Notable Los Angeles: 4/1–4/7
Monday 4/1: Ari Rosenschein discusses and signs Coasting. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Kitty Felde presents and signs Welcome to Washington, Fina Mendoza. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
G. Willow Wilson discusses her new novel The Bird King. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Tuesday 4/2: Steven Rowley discusses his new book, The Editor, in conversation with Taylor Jenkins Reid. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Evan James discusses and signs Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Carter Higgins discusses and signs Bikes for Sale. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Iain S. Thomas reads from and signs his latest collection of poetry, Every Word You Cannot Say. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Lydia Fitzpatrick reads from her debut novel Lights All Night Long, with Aja Gabel. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 4/3: Nathan Englander discusses his new book, kaddish.com, in conversation with David Ulin. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Chris Salewicz discusses and signs Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography, in conversation with “Native” Wayne Jobson. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Louie Pérez discusses and signs Good Morning, Aztlán: The Words, Pictures and Songs of Louie Pérez, in conversation with David Sanchez. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
T Kira Madden discusses her memoir Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, with Allie Rowbottom. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 4/4: Pedram Navab discusses and signs This Will Destroy You. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Corky Hale discusses and signs Corky Hale UNCORKED!: A Life of Music, Marriage, and Making a Difference. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Bridget Fonger discusses her new book, Superhero of Love: Heal Your Broken Heart & Then Go Save the World. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Six Years of Unnamed Press! With Rheea Mukherjee discussing The Body Myth and Adam Nemett discussing We Can Save Us All, in conversation with Josephine Decker. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Friday 4/5: Jeffrey Fleishman and LA Times columnist Carolina A. Miranda discuss My Detective. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Christie Aschwanden discusses and signs Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Poetry Month celebration featuring Hannah Dow, Mike Sonksen, F. Douglas Brown, and Poets at Work. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Rocío Carlos, bridgette bianca, and T.K. Le read from their poetry. 8 p.m. at the Poetic Research Bureau.
Saturday 4/6: Mallory O’Meara signs Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick. 4 p.m. at Dark Delicacies.
Michael DeForge discusses his new graphic novel Leaving Richard’s Valley. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Poetry in Motion, hosted by Eve Brandstein. 7:30 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $20 GA/$10 students or seniors/$8 members. Tickets available here.
Jordan Davis and Justin Jamail read from their poetry. 8 p.m. at the Poetic Research Bureau.
Sunday 4/7: Meredith May discusses her new book that’s part memoir, part beekeeping story, The Honey Bus. There will be a honey tasting as part of the event! 10 a.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Julius Sharpe discusses and signs So You’re Going Bald. 3 p.m. at Book Soup.
Michael Gungor discusses and signs This: Becoming Free. 3 p.m. at Diesel Bookstore.
Cory Doctorow signs Radicalized, and editors Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton sign Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror & Suspense. 4 p.m. at Dark Delicacies.
First Sunday Open Reading, hosted by Steve Goldman. Sign-ups begin at 4:45 p.m. In the Scott Wannberg Bookstore & Poetry Lounge at Beyond Baroque..
Editors Johanna Fateman and Amy Scholder launch Last Days at Hot Slit: The Radical Feminism of Andrea Dworkin, with readings from the book by Ryka Aoki, Christina Catherine Martinez, Pratibha Parmar, Anna Joy Springer, and Nao Bustamante. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
@SEA 19 (that’s “at sea”): colonies // communities pt. 2. 8 p.m. at the Poetic Research Bureau.
***
Want your event listed in Notable Los Angeles? Email [email protected] with your event info and a brief description!
***
Logo art by Max Winter.