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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 12/21/20 – 12/26/20

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Tweens Read Graphic Novels Book Club via Northridge Branch Library, LAPL – Online Tween Event   

Kids ages 9-12 are invited to a monthly graphic novel book club! Join in the fun as we explore popular graphic novels for tweens. The selection for discussion this month is the award-winning graphic novel, Pie in the Sky, by Remy Lai.

With your library card get free access to the book via OverDrive or the library catalog.

Where:  Northridge Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see site)

Date: Monday the 21st                                                                        

Time: 4 pm                                                                               

Address:  LAPL – Online event       

Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/tweens-read-graphic-novels-book-club 

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 9/14/20 – 9/20/20

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

UNMUTE! is a month-long generative workshop for writers at all levels. Each week, participants will meet LIVE with poet and writer Brendan Constantine for ninety minutes, to discuss and explore approaches to poetry and discover ways to practice perpetual astonishment. Each class will end with at least one “no pressure” assignment, designed to liberate your own style. Dates of workshop: Sept. 14th, 21st, 28th, and Oct, 5th.

NOTE: See course details and costs at: https://awfulgoodwriters.com/courses/brendan-constantine-unmute/?fbclid=IwAR3DL0iNNdBJCoFn5KrMZw6_L3ua3DBb-NuEOn9miK12vaX1bD0BC-np7DE

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events 7/20/20 – 7/26/20

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

101824415_2938018659584926_7961281379935715328_oDig Deep: Virtual Storytime via South Pasadena Library Online – Kids Event

Join us as Children’s Librarians read stories, share finger-plays, songs and flannel-board stories. Each week this event will be available for viewing from Monday through Thursday of that week. For more information about the Summer Reading Program, visit the library website.

Where: South Pasadena Library Online (see event site)

Date: Monday the 20th

Time: 10:30 am – 11 am

Address: Online event

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/697708884358392/

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events 3/11/19 –3/17/19

51795531_2158608094159972_5802175387223982080_nMoon Tide Press Reading Event at Chevalier’s Bookstore  

Join us for a Moon Tide Press Reading by three authors:

Alexis Rhone Fancher, is the author of: How I Lost My Virginity to Michael Cohen, State of Grace: The Joshua Elegies, Enter Here and Junkie Wife. Her photographs are published worldwide, and she is a multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. She is also poetry editor of Cultural Weekly.

Ron Koertge taught English and Creative Writing at Pasadena City College for 37 years. He has published more than 25 books of poetry and fiction, most recently: Vampire Planet, Yellow Moving Van, and Coaltown Jesus. He is also 2018 Poet Laureate of South Pasadena, California.

Lee Rossi is the author of four books of poetry: Darwin’s Garden, Wheelchair Samurai, Ghost Diary, and Beyond Rescue.

Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore

Date: Monday the 11th

Time: 7 pm

Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004

Website: http://www.chevaliersbooks.com/moon-tide-press

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events 1/14/19 –1/20/19

downloadMain Library Book Group & Snow Flower and the Secret Fan at Santa Monica Library, SMPL

Join our long-running book discussion group, which is always welcoming new members, and alternates between fiction and nonfiction on a month-to-month basis. Our January selection is Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See.

Where: Community Meeting Room, 2nd Floor, Santa Monica Main Library, SMPL

Date: Monday the 14th

Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm

Address:  601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401

Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=28509

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Los Angeles Literature Events 12/17/18 –12/23/18

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Join us at our Main Library Book Group to discuss the book, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, by Jonathan Haidt. This event is for adults and seniors.

Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In this book, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.

Where: Santa Monica Main Library, 2nd Floor

Date: Monday the 17th

Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm

Address: 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401

Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=26229

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Los Angeles Literature Events 8/13/18 –8/19/18

p382Conchas y Café Zine: Adult Creative Writing Workshop at Baldwin Hills Branch Library – Adults & Seniors Event

Please join us for Conchas y Café, a program offered by the nonprofit, DSTL Arts, a 10-week creative writing class, offered in English and Spanish for adults of all ages Participants learn new techniques in poetry, storytelling, and zine-making throughout the 10-week series, and also have the opportunity to publish and present their work in the Conchas y Café Zine, a quarterly anthology of writing produced through this program. A public reading and release party celebrates the culmination of each series

Where: Baldwin Hills Branch Library, LAPL

Date: Monday the 13th

Time: 1 pm – 2:30 pm

Address: 2906 La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90016

Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/conchas-y-café-zine-adult-creative-writing-workshop-classes-de-creativa-para-adultos

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