Earlier this month the literary community lost a talented poet and a good man. Poet Laurel Ann Bogen writes about how she became friends with Jerry Garcia, who he was and what he ment to her and the community. Continue reading How I Knew Jerry Garcia
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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
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events: 02/15/21 – 02/21/21”
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas & Glennon Doyle & Unfinished via LiveTalks-LA – Online Event
Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event to hear Priyanka Chopra Jonas, in conversation with author Glennon Doyle (Love Warrior). discuss her memoir, Unfinished.
Award-winning actor and producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas, wife of musician Nick Jonas, offers a thoughtful and revealing memoir reflecting on her journey of self-discovery. This remarkable life story rooted in two different worlds covers her nomadic early years, her Miss World pageant, her 20-year career as an actor and producer, and her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, to her marriage and family life.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event, so check site ofr details.
Where: LiveTalks-LA – Online event (see site)
Date: Monday the 8th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://livetalksla.org/events/priyanka-chopra-jonas/
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events: 02/08/21 – 02/14/21”
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South to Freedom & Professor Alice L. Baumgartner via Huntington-USC Institute – Zoom Online Event
Join us as Professor Alice L. Baumgartner, in conversation with historian Albert Brossard and Institute Director William Deverell, discusses her new book, South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War.
Where: Huntington-USC Institute – Zoom & Facebook Online Event (see site for further details)
Date: Monday the 16th
Time: 12 pm
Address: Huntington-USC Institute – Zoom Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1706751046153577
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/16/20 – 11/22/20”
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Virtual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Stories and Ideas 2020 – Online Fiction Event
Join the 25th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Stories and Ideas, postponed from April 2020, and offered virtually during October and November. A total of 25 literary events will take place from October 18- November 13, and tickets are FREE!
Today’s program features a discussion between Pulitzer Prize winning author Ayad Akhtar and bestselling author Reza Aslan, who will discuss Akhtar’s new book, Hometown Elegies: This novel blends fact and fiction to tell an epicstory of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, at its heart this is the story of a father, a son, and the country they call home.
Ayad Akhtar is a novelist and playwright, whose work has been published and performed in over two dozen languages. He is the winner of numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Junk, and an award in literature form the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Hometown Elegies is his latest novel.
Reza Aslan (Interviewer) is a renowned writer, commentator, and professor, Emmy-nominated producer, and scholar of religions. He is the author of three bestselling books, including, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.
Where: Los Angeles Times – Online events (see details & tickets available at Eventbrite link)
Date: Monday the 20th
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: Online events (see site)
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Evnts: 10/19/20 – 10/25/20”
Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS Nick Hornby & Just Like You via Literary Affairs’ Books & Bathrobes – Zoom Online Event Bestselling author Nick Hornby will discuss his novel Just Like You in a book club-style conversation with Julie Robinson in a Zoom online event. This novel is a twenty-first century love story about what happens when the person who makes you … Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/05/20 – 10/11/20
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Dig 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/
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 7/20/20 – 7/26/20”
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UCLA WP Writers Project Teachers Event – Online
UCLA Writing Project presents: Launching Writer’s Workshop (Grades Pre-K – 6th), and online event held for five “packed” days, June 22 – June 26.
We’ll immerse ourselves in the nitty-gritty of Writer’s Workshop: helping students generate topics, constructing pointed and powerful mini-lessons, incorporating mentor texts, responding to young writers, and dabbling in publishing and celebration options, too. All will learn the experience being a writer in a workshop classroom. (May be eligible for LAUSD PD hours)
NOTE: RSVP at website link, to see costs and details.
Where: Online event (Register in advance)
Dates: Monday the 22nd at 9am – Friday the 26th at 2pm
Time: 9 am – 2 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://facebook.com/event/546825142692698/
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 6/22/20 – 6/28/20”
By Brian Dunlap
FROM: Beyond Baroque
Yesterday, Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles’ oldest literary venue, hosted numerous acclaimed scholars and artists for an outdoor community talk and vigil addressing racism & Police violence.
Book Writers Group at Robertson Branch Library, LAPL
The Book Writers Group meets every first Monday of the month at the Robertson Branch Library. Are you writing a book and looking for feedback? Need deadlines to help you reach your writing goals? Then this is the group for you!
For each meeting, please bring 5-10 double-spaced pages of writing to share with the group. Every member will have time to present his/her writing and receive constructive feedback.
Depending on the size of the group, each person will receive 10-15 minutes of time to share and receive feedback.
Where: Robertson Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 11 am
Address: 1719 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-writers-group
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 12/02/19 – 12/08/19”
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