Monday 6/20: PEN Center USA‘s Emerging Voices series presents an evening with Angela Flournoy and Julia Fierro. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Steve Hely, in conversation with comedian Little Esther, discusses and signs The Wonder Trail: True Stories from Los Angeles to the End of the World. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Tracy Barone, with Annabelle Gurwitch, discusses and signs Happy Family. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Mark Z. Danielewski launches his new book The Familiar Vol. 3: Honeysuckle & Pain. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Tuesday 6/21: Red Hen Press Poetry Reading featuring Kim Dower, Liz Kay, Seema Reza, William Trowbridge, and Tess Taylor. 6:30 p.m. at the Annenberg Beach House. Free, but parking ain’t.
Sloane Crosley launches her new book, The Clasp. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Walter Shapiro discusses and signs Hustling Hitler: The Jewish Vaudevillian Who Fooled the Fuhrer. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Deena Goldstone discusses and signs Surprise Me. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Chuck Klosterman reads from his new book But What If We’re Wrong? 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 6/22: Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg sign The Pursuit: A Fox and O’Hare Novel. 6 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Paul Engler presents This is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Gillian Thomas discusses and signs Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women’s Lives at Work. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Jamie Brickhouse performs from and signs Dangerous When Wet. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Aditi Khorana reads from her novel Mirror in the Sky. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 6/23: Cathleen Schine discusses and signs her new novel They May Not Mean To, But They Do. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Ron Tanner signs Missile Paradise and Sean Carswell signs Metaphysical Ukulele. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Janna Levin with Kip Thorne discusses and signs Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Friday 6/24: Paul Dini presents and signs Dark Night: A True Batman Story. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Joan Ford presents Killing It: The Action Girl’s Guide to Saving the World While Looking Hot. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
George Watsky presents his new book How to Ruin Everything. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Dorthe Nors discusses her new book So Much for That Winter, with Jarett Kobek. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Book Soup presents Moby, in conversation with KCRW’s Jason Bentley, discussing and signing Porcelain: A Memoir. 8 p.m. at the Skirball Cultural Center. Tickets are $28 + taxes/fees ($33 and change) and come with a copy of the book.
A celebration of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, featuring special guests. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Saturday 6/25: Brian Keene signs Pressure. 2 p.m. at Dark Delicacies.
Linda Gray discusses and signs The Road to Happiness Is Always Under Construction. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Cesar Baquerizo discusses and signs Safe Place With You. 5 p.m. at Book Soup.
Harry Potter Night (Whaaaa?! YUP!), featuring The Show That Shall Not Be Named. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Sunday 6/26: Sumarr Reading Series presents Ani Raya-Flores, Kenyatta Hinkle, Myriam Gurba, and Elizabeth Hall. 3 p.m. at Pop-Hop Books.
Juliana Romano discusses and signs Summer in the Invisible City. 3 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Bobby Brown signs Every Little Step: My Story. 4 p.m. at Book Soup.
Mia Elkovsky Phoebus presents and signs Walking the Dunes with Tennessee Williams, and Radomir Vojtech Luza presents and signs Eros of Angels. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
BUSted! True stories about getting around LA, told by people who don’t drive! Featuring Nia De-Bose, Katya Duft, and more TBA. Hosted by Scott Schultz. 5 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
Tongue & Groove presents readings by Myriam Gurba, Sarah Tomlinson, Terri Mintz, Carribean Fragoza, and Vickie Vertiz. Hosted by Conrad Romo. 6 p.m. at The Hotel Cafe. $7.
La Poesia Festival, a bilingual poetry salon. Hosted by Antonieta Villamil. 6 p.m. at Beyond Baroque.
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