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Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/21/22 – 11/27/22

Book Club Bonanza and Indigenous Voices: YA Reads A Snake Falls to Earth via Central Library, LAPL – Online Teen Event

This book club for teens will read a YA fiction book to read to celebrate Indigenous Voices month, and today will have an activity related to this month’s selection, A Snake Falls to Earth, by Little Darcie Badger.

NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEWBERY AWARD HONORAMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD HONORNATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST, among others.

In this work of Indigenous futurism, the author draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family.

Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She’s always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories.

Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he’s been cast from home. He’s found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake.

Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli’s best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven’t been in centuries.

NOTE: See site for link and details. 

Where: Central Library, LAPL

Date: Monday the 14th    

Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Address: Online Event (see site)

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-bonanza-indigenous-voices-0

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/14/22 – 11/20/22

MOIRA First Press Reading Series & Chloe Martinez at Woodbury University – In-Person Event

The olive is among the oldest known cultivated trees in the world, grown before the written language was invented. In California, there are many isolated trees or fragments of old groves, such as the trees that still stand on the Woodbury campus. Traditionally, after harvest, oil was pressed in screw or hydraulic presses. The paste was subjected to increasingly high pressures with subsequent degradation in the flavor of the oil. Thus, the “first press” of oil was considered the most flavorful and desirable.  ~  the Olive Oil Source, 2018.

Chloe Martinez will be the featured guest at this second event in this year’s series. is a poet and a scholar of South Asian religions. She is the author of the collection Ten Thousand Selves (The Word Works) and the chapbook Corner Shrine (Backbone Press). Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, POETRY, Prairie Schooner, Shenandoah, Beloit Poetry Journal and elsewhere. She works at Claremont McKenna College. See more at www.chloeAVmartinez.com.

NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines and details. 

Where: Woodbury University

Date: Monday the 14th   

Time: 4 pm – 6 pm

Address: 7500 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91504

Website: https://www.moriaonline.com/first-press-reading-series

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/07/22 – 11/13/22

World Literature Book Club via West Valley Regional Library, LAPL – Online Event

This Book Club hosts a discussion of the world’s best short stories. All selections are from The Best Short Stories 2021-The O. Henry Prize Winners, edited by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

This month’s selections are:

Nov. 7 – Antediluvian by Ben Hinshaw

Nov. 14 – Grief’s Garden by Caroline Albertine Minor

Nov. 21 – To the Dogs by Jianan Qian

Nov. 28 – Color and Light by Sally Rooney  

This group meets every Monday morning (excluding holidays).

This program is repeated at 2 pm by Woodland Hills Branch Library.

NOTE: See site for link and details. 

Where: West Valley Regional Library, LAPL

Date: Monday the 7th   

Time: 10 am

Address: Online Event (see site)

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/world-literature-short-stories-book-club-0

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/31/22 – 11/06/22

Trick or Treat Event at Main Library, SMPL – In-Person Kids & Teens Event

Arrive in your Halloween costume at the library’s youth services desk for something fun and frightening! For kids and teens ages 0-17.

NOTE: See site for guidelines, and details.

Where: Main Library, SMPL

Date: Monday the 31st

Time: 10 am – 5 pm

 Address: 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401

Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=34301  

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/11/21 – 10/17/21

Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Dennis Cooper & I Wished via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event

Dennis Cooper will present I Wished, in which the author writes about George Miles, love, loss, addiction, suicide, and how fiction can capture these things, and how it also fails to capture them. .

I Wished is the author’s first novel in ten years, and it revisits the George Miles Cycle of acclaimed novels and the inspiration for the Cycle (Closer, Frisk, Try, Guide, and Period). This is his masterwork, and is his most raw, personal, and haunted book of all.

NOTE: See site for book purchase & event details.         

Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online Event

Date: Monday the 11th

Time: 12 pm

Address: Online (see site)

Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 09/20/21 – 09/26/21

Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Stuart Neville & The House of Ashes via Vroman’s – Online Event

Join us to hear author Stuart Neville, present and discuss his novel, The House of Ashes, a chilling and gorgeous portrait of violence and resilience, told in two voices.

Sara Keane’s husband, Damien, has uprooted them from England and moved them to his native Northern Ireland for a “fresh start” in the wake of her nervous breakdown. Sara, who knows no one in Northern Ireland, is jobless, carless, friendless–all but a prisoner in her own house. When a blood-soaked old woman beats on the door, insisting the house is hers before being bundled back to her care facility, Sara begins to understand the house has a terrible history her husband never intended for her to discover. As the two women form a bond over shared traumas, Sara finds the strength to stand up to her abuser and Mary–silent for decades–is ready to tell her story.

NOTE: See Site for details and registration.

Where: Vroman’s – Online Event

Date: Monday the 20th

Time: 1 pm

Address: Online (see site)

Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/upcoming-events

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 07/05/21 – 07/11/21

Another busy week in Los Ángeles literature. More and more events are returning to in person gatherings. Check the list to find out which events are in person. Also, local authors featuring this week are: Yesika Salgado, Janet Fitch and Steph Cha is in conversation with Rosecrans Baldwin, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 07/05/21 – 07/11/21

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 06/21/21 – 06/27/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Kathy Freston & Gene Stone & 72 Reasons to Be Vegan via Book Soup – Online Event

Authors Kathy Freston & Gene Stone will present and discuss their book, 72 Reasons to Be Vegan: Why Plant-Based. Why Now.

72 Reasons to Be Vegan: Why Plant-Based. Why Now informs us that if we adopt a vegan diet you can enjoy better sex, save money, ward of diseases, and help save the planet, etc. This book answers all the questions about a vegan diet from the perspective of what one would gain, rather than what one would give up.

NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.     

Where: Book Soup – Online Crowdcast event

Date: Monday the 21st                       

Time: 6 pm 

Where: Online event

Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/kathy-freston-gene-stone-discuss-72-reasons-be-vegan-why-plant-based-why-no

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 06/14/21 – 06/20/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Lisa Taddeo, with Stephanie Danler, & Animal via Book Soup – Online Event

Author Lisa Taddeo, in conversation with author Stephanie Danler, will present and discuss his new book, Animal.

Animal illustrates one woman’s exhilarating transformation for prey to predator, in this debut novel from the author of Three Women. Lisa Taddeo presents the story of Joan, who has spent a lifetime enduring the cruelties of men. It’s a depiction of female rage at its rawest, and a visceral exploration of the fallout from a male-dominated society.

NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.     

Where: Book Soup – Online Crowdcast event

Date: Monday the 14th                        

Time: 6 pm 

Where: Online event

Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/lisa-taddeo-conversation-stephanie-danler-discusses-animal

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/23/20 – 11/29/20

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Learning Circle: The 1619 Project via John C. Fremont Branch Library – Online Event      

A Learning Circle is an opportunity to learn together. Join us as we study The 1619 Project, an ambitious undertaking by The New York Times to reexamine the legacy of slavery and the repercussions that exist to this day.

Email jcfrmt@lapl.org for participation details and related book list.

Where:  John C, Fremont Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see site)

Date: Monday the 23rd                                                                        

Time: 1:30 pm                                                                          

Address:  LAPL – Online event       

Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/learning-circle-1619-project

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