Notable Los Angeles: 4/29–5/5

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Monday 4/29: Wendall Thomas celebrates the LA launch of her second Cyd Redondo novel, Drowned Under. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.

Tuesday 4/30: Susan Holmes McKagan discusses and signs The Velvet Rose. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.

Matthew McGough discusses his new book, The Lazarus Files: A Cold Case Investigation, and the case it’s based on, with LAPD detective Jim Nuttall and screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.

Dahlia Schweitzer reads from her new book L.A. Private Eyes. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.

Wednesday 5/1: IT’S GONNA BE MAY!

Jaime Hernandez discusses his new graphic novel Is This How You See Me? with Nina Gregory. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.

Thursday 5/2: Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses and signs The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives, with Lisa See. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Bookstore.

Anthony Marsico discusses and signs I’m Just Here for the Gig. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.

Ian Doescher discusses and signs William Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Mean Girls. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.

Reyna Biddy reads from and signs her latest poetry book A Psalm for Us. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.

Seth discusses his new graphic novel Clyde Fans, with Scott Timberg. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.

Friday 5/3: Ann Beattie discusses and signs A Wonderful Stroke of Luck. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.

Cara Robertson discusses and signs The Trial of Lizzie Borden. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.

Launch party for Exposition Review Vol IV: Wonder. With readings by contributing authors Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick, Mia Nakaji Monnier, Tim McAdams, Charles Duffie, and mentee alumni from Writegirl! 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.

David St. John, Marsha de la O, Charles Harper Webb, and Suzanne Lummis will read new work. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.

Saturday 5/4: Happy Star Wars Day!

Lila Higgins and Greg Pauly present and sign Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Los Angeles. 3 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.

Lizzie Post discusses and signs Higher Etiquette: A Guide to the World of Cannabis, from Dispensaries to Dinner Parties. 4 p.m. at Book Soup.

Roberto Sirvent discusses his new book American Exceptionalism and American Innocence, with Amber-Rose Howard. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.

Poetry In Motion, hosted by Eve Brandstein. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $15 advance tickets available here. $20 at the door/$10 members.

Sunday 5/5: Happy Cinco de Mayo (or, if you celebrated yesterday, Revenge of the Fifth)!

Cara Robertson discusses and signs The Trial of Lizzie Borden. 3 p.m. at Diesel Bookstore.

Jessica Yellin discusses and signs Savage News. 3 p.m. at Book Soup.

First Sunday Open Reading, hosted by Steve Goldman. Sign ups begin at 4:45 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. Free.

Samuel Ace and Ali Liebegott read from their poetry. 3 p.m. at the Poetic Research Bureau.

Antonio Gonzalez discusses his architecture book Architects Who Built Southern California. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.

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Xach Fromson is a native Angeleno and the co-host/co-founder of Shades & Shadows, a sci-fi/fantasy/horror/etc. reading series here in LA. He studied creative writing at California State University Northridge, where he worked on The Northridge Review. He received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California Riverside Palm Desert Low Residency program, and is finishing his first novel. He appeared at Dirty Laundry Lit's "Love Sucks" event in February 2013, and has stories published in "Halloween Tales" and "Winter Horror Days" from Omnium Gatherum press. And once, he slew a dragon. Follow him on Twitter @_mythogenesis_. More from this author →