Literary event this week include the community’s first book festival of the year: The 4th Annual Culver City Book Festival at the Wende Museum. Writers appearing at the Culver City Book Festival include: Gustavo Arellano, CJ Leede, Jesse Katz, Alyesha Wise, Besskepp and Food 4 Thought, among others. 10 am – 5 pm. The full range of other literary events round out the week. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 2/17/25 – 2/23/25
Another week of events. They include: readings, workshops, book clubs and YA and teen events. There are even some local writers reading this week that include: Juan Amador, Anastasia Helena Fenald, Pam Concepcion, Asia Eng, Jennifer “Miss B” Baptiste, Diana Wagman and Attica Locke, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 1/20/25 – 1/26/25
As Pride Month continues there are more readings and other literary events highlighting LGBTQIA+ writers and their literature. Some of these local writers reading this week are: Vickie Vértiz, Angela Peñaredondo, Rocio Carlos, Jeremy Ra and West Hollywood Poet Laureate Jen Chang, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 06/10/24 – 06/16/24
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids and teen events. Local writers reading this week include: Ingrid Calderon-Collins, West Hollywood Poet Laureate Jen Cheng, South Central Native and Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara Melinda Palacio, Elena Secota, Olga García Echeverría, Diosa Xochiquetzalcóatl, Richard Modian, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/06/23 – 11/12/23
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids, teen and a couple of LGBTQIA+ specific events. Local writers reading this week include: Aruni Wijesinghe, Kevin Ridgeway, Richard Modiano, Nathan Castellano and Gail Wronsky, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/23/23 – 10/29/23
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids and teen events and a family event. Local writers reading this week include: Margaret Elysia Garcia, D.J. Waldie, Anastasia Fenald, jimmy vega, Alexandra Chang, Lory Bedikian, Brian Sonia-Wallace and Myriam Gurba, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 09/25/23 – 10/01/23
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops and a few kids and teen events. Local writers reading this week include: Poet Laureate of Glendale Raffi Joe Wartanian, Jerry Garcia, Lois P. Jones, Gary Phillips, Mike Sonksen, Pam Ward and Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 07/17/23 – 07/23/23
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
Another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops and a few kids and YA events and the 7th Annual L.A. Get Down Festival continues on the weekend in the Fairfax District. Local writers reading this week include: Justine Pucella Winans, Ed Mabrey, Maurene Goo, Hannah Pachman, Iris de Anda, Andy Sanchez, Brian Dunlap and Amy Shimshon-Santo, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/10/23 – 04/16/23
Another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops and a kids and teen event or two. Local writers reading this week include: Victoria Chang, Tracy Badua, Jose Hernandez Diaz, Mauricio Moreno, Yxta Maya Murray, Michelle Brittan Rosado and F. Douglas Brown, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/03/23 – 04/09/23
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