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Join NOW!We are not just an entertainment industry city; there are artists and engineers and teachers and restaurateurs and civil servants and so many more people in the city who want more than to build a perfect body and network with all the right people. These are the folks who show up to our literary scene. […]
...moreMonday 7/7: Kenneth Walsh presents and signs Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful? a Memoir. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. The first Monday of the Month, you have a chance to read your own work at Open Mic Night. Signups start at 7:45 p.m., readings begin at 8 p.m. at The Last Bookstore. Tuesday 7/8: Lynn Sherr discusses […]
...moreMonday 6/23: Alan Furst discusses and signs Midnight in Europe. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore. Tuesday 6/24: Book Soup presents Damien Echols and Lorri Davis discussing and signing Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row. 7 p.m. at the New Beverly Cinema (not at Book Soup!). $30 gets you one copy of the book […]
...moreMonday 6/16: Rumpus cartoonist Yumi Sakugawa discusses and signs I Think I Am in Friend-Love with You. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell present The Disaster Artist, together with Juliette Danielle, Kyle Vogt, Robyn Paris, and Joseph Setele. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books. Book launch party for Ruin and Rising, the third and […]
...moreMonday 6/9: Write Club Los Angeles presents Chapter 26: If Wishes Were Fishes. Featuring competitive readings by David Yow, Antonio Sacre, Brian Jude Leahy, Cathy Schenkelberg, Victoria Heric, and Laura House. The audience will decide the winners. Hosted by Paula Killen, Jeffery Dorchen, and Justin Welborn. 7 p.m. at The Bootleg Theater. $5-$20, pay what you […]
...moreMonday 6/2: Sarah Lotz discusses and signs The Three. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore. Roxane Gay reads from An Untamed State. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books. Tuesday 6/3: David Peace presents and signs Red Or Dead. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Lisa See discusses and signs China Dolls at her book release party. 7 p.m. […]
...moreMonday 5/12: Maggie Shipstead presents and signs Astonish Me. 7:00 p.m. at Book Soup. Michelle Huneven reads from Off Course, in conversation with Mona Simpson. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books. Tuesday 5/13: Stacey D’Erasmo presents and signs Wonderland, joined in conversation by singer-songwriter Beth Orton. 7:00 p.m. at Book Soup. Mario T. Garcia discusses and […]
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