Monday 6/13: Sandra Tsing Loh in conversation with Deborah Behrens. They will discuss her memoir, adapted into a stage play titled, The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones. In partnership with The Pasadena Playhouse. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Stephanie Danler discusses and signs Sweetbitter. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Andy Furillo presents The Steamer: Bud Furillo and the Golden Age of L.A. Sports. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Bernadette Murphy with Janet Fitch discusses and signs Harley and Me: Embracing Risk on the Road to a More Authentic Life. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Tuesday 6/14: Leonia Kallir Kurgan discusses and signs A Crowd of One. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Cyd Zeigler Jr. discusses and signs Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Rachel Surls and Judith Gerber discuss and sign From Cows to Concrete: The Rise and Fall of Farming in Los Angeles. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Nina Revoyr presents Lost Canyon and Rachel Harper presents This Side of Providence for signings and conversation between the authors. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Natashia Deón reads from her debut novel Grace with David Ulin. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 6/15: Flynn Berry discusses and signs Under the Harrow. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Cara Black discusses and signs Murder on the Quai. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Ben Ehrenreich reads from his newest book The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Ann Redisch Stampler launches her new YA novel How to Disappear. 7:30 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Thursday 6/16: Brad Meltzer and Tod Goldberg launch their new book The House of Secrets. 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble at The Grove.
Geoffrey Cowan presents Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary in conversation with Henry Weinstein. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Amanda Meadows and Robin Higgins present their book We Don’t Think You’re Racist! Soothing Affirmations from People of Color. Featuring standup trio Disoriented Comedy, and a Q&A with the authors. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Contributors Aimee Bender and Brian Evenson read from the literary journal Conjunctions. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Grady Hendrix with Paul Krueger to discuss and sign My Best Friend’s Exorcism and Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Emma Cline reads from her debut novel The Girls. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Poetry in the Loft: Aloud and Allowed. Curated by poet Rich Ferguson and featuring Alexis Rhone Fancher, Susan Hayden, CLS Ferguson, Nicelle Davis, Celia Chavez, Pam Ward, Michael Ronzon, and Amber Tamblyn. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque.
Friday 6/17: Martin Moran discusses and signs All The Rage: A Quest. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Tom Lutz reads from and signs Drinking Mare’s Milk on the Roof of the World. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Mary Roach in conversation with Steve Hely discussing and signing Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War. 7 p.m. at All Saints Church. Tickets are $26.95 and can be found here.
Ramona Ausubel reads from her new novel Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Hollywood Stories. Featuring readings by Kate Maruyama, Gabriela Knutson, Karen Harryman, Tanya Grenz, Mona Jean Cedar, and Jen Hitchcock. 8 p.m. at Book Show.
Saturday 6/18: Peter Selgin discusses and signs The Inventors: A Memoir. 5 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Joshua Becker celebrates the release of his new book, The More of Less. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Lambda Literary’s Emerging Writers features up and coming LGBTQ+ writers from around the country. Doors and reception in the Poet’s Garden at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque.
Sunday 6/19: Katie Chase and Danielle Dutton discuss and sign Man and Wife and Margaret the First. 1 p.m. at Book Soup.
Alain de Botton reads from his new novel The Course of Love. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
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