Monday 10/26: Jenna Von Oy discusses and signs Situation Momedy: A First-Time Mom’s Guide to Laughing Your Way Through Pregnancy & Year One. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Fanboy Comics presents An Evening of Horror Fiction & Poetry. Featuring Justin Robinson and Robert Cabeen. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
Tuesday 10/27: The WOMEN Group monthly reading. 6:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
John Vaillant discusses and signs The Jaguar’s Children. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Wednesday 10/28: Patty Farmer discusses and signs Playboy Swings: How Hugh Hefner and Playboy Changed the Face of Music. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Kenneth Oppel discusses and signs The Nest. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Margot Leitman presents Long Story Short: The Only Story Telling Book You’ll ever Need. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
Andrea Kleine reads from her debut novel Calf, and Wally Rudolph reads from his new novel Mighty, Mighty. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 10/29: Halloween Haunts: Horror Authors on Scary Tales. Join the Horror Writers Association as authors Lisa Morton, Ricky Grove, Kate Maruyama, Michael Gonzalez, Hal Bodner, Maria Alexander, and moderator Brad C. Hodson read from the books that scare them including Dracula, The Haunting of Hill House, Stephen King’s books, and more. They will then discuss why certain works scare us so well, and why these works are important to literature. 6:30 p.m. at the Pasadena Public Library.
Red Hen Press presents readings by Percival Everett, Piotr Florczyk, and Jenny Factor. 7 p.m. at RoseGallery.
The Adventures of the Wiener Dog Extraordinaire! Crusoe, the Celebrity Dachshund! Yes, really. Crusoe’s blog won the 2013 and 2014 Best Pet Blog award, and now he (and, presumably, his human) will be in LA. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Julie Checkoway discusses and signs The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui’s Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Bruce Bauman reads from his newest novel Broken Sleep. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Friday 10/30: Brenda Perlin and friends read from and sign LA Punk Rocker. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Matt Kaplan reads from and discusses his new book, Science of the Magical: from the Holy Grail to Love Potions, to Superpowers. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Marie Lu in conversation with Margaret Stohl to discuss and sign The Rose Society. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Julia Ingalls in conversation with Brendan Constantine. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
David St. John hosts a celebration of Gregory Donovan’s new collection, Torn from the Sun. They will be joined by Topanga Laureate and Gail Wronsky. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Saturday 10/31: Happy Halloween!
Tavi Gevinson presents the final issue of Rookie Yearbook. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Monster Verse and Inhuman Poems, featuring Grant Hier, John Fitzgerald, Helene Cardona, Suzanne Lummis, Mariano Zaro, Rick Bursky, Tony Barnstone, Michelle Mitchell-Foust, Caley O’Dwyer, Sean Morris, and Charles Harper Webb. Hosted by Tony Barnstone. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Sunday 11/1: Patti Davis discusses and signs The Earth Breaks in Colors. 3 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Kristin Hersh, in conversation with LA Weekly’s Andy Hermann, discusses and signs Don’t Suck Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt. 4 p.m. at Book Soup.
Lisa Scottoline discusses and signs Corrupted: A Rosato & Dinunzio Novel. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez and George Kalmar read from their poetry. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
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