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_.
Monday 3/2: It’s the first Monday of the month, which means Speakeasy is here for you to practice that thing you’ve been working on to someone other than your cats…
Monday 2/23: The Moth hosts their Los Angeles Grand Slam Championship! Doors at 6:30 p.m. at The Echoplex. $25 tickets here. Lisa Unger discusses and signs Crazy Love You. 7 p.m.…
Monday 2/16: Boris Fishman discusses and signs A Replacement Life. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore. Tuesday 2/17: M.O. Walsh discusses and signs My Sunshine Away. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore. Sarah…
Monday 2/9: Lucie Brock-Broido reads from her new book of poetry, Stay, Illusion. 4:30 p.m. at University of Southern California‘s Doheny Memorial Library, Room 233. Write Club LA presents: Chapter 34:…
Monday 2/2: Black Hill Press presents Nate Ragnolia, Peppur Chambers, Veronica Bane, and our own Corrie Greathouse. With host Arianna Basco. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Alexandra Fuller discusses and signs Leaving…
Monday 1/26: Chad Sweeney and Jennifer K. Sweeney read from their new respective works. 4:30 p.m. at the Ide Room at USC. The Altar Collective release party for Volume VII.…
Monday 1/19: It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Vivre le rêve! Tuesday 1/20: Jack Walker discusses and signs Doctor Blood Moon. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore. Wednesday 1/21: Marky Ramone…
Monday 1/12: Write Club LA presents Chapter 33: New Years Drop (kick to the balls). Featuring competitive readings by Allison Bryant, Janelle Wilson, Yasamin Safarzadeh, Jessica Payo, Justin Zsebe, and Abraham…
Happy 2015, readers! It’s a new year, and with it comes all new books and book events. Enjoy! Monday 1/5: Charles Hobbs, Michael Locke, and Vincent Brooke present and sign…
Monday 11/17: Cary Elwes presents and signs As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Timeless Infinite Light Press celebrates the release…
Monday 11/10: Justin Simien presents and signs Dear White People. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Matthew Gavin Frank discusses his book Preparing the Ghost, in conversation with David Ulin. 7:30…
Monday 11/3: Book Soup & KPFK presents jazz legend Herbie Hancock in conversation with LA Times jazz critic Don Heckman, in support of Herbie Hancock: Possibilities. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.…