The final month of 2025 is here. It kicks off with the inaugural Palabra Book Fest at MasArte Gallery in Santa Ana. Plus, all the other typical events including an LGBTQIA event. Some local writers featuring this week are: Marcus Clayton, Nell Cross Beckerman, V. Kali, Holaday Mason, Laura Sermeno, Amara Jackson and Myriam Gurba, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 12/01/25 – 12/07/25
A busy week in Los Angeles Literature with the 1st Annual Riverside Book Festival at the Riverside Main Library in Riverside Saturday from 11 am – 6 pm. It’ll feature such local authors as Susan Straight, Cassandra Lane, Judah 1, Diosa X and Isabel Quintero, among others. Plus, there are still literary events ranging from open mics, workshops, readings and book clubs happening all over the Southland. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/06/25 – 10/12/25
Another busy week in Los Angeles Literature. More LGBTQIA readings this week in celebration of their stories. Plus, all the other typical literary events taking place across Greater Los Ángeles. Local writers featuring this week include: Robin D. G. Kelley, bridgette bianca, David St. John, Andrew Navarro and Mylo Lam, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 6/02/25 – 6/06/25
Another busy week in Los Angeles Literature with the 30th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books taking place this weekend, Saturday 10 am – 6 pm, Sunday 10 am – 5 pm at USC. There are still workshops, open mics, kids events, book clubs, kids and an LGBTQIA event and more. Local writers featuring at the Book Festival are: Alex Espinoza, Amy Gerstler, Attica Locke, Bill Deverell, Daniel A. Olivas, Donna Spruijot-Metz and Felicia ‘Fe’ Montes, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 4/22/25 – 4/27/25
Another busy week in Los Angeles Literature before Easter on Sundy. There are workshops, open mics, kids events, book clubs, young adult events and more. Local writers featuring this week include: Luivette Resto, Elena Karina Byrne, Mimi Tempestt, William Archila, Amaud Jamaul Johnson and Donna Spruijt-Metz, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 4/14/25 – 4/20/25
Another busy week in Los Angeles Literature. It’s week two of the LA Get Down Festival. Plus, there are workshops, open mics, kids events, book clubs, LGBTQIA events and more. Local writers featuring this week include: Douglas Manuel, Carlos Ornelas, Susan Hayden, Ingrid M. Calderon-Collins, Mike Sonksen and Genesis Perez among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 4/07/25 – 4/13/25
Another busy week in Los Angeles Literature. There are many literary events, but the biggest is the month long LA Get Down Festival in celebration of National Poetry Month. Local writers featuring this week include: Nikolai Garcia, Michael C Ford, Dig Wayne, E.A. Hanks, Juan Amador and G. Murray Thomas, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 3/31/25 – 4/06/25
A huge week in Los Angeles Literature. The annual AWP Conference is in Los Ángeles this week for the first time since 2016. This means there are tons of off-site reading with tons of powerful local writers and writers from out of town in L.Á. for the conference. Some of the off-site readings are listed in the events list and others can be found here: Off-Site Events. Some writers reading locally this week are: Francesca Lia Block, Marcus Clayton, Brynn Saito, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Skye Jackson, Major Jackson, Brandon Som, Sara Borjas and Chen Chen. In these troubling times it’s more important than ever to support the local literary community and the written word. #losangelesliteratureLos Angeles Literature Events: 3/24/25 – 3/30/25 Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 3/24/25 – 3/30/25
Another busy week in Los Angeles Literature. Many literary events from workshops to book clubs, to readings to open mics, from kids and teen events to LGBTQIA events and more. Local Writers featuring this week include: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, Tauri, Paul Haddad, Lida Parent Harris, traci kato-kiriyama and Ryane Nicole Granados, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 3/10/25 – 3/16/25
Plenty of literary events this week including readings, open mics, workshops and book clubs. Local writers reading this week are: Kate Maruyama, David Rocklin, Linda Ravenswood, Yago S. Cura, Meliza Bañales and Ra Avis, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 12/02/24 – 12/08/24
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