Monday 4/10: When’s the last time you volunteered at 826LA? Today’s a good day to. Unless you haven’t done your taxes, in which case… do that.
Tuesday 4/11: Paula Priamos discusses and signs Inside V. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Rosalyn Eves, with Jessica Cluess, discusses and signs Blood Rose Rebellion. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Scot Sothern reads from his novel BigCity. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 4/12: David Samuel Levinson discusses and signs Tell Me How This Ends Well. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Steve Sylvester, Mary Mallory, and Donovan Brandt discuss their new work Hollywood at Play. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Hope Larson discusses and signs Batgirl Vol. 1: Beyond Burnside (Rebirth). 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Jesse Johnson reads from his debut novel Yearbook. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 4/13: Brendan Constantine hosts a Poetry of Conscience workshop. For info and to RSVP email brendanworkshops [at] gmail [dot] com. 6 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Anastasia Higginbotham presents and signs Tell Me about Sex, Grandma. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Annabelle Gurwitch launches her new collection of essays Wherever You Go, There They Are, with Jonathan Gold. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Friday 4/14: An evening of poetry and art created by the students of Willard Elementary. 6 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Vermin on the Mount presents readings by Natashia Deón, Meg Howrey, Jarett Kobek, Tiffany Scandal, and Bridget Quinn. Hosted by Jim Ruland. 7:30 p.m. at Book Show.
Writers Blaise Hemingway and Jesse Reffsin, and illustrators Chris Sasaki and Jeff Turley present and sign the new collection of poems and stories, Ghost. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Beat and Beyond I presents the works of Lew Welch and Lenore Kandel, lovers and poets, performed by Michael Harris and Luivette Resto. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Saturday 4/15: Red Hen Press event featuring Elizabeth Powell, Siel Ju, and Angela Palm. 3 p.m. at Book Soup.
NextWords presents the annual reading by CalArts students. Featuring Erik Alessandro Mondrian, Leann Lo, Jesse Garrett VanDenKooy, and Chelsea Dright. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Beat and Beyond II presents Steve Abee reading Kerouac’s Jazz of the Beat Generation, followed by Robert Branaman presenting a screening of Neal Cassady: The Denver Years and a discussion on the Wichita Vortex. 7 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Sunday 4/16: Beyond Words: Beauty and Resistance. Hosted by Luivette Resto. 4:30 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Alexander Borinsky reads from his new play In Brief Chronicle (Books 6–8), and Aleshea Harris reads from her new play Is God Is. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
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