Monday 8/24: Han Vance discusses and signs Golden State Misadventures. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Jennifer Steil discusses and signs Ambassador’s Wife. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Tuesday 8/25: The WOMEN Group presents an evening of poetry. 6:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
David Shields discusses and signs That Thing You Do with Your Mouth: The Sexual Autobiography of Samantha Matthews as Told to David Shields. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Simon Goodman discusses and signs The Orpheus Clock: The Search for My Family’s Art Treasures Stolen by the Nazis. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Wednesday 8/26: Come see what secret talents have been lurking just beyond your knowledge at Skylight Books’s Staff Showcase! 7:30 p.m. at (duh) Skylight Books.
Thursday 8/27: Piotr Florczyk discusses and signs Los Angeles Sketchbook. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Sue Grafton discusses X (Kinsey Millhone Mystery #24), her newest novel, in conversation with Denise Hamilton. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Friday 8/28: Tim Kirk discusses and signs Burnt, in conversation with Tom Carroll. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Saturday 8/29: Jules Moulin discusses and signs Ally Hughes Has Sex Sometimes. 3 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
The National Beat Poetry Festival Event celebrates Venice’s beat heritage with readings from Frank T. Rios, S.A. Griffin, Harry Northup, Holly Prado, Pegarty Long, and Michael C. Ford, reading their own original works and selections from other beat poets including Stuart Z. Perkoff, Tony Scibella, William Margolis, Philomene Long, and Alexander Tocchi. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Sunday 8/30: Peter Lefcourt reads from and signs his new novel, Purgatory Gardens. 3 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Kristin Decker signs Dreams of a Saudi Princess, Jim Grayson signs Trailer Vamp: Love Bites, and Sue Kientz signs More Plutos: An Astrologer’s Guide to the Dwarf Planets as part of the Local Author Series. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Sumarr Reading Series presents readings by Kim Calder, Lisa Locascio, Ashaki Jackson, and Andrew Choate. 5 p.m. at Pop-Hop Books.
Paul Lieber and Kita Shantiris read from their poetry. 7:30 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $5 suggested donation.
