Monday 2/15: Maylis De Kerangal presents and signs The Heart. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Alexander Chee and Noël Alumit read and discuss their works as part of Pen Center USA’s Emerging Voices series. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Tuesday 2/16: The RwIrGiHtTe READ presents a tribute to Scott Wannberg. Featuring readings by S.A. Griffin, Lorraine Perotta, Carlye Archibeque, and Brendan Constantine, and hosted by Peggy Dobreer. 6:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
The Moth presents Showing Off. Doors at 7 p.m. at Los Globos. Show at 7:30. Tickets available here. 21+ event.
Jessica Chiarella reads from her debut novel And Again, with Karolina Waclawiak. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 2/17: Scot Sothern discusses and signs Streetwalkers. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Selfish launches Issue 3: The Good Girl. Ginger Buswell, Agatha French, Marisa Malone, Yumi Sakugawa, and Charley Star read from their works. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Emily Kendal Frey reads from her works. 7:30 p.m. at the Ahmanson Hall Forum, Otis College of Art and Design.
TiGeorges LaGuerre celebrates the launch of his book No Man is an Island with his coauthor Jeremy Rosenberg. There will be samples of his famous Haitian chicken. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
Thursday 2/18: Kim MacQuarrie discusses and signs Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Sharon Guskin discusses and signs The Forgetting Time. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Beyond Baroque presents Love is a Dog from Hell. Featuring Brenda Petrakos, Sean Hill, Stosh Machek, and Steve Ramirez reading from their works. Hosted by Dave McIntire. 7:30 p.m. at the Hotel Erwin. $5-10 suggested donation.
Homo-Centric returns! The monthly LBQTI literary salon hosted by Hank Henderson. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
Kaz discusses his new book Underworld: From Hollywood to Hoboken with Ben Schwartz. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Friday 2/19: Elaine Rohr discusses and signs A Shattered Glass. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Fraser C. Heston and Heather J. McAdams present their new crime thriller Desolation Sound. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Vermin on the Mount featuring Siel Ju, Scot Sothern, Kevin Moffett, Josh Stallings, and Rebecca Gonzales, and hosted by Jim Ruland. 7:30 p.m. at Book Show.
UC Riverside MFA students Tatyana Branham, Minda Honey, Cecilia Latiolais, Damien Miles-Paulson, John Dixon Mirisola, Nicole Olweean, and Maurisa Thompson read from their works. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Saturday 2/20: Kyle Langan discusses and signs Uncharted Waters. 5 p.m. at Book Soup.
UC Irvine MFA poets Grant Quackenbush and Hilary Clark, and fiction writers George Cunningham and Jaime Lalinde will read from their works. 5 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Voices from the Margins reading. Featuring Luis J. Rodriguez, Ramiro Rodriguez, and Rafael Alvarado. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Sunday 2/21: Roar Shack features Allie Marini Batts, B Deep, January co-Live Write winners Mario Piumetti and Erica Blumfield, Adrian Ernesto Cepeda, Robin Dunn, and Kate Maruyama. 2 p.m. at 826LA.
Karmel Graham, Moustafa El-Guindy, and Kevin Montgomery-Duban read from their works. 4 p.m. at Book Soup.
Tongue & Groove presents readings by Bruce Bauman, Dr. Soma Stanford, Brian Evenson, Victoria Looseleaf, and Maryam Henein. Hosted by Conrad Romo. 6 p.m. at The Hotel Cafe. $7 at the door.
Francesca Lia Block and a group of her favorite writers for a reading from the Rough Magick anthology, edited by Francesca and Jessa Marie Mendez. Amanda Yates Garcia, Laura Lee Bahr, Mary Pauline Lowry, Tracy DeBrincat, Sarah Herrington, Logan Brendt, and Manuel Chavarria read from their works. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Noir at the Bar presents readings by Owen Laukkanen, Johnny Shaw, SG Redling, Rob Hart, Patricia Abbott, Tom Pitts, SW Lauden, and Eric Beetner. 8 p.m. at The Mandrake Bar.
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