Monday 10/3: Along with Phoneme Media, McSweeney’s, and the Black Mountain Institute, *readings* is proud to announce: A Celebration of Recent Work in Translation. Featuring conversation and readings by Hossein Abkenar, Rocío Cerón, and Olja Savičević. 7 p.m. at a secret address you can only get by emailing Zoë Ruiz at ruiz.zoe AT gmail.com.
Jeff Johnson discusses and signs Everything Under the Moon. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Booki Vivat celebrates the launch of her debut, Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl present their book Rad Women Worldwide. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Tuesday 10/4: Dylan Thuras presents and signs Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker discuss their book “All the Real Indians Died Off” and 20 Other Myths About Native Americans. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 10/5: Cecil Castellucci celebreates the release of Shade, The Changing Girl Issue #1! 7 p.m. at The Secret Headquarters.
Jonathan Stokes discusses and signs Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Kate Schatz discusses and signs Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Micah Perks reads from her new novel What Becomes Us, with Michelle Tea. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 10/6: Monika Skerbelis and Rona Edwards present and sign I Liked It, Didn’t Love It (3rd edition). 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Jace Clayton (aka DJ Rupture) discusses his new book Uproot: Travels in 21st-Century Music and Digital Culture, in conversation with Josh Kun. Also featuring DJ sets by Kid606 and Vicente Pedraza (Barba Azul), with Xandão (Dutty Artz). 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
All Lit Up with poets Tony DuShane, Jacqueline Suskin, and Carine Topal. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Friday 10/7: Robert Eringer discusses and signs Motional Blur. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Alex Dolan discusses his latest novel, The Empress of Tempera, in conversation with Glen Erik Hamilton. Glen will also talk about his latest release, Hard Cold Winter. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Phoebe Robinson discusses her book You Can’t Touch My Hair, with Michaela Watkins. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Saturday 10/8: Manoah Bowman, Natasha Gregson Wagner, and Robert Wagner discuss and sign Natalie Wood (Turner Classic Movies): Reflections on a Legendary Life. 5 p.m. at Book Soup.
John Guzlowski reads from his Pulitzer Prize-nominated poetry. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque‘s Mike Kelly Gallery. Free, but donations appreciated.
Sunday 10/9: Soap Box Open Reading. Hosted by Jessica Wilson Cardenas. Sign ups begin at 1:45 p.m. at Beyond Baroque‘s Mike Kelly Gallery. Free, but donations appreciated.
Roar Shack presents Everything That Rises. Featuring readings by Jackie Lam, Amanda Fletcher, last month’s co-Live Write winners Emmett Lindner, Sunny Williams/Sophia Apodaca, Erica Blumfield, and Antonia Crane. 4 p.m. at 826LA.
San Gabriel Valley LGBT Pride presents David Reddish presenting and signing Conquest of the Planet of the Geeks. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
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