Monday 8/10: Charles Connor discusses and signs Keep a Knockin’. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Tuesday 8/11: Kim Van Alkemade discusses and signs Orphan Number Eight. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Victoria Patterson with Michelle Huneven discusses and signs The Little Brother. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Wilde Words celebrates the 125th birthday of H.P. Lovecraft with an evening of Lovecraftian readings by Michael Tenebrae, Chris Wylie, Xach Fromson (hey, that’s me!), Lauren Candia, Jenna M. Pitman, Brennan Holness, Anastasia Krylov (aka HP Loveshaft), and host Vesta Vaingloria. 8 p.m. at The Wilde Thistle.
Wednesday 8/12: Scott Wilbanks discusses and signs The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
J. Ryan Stradal discusses and signs Kitchens of the Great Midwest. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Steph Cha discusses her new novel, Dead Soon Enough together with Jim Ruland. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Beat Me With a Selfie Stick! Featuring readings by Henry Hoke, Sara Finnerty, Jeremy Hight, William Lessard, Saehee Cho, and Janice Lee. 8 p.m. at Book Show.
Thursday 8/13: Killing People for a Living: a Night with Authors and Readers. A panel discussion on crime fiction with Jenny Milchman, Connie di Marco, Steph Cha, Naomi Hirahara, and Kristen Kittscher! 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Christos Gage presents his graphic novel Lion of Rora. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
PEN Center USA presents The Rattling Wall Issue 5, with readings by contributing authors Scott O’Connor, Christopher Lepkowski, Matthew Spektor, and Katie Bain. Hosted by Michelle Franke. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
Mavericks & Masters Summer Workshop Reading: Instructors. The instructors for this year’s summer workshop read from their works. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Friday 8/14: James Sie discusses and signs Still Life Las Vegas. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Mavericks & Masters Summer Workshop Reading: Students. The students for this year’s summer workshop read from their works. 7 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Alice Bag reads from and signs her latest book, Pipe Bomb for the Soul. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
William T. Vollmann reads from his new novel The Dying Grass. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Saturday 8/15: Shari Shattuck discusses and signs Becoming Ellen. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Cirque Salon Fiction presents readings by Laura Warrell, Christina Trincale, Nicole Sconiers, Kate Maruyama, Kim Dropik Koehler, Jen Hitchcock, Dawn Dorland, and Odious Ari DeSano. 7:00 p.m. at Book Show.
Echo Park Rising presents LOUD Storytelling Party. Hosted and curated by Scott Schultz. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
Sunday 8/16: Glenn Benest and Dale Pitman discuss and sign Ink. 1 p.m. at Book Soup.
Sumarr Reading Series presents readings by Daniel Hockenson, Michelle Brittan, Collier Nogues, and Erica Mena. 3 p.m. at Pop-Hop Books.
Release party for Scott Wannberg’s newest release from Percival Press, The Official Language of Yes. This 300+ page volume includes selections from his entire canon, reproductions of his artwork, and reproductions of his spontaneous poetry. 3 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $5 suggested donation.
Poets and authors Chris Bowen, Chella Courington, Linda Lenhoff, and Jane Rosenberg LaForge, published by Burning River, kick off the Cleveland independent publisher’s three-city tour of the West Coast at Conrad Romo’s Tongue and Groove Reading Series. 6 p.m. at The Hotel Cafe.
Echo Park Rising presents A Rrose in a Prose (no, that’s not a typo). A literary salon featuring Beverly Collins, Joe Gardner, Matt Sedillo, Emily Hunt, Laura Avila, Stephen Kalinich, and F. Douglas Brown. Hosted by D.M. Collins and Cart Currim. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
