Plenty of literary events this week including the one-year anniversary celebration for The Libros Lincoln Heights. Reading at the celebration are: Viet Than Nguyen and Donato Martinez, among others. Poet Alex Petunia and co. will be writing poetry on demand as well. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/18/24 – 11/24/24
Plenty of literary events this week from book clubs, readings, open mics, workshops, children’s, teen and YA events. Local writers reading this week include: Nancy Lynée Woo, Lucy Rodriguez-Hanley, Dig Wayne, Amelie Frank and Fernando Funes, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/04/24 – 11/10/24
Plenty of literary events this week: open mics, book clubs, readings, workshops, kids, YA, and a teen LGBTQIA events. Local writers reading this week include: Brenda Vaca, Matt Sedillo, Cassandra Lane, David Helps, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal and William Archila, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/14/24 – 10/20/24
It’s literary festival season in the Los Angeles Literary Community. Next weekend is the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 6pm Saturday and 10am – 5pm Sunday. There are plenty of other events as well. Local writers reading this week are: Benin Lemus, Nina Revoyr, Nailah Porter, Sean Hill, Taz Ahmed, Myriam Gurba and Brenda Vaca, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/15/24 – 04/21/24
Plenty of literary events this week. Events include: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops and a few kids events and an LGBTQIA specific event. Plus, the annual Boca de Oro is back in Santa Aan Saturday, a day long literary and arts festival. Then, on Sunday, is the 6 Annual LibroMobile Literary Arts Festival in Fullerton. Local writers reading this week are: Jesenia Chavez, Carlos Ornelas, OC Youth Poet Natalie Rodriguez Merino, Diana Burbano, Jonathan Humanoid, Teresa Mei Chuc and Leslie Ortega, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 02/26/24 – 03/03/24
An extra busy week full of literary events, but one of the community’s biggest annual events is the Southern California Poetry Festival at Beyond Baroque in Venice on Friday, Saturday and Sunday featuring over 48 poets reading, discussing their work and teaching workshops. Local writers reading this week include: Ron L. Dowell, Michelle Bitting, Charles Jensen, Juan Amador, William Archila, Christina Cha, Lou Mathews and Adriana Ernesto Cepeda, among others. Get out there in-person or virtually L.Á. and support your local literary community! #losangelesliterature Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/13/23 – 11/19/23
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids and teen events. Local writers reading this week include: Ingrid Calderon-Collins, West Hollywood Poet Laureate Jen Cheng, South Central Native and Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara Melinda Palacio, Elena Secota, Olga García Echeverría, Diosa Xochiquetzalcóatl, Richard Modian, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/06/23 – 11/12/23
A busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, kids, teen/YA, LGBTQIA+ specific events and events for Filipino American History Month including the Liwanag Lit Fest in Long Beach. Many local writers reading this week include: Alma Rosa Rivera, Brenda Vaca, Rachelle Cruz, Ashley C. Lanuza, Jade Phoenix Martinez, Jesenia Chavez and Kuahmel, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/16/23 – 10/22/23
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids, teen, youth and LGBTQIA+ specific events. Many local writers reading this week include: Cynthia Guardado, Sofia Aguilar, Suzanne Lummis, Shonda Buchanan, Mary Camarillo, Christopher Soto and Rosalilia M. Mendoza, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/09/23 – 10/15/23
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids and teen/YA events. Local writers reading this week include: Nancy Lynée Woo, Ruth Nolan, Arminé Iknadossian, Iris De Anda, Myriam Gurba, Teresa Mei Chuc, traci kato-kiriyama and Jeff Rogers, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 09/18/23 – 09/24/23
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