Monday 5/18: Amy Gerstler reads from her poetry. 7 p.m. at Dabney Hall at CalTech.
Leslie Parry discusses and signs Church of Marvels. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Stacy Wakefield reads from her novel The Sunshine Crust Baking Company and Ash Thayer presents Kill City: Lower East Side Squatters 1992-2000. 7 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
Marian Palaia reads from her debut novel The Given World. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Tuesday 5/19: Victoria Shorr discusses and signs her debut historical fiction novel, Backlands. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Steve Spill presents and signs I Lie for Money: Candid, Outrageous Stories from a Magician’s Misadventures. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Leonard Mlodinow in conversation with Mindy Farabee of the LA Weekly, discussing and signing The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Aimee Bender, Sean Bernard, Dana Johnson, and Alexis Landau read from Watchlist: 32 Short Stories by Persons of Interest. Hosted by editor Bryan Hurt. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Jessica Hopper discusses her book The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 5/20: Attica Locke discusses and signs Pleasantville. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Rachel Howzell Hall reads from Skies of Ash. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Mario Bellatin discusses his new novel Jacob the Mutant, together with David Shook and Jacob Steinberg. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 5/21: Andrea Mays discusses and signs The Millionaire & the Bard: Henry Folger’s Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare’s First Folio. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Friday 5/22: Cole Cohen reads from her debut memoir Head Case: My Brain and Other Wonders. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Lisa Sewell and Lisa Coffman read from their poetry. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Hosts Ever Mainard and Caitlin Bergh invite you to The Last Book Review. Featuring Baron Vaughn, Logan Guntzelman, Brittany Ashley, Punam Patel, Heather Dean, and D.C. Pierson. 8:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Saturday 5/23: Melissa Cistaro discusses and signs Pieces of My Mother: A Memoir. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Margret Aldrich and Todd Bol discuss their book The Little Free Library Book. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Let’s Dance! A celebration of Emma Goldman. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Sunday 5/24: (Happy birthday, me!)
William Wellman Jr. discusses and signs Wild Bill Wellman: Hollywood Rebel. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Michael V. Smith discusses his book My Body is Yours, and Robert Gray reads from his collection of stories, Entropic. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
La Poesía Féstival celebrates the Salvadoran poet Roque Dalton, with Roberto Alvarez Marrozuin, Ricardo Ventura, and Dora Magana. Includes an open mic portion of the evening. 6 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. Free.
