l.a. book scene
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Notable Los Angeles: 7/6–7/12
Monday 7/6: Terry Masear discusses and signs Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. It’s the first Monday of the month, which means it’s time for the Speakeasy/Open Mic Night! All those times in June…
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Notable Los Angeles: 6/22–6/28
Monday 6/22: Stephen Witt discusses and signs How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Tuesday 6/23: Victoria Shorr discusses and signs Backlands. 7…
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Notable Los Angeles: 5/25–5/31
Monday 5/25: Happy Memorial Day. Everything is closed. Y’know, because it’s a holiday. Tuesday 5/26: Anastasia Higginbotham with Ben Karlin, Abraham Higginbotham, Peter Paige, and Michaela Watkins present Divorce Is the Worst (Ordinary Terrible Things). 7 p.m. at Book Soup.…
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Notable Los Angeles: 5/11–5/17
Monday 5/11: Michael Buckley discusses and signs Undertow. 6:30 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore. Write Club Los Angeles presents Chapter 37: The Animal Inside. Featuring Marian Gonzalez, Kim Moreno, Nayeli Adorador-Knudsen, Bobby Gordon, Clara York, and Kirk Wilson. Hosted by Justin…
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Notable Los Angeles: 3/16–3/22
Monday 3/16: Victoria Zackheim and contributors present and sign Faith: Essays from Believers, Agnostics, and Atheists. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore. Paul Beatty discusses his new novel The Sellout, together with Danzy Senna. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books. Nora Barrows-Friedman…
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Notable Los Angeles: 2/9–2/15
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: Oscarbaters. Featuring readings by Lauren Kincheloe, Aemelia Scott, Dylan Brody,…
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Notable Los Angeles: 1/26–2/1
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. Featuring readings by Katelin Wagner, Kris Kidd, Franki Elliot, Christina…
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Notable Los Angeles: 1/19–1/25
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 discusses and signs Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a…
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Notable Los Angeles: 11/3–11/9
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. $34 tickets available here. Dannielle Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo discuss…
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Notable Los Angeles: 10/27–11/2
Monday 10/27: T. Jefferson Parker presents and signs Full Measure. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. The Moth presents the Los Angeles Grand Slam Championship! Doors at 7 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m. at The Echoplex. $20 presale or $21 at the…