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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/24/23 – 04/30/23

Another busy week with a big annual event: Yallwest, a book festival for children’s and young adult books at Santa Monica High on Saturday. There are also other events: readings, open mics, books clubs, workshops and Teen event. Local writers reading this week are: Elyse Hart, Mona Simpson, F. Douglas Brown, Faye Duncan, Vickie Vértiz, Poet Astrid, Jessica Gallion, Almoa Rose Rivera and Brenda Vaca, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/24/23 – 04/30/23

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/17/23 – 04/23/23

An especially busy week in the Los Ángeles literary community. There are two festivals, the 28th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC (Saturday and Sunday) and the 1st Annual Neenach Poetry Festival near Palmdale-Lancaster (Saturday). Local writers reading and signing at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books are: Susan Straight, Alex Espinoza, Donna Spriijt-Metz, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Shane Murray and Lynda La Rose, among others. Local writers reading the Neenach Poetry Festival are: Anastasia Helena Fernald, Matthew Cuban Hernandez, Mauricio Moreno, Ruth Nolan, Brian Dunlap, Brendan Constantine and James Coats, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/17/23 – 04/23/23

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/20/23 – 03/26/23

Another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops and a kids and YA event or two. Local writers reading this week include: Vickie Vertiz, Cory Cofer aka Besskepp, Teresa Mei Chuc, Allen Aquino, Leslie Ortega, Angela Peñaredondo and Bryn Wickerd, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/20/23 – 03/26/23

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Los Angeles Literature Events 2/20/23 – 2/26/23

Another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops, and Be the Change Book Festival at Glendale Library Saturday. There are even kids and teen events. Local writers reading this week are: Former Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodríguez, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Cory “Besskepp” Cofer, Ashaki Jackson, Amanda Yates Garcia, Francesca Lia Block and Steph Cha, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events 2/20/23 – 2/26/23

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/23/23 – 01/29/23

Another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops all throughout the L.Á. area. There is even a few YA and teen events. Local writers reading this week are: Linda Ravenswood, Xochitl-Julissa Bermejo, Vanessa Diaz, Jose Hernandez Diaz, Gustavo Hernandez, Marvinlouis Dorsey and William P. Cushing, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/23/23 – 01/29/23

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/09/23 – 01/15/23

The first list of weekly events of the year. There are readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops from Pomona to Venice to Orange and Santa Ana to Long Beach to everywhere in-between. There is even a few YA and kids events. Local writers reading this week are: poet Alma Rosa Rivera, novelist Jordan Harper, spoken word poet Christian Perfas “Soulstuf,” novelist Janet Fitch, poet Patty Chavez and poet Carlos Ornelas, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/09/23 – 01/15/23

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 12/05/22 – 12/11/22

World Literature Book Club: Weekly Discussions of Short Stories via West Valley Regional Library, LAPL – Online Event

This book club is a spirited and engaging discussion of the world’s best short stories! All selections are from Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories (New York, 1995) ed. James Moffett and Kenneth R. McElheny. This month’s selections are:

December 5:  A Telephone Call by Dorothy Parker

December 12:  I Stand Here Ironing by Tillie Olson

December 19:  Straight Pool by John O’Hara

Meetings are every Monday morning (excluding holidays).

For the Zoom link, please e-mail wvally@lapl.org with “World Literature” in the subject line.

NOTE: See site for link. Repeats via Woodland Hills Branch Library at 2pm.

Where: West Valley Regional Library, LAPL

Date: Monday the 5th    

Time: 10 am

Address: Online Event (see site)

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/world-literature-book-club-9  

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/21/22 – 11/27/22

Book Club Bonanza and Indigenous Voices: YA Reads A Snake Falls to Earth via Central Library, LAPL – Online Teen Event

This book club for teens will read a YA fiction book to read to celebrate Indigenous Voices month, and today will have an activity related to this month’s selection, A Snake Falls to Earth, by Little Darcie Badger.

NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEWBERY AWARD HONORAMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD HONORNATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST, among others.

In this work of Indigenous futurism, the author draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family.

Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She’s always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories.

Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he’s been cast from home. He’s found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake.

Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli’s best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven’t been in centuries.

NOTE: See site for link and details. 

Where: Central Library, LAPL

Date: Monday the 14th    

Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Address: Online Event (see site)

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-bonanza-indigenous-voices-0

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/14/22 – 11/20/22

MOIRA First Press Reading Series & Chloe Martinez at Woodbury University – In-Person Event

The olive is among the oldest known cultivated trees in the world, grown before the written language was invented. In California, there are many isolated trees or fragments of old groves, such as the trees that still stand on the Woodbury campus. Traditionally, after harvest, oil was pressed in screw or hydraulic presses. The paste was subjected to increasingly high pressures with subsequent degradation in the flavor of the oil. Thus, the “first press” of oil was considered the most flavorful and desirable.  ~  the Olive Oil Source, 2018.

Chloe Martinez will be the featured guest at this second event in this year’s series. is a poet and a scholar of South Asian religions. She is the author of the collection Ten Thousand Selves (The Word Works) and the chapbook Corner Shrine (Backbone Press). Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, POETRY, Prairie Schooner, Shenandoah, Beloit Poetry Journal and elsewhere. She works at Claremont McKenna College. See more at www.chloeAVmartinez.com.

NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines and details. 

Where: Woodbury University

Date: Monday the 14th   

Time: 4 pm – 6 pm

Address: 7500 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91504

Website: https://www.moriaonline.com/first-press-reading-series

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