Plenty of literary events this week: open mics, book clubs, readings, workshops, kids and teen events. Even the Women Who Submit Conference: Beyond the Writing at Plaza de la Raza. Local writers reading this week include: Lynne Thompson, Taz Ahmed, Gregory Bell, Ingrid Calderon Collins, Susan Hayden and Lory Bedikian, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 08/05/24 – 08/11/24
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
Enjoy literary L.Á. as it continues to host open mics, book clubs, readings, workshops and kids and teen events. Local writers reading this week include: F. Douglas Brown, Do Nguyen Mai, Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilara, Isabella Santana, Ra Avis and Tom Laichas. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 07/08/24 – 07/14/24
With summer in full swing, literary L.Á. continues to host open mics, book clubs, readings, workshops and kids and teen events. Local writers reading this week are: October Blu, Lady Narrator, Elise Bryant and Muriel Leung, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 07/01/24 – 07/07/24
It’s the third week of Pride Month and this week to celebrate the L.A. Poet Society is hosting the 4th Annual Queer Writers Festival. There are still other events this week including: open mics, book clubs, readings workshops, kids and teen events and even LGBTG+. Local writers reading this week are: Jesenia Chavez, Lynell George, Jose Hernandez Diaz, Jenise Miller, Sesshu Foster and Daniel Jose Ruiz, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 06/17/24 – 06/23/24
Plenty of literary events this week. Events include: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops and a few kids, teen and an LGBTQIA event. Local writers reading this week include: Ingrid M. Calderón Collins, Naomi Hirahara, Mr. Chai Tea, Lisbeth Coiman, October BLU, Anastasia Fenald and Suhasini Yeeda. amang others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 05/013/24 – 05/19/2
Plenty of literary events this week. Events include: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops and a few kids events. Local writers reading this week include: Anastasia Helena Fenald, Arthur Kayzakian, Malibu Poet Laureate Nathan Hassall, Sholeh Wolpe, Cybele Garcia Kohel and Ryka Aoki, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 05/06/24 – 05/12/24
This week the Los Angeles literary community is in the thick of literary festival season. There are five literary festivals next weekend: Lit Fest in the Dena in Pasadena, the Festival of AAPI Books in Long Beach, the first annual Heavy Manners Literary Fair at the Heavy Manners Library, Third Edition Viet Book Fest in Santa Ana and week one of the 3rd Pomona Valley Poetry & Book Fest at the L.Á. County Fair. Plus, all the usual literary events. Local writers reading this week include: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Daniel Olivas, Michelle Brittan Rosado, Pete Hsu, Carolyn Huynh and Reem Ali Adeeb, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/29/24 – 05/05/24
Plenty of literary events this week, including the L.A. Poet Society’s 4th Annual Jasmines & Poetry Festival on Saturday at The Libros in Lincoln Heights. Local writers reading this week include: Karo Ska, Donato Martinez, Lauren Yang, Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilara, Ebony Morgan, Christina Cha and Francesca Lia Block, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/22/24 – 04/28/24
Plenty of literary events this week. Events include: readings, book release parties, open mics, book clubs, workshops and several kids, and teen events and two LGBTQIA/Queer specific event. Local writers reading this week are: Shane Murray, James Coats, Christian Lozada, Linda Ravenswood, Brian Sonia-Wallace, Noel Alumit, Carolina Rivera Escimella and Orange County Poet Laureate Gustavo Hernandez, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/01/24 – 04/07/24
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