We’re back! It’s 2017! We’re living in the future, which is cool and all, but books are still awesome. Let’s go get some new ones this week.
Monday 1/9: Cynthia Garrett discusses and signs Prodigal Daughter: A Journey Home to Identity. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Tuesday 1/10: Douglas Preston reads from his new book, The Lost City of the Monkey God. 7 p.m. at All Saints Church. Presented by Vroman’s Bookstore. $30 tickets available here.
Maggie Rowe reads from and discusses her new book, Sin Bravely. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Wednesday 1/11: Janie Chang and Shilpi Somaya Gowda present and sign Dragon Springs Road and The Golden Son. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Thursday 1/12: Lindsey Lee Johnson discusses and signs The Most Dangerous Place on Earth. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Tippi Hedren discusses and signs Tippi: A Memoir. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
All Lit Up. Featuring readings by Gwen Banta, Marnie Goodfriend, and Brandon Jordan Brown. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Alan Sepinwall discusses his book TV: The Book, with Jon Hamm. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Friday 1/13: Jamie Lee discusses and signs Weddiculous. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Chris Bohjalian discusses and signs The Sleepwalker. 7: p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
DUM DUM Zine and Beating Lights present Vox & Voices 2017 Kickoff. Featuring readings by Nanor Abkarian, George Ducker, and Michelle Tea. 8 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
The Pacific Coast Poetry Series celebrates the launch of its first individual collection and winner of the $2,000 Pacific Coast Poetry Series Prize: Nance Van Winckel’s Our Foreigner. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Saturday 1/14: Michael Goorjian discusses and signs What Lies Beyond the Stars. 4 p.m. at Book Soup.
Joe Ide discusses and signs IQ. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Diane Lefer, Natasha Sajé, and Elizabeth Iannaci read from new and recent work. 4 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Sunday 1/15: Writers Resist. 1 p.m. at Beyond Baroque.
Michael Paul Gonzalez, Maria Alexander, Lisa Morton, John Palisano, and Matt Wallace join forces for a mega signing event for Dread State: An Anthology of Political Horror Stories, Snowed, All That Withers, and Rencor: Life in Grudge City. 2 p.m. at Dark Delicacies.
Susan Sherman discusses and signs her new novel If You Are There. 3 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Franz Nicolay discusses and signs Humorless Ladies of Border Control: Touring the Punk Underground from Belgrade to Ulaanbaatar. 4 p.m. at Book Soup.
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