Notable Los Angeles: 6/11–6/17
Monday 6/11: Tom Papa discusses and signs Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
A.M. Homes discusses and signs Days of Awe: Stories. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Tuesday 6/12: Meredith Ponedel discusses and signs About Face: The Life and Times of Dottie Ponedel, Make-Up Artist to the Stars. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Mark Haskell Smith discusses and signs Blown. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
An evening with Alexis Rhone Fancher, Sonia Greenfield, and Eric Morago reading from their new poetry. Hosted by Brendan Constantine. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Amy Meyerson reads from her debut novel The Bookshop of Yesterdays, with J. Ryan Stradal. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Faultline Vol. 27 Launch Party featuring Inger Wold Lund, Dan Meththananda, Lucie McLaughlin, W.E. Mower, Christopher Kang, and Eleanor Levine. 8 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe. Copies will be available for $10.
Wednesday 6/13: Dhonielle Clayton discusses The Belles and Zoraida Cordova discusses Bruja Born. They will be joined in conversation by Gretchen McNeil. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Manuel Pastor presents and signs his new book, State of Resistance. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Book Soup presents Michael Chabon discussing his new book, Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces. 8 p.m. at the Skirball Cultural Center. Tickets are $20 here.
Johnny Kovatch presents 59 Hours. 8 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
Skylight Books presents David Graeber discussing and signing his new book, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, in conversation with Cory Doctorow. 8 p.m. at the Barnsdall Gallery Theater. Tickets start at $30 (includes the book) here.
Thursday 6/14: Samantha Zighelboim reads from her debut collection of poems, The Fat Sonnets. She will be joined by Ruth Madievsky, author of Emergency Brake. 7 p.m. at Pop-Hop.
Randy Jurado Ertll and Billy Burgos, discuss and sign The Adventures of El Cipitio: Las Aventuras del Cipitio (Illustrated Book) (Adventures of El Cipitio #2). 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Allison Pearson discusses and signs How Hard Can It Be?. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
LA Times music critic Robert Hilburn presents and signs Paul Simon: The Life. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Meedo Taha reads from his debut novel, A Road to Damascus. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Michael Chabon discusses his new book, Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
NOT A CULT Presents: EPIC. 8 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
Friday 6/15: Jason Heller discusses and signs Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar discusses and signs The Map of Salt and Stars. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Darnell L. Moore presents and discusses his debut memoir, No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America. He will be joined in conversation by Janet Mock and Patrisse Cullors. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Saturday 6/16: Violet Ramis Stiel discusses and signs Ghostbuster’s Daughter: Life with My Dad, Harold Ramis. 3 p.m. at Book Soup.
Spencer Wise reads from his debut novel The Emperor of Shoes. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
City of the Future: Sesshu Foster performs his poetry and discusses it (and so much more) with Jen Hofer and Will Alexander. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Sunday 6/17: Happy Father’s Day! He’ll probably like a new book, right? Pick one up for him. Tell him I told you to.
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