Monday 9/5: Happy Labor Day! Enjoy the day off, and let everybody else do the same.
Tuesday 9/6: Dana Johnson reads from her new short story collection In the Not Quite Dark. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 9/7: Derek Ridgers presents and signs Punk London: 1977. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Yvonne Puig reads from her debut novel A Wife of Noble Character. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 9/8: All Lit Up with authors Joe Donnelly, Tony Barnstone, and Zoë Ruiz, and musicians Heather Donavon and Steve McCormick. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Affinity Konar reads from her novel Mischling. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Friday 9/9: Norman Harris discusses and signs Confessions of a Vintage Guitar: The Memoirs of Norman Harris. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Impro Theatre’s LA Noir UnScripted, an improv show followed by a Q&A about their upcoming event on October 14th. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Judith Pacht and B.H. Fairchild read from their works. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY: Southern California Poetry Festival. Events start at 10 a.m. at the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific. Free to all.
Saturday 9/10: Kimberly Gee discusses and signs The Class. 1 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Zenobia Neil reads from her debut novel Psyche Unbound. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Sunday 9/11: Kathryn Aalto discusses and signs The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest That Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood. 2 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Wide Awake Group Poetry Reading hosted by Suzanne Lummis, with Rex Wilder and Marsha de la O. 3 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Roar Shack Reading Series presents Daydreaming. Featuring Siel Ju, Seth Fischer, Rich Ferguson, Toni Ann Johnson and Natashia Deón, plus co-Live Write winners from the August show, Daniel Riordan and Brian Sonia-Wallace. 4 p.m. at 826LA in Echo Park.
Forrest Stuart discusses his new book Down, Out and Under Arrest. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
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