Notable Los Angeles: 5/15–5/21
Monday 5/15: Bianca Bosker discusses and signs Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Tuesday 5/16: Brown Paper Press and Peter Gajdics celebrates the release of his new memoir, The Inheritance of Shame. 7 p.m. at Fingerprints.
Rob Bell presents his newest book, What is the Bible? How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Rachel Nagelberg reads from her debut novel The Fifth Wall with Stephen Beachy. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 5/17: Jennifer Finney Boylan discusses and signs Long Black Veil. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Graeme Simsion discusses and signs The Best of Adam Sharp. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Henry Hoke reads from Genevieves with Brian Evenson. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Adrienne Herr, Kayla Ephros, Alix Vollum, and Dayton Castleman read from their works. 7:30 p.m. at Poetic Research Bureau.
Thursday 5/18: Rakesh Satyal discusses and signs No One Can Pronounce My Name. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Michel Stone, in conversation with Ibarionex Perello, discusses and signs Border Child. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
WCCW Reading Series: Coalition. Featuring Janice Lee, Rachel Kann, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, and Julia Ingalls. Hosted by Nina Rota and Sara Finnerty. 7:30 p.m. at the Women’s Center for Creative Work.
Janet Sarbanes discusses her short story collection The Protester Has Been Released, with Maggie Nelson. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Jeff VanderMeer discusses his new novel, Borne, in conversation with Brian Evenson. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Friday 5/19: Pete Gajdics, with Dan Lopez, The Inheritance of Shame: A Memoir. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Gian Sardar discusses and signs You Were Here. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Group signing for The Complete Wimmen’s Comix with cartoonists Sharon Rudahl, Terre Richards, and others. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Guy Delisle discusses his nonfiction graphic novel Hostage, with David Ulin. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Aisha Sasha John and Kim Calder read from their works. 7:30 p.m. at Poetic Research Bureau.
Ellen Sander: New York. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Saturday 5/20: Lit Fest Pasadena, Day 1! Panels and readings all around the Playhouse District featuring some of LA’s biggest and brightest names!
The Dirty Half-Dozen. Crime writers Duane Swierczynski, Eric Beetner, Thomas Pluck, SW Lauden, Nolan Knight, and Josh Stallings their books and their genre. 4 p.m. at Book Soup.
Mat Callahan discusses his book The Explosion of Deferred Dreams with Pat Thomas. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Alan Felsenthal and Jane Gregory read from their works. 7:30 p.m. at Poetic Research Bureau.
Barbara Blatt, Hari Bhajan Khalsa, and Hilda Weiss come together to read from their poetry. With special guest Sarah Maclay. Hosted by Mariano Zaro. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Sunday 5/21: Lit Fest Pasadena, Day 2!
Roar Shack presents The Way Up. Featuring Kate Maruyama, Kit Reed, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Amanda Choo Quan, and April Live Write winner Nick Kaminsky. Hosted by David Rocklin. 4 p.m. at 826LA Echo Park.
Jim Pons discusses and signs Hard Core Love: Sex, Football, and Rock and Roll in the Kingdom of God. 4 p.m. at Book Soup.
Beyond Words: Beauty and Resistance. Hosted by Jon Hess. 4:30 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Jake Gerhardt reads from his new book My Future Ex-Girlfriend. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
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