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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/15/21 – 03/21/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Women’s History Month: Tessa Boase & Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds via The Ebell of Los Angeles – Virtual Event                                 

Author Tessa Boase will present and discuss her book, Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds, in England as she tells the intriguing story about woman’s love affair with plumes. For fifty years Etta Lemon was the driving force behind the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and where she led in 1889, the Audubon Society would follow author and former investigative journalist Boase will bring to life the untold story of women, birds, hats—and votes.

NOTE: Details at event link

Where: The Ebell – Online Event     

Date: Monday the 15th                                              

Time:  12 pm                         

Address: Online event (see site)       

Website: http://facebook.com/events/817217392241006      

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/08/21 – 03/14/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Lesley Tellez & Eat Mexico via La Plaza de Cultura y Artes – Virtual Event   

Join us on Zoom and FB Live as author Lesley Tellez presents her book, Eat Mexico: Recipes from Mexico City’s Streets, Markets and Fondas, and demonstrates how to make Peneques, a traditional Mexico City recipe that dates to the 19th century.

NOTE: Details available at event link.

Where: La Plaza de Cultura y Artes– Online Event 

Date: Monday the 8th                                              

Time:  3 pm                           

Address: Online event (see site)       

Website:   https://www.facebook.com/events/129956188996703

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/01/21 – 03/07/21

Another busy week of literary events in L.Á. Workshops, open mics, book clubs, readings, a kids events or two. Local writers reading this week are: on Thursday local poet Richard Ferguson and local writer Lynell George. Get to your computer L,Á. and support your local literary community! Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/01/21 – 03/07/21

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 02/22/21 – 02/28/21

Another busy week of literary events in L.Á. Workshops, open mics, book clubs, readings, a kids events or two. catch Tod Goldberg discusses his new book of short stories The Low Desert: Gangster Stories via Skylight or poet Kevin Young via USC Visions and Voices. Or read a poem or two at the Definitive Soapbox and other open mics this week. Get to your computer L.Á. and support your local literary community. #losangelesliterature Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 02/22/21 – 02/28/21

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 02/15/21 – 02/21/21

Another busy week of live streamed literary events in the Los Ángeles literary community. This week is especially noteworthy because UC Riverside’s annual Writers Week is this week. It’s a weeklong literary festival, now entering its 44thy year. Featured writers are three Poets Laurates past and present Rita Dove, Joy Harjo and Juan Felipe Herrera. Other writers include Mike Davis, Nalo Hopkins, and Tommy Pico, among others. Check out all the week’s events and support your local literary community! #losangelesliterature

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Denise Hamilton, Alex Espinosa & Aimee Bender Present Speculative LA Fiction Anthology via Skylight Books – Online Event           

Join editor Denise Hamilton and contributing authors Alex Espinosa & Aimee Bender to hear themdiscuss the new anthology Speculative Los Angeles.

This is the debut title in a new city-based anthology series featuring all-new stories with speculative, sci-fi, and paranormal themes—each using distinct neighborhood settings as a launching pad.

Denise Hamilton is the author of seven crime novels and the editor of the anthologies Los Angeles Noir and Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics. She is a former Los Angeles Times journalist and a proud LA native, and editor of Speculative Los Angeles.

Alex Espinoza was born in Tijuana, Mexico to parents from the state of Michoacan and raised in suburban Los Angeles. He is the author of two novels and his most recent book, Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime. He is the Tomas Rivera Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at UC Riverside.

Aimee Bender is the author of six books, and has received many literary awards. Her work has been translated into sixteen languages, and her short fiction published in numerous journals. She lives in LA with her family and teaches creative writing at USC.

NOTE: See site for event details.    

Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online Crowdcast event

Date: Monday the 15th                      

Time: 6:30 pm (PDT)                            

Address: Online event

Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-speculative-los-angeles-group-reading-editor-denise-hamilton-and-contributors   

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 02/01/21 – 02/07/21

Behind the Book: Blake Hill-Saya via CalTechLive, Beckman Auditorium– Online Event     

Join author Blake Hill-Saya for a discussion of her biography of her great-great grandfather, Arron McDuffie Moore: An African American Physician, Educator and Founder of Durham’s Black Wall Street, in this new CalTech Behind the Book event. The author will be interviewed by Monique Thomas, Program Coordinator in the CalTech Center for Inclusion & Diversity.

Blake Hill-Saya is a classical musician and creative writer living in Los Angeles. Born the biracial child of two literature professors, she is the CEO of Tenacity Communications in Los Angeles.

This new series presents conversations with authors who explore the intersection of arts, science, and society through the lens of their family histories. Behind the Book events are free and open to the public. Vroman’s Bookstore is a partner for the series and has copies of the books available for purchase.

Where:  CalTechLive – Behind the Book – Online event (see site)

Date: Monday the 1st                                                                          

Time: 5 pm – 6 pm                                                                   

Address:  Online event (see site)      

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/400571634378851

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/18/21 – 01/24/21

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2021 MLK Day Celebration via California African American Museum (CAAM) – Online    

Celebrate Marin Luther King Jr. Day immersed in music, culture, and community. This year’s virtual festival highlights MLK’s dedication to labor and workers’ rights, and these movements’ continued importance today.

See site for complete schedule, including a 2:30 pm event: Family Storytime and Poetry Workshop with author Alice Faye Duncan reading her children’s book, Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop, followed by a haiku writing workshop.

Where:  CAAM – Online Facebook event (see site)

Date: Monday the 18th                                                                        

Time: 10 am – 3:30 pm                                                            

Address:  CAAM – Online event     

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/190941376010094/  

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/11/21 – 01/17/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Ficcion en Espanol Book Club via The Last  Bookstore– Virtual Zoom Event 

Ficcion en Espanol Book Club, hosted by Dan Lopez, reads fiction in Spanish, books by great contemporary writers in their native language, via Zoom.

This month’s selection is El libro de Eva, from Carmen Boullosa, a sweeping feminist reinterpretation of the book of Genesis.

NOTE: Details at event link. All bookstore events are ticketed.

Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Zoom Event  

Date: Monday the 11th                                                        

Time:  7:30 pm – 9 pm                      

Address: Online event (see site)       

Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events   or https://www.facebook.com/events/779943102595170   

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/04/21 – 01/10/21

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Ask a Children’s Author: Nick Eliopulos via Newport Beach Public Library – Online Kids Facebook Live Event 

Join Ms. Liz in asking her fiend, Nick Eliopulos, all about writing fantasy books for kids! Nick has written several of the Spirit Animal books, the Minecraft Wordsworth Chronicles, and co-authors The Adventure Guild.

Log on starting at 10:00 am to watch Ms. Liz and Nick as they discuss writing and answer your questions. A recording of this even will be available for viewing on our Facebook page afterward. Check out our link if you want to submit a question before the event.

Where:  Newport Public Library, LAPL – Online Facebook event (see site)

Date: Monday the 4th                                                                          

Time: 10 am                                                                             

Address:  Newport PL – Online event                             

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1704944309686314     

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Los Angeles Literature Events: 12/14/20 – 12/20/20

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

LiveTalks Presents: Robert Putmam & Shaylyn Romney Garrett & The Upswing via LiveTalks LA – Online Event 

In their new book, The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again, Robert Putman & Shaylyn Romney Garrett, in conversation with Yancy Sritckler, will discuss how we have gone from an individualistic ”I” society (in the Guilded Age) to a more communitarian “We” society and then back again, and how we can learn from that experience to become a more unified, stronger nation.

NOTE: See site for costs and further details.

Where:  LiveTalks LA – Online Event (see site for link)     

Date: Monday the 14th                                                                        

Time: 6 pm                                                                               

Address:  LiveTalks LA – Online event                           

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1644723775701803/   or https://livetalksla.org/events/robertputnam/

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