Monday 11/7: Brendan Constantine hosts Industrial Poetry: Generative Writing Workshop. $30 per poet, walk-ins welcome or RSVP at [email protected]. 6 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Alice Hoffman, in conversation with Lisa See, discusses and signs Faithful. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
In celebration of the paperback launch of The Suicide of Claire Bishop, and in support of Downtown Women’s Center, Carmiel Banasky, Dawn Dorland, Catie Disabato, and Agatha French read from their works and discuss the inherently political nature of being a (woman) writer. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Tuesday 11/8: It’s Election Day. Just this once, don’t stay home and read.
Wednesday 11/9: Holiday Book Party. Representatives from Random House, Penguin, and Norton will present their upcoming titles. 6:15 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Elva Diane Green discusses and signs Eddie Green – The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Dianne Dixon discusses and signs The Other Sister. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Los Angeles playwright and USC professor Oliver Mayer reads from his new (and first) collection of love/erotic poetry, Body Languages. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Illeana Douglas reads from her memoir, I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories From A Life Lived In and Out of the Movies, with special guests Jennifer Tilly, Matt Oswalt, Annette O’Toole, Ben Mankiewicz, Steven Weber, and Kate Micucci. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 11/10: Cristina Alger discusses and signs This Was Not the Plan. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Deb Ziegler discusses and signs Wild and Precious Life. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Timothy Hallinan, author of Fields Where They Lay, in conversation with Naomi Hirahara and Steph Cha. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Leo Braudy discusses his book Haunted. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Friday 11/11: MJ Dougherty discusses and signs Life Lessons of a Total Failure. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Merrill Joan Gerber discusses and signs Beauty and the Breast: A Tale of Breast Cancer, Love, and Friendship. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Vermin on the Mount presents readings by Natashia Deón, Julia Ingalls, Tyler Knight, Mario Piumetti, and Susan Straight. Hosted by Jim Ruland. 7:30 p.m. at Book Show.
Sarah Pappalardo and Beth Newell discuss their book How to Win at Feminism. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Saturday 11/12: Thomas McGrath’s 100th birthday celebration. Join forty distinguished readers as they recite Letter to an Imaginary Friend. Featuring Laurel Ann Bogen, Jerry Garcia, Garrett Brown, Roger Taus, Holly Prado, Phoebe MacAdams, Jack Grapes, Carlye Archibeque, Sarah Maclay, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Michael C Ford, Harry E. Northup, Gail Wronsky, Paul Vangelisti, Marisela Norte, Holaday Mason, Mike Mollett, Kathleen Tyler, Chuck Rosenthal, James Cushing, Robert Forster, Amelie Frank, Lynne Bronstein, Celeste Goyer, Suzanne Lummis, Pam Ward, Doug Knott, Sandra Cohen, Steve Goldman, Susan Hayden, Danny Baker, Susan Suntree, Vicki Mizel, Richard Modiano, Jeremy Iacone, Mark Rhodes, Jeanette Clough, Aleida Rodriguez, Kathleen Bevacqua, and S.A. Griffin. Hosted by Harry Northup. 10 a.m. (until 10 p.m.) at Beyond Baroque. Free, but donations accepted.
Melrose Bellow Literary Festival. Featuring fifteen poets, storytellers, comedians, fiction writers, musicians, and more. Including Rant & Rave, Da Poetry Lounge, The Groundlings, and Story Salon. 5 p.m. on Melrose Avenue between Poinsettia and Gardner.
David Francis discusses his new novel Wedding Bush Road, with Dan Smetanka. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Jane Ormerod and other poets read from Great Weather, their poetry anthology. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Sunday 11/13: Diane Cullinane discusses and signs Behavorial Challenges in Children with Autism and Other Special Needs: The Developmental Approach. 11 a.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Susan Burnstine discusses and signs Susan Burnstine: Absence of Being. 3 p.m. at Book Soup.
Roar Shack presents A Night Away. Featuring readings by Ana Reyes, Julia Ingalls, Stacy Bierlein, Dana Johnson, and October co-Live Write winners Joanne “Paradigm” Roberts, and Nava Goodman. Hosted by David Rocklin. 4 p.m. at 826LA in Echo Park.
UC Riverside MFA candidates Samantha Reid Avina, Kate Burns, Chloe Cole, Joshua Rigsby, Jason Schachat, and Miranda Tsang read from their works. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
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