Notable Los Angeles: 7/15–7/21
Monday 7/15: Lisa Kohn discusses and signs To the Moon and Back: A Childhood Under the Influence. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Terry Moore discusses and signs 66 on 66: A Photographer’s Journey. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Womyn’s Writing Circle. Welcome to all self-identified womyn. 7:30 p.m. at Avenue 50 Studio.
Tuesday 7/16: Frank Strausser discusses and signs his psychological thriller Plastic, with Dr. Alexander Rivkin. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Anthony McCann reads from and signs Shadowlands. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Barry Alfonso discusses and signs A Voice of the Warm: The Life of Rod McKuen. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Kimi Eisele discusses and signs The Lightest Object in the Universe. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
un::fade::able. A reading series honoring the legacy of Sandra Bland. Organized by F. Douglas Brown. 7:30 p.m. at Art Share LA.
Janet Fitch reads from her new novel Chimes of a Lost Cathedral. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 7/17: Jasmine Guillory discusses and signs The Wedding Party, in conversation with Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
BUSted Los Angeles presents Masters of Storytelling. With Ray Christian, Kristina Wong, and Katya Duft. Hosted by Scott Schultz. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
Carla Sameth presents and signs her new memoir One Day on the Gold Line. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Lisa Taddeo discusses her new book Three Women, with Clarissa Cruz. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 7/18: Wolfgang Glattes discusses and signs Memories of La La Land: A Life in the Movies. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Andrea Dunlop discusses and signs We Came Here to Forget, with Julia Whelan. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Friday 7/19: Madeleine Henry discusses and signs Breathe In, Cash Out. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Guillaume Serina discusses and signs An Impossible Dream: Reagan, Gorbachev, and a World Without the Bomb, in conversation with KPCC host Libby Denkmann. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Made in L.A. Vol 2 reading event. Featuring Sara Chisolm, Nick Duretta, Jude-Marie Green, Nolan Knight, Gabi Lorino, Allison Rose, Cody Sisco, C. Gregory Thompson, and Abigail Walthausen. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
The Difficult to Name Reading Series. Featuring Katrina Davis, Emily Jira, Nick Pupo, Alex Schmidt, Cole Stryker, and a conversation with Nicole LaPorte. 8 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
William Benton and Patty Seyburn read from their poetry. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Saturday 7/20: Mickey Rapkin reads from his new children’s book It’s Not a Bed, It’s a Time Machine, with Sara Rue. 3 p.m. at Skylight Books.
The Lit Show. Starring Suzie Wiliams and Brad Kay. 7:30 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $20.
Sunday 7/21: Bruce Ferber discusses and signs The Way We Work: On the Job in Hollywood, in conversation with Brent Forrester. 3 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Lydia Slaby discusses and signs Wait, It Gets Worse: Love, Death, and My Transformation from Control Freak to Human Being. 3 p.m. at Book Soup.
Jeffrey Kwitny presents and signs Desolation Lake, Tom King presents and signs Amelia Earhart Unrescued, and Richard Tarlow presents and signs Murder and the Marine. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Max Felker-Kantor discusses his new nonfiction book Policing Los Angeles, with David Stein. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Salient Sunday Open Reading. Hosted by Radomir Luza and Patricia Murphy. 5 p.m. at Beyond Baroque.
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