It’s been quite a year in Los Ángeles and the local literary community. As teh holidays are upon us ,there will be no list of weekly events for the remainder of the year. Enjoy the holidays and come back better than ever in the new year! Continue reading No List of Weekly Literary Events
Another successful and productive year of building literary community in Greater Los Angeles is winding down. In the face of the Palisades and Eaton fires that destroyed local writers’ homes and communities, the ICE raids that continue to target our fellow brown and immigrant writers, to the funding cuts for the arts, the local literary community continued to foster connections by hosting events, publishing and celebrating book releases, winning awards, and coming together in solidarity against ICE targeting our friends, family and neighbors. This week some local writers to support and foster community with are: Matt Sadillo, jimmy vega, Cory “Besskepp” Cofer, Ingrid M. Calderon-Collins, Bill Mohr, Candice Margarita and Jessica Saravia. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 12/15/25 – 12/21/25
Another busy week in Los Angeles Literature with literary events ranging from open mics, workshops, readings and book clubs. Local writers featuring this week include: Nancy Lynée Woo, Soledad Con Carne, Ideas Aubrey, X MAYO, Hope Cerna, Pam Ward and Tisha Reichle-Aguilera, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 9/22/25 – 9/28/25
Los Angeles Literature’s list of weekly events is back.
It’s another busy week in Los Angeles Literature with literary events ranging from open mics, workshops, readings and book clubs and culminates in the Los Angeles Libros Festival at the Central Library. Local writers featuring or teaching workshops this week include: Gustavo Hernandez, Aruni Wijesinghe, Gail Wronsky, Genesis Perez, Wendy Van Camp and Shihan Van Clief, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 9/08/25 – 9/14/25
Another busy week in Los Angeles Literature. More LGBTQIA readings this week in celebration of Pride Month. Plus, all the other typical literary events taking place across Greater Los Ángeles. Local writers featuring this week include: Alma Rosa Azul, Tiffany E. Barber, Yesika Salgado, Chris Santiago and Evan Chelsee, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 6/09/25 – 6/15/25
Another busy week in Los Angeles Literature. The 48th UCR Writers Week at UC Riverside takes place with author readings and talks Monday-Friday. Plus, all the other typical literary events talking place across Greater Los Ángeles. Local writers featuring this week include: Xochitil-Julisa Bermejo, Lynda V. E. Crawford, Kim Dower, Briana Muñoz Sandy Shakes and Usolospher, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 5/05/25 – 5/11/25
Literary event this week include the community’s first book festival of the year: The 4th Annual Culver City Book Festival at the Wende Museum. Writers appearing at the Culver City Book Festival include: Gustavo Arellano, CJ Leede, Jesse Katz, Alyesha Wise, Besskepp and Food 4 Thought, among others. 10 am – 5 pm. The full range of other literary events round out the week. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 2/17/25 – 2/23/25
Another week of events. They include: readings, workshops, book clubs, YA and teen and LGBTQIA+ events. There are even some local writers reading this week that include: Nikolai Garcia, Maestro, Cecilia Woloch, Teresa Mei Chuc, Marvin Louis Dorsey and Holaday Mason, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 1/13/25 – 1/19/25
Los Angeles Literature’s list of weekly events is back after a week lost because of the global tech outage. This week is full of events: open mics, book clubs, readings, workshops, kids, teen and LGBTQIA events. Local writers reading this week include: Jen Cheng, Nancy Lynée Woo, Nicelle Davis, Greg Mania, Lady Basco and Jeff Rogers, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 07/29/24 – 08/04/24
Plenty of literary events this week. Events include: readings, book release parties, open mics, book clubs, workshops and kids and LGBTQ+ events. Local writers reading this week are: Nikolai Garcia, Lynne Thompson, Cynthia Guardado, Aiyana Sha’niel, Marcus Clayton, Brian Lin and S. Fey, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/11/24 – 03/17/24
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