On August 23, poetry took center stage in Santa Ana as Orange County welcomed its next Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate. From Caroline Shin and Youth Poet Laureate Clara Mejia-Yuan to Jesus Cortez, Alexis Jaimes, and outgoing Poet Laureate Gustavo Hernandez, the afternoon showcased poetry rooted in community, identity, and social justice. Continue reading OC Poets Laureate: A Reading and Reception
Another week packed with literary events across Greater Los Ángeles. Workshops, readings, open mics, book clubs and more from Riverside to Monrovia to Long Beach to Santa Ana and everywhere in-between. Local writers reading this week include: K. Andrew Turner, Sofia Aguilar, Raffi Joe Wartanian, Samantha Rios and Simone Swearingen, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 8/24/26 – 8/30/26
This week features several literary festivals: Los Feliz Writers Festival, Los Angeles Street Poetry Festival (East L.A. College), the Black Autonomy Book Fair (Sims Library of Poetry) and LibroMobile’s Weekend Lit Fest (Santa Ana). Some local writers reading this week are: Elvia Susana Rubalcava, Susie Yi, Ebony Oldham, Dr. Tiffany E. Barber, Rey Rodriguez and Traci Akemi Kato-Kiriyama. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 8/17/26 – 8/23/26
Another week packed with literary events across Greater Los Ángeles. Workshops, readings, open mics, book clubs and more. Local writers reading this week include: Bri Stokes, Brendan Constantine, Raquel Reyes-Lopez, Pam Concepcion, Micah Bournes and Tracey Gee, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 7/27/26 – 8/02/26
Another week packed with literary events across Greater Los Ángeles, including the Long Beach Poetry Salm and the Whittier Public Library’s Zine Fest. Local writers reading this week include: Elizabeth Hall, Rasheed Newson, Eve Wood and Genie Nakano, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 7/13/26 – 7/19/26
Another week full of events including two literary festivals: 6th Annual Queer Writers Festival and the Monrovia Pride Book Festival, Saturday. Local writers reading this week include: CB Lee, Pam Concepcion, Andres “RHIPS” Rivera, Rhys Langston and Gail Wronsky, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 6/15/26 – 6/21/26
A busy week in the Greater Los Ángeles literary community. This weekend is the annual LitLit: The Little Literary Festival Downtown and Book Lovers Weekend in San Pedro. Plus, Inlandia Institute’s Indie Author Fair on Thursday in Riverside. Local writers reading this week include: Missy Fuego, Land Flowers, Larry Love, Susan Straight, Los Angeles Poet Laureate Brendan Constantine and Tom Laichas, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 6/01/26 – 6/07/26
Another week packed with two literary festivals across Greater Los Ángeles—49th Annual Writers Week at UC Riverside and the Pomona Poetry & Book Fest. Local writers reading this week include: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Liz Stephens, Ryka Aoki, Ruthie Marlenée, Peter Lechuga and Cassandra Lane, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 5/04/26 – 5/010/26
Another week literary festivals. There are two: 2nd Annual Santa Ana College Poetry & Literary Festival on Wednesday and Thursday and Lit Fest in the Dena on Friday and Saturday. Many local poets and writers will be featuring from Oscar Velasquez, Brenda Vaca, Dana Johnson, CB Lee, Teresa Mei Chuc and Francesca Lia Block, among others. In these troubling times it’s more important than ever to foster literary community. #losangelesliterature Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 4/27/26 – 5/03/26
Another big week with two festivals. The continuation of the month-long LA Get Down Festival at the Greenway Court Theatre in the Fairfax District and the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC. Local writers reading this week include: Theresa Robbinson, William Archilla, Connie Johnson, Janet Danielo, Jimmy Vega, Suzanne Lummis and Yesika Salgado, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 4/13/26 – 4/19/26
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