Monday 8/14: WRITE CLUB Los Angeles Chapter 66: Strange Magick. Featuring readings by Yasamin Safarzadeh, Anahita Safarzadeh, Justin Welborn, Raven Mystere, Marc Rigaud, and Vincent Lacey. Hosted by Paula Killen, Justin Wellborn, and Jeff Dorchen. 7 p.m. at The Bootleg Theater. $10–20/pay what you can.
Michelle Kuo discusses and signs Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Nate Dern discusses and signs Not Quite a Genius. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Jonny Sun presents and signs everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Tuesday 8/15: 90×90 presents: Beach=Culture: Community, Value Statements. Featuring a panel discussion with Hiram Sims, Terry Wolverton, Peter Woods, and Iris De Anda. Moderated by Chiwan Choi. 6:30 p.m. at the Annenberg Community Beach House.
Danya Kukafka discusses and signs Girl in Snow. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Chiara Barzini with Jonathan Ames discusses and signs Things That Happened Before the Earthquake. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Joshua Davis signs From Head Shops to Whole Foods: The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs. 7 p.m. at Eso Won Books.
Tom Perrotta reads from his new novel Mrs. Fletcher. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 8/16: 90×90 presents: Guess Who’s Cooking Dinner? Narratives from the Periphery. Conversation between Susan Park and Stephanie Parra. Hosted by Skira Martinez. 7 p.m. at Cielo Galleries/Studios.
Walter Stahr discusses and signs Stanton: Lincoln’s War Secretary. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Daniel H. Wilson discusses and signs The Clockwork Dynasty. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Chiara Barzini signs her debut novel Things That Happened Before the Earthquake. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Thursday 8/17: Robert Leonard Reid discusses and signs Because It Is So Beautiful: Unraveling the Mystique of the American West. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Tristine Rainer discusses and signs Apprenticed to Venus: My Secret Life with Anais Nin. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Christine Pelisek discusses her book The Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central with writer and editor Joe Donnelly. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Marne Cambell signs Making Black Los Angeles: Class, Gender, and Community, 1850–1917. 7 p.m. at Eso Won Books.
Jarett Kobek reads from his novel The Future Won’t Be Long, with James St. James. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
90×90 presents: Shades and Shadows: Beyond the Rainbow. Featuring readings by Martin Pousson, C.B. Lee, and Carlos Allende. 8 p.m. at Cielo Galleries/Studios.
Friday 8/18: Karen English discusses and signs It All Comes Down to This. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Editor Andrew Blauner and contributors David Hajdu and Mona Simpson, in conversation with David Ulin, present and sign In Their Lives: Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Vermin on the Mount. Featuring readings by Sean Carswell, Nolan Knight, Kevin Maloney, MariNaomi, Brian Jabas Smith, and Désirée Zamorano. Hosted by Jim Ruland. 7:30 p.m. at Book Show.
90×90 presents: Sestinas for Selena. 8 p.m. at Civic Center Studios.
Heaven Was Detroit. Featuring M. L. Liebler, Brian Smith, Herb Jordon, Jaan Uhelszki, Pat Thomas, George “Mosley the Punk” Moseman, Joel Martin, and Melba Joyce Boyd. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Saturday 8/19: 90×90 presents: Women Who Submit. 10 a.m. at Cielo Galleries/Studios.
Victor Corona discusses and signs Night Class: A Downtown Memoir. 3 p.m. at Book Soup.
EyeHeartStory, Powered by PechaKucha. Join Djuna Appel-Riehle, Marion Bright, Rafael Cardenas, Cecil Castellucci, Colleen Dunn Bates, Mark Haskell Smith, Curtis Krick, Sarah Linton, and Bill Wishner for a unique night of storytelling. 5 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
JoAnna Novak reads from her debut novel I Must Have You. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Lessons of the Past in partnership with the American Society for Yad Vashem proudly present: An Evening with a Holocaust Survivor: Robert Geminder. 6 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Maureen Cotter’s Annual Extravaganza. 7 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Sunday 8/20: 90×90 presents: awQward Camp: A TQPOC Artist Teach In. 10 a.m. at Cielo Galleries/Studios.
Peter Moruzzi presents and signs Greetings from Los Angeles. 3 p.m. at Book Soup.
Gustavo Arellano leads a panel discussion for ¡Murales Rebeldes!: L.A. Chicana/Chicano Murals Under Siege. The panel will consist of contributors Erin M Curtis & Jessica Hough, along with Muralists Barbara Carrasco & David Botello. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Beyond Words: Beauty and Resistance. Hosted by Richard Modiano. 4:30 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Alicia Malone discusses her book Backwards and in Heels, with Maude Garrett. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
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