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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Evnts: 10/19/20 – 10/25/20

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Virtual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Stories and Ideas 2020 – Online Fiction Event

Join the 25th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Stories and Ideas, postponed from April 2020, and offered virtually during October and November. A total of 25 literary events will take place from October 18- November 13, and tickets are FREE!

Today’s program features a discussion between Pulitzer Prize winning author Ayad Akhtar and bestselling author Reza Aslan, who will discuss Akhtar’s new book, Hometown Elegies: This novel blends fact and fiction to tell an epicstory of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, at its heart this is the story of a father, a son, and the country they call home.

Ayad Akhtar is a novelist and playwright, whose work has been published and performed in over two dozen languages. He is the winner of numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Junk, and an award in literature form the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Hometown Elegies is his latest novel.

Reza Aslan (Interviewer) is a renowned writer, commentator, and professor, Emmy-nominated producer, and scholar of religions. He is the author of three bestselling books, including, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.

Where: Los Angeles Times – Online events (see details & tickets available at Eventbrite link)

Date: Monday the 20th                         

Time: 6 pm – 8 pm                               

Address: Online events (see site)        

Website; https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-los-angeles-times-festival-of-books-stories-and-ideas-2020-tickets-121490518411

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/05/20 – 10/11/20

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS Nick Hornby & Just Like You via Literary Affairs’ Books & Bathrobes – Zoom Online Event            Bestselling author Nick Hornby will discuss his novel Just Like You in a book club-style conversation with Julie Robinson in a Zoom online event. This novel is a twenty-first century love story about what happens when the person who makes you … Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/05/20 – 10/11/20

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 9/21/20 – 9/27/20

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Speaker Series with Alison Rose Jefferson & Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During the Jim Crow Era via The Ebell of Los Angeles – Online Event 

The Ebell hosts author and speaker Alison Rose Jefferson, who will share her research and findings contained in her book, Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era. Our local public places and leisure sites hold a central place in the ongoing freedom rights struggle, and the author describes these cases and efforts in detail.         

Where: The Ebell Speaker Series – Online (see site)                              

Date: Monday the 21st                                         

Time: 12pm – 1 pm                     

Address: Online event

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/269045181101014

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 9/14/20 – 9/20/20

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UNMUTE! is a month-long generative workshop for writers at all levels. Each week, participants will meet LIVE with poet and writer Brendan Constantine for ninety minutes, to discuss and explore approaches to poetry and discover ways to practice perpetual astonishment. Each class will end with at least one “no pressure” assignment, designed to liberate your own style. Dates of workshop: Sept. 14th, 21st, 28th, and Oct, 5th.

NOTE: See course details and costs at: https://awfulgoodwriters.com/courses/brendan-constantine-unmute/?fbclid=IwAR3DL0iNNdBJCoFn5KrMZw6_L3ua3DBb-NuEOn9miK12vaX1bD0BC-np7DE

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 9/07/20 – 9/13/20

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Philosophy Discussion Group & Critique of Pure Reason via Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event

Join Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library’s Zoom link as we continue our discussion of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. Newcomers are welcome.

NOTE: Email ayosco@lapl.org for participation details. Confirm at site due to holiday.

Where: Arroyo Seco Branch Library, LAPL – Online event  

Date: Monday the 7th                                  

Time: 6:30 pm

Address: Online event (see site)  

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/philosophy-discussion-group-1 

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 8/31/20 – 9/06/20

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download (2)Bilingual Storytime via Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library, LAPL Instagram Online – Kids Event

Join the Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library’s Instagram online link for the Bilingual Storytime event, to enjoy stories, rhymes and songs in Spanish and English.

Where: Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library, LAPL Zoom online

Date: Monday the 31st

Time: 3 pm                                   

Address: Online event (see site)

Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/bilingual-storytimela-hora-de-cuentos-bilingüe

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 8/24/20 – 8/30/20

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116742783_2715181558712186_4661525944619345215_nTeens Speak Up Against Injustice: The Assignment via American Jewish University Online Event

Join us on Zoom to heat how a chance meeting in a bookstore propelled author Liza Wiemer to write her book, The Assignment, which explores how two teens found the courage to speak up against antisemitism and hatred.

NOTE: See site for details and ticket information.

Where: American Jewish University – Online event

Date: Monday the 24th

Time: 4 pm – 4:45 pm

Address: Online event (see site)

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/398268867839936

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Los Angeles Literature Events 8/17/20 – 8/23/20

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Join us on Little Tokyo Branch Library’s Instagram for Japanese Storytime for children, to enjoy books and activities, such as singing and learning origami, in Japanese.

Where: Little Tokyo Branch Library, LAPL Instagram online

Date: Monday the 17th

Time: 10:30 pm                            

Address: Online event (see site)

Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/japanese-storytime

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Los Angeles Literature Events 8/10/20 – 8/16/20

Los Angeles Literature Events 8/10/20 – 8/16/20

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413U81vYhYL._SX327_BO1,204,203,200_Julian E. Zelizer & Burning Down the House at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event

Join author Julian E. Zelizer, in conversation with David Cross, to discuss his new non-fiction book, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party.

When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, President Obama observed that Trump “is not an outlier; he is a culmination, a logical conclusion of the rhetoric and tactics of the Republican Party.” In this book the author pinpoints the moment when our country was set on a path to bitterly partisan and ruthless politics: an era ignited by Newt Gingrich and his allies in 1989. This is the story of how they created a new normal in Washington D.C.

NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.

Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event

Date: Monday the 10th

Time: 6 pm

Address: Crowdcast Live

Website: https://booksoup.com/event/julian-e-zelizer-conversation-david-cross-discusses-burning-down-house-newt-gingrich

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