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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 07/12/21 – 07/18/21

Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Treehouse Event: Jamal Yogis & Matthew Allen & Mop Rides the Waves of Change via Skylight Books & LA Public Library –  Online Kids Event   

Skylight Treehouse and the LA Public Library present an interactive kids event celebrating author Jamal Yogis and illustrator Matthew Allen’s new picture book, Mop Rides the Waves of Change. This event is presented in partnership with the band Punk Rock Marthas.

The second in the Mop Rides series finds surfer kid Mop and his friends in a quest to save the ocean with mindfulness, surfing, and a band—The Coconut Heads.

Where: Skylight Bookstore Online Kids Event (see site)

Date: Monday the 12th            

Time: 11 am

Address: Skyllight Books Online 9see site)

Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/treehouse-and-la-public-library-present-jaimal-yogis-author-mop-rides-waves-change-and

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 07/05/21 – 07/11/21

Another busy week in Los Ángeles literature. More and more events are returning to in person gatherings. Check the list to find out which events are in person. Also, local authors featuring this week are: Yesika Salgado, Janet Fitch and Steph Cha is in conversation with Rosecrans Baldwin, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 07/05/21 – 07/11/21

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 06/28/21 – 07/04/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Howard Paar, with Denice Hamilton, & Top Rankin’: A Punk/Ska Noir Novel via Book Soup – Online Event

Author Howard Paar, in conversation with author Denise Hamilton, will present and discuss his book, Top Rankin’: A Punk/Ska Noir Novel.

Top Rankin’ captures the spirit of LA in 1980, and is populated with real-life characters from the music world in Los Angeles, New York and London, when everything’s changing, from the decadent, diverse punk rock scene to the violent, hard-core scene. Although club owner James Dual wants no part of that, his efforts are thwarted from every direction.

NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.     

Where: Book Soup – Online Crowdcast event

Date: Monday the 28th                       

Time: 6 pm 

Where: Online event

Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/howard-parr-conversation-denise-hamilton-discusses-top-rankin%E2%80%99-punkska-noir-novel

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 06/21/21 – 06/27/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Kathy Freston & Gene Stone & 72 Reasons to Be Vegan via Book Soup – Online Event

Authors Kathy Freston & Gene Stone will present and discuss their book, 72 Reasons to Be Vegan: Why Plant-Based. Why Now.

72 Reasons to Be Vegan: Why Plant-Based. Why Now informs us that if we adopt a vegan diet you can enjoy better sex, save money, ward of diseases, and help save the planet, etc. This book answers all the questions about a vegan diet from the perspective of what one would gain, rather than what one would give up.

NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.     

Where: Book Soup – Online Crowdcast event

Date: Monday the 21st                       

Time: 6 pm 

Where: Online event

Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/kathy-freston-gene-stone-discuss-72-reasons-be-vegan-why-plant-based-why-no

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 06/07/21 – 06/13/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Terry Miles, with Cory Doctorow, & Rabbits via Book Soup – Online Event

Author Terry Miles, in conversation with author Cory Doctorow, will present and discuss his new book, Rabbits.

Terry Miles’s new book depicts how a deadly underground game might just be altering reality itself in this new adventure set in the world of the hit Rabbits podcast. Rabbits is a mysterious alternate reality game so vast it uses the entire world as its canvas. Since the game started in 1959, ten iterations have appeared and nine winners declared. The deeper you get, the more dangerous the game becomes, and when K—a Rabbits obsessive—enters the eleventh round, the fate of the entire universe is at stake.

NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.     

Where: Book Soup – Online Crowdcast event

Date: Monday the 7th                        

Time: 6 pm 

Where: Online event

Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/terry-miles-conversation-cory-doctorow-discusses-rabbits

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 05/31/21 – 06/06/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online   

The free Monday Night Fiction Workshop led by Raquel Baker is a community writing workshop in which participants are asked to bring copies of 2-3 pages of fiction to read, and for critique and discussion. Registration is required.

Raquel Baker earned a PhD in English Literary Studies from the University of Iowa and an MFA in Creative Writing form Mills College. She is currently Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Studies and Transnational Literatures at CSU Channel Islands. She also has published poetry and non-fiction, and done readings with the Ventura Poetry Project.

Where: Beyond Baroque online (tickets at Eventbrite)

Date: Monday the 31st              

Time: 7:30pm – 10 pm

Address: Zoom Online

Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 05/03/21 – 05/09/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Wesley Brown, with Douglas Kearney, & Tragic Magic via Skylight Books – Online Event   

Wesley Brown, in conversation with poet Douglas Kearney, will read and discuss his book, Tragic Magic.

Wesley Brown is the author of three novels, a collection of short stories, Dance of the Infidels, and four produced plays. Tragic Magic is the story of Melvin Ellington, a.k.a. Mouth, a Black, twenty-something ex-college radical who has just been released from a five-year prison stretch after being a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. The author structures this first person tale around Ellington’s first day on the outside, haunted by a past that drives him to make sense of choices leading up to this day.

Originally published in 1978, and edited by Toni Morrison during her time at Random House, this Of the Diaspora edition of Tragic Magic features a new introduction by author Wesley Brown.

NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.     

Where: Skylight Books – Online event

Date: Monday the 3rd    

Time: 4:30 pm                           

Address: Online event

Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-wesley-brown-reads-tragic-magic-douglas-kearney

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/12/21 – 04/18/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Indre Viskontas & How Music Can Make You Better via CalTech Live: Behind the Book – Online Event           

Indre Viskontas combines a passion for music with scientific curiosity. She is a Professor of Sciences and Humanities at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of San Francisco, is a working opera singer, and serves as the Creative Director of Pasadena Opera.

Dr. Viskontas will be interviewed by Maya Jasper White, CalTech’s Director of Chamber music, about her book, How Music Can Make You Better, where she investigates what music is, and how it can change us for the better—from deep in our neurons to across our entire society.

NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.     

Where: CalTech’s Behind the Book Series – Online event

Date: Monday the 5th            

Time: 5 pm                                

Address: Online event

Website:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1096485427429412

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Los Angeles Literary Events, Uncategorized

Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/05/21 – 04/11/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Monday Funday: April Poetry Month – LAPL Online Kids Event       

You can win a free poetry book when you join us for Monday Funday, celebrating National Poetry Month!

We’ll do Mad Libs, solve riddles, and experiment with writing our own poems. Please have your paper and pencils ready.

NOTE: Details, registration, and link at site.

Where: Los Angeles Public Library – Online Event

Date: Monday the 5th                                                

Time:  4 pm – 5 pm   

Address: Online event (see site)       

Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/monday-funday-april   

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