Book Soup, West Hollywood’s Storied Bookstore, Unionizes Amid a Larger Organizing Wave
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How Skylight Became One of L.A.’s Most Beloved Indie Bookstores
“In a recent survey sent out by The Times asking writers about their preferred stores, Skylight was a popular favorite.” Continue reading How Skylight Became One of L.A.’s Most Beloved Indie Bookstores
Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/07/22 – 03/13/22
Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Book Club Bonanza: Women’s History Celebration via Central Library, LAPL – Online Teen Event
Join us to pick a book to read via Hoopla in celebration of Women’s History Month. We will pitch each other YA fiction, nonfiction or graphic novels, and return on March 14 for read-alikes on the book(s) we’ve chosen, and on March 21 for our book discussion.
NOTE: See site for event detail and to RSVP.
Where: Central LIbrary, LAPL – Online event
Date: Monday the 7th
Time: 4:30 pm
Address: LAPL Online Event
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-bonanza-womens-history-celebration
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Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/22/21 – 11/28/21
Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Book Club Bonanza: Indigenous Voices via LAPL Teen Event – Online Event
Join Los Angeles Public Library for a Teen Book Club Bonanza reading and discussion of two indigenous voices and their books:
The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills, is a tale of lives that may be haunted by grieving. Shelley has inherited her family’s ability to catch ghosts in her hair and help them along, both animals and people. But what happens if we can’t have what we want – our loved one to stay?
A Girl Called Echo: Volume 1, by Katherine Vermette, features compelling illustrations and a female main character who is caught in the foster care system. She discovers her Metis heritage first-hand, while slipping back and forth through time.
NOTE: See site to for details. Email teens@lapl.org from your school email address at least one hour before the program to request the link.
Where: Los Angeles Central Library, LAPL – Online Event
Date: Monday the 22nd
Time: 4:30 pm – 6 pm
Address: LAPL Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-bonanza-indigenous-voices
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Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/15/21 – 11/21/21
Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Moira First Press Reading Series: Jose Hernandez Diaz & Open Micvia Woodbury University/ Microsoft Teams & In-Person – Hybrid Event
Join Woodbury University for the next Moira First Press Reading & Open Mic event, offered both virtually and in-person, to hear featured artist, Jose Hernandez Diaz.
Jose Hernandez Diaz is a 2017 NEA Fellow, and the author of The Fire Eater (Texas Review Press, 2020). His work has been published or featured in The American Poetry Review, Boulevard, Crazyhorse, Georgia Review, Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review, The Los Angeles Times, LitHub, The Nation, Poetry, and in The Best American Nonrequired Reading. He has been a finalist for The Andres Montoya Prize, The Colorado Prize, The Akron Prize, and the National Poetry Series. Currently he is an Associate Editor a Frontier Poetry and a Guest Editor at Palette Poetry. He teaches creative writing online for Litro Magazine, Frontier Poetry, and other venues.
NOTE: See site to complete online RSVP form, to receive meeting link & details.
Where: Woodbury University – Hybrid Event
Date: Monday the 15th
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: 7500 Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91510
Website: https://www.moriaonline.com/first-press-reading-series
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Los Angeles Literature Events: 07/19/21 – 07/25/21
Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Treehouse Event: & Ziggy Marley & My Dog Romeo via Skylight Books & LA Public Library – Online Kids Event
Skylight Treehouse and the LA Public Library present an interactive kids event celebrating author Ziggy Marley’s new picture book, My Dog Romeo. Illustrations are beautifully done by Ag Jatkowska. This event is presented in partnership with the band Punk Rock Marthas.
This vibrant picture book follows a child and dog throughout their days, sharing their love of music and play. A children’s album of the same title is also available.
Where: Skylight Bookstore Online Kids Event (see site)
Date: Monday the 19th
Time: 11 am
Address: Skylight Books Online (see site)
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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: 05/03/21 – 05/09/21
Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Wesley Brown, with Douglas Kearney, & Tragic Magic via Skylight Books – Online Event
Wesley Brown, in conversation with poet Douglas Kearney, will read and discuss his book, Tragic Magic.
Wesley Brown is the author of three novels, a collection of short stories, Dance of the Infidels, and four produced plays. Tragic Magic is the story of Melvin Ellington, a.k.a. Mouth, a Black, twenty-something ex-college radical who has just been released from a five-year prison stretch after being a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. The author structures this first person tale around Ellington’s first day on the outside, haunted by a past that drives him to make sense of choices leading up to this day.
Originally published in 1978, and edited by Toni Morrison during her time at Random House, this Of the Diaspora edition of Tragic Magic features a new introduction by author Wesley Brown.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Skylight Books – Online event
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 4:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-wesley-brown-reads-tragic-magic-douglas-kearney
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Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/19/21 – 04/25/21
Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Virtual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Stories and Ideas 2021 – Online Fiction Event
Join the 26th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, again offered virtually, from April 17 through April 20! Many literary events will be offered, and tickets are FREE!
LA Times’ Main Stage Event features Richard Thompson, in conversation with RJ Smith, who will present and discuss his memoir, Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975.
Richard Thompson is aninternational and longtime beloved musical legend, known for his brilliant songwriting, his extraordinary guitar playing, and his haunting voice. In this long-awaited memoir the British folk musician takes us back to the 1960s, a period of great change and creativity—both for him and the world at large. Thompson is the author of Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice, 1967-1975.
RJ Smith has been a senior editor at Los Angeles Magazine. a contributor to Blender, a columnist for Village Voice, a staff writer for Spin, and a writer for many journals, His book, The One: The Life and Music of James Brown, was among the New York Times’ “One Hundred Notable Books of 2012.” He is the interviewer for this event.
NOTE: The bookseller for this event is Skylight Bookstore.
Where: Los Angeles Times – Online events (see details & tickets available at Eventbrite link)
Date: Monday the 19th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online events (see site)
Website: https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/project/2021-event-richard-thompson/
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Los Angeles Literature Events 8/10/20 – 8/16/20
Los Angeles Literature Events 8/10/20 – 8/16/20
Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
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
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