Monday 5/16: Ryan Quinn discusses and signs The Good Traitor. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Tuesday 5/17: The RwIrGiHtTe Read presents Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Laurel Ann Bogen, Tisha Reicle, and Ben Trigg. Hosted by Peggy Dobreer. Sign-ups for the open mic begin at 6:30 p.m. at Stories Books & Cafe.
Mike Edison reads from his new book You Are a Complete Disappointment. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
An Evening of Poetry and Music with Ciaran and Deirdre Carson. 7 p.m. at the Dabney Lounge at the California Institute of Technology.
Claudia Casper, with introduction by Jamie Lee Curtis, discusses and signs The Mercy Journals. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Charlotte Shane discusses her memoir Prostitute Laundry, in conversation with Ann Friedman. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 5/18: Actors/narrators Jayne Entwistle, Kirby Heyborne, and Scott Brick, with moderator Marielle Wakim read from and sign the new audio release Grimm’s Fairy Tale! 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Margaret Guroff discusses her book The Mechanical Horse. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 5/19: The 12th grade students from the Police Orientation Preparation Program Magnet in Inglewood read from Reading Between the Thin Blue Lines, a PEN in the Community project. Hosted by Carlos Castellanos. 4 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Carmine Appice discusses and signs Stick It: My Life of Sex, Drums, and Rock ‘n’ Roll. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Vroman’s Bookstore presents Louise Erdrich discussing and signing LaRose. 7 p.m. at All Saints Church. $29 ticket gets you in and a copy of the book HERE.
Debbie Graber reads from her collection of short stories Kevin Kramer Starts on Monday, with Matt Flanagan. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Friday 5/20: Doug Stanhope discusses and signs Digging Up Mother: A Love Story. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Wil Hernandez discusses and signs Mere Spirituality: The Spiritual Life According to Henri Nouwen. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Bad Advice from Bad Women. Featuring Kathleen Hale, Heather Havrilesky, Tess Lynch, Molly Lambert, Lorelei Lee, and Charlotte Shane. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Matteson Perry discusses his book Available: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Hookups, Love and Brunch, with Paul Shirley. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Hiram Sims, Gerald Locklin, Anna Urena, Wendy Rainey, and Curtis Hayes read from their works. Plus an open mic! 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Saturday 5/21: Chris McCormick discusses and signs Desert Boys: Fiction. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
UC Irvine MFA students Lara Fitzjarrald, Sarah Peace, Stefan Karlsson, and William Hawkins read from their works. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Shades & Shadows presents readings by Christopher Farnsworth, Lauren Miller, S.P. Hendrick, Mercedes Yardley, John Skipp, and Adrian Mendoza. Hosted by Lauren Candia and Xach Fromson (ME!) Doors at 7:30 at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater. $10 online or at the door.
Publication party for The Red Bowl: A Fable in Poems. Featuring Holaday Mason, Sarah Maclay, Mariano Zaro, Brendan Constantine, and more. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Sunday 5/22: The Nebraska Girl open reading. Hosted by Wyatt Underwood. Sign ups 1:45 p.m. at Beyond Baroque.
David Dayen discusses and signs Chain of Title. 3 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Tobie Easton, with Gretchen McNeil, discusses and signs Emerge. 3 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
BUSted Storytelling features readings by Katya Duft, Beowulf Jones, Ersilia Pompilio, Cricket Rumley, J. Keith Van Straaton, and Kristina Wong. Hosted by Scott Schultz. 5 p.m. at Stories Books & Cafe.
Tongue & Groove presents readings by Iris De Anda, Meredith Alling, Vanessa Diaz, Robert Kerbeck, and Jessica Lee Garrison. 6 p.m. at The Hotel Cafe. $7.
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