Jom Rivers Studio
801 East 7th Street, Unit 109, Los Angeles, CA 90021, Los Angeles, CA, United States
The Guild brings together visual, literary and performing artists to build community and collaborations across disciplines. The Guild aims to make the arts community more connected, accessible, and collaborative through monthly Assemblies, artist spotlights, professional development, critiques, gallery meetups, film screenings, spoken word/poetry, exhibitions, community partnerships, and an ongoing exchange of opportunities. The Guild brings together visual, literary and performing Read More ...
Live Talks Los Angeles presents a virtual event. An Evening with Jared Diamond, discussing his book "Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter?" Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 6pm PT / 9pm ET. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, multimillion-copy bestselling classic Guns, Germs and Steel, a landmark study of leadership across politics, religion, business, and sports, seeking Read More ...
Live Talks Los Angeles presents a virtual event. An Evening with Liane Moriarty, discussing her novel "Big Little Truths." Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 6pm PT / 9pm ET. In this highly anticipated sequel, Liane Moriarty examines the complexities of modern women's lives, shining light on family dynamics and long-hidden truths with wit and compassion. Whether you've read Big Little Lies Read More ...
Live Talks Los Angeles presents a virtual event. Angela Duckworth in conversation with Rainn Wilson, discussing her book "Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best." Thursday, September 17, 2026, 6pm PT / 9pm ET. From the #1 bestselling author of Grit, a new book that reveals the hidden power of situations and how you can shape Read More ...
Reparations Club
3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'All Hours: Crazy Good Food for Whatever, Whenever ' by author & chef Kwame Onwuachi. WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club for a signing and moderated conversation celebrating 'All Hours: Crazy Good Food For Whanever - A Cookbook' with author and James Beard Award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi moderated by Ava DuVernay. The 7pm Read More ...
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, United States
A multilingual poetry reading in regional languages of Spain translated to English Beyond Baroque presents a reading of poetry in Spain's official languages and their translations into English. Join us for an evening celebrating the rich tapestry of Spain's linguistic and poetic traditions. Hear poems in Spanish, Catalan, Galician, and Basque–each paired with their English translations. Readings by: Lourdes Orueta, Read More ...
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, United States
presented by The Fred Rogers Dewey Legacy Project Join us for a session of careful, attentive live reading and interpretation of “What is Authority” by Hannah Arendt and The School of Public Life by the late Fred Dewey. Table Reading sessions are hosted at Beyond Baroque, led by Renée Petropoulos and the Fred Rogers Dewey Legacy Project (FRDLP). Historically, these Read More ...
2100 Ocean Front Walk
2100 Ocean Front Walk, Los Angeles, CA 90291, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Hear Nekeith’s story & live performance of her new spoken-word album, My Trans Experience, then turn your own story into spoken word. We all have a story. What happens when we give ourselves the space to put it into words? Join us on Venice Beach for an intimate Spoken Word Experience bringing together storytelling, live performance, creative writing and community. Read More ...
12444 Venice Blvd.
12444 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90066, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Led by author Betty Cayouette in conversation with Anneliese Judge! This event is free to attend, but we kindly ask that you RSVP so that we can get an accurate headcount! We're celebrating I KISSED HER FIRST by Betty Cayouette! Betty and Anneliese Judge will be discussing the book and leading a book charm making workshop. All charm materials will Read More ...
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Join us for a reading in The Wanda Coleman Theater with three Puerto-Rican poets visiting Los Angeles In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, join us for a night of bilingual poetry in English and Spanish with Puerto Rican poets Guillermo Rebollo Gil, author of To learn to describe the animal, Paola Capó-García, author of CLAP FOR ME THAT’S NOT ME, Read More ...
Octavia’s Bookshelf
1353 North Hill Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States
Join us on Sunday September 20, 2026 as we welcome Lara Sheehi as she discusses her new book with Robin D.G. Kelly and Mel LopezLara Sheehi is a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Davis, a licensed clinical psychologist, and the host of the Psychic Militancy podcast. Lara’s work focuses on psychoanalysis, the psychic refusals central to liberation struggles and life-making Read More ...
Bezdek Center for the Performing Arts at Cross Roads School
1736 22nd Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404, Santa Monica, CA, United States
An Evening with Ke Huy Quan discussing his memoir, "Never Say Die" Please note: -- Tickets cannot be re-sold on re-seller platforms. Re-sold ticket will not be honored. -- Tickets are non refundable and are not transferable. -- All ticket holders should be ready to show ID at the event. -- The name(s) you provide during registration will be on Read More ...
Good Girl Books
12444 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90066, Los Angeles, United States
Join us in celebrating NEVER LASTING by Angela Bourassa! This event is free to attend, but we kindly ask that you RSVP so that we can get an accurate headcount. About the book: A scorching-hot romance about what happens when you break a golden rule: Don’t get hooked on your hookup. When Lucy, a recent NYU law grad with plans Read More ...
West Hollywood Library - Community Meeting Room
625 North San Vicente Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069, West Hollywood, CA, United States
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026 · 6:30–8:00 p.m. PT In person, West Hollywood Library Community Room, 625 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069 Free, RSVP Requested Four Los Angeles writers return to the past, through fiction and poetry, to understand where we came from. Why do we keep returning to history? And what changes when we recover what was Read More ...
Writers Guild Theater
135 South Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, CA, United States
Writers Bloc & LARB present Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor and Robin D.G. Kelley What do the religious right, big tech, and end-times survivalists, have in common? What could possibly link these three strange bedfellows, these components of American politics? Leading writers on political trends, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor explore the common threads of end-timers who see apocalyptic doom all Read More ...
Village Well Books & Coffee
9900 Culver Boulevard, #1b, Culver City, CA 90232, Culver City, CA, United States
Debut novelist Ava Lauren Grayson presents her new sci-fi novel in conversation with Mike Lesha. Join us for the launch of Ava Lauren Grayson's novel The Stargazers! Ava will be joined by author Mika Lesha to discuss this debut tale of teenage astronauts and intergalactic adventure. About the book: On Earth, you live. On Luella, you survive. Attending an elite Read More ...
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Double book launch for Henry Schipper's "The Ball Dreams of The Sky" and Teddy Tannenbaum's "The Dreamlife of Teddy Baseball" Join us for a celebration of two collections on the sport of baseball. Both memoir and homage in love of the game, the poets meditate on their experiences as baseball players in the field while navigating their own personal lives. Read More ...
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Paul Vangelisti and Vincent Katzs read from their new collections Join us for an afternoon with poets Vincent Katz and Paul Vangelisti. Katz will present Daffodil, published by Alfred A. Knopf, as well as Accounts, his collaborative book with painter Richard Bosman, published by Karma Books. Vangelisti will read from his recent book Traveling, published by Shearsman Books in the Read More ...
Reparations Club
3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Mazywood' by author Tananarive Due & moderator Rachel True WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Mazywood' by author Tananarive Due, in conversation with Rachel True. S.A Cosby's All The Sinners Bleed meets Percival Everett's Erasure in this literary thriller following the grandson of a famous black actress from the Read More ...
Village Well Books & Coffee
9900 Culver Boulevard, #1b, Culver City, CA 90232, Culver City, CA, United States
Aatif Rashid debuts his new novel at Village Well. Join us for the launch of Aatif Rashid's new novel Grand Tour! Aatif will conduct a reading and Q&A and discuss the inspiration behind this probing work. About the author: Aatif Rashid is the author of the novels Portrait of Sebastian Khan (2019) and Grand Tour (forthcoming 2026). His short stories Read More ...
Live Talks Los Angeles presents a virtual event. Ke Huy Quan in conversation with Octavia Spencer, discussing his memoir "Never Say Die." Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 6pm PT / 9pm ET. The Oscar-winning star of Everything Everywhere All at Once, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and The Goonies tells the story of his journey from Vietnamese refugee to Read More ...
Wilshire Ebell Theatre
4401 West 8th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90005, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Ari Emanuel in conversation with Kara Swisher discussing his memoir, "Roll the Calls" Please note: -- Tickets cannot be re-sold on re-seller platforms. Re-sold ticket will not be honored. -- Tickets are non refundable and are not transferable. -- All ticket holders should be ready to show ID at the event. -- The name(s) you provide during registration will be Read More ...
Los Angeles Union Station
800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Presented by Rare Books LA at Los Angeles Union Station: ejected from polite society, three generations of courtesans turned the scandalous memoir into a genre of their own, exposing the hypocrisy of the men around them and reclaiming the worth of women that history tried to erase. This one-hour talk traces how these "learned ladies and notorious whores" wrote themselves Read More ...
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Poetry & The Archive: A Workshop on Creating Poetry from Photographs Poetry & The Archive: Creating Poetry from Photographs is a generative workshop on the use of photographs from historical (and personal) archives to create poetry. Participants will generate new work through a series of prompts and be invited to use their own photographs to create new (or revise existing) Read More ...
Los Angeles Central Library
630 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Los Angeles, CA, United States
James Spooner, author of "It Starts With Anger: A Punk Beginning. An Afropunk Ending." discusses of identity, punk ethos and more! It Starts with Anger follows author, filmmaker and illustrator James Spooner's coming of age in NYC as a Black punk in an overwhelming white scene. When his documentary Afro-Punk sparks massive success, his punk ethos are challenged by corporate Read More ...
Live Talks Los Angeles presents a virtual event. Ari Emanuel in conversation with Kara Swisher, discussing his memoir "Roll the Calls." Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 6pm PT / 9pm ET. One of Hollywood's most accomplished, feared, and funny dealmakers has some stuff he wants to get off his chest: a lifetime worth of stuff, and secrets, and stories. Virtual admission Read More ...
Reparations Club
3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Family And Friends' by filmmaker and author Natalie Baszile & Dana Johnson WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Family And Friends' by filmmaker and author Natalie Baszile, in conversation with Dana Johnson. From the author of Queen Sugar, a piercing examination of friendship and loyalty as two best friends Read More ...
Village Well Books & Coffee
9900 Culver Boulevard, #1b, Culver City, CA 90232, Culver City, CA, United States
Authors Bitter Karella, Allison Mick, and Joshua Millican present their folk horror work focusing on environmental horror. Join us for a reading and conversation from The Dark Woods Project! The Dark Woods Project is a writers’ collective bound by explorations of Forest Horror (including Redwood Gothic and Eco-horror). The authors delve into the ominous complexities and primal fears of Forest Read More ...
Village Well Books & Coffee
9900 Culver Boulevard, #1b, Culver City, CA 90232, Culver City, CA, United States
Authors Sean Bernard, Paul Bergstraesser, and Dylan Bassett present their new work, published by What Books Press. Join us to celebrate this year's fiction slate from What Books Press! On October 11th, Sean Bernard, Paul Bergstraesser, and Dylan Bassett will gather to discuss and read from their new work. About the participants: Sean Bernard directs the BA Creative Writing Program Read More ...
Five queer authors open portals to spectacular new worlds and dare us to get lost in them. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 · 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Online via Zoom and YouTube What can we discover in worlds that have never existed? And how does queer imagination remake the rules of magic, adventure, and belonging? On Oct. 14, five queer fantasy Read More ...
The Last Bookstore Studio City
4437 Lankershim Boulevard, Studio City, CA, United States
A bi-monthly variety show based on one book. This month's book: Hello, Friends! by Dulcé Sloan! Featuring Dulcé Sloan! Part book club. Part Comedy. A night of laughs all based on one book.You don't have to read the book. (But it'll be funnier if you do!) This month's book: Hello, Friends! by Dulce' Sloan. This month's headliner: Daily Show correspondent Read More ...
Reparations Club
3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Stellar Smoke' by author Tanaïs & moderator Chantal Aida Gordon WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Stellar Smoke' by author Tanaïs, in conversation with Chantal Aida Gordon. A hypnotically original and lush speculative novel from award-winning author Tanaïs about family secrets and the mother–daughter bond across generations—ultimately blurring the Read More ...
Village Well Books & Coffee
9900 Culver Boulevard, #1b, Culver City, CA 90232, Culver City, CA, United States
Poets published by What Books Press present their new work. Join us to celebrate this year's fiction slate from What Books Press! On October 25th, Amy Elisabeth Davis, James Cushing, Celeste Boyer, and Bill Mohr will read from and discuss their new work. About the participants: Amy Elisabeth Davis, a historian and poet who studied at Cornell and Columbia and Read More ...
Sims Library Of Poetry
2702 West Florence Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Slanguage Poetry Show {HALLOWEEN COSTUME OPEN MIC EDITION}. Come check out great poetry & fun energy! You can perform or enjoy the night. Slanguage Poetry Show {HALLOWEEN COSTUME OPEN MIC EDITION}. Come check out great poets & fun energy! You can sign up on the open mic list and share your work on our stage! We are excited to invite Read More ...
Four local writers dare to break the rules, raise their voices, and refuse to compromise. What does a writer sacrifice when they soften their work to fit the mold? And what becomes possible when they refuse? On Nov. 4, four local writers confront subjects many books shy away from: race, desire, class, the messy moments when life stops making sense. Read More ...
Beyond Baroque
681 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United States
A generative writing workshop with Truong Tran The Poet’s Memoir is a generative workshop that approaches the narratives of the self through short, non-narrative inquiries. A memoir does not have to tell a life from beginning to end. It can be made of moments, snippets, fragments—parts of a story that, when brought together, begin to make a whole. In this Read More ...
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
540 South Commonwealth Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong, & Will Friedle discuss & sign Book Meets World: The Definitive Inside Story of the Hit Sitcom Boy Meets World Moderated by Emily Longeretta! The actors who played Topanga, Shawn, and Eric on Boy Meets World expand on their hit podcast, Pod Meets World, in a nostalgic behind-the-scenes history of the much-loved 90s sitcom, featuring untold Read More ...
