Monday 7/11: Stuart Canterbury discusses and signs Turning Blue. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Anu Partanen discusses and signs The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
PEN Center USA Public Author evening with Lidia Yuknavitch presenting The Small Backs of Children, and Cynthia Bond presenting Ruby. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Tuesday 7/12: Liz Pryor discusses and signs her new memoir Look at You Now. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Shane Kuhn discusses and signs The Asset. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Megan Miranda discusses and signs All the Missing Girls. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Margaret Wappler reads from her debut novel Neon Green, with Guy Branum. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 7/13: Dave Holmes in conversation with comedy duo Frangela, discusses and signs Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Anne Perry and debut novelist Patricia Mahon join editor JZ Bingham for Anglo/Irish Lit Chat: Roots of English Literature. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Julia Claiborne Johnson reads from Be Frank With Me, Steven Rowley reads from Lily & the Octopus, and Kemper Donovan reads from The Decent Proposal. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Michael Klassen discusses and signs his new book Hippie, Inc.: The Misunderstood Subculture that Changed the Way We Live and Generated Billions of Dollars in the Process. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Thursday 7/14: Cathleen Schine, with Marisa Silver, discusses and signs They May Not Mean To, But They Do. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Gina Wohlsdorf reads from and signs Security, and Ivy Pochoda reads from and signs Visitation Street. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Tony Millionaire launches his new book Drinky Crow Drinks Again. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Friday 7/15: ZYZZYVA Issue no. 106 launch event. Recent contributors Lou Mathews, Melissa Yancy, Jim Gavin, David Hernandez, and Dana Johnson will read from their works. Hosted by the inimitable David L. Ulin. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Jonathan Shaw and Ryan Leone read and discuss their works. 8 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
The Last Book Review. Etta Robinson and Ever Mainard are joined by Chris Garcia, Ify Nwadiwe, Lindsay Adams, and more. 8 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Saturday 7/16: Volunteering 101. Learn the basics and join the crew of volunteers helping the next generation of writers. 12 p.m. at 826LA Mar Vista.
Natashia Deón presents her debut novel Grace, in conversation with Dana Johnson. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Shades & Shadows 17. Featuring Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Vesta Vaingloria, Glen Hirshberg, David D. Levine, and Sara Gran. Hosted by Xach Fromson (yup, me!), and Lauren Candia. Doors at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 at the The Bearded Lady’s Mystic Museum. $10 tickets available here.
Sunday 7/17: Sumarr Reading Series presents readings by Saehee Cho, Ruth Madievsky, F. Douglas Brown, and Dana Johnson. 3 p.m. at The Pop-Hop.
Cliff Simon and Loren Stephens discuss and sign Cliff’s memoir Paris Nights: My Year at the Moulin Rouge. 3 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Wenonah Hauter discusses Frackopoly, with Ed Begley. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Voices from the Well. 5 p.m. at Beyond Baroque.
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