Monday 10/5: It’s the first Monday of the month, which means you have your chance to strut your literary stuff in the Speakeasy/Open Mic Night! Sign-ups begin at 7:45 p.m., readings begin at 8 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Tuesday 10/6: David Davis discusses and signs his new biography Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Annie Jacobsen discusses and signs The Pentagon’s Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America’s Top-Secret Military Research Agency. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
David Ulin discusses his new book Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 10/7: UCLA’s Dept. of French & Francophone Studies presents Fiston Mwanza Mujila and his translator Roland Glasser reading from Fiston’s debut novel Tram 83. 12 p.m. at UCLA‘s Royce Hall (Room 236).
Chelsea Clinton (Whaaa?! YEP.) signs It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going! 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Angela Flournoy reads from her works. 7:30 p.m. at Otis College of Art and Design‘s Ahmanson Hall Forum.
Matt Bell reads from his new novel Scrapper, with Amelia Gray. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 10/8: PEN/Bellwether Prize winner Ron Childress discusses and signs And West is West. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Brenda Shaughnessy reads from and discusses her poetry. 7 p.m. at CalArts, Butler Building #4.
Steve Toltz reads from his new novel Quicksand with Anton Monsted. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Friday 10/9: Greg Renoff discusses and signs Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
UC Riverside MFA students David Campos, Deb Durham, Andy Holt, Ruth Nolan, Nicole Olweean, and Alex Ratanapratum read from their works. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Feminist Storytelling Party #13: UNPLANNED. It’s an open mic night for anybody who wants to tell a 3-10 minute story. All are invited to attend and listen. To RSVP for a storytelling spot, please email [email protected]. 8 p.m. at Gal Palace. $5 suggested donation. BYOB. Not for the cat-allergic.
Saturday 10/10: Patrick Ness with Aaron Hartzler discusses and signs The Rest of Us Just Live Here. 3 p.m at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Stephanie Ford presents her new collection of poetry All Pilgrim, with Melissa Broder. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Shades & Shadows and the Horror Writers Association present Modern Horror Classics. This panel, part of The Last Spookstore month of art events (you went to the opening on the 3rd, right?) will discuss what constitutes a classic, who is writing the contemporary works that will stand the test of time, and why you should be reading horror. 8:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore. $10 tickets HERE.
Sunday 10/11: Elizabeth Gorcey and Olivia read from their new children’s book Green is Good. 3 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Edmond J. Clinton III discusses and signs Clifton’s & Clifford Clinton: A Cafeteria and a Crusader. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Roar Shack presents We Belong Together. Featuring readings by Allie Marini Batts, Ashley Perez, Seth Fischer, Toni Ann Johnson, and the September Live Write winner CLS Ferguson. 4 p.m. at 826LA in Echo Park.
Mary Woronov and Victoria Looseleaf read from their fiction. 7:30 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
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