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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/04/21 – 10/10/21

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

Author Talk with Hilma Wolitzer, & Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket via Central Library, LAPL – Online FB & YouTube Event

Join us to hear author Hilma Wolitzer present and discuss her latest novel, Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket.

Hilma Woiltzer has the gift of depicting ordinary life in extraordinary ways, and in this book she illustrates the relationship between the narrator and her husband through funny and insightful stories. Her stories and novels have been praised for illuminating the dark interiors of the American home.

NOTE: See Site for details.

Where: Central Library, LAPL – Online FB & YouTube Event

Date: Monday the 4th

Time: 4 pm – 5 pm

Address: Online (see site)

Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/conversation-author-hilma-wolitzer

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 09/26/21 – 10/03/21

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

Sheetal Sheth, with Nazanin Boniadi, & Bravo Anjali! via Diesel Bookstore – Online Kids IG Live Event

Join us to hear author Sheetal,in conversation with Nazanin Boniadi, present and discuss her new children’s book, Bravo Anjali!

Playing the tuba comes naturally to Anjali. When the boys in her class give her a hard time for being better than them, she messes up on purpose. It’s her dream to win the upcoming music contest, so she will need a lesson in confidence to hit the right notes. This is an important story for to remind children to never dim their light.

NOTE: See Site for details and Eventbrite registration.

Where: Diesel Bookstore – Online IG Event

Date: Monday the 27th

Time: 12 pm – 1 pm PT

Address: Online (see site)

Website: https://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/virtual-event-monday-september-27th-1200-pm-sheetal-sheth-conversation-nazanin-boniadi

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 09/06/21 – 09/12/21

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

Shannon Hale & LeUyen Pham & Friends Forever at Once Upon a Time Bookstore – In-Person Kids Event

Join us to meet children’s authors Shannon Haleand and LeUyen Pham, as they present their book, Friends Forever.

Shannon Haleand is the New York Times best-selling author of over thirty children’s and young adult novels, including graphic novel memoirs Real Friends and Best Friends, and multiple award winners The Goose Girl, Book of a Thousand Days, and Newbery Honor recipient Princess Academy.

LeUyen Pham is a children’s book illustrator and author. She has illustrated and written more than 80 books. In 2020, she won a Caldecott Honor for her illustrations in the book Bear Came Along.

This is a meet and greet event to sign books and visit with fans of all ages. Graphic novel readers will enjoy the third book in the Friendship series, and picture book readers will be thrilled with the cuteness of Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn.

NOTE: See site for details and guidelines for this event.     

Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore – In-Person Kids Event

Date: Monday the 6th                         

Time: 11 am

Where: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020

Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/friends-forever

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 08/09/21 – 08/15/21

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

Maggie Smith, with Victoria Chan, & Goldenrod via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event

Join us to hear author Maggie Smith, in conversation with award-winning poet Victoria Chang (Obit), discuss her new poetry book, Goldenrod.  

Award-winning poet Maggie Smith returns with a powerful collection that looks at parenthood, solitude, love and memory by taking unique looks at modern life to explore with empathy and honestly.

NOTE: See Site for details and registration.

Where: Skylight Bookstore

Date: Monday the 9th             

Time: 5:30 pm

Address: See Site

Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-maggie-smith-discusses-goldenrod-victoria-chang   

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 06/28/21 – 07/04/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Howard Paar, with Denice Hamilton, & Top Rankin’: A Punk/Ska Noir Novel via Book Soup – Online Event

Author Howard Paar, in conversation with author Denise Hamilton, will present and discuss his book, Top Rankin’: A Punk/Ska Noir Novel.

Top Rankin’ captures the spirit of LA in 1980, and is populated with real-life characters from the music world in Los Angeles, New York and London, when everything’s changing, from the decadent, diverse punk rock scene to the violent, hard-core scene. Although club owner James Dual wants no part of that, his efforts are thwarted from every direction.

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

Where: Book Soup – Online Crowdcast event

Date: Monday the 28th                       

Time: 6 pm 

Where: Online event

Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/howard-parr-conversation-denise-hamilton-discusses-top-rankin%E2%80%99-punkska-noir-novel

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

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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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 06/07/21 – 06/13/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Terry Miles, with Cory Doctorow, & Rabbits via Book Soup – Online Event

Author Terry Miles, in conversation with author Cory Doctorow, will present and discuss his new book, Rabbits.

Terry Miles’s new book depicts how a deadly underground game might just be altering reality itself in this new adventure set in the world of the hit Rabbits podcast. Rabbits is a mysterious alternate reality game so vast it uses the entire world as its canvas. Since the game started in 1959, ten iterations have appeared and nine winners declared. The deeper you get, the more dangerous the game becomes, and when K—a Rabbits obsessive—enters the eleventh round, the fate of the entire universe is at stake.

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

Where: Book Soup – Online Crowdcast event

Date: Monday the 7th                        

Time: 6 pm 

Where: Online event

Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/terry-miles-conversation-cory-doctorow-discusses-rabbits

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The 17 Coolest Bookstores In Los Angeles

By Carrie Bell
FROM: Trip Savvy

The Last Bookstore Annex

Reading probably isn’t the first form of entertainment most people associate with Los Angeles. But the city actually has a long history of fantastic independent bookstores. Bibliophiles in search of their new favorite will not have a hard time finding their happy ending in the stacks of general neighborhood gems—complete with shop cats, signed bestsellers, and coffee bars—or in shops that specialize in specific genres like horror, food/cooking, or romance. Start the search for what Henry David Thoreau called “the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations” at the 17 best bookshops around greater L.A.

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