big role in this class, and other topics include: Codeswitch, Voice and Diction, Stream of Consciousness, Narrative, Slam, and more.
Where: Tia Chucha’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 9th
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: 13197 Gladstone Ave., Unit A, Sylmar, CA 91342
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/221723651771115/
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 7/09/18 –7/15/18”
Carola Lovering & Tell Me Lies at Book Soup
Please join us to hear Carola Lovering discuss and sign Tell Me Lies. This novel tells the story of Lucy and Stephen, who meet at a small California college, and it unfolds by alternating between their two voices, following their connection through college life and post-college life in New York City. This keenly intelligent and resonant story chronicles the exhilaration and dilemmas of young adulthood, and the difficulty of letting go, even when you know it’s time..
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/carola-lovering-discusses-and-signs-tell-me-lies
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 6/25/18 –7/01/18”
The Big Read Book Club & Citizen, at Westchester-Loyola Village Branch Library
While supplies last, pick up a copy of Citizen: An American Lyric, by Claudia Rankine at the Information Desk. On Saturday, June 30 at 2 pm, please join your fellow Big Read readers for a discussion of Citizen in the Community Room.
Where: Westchester-Loyola Village Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 18th
Time: 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Address: 7114 W. Manchester Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/big-read-bookclub
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 6/18/18 –6/24/18”
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