Join Good Girl Books and Literati Events for a short story writing night! We kindly ask that you RSVP for this event. At the start of the evening, we'll reveal a writing prompt or theme to spark your imagination. You'll have time to write on-site, although you're also welcome to bring a pre-written story! Guests will then have the option Read More ...
We're hosting a romantasy book event in LA with authors Callie Hart, Holly Black & Sarah Rees Brennan on August 26th at 7pm. The conversation will be moderated by Maude Garrett, founder of Maude's Book Club. Tickets include a $25 store credit towards purchasing pre-signed books from all three of our romantasy authors. Callie Hart: Quicksilver, Brimstone Holly Black: The Read More ...
Join us for the Latina In Construction Vol. II West Coast Book Launch – vibes, stories, and empowerment live!
Join Permission To Write at Rep Club for a book-club-meets-writers-group with There's Only One Sin In Hollywood author Rasheed Newson WHO & WHAT: Join Permission To Write at Rep Club for a book-club-meets-writers-group with 'There's Only One Sin In Hollywood' author Rasheed Newson. Read Like a Writer invites participants to slow down and study how Black authors build their books Read More ...
Join us for real talk on breastfeeding plus a chill read-along featuring Black authors celebrating Black breastfeeding! Breastfeeding Tips & Black Author Book Read Along Join us in person for a chill hangout focused on black breastfeeding. We'll share helpful breastfeeding tips with IBCLC Breanna Kuimi and dive into a book by an amazing Black author Chelsea of "Mommy are Read More ...
Join Tammie Frank for an Early Access Book Release and Signing for her new book, Transcending Through Tragedy: The Truth Behind the Silence Early Access Book Release and Signing with Tammie Frank Join Tammie Frank for an intimate and inspiring Early Access Book Release and Signing for her powerful new book, Transcending Through Tragedy: The Truth Behind the Silence. Attendees Read More ...
Join Chloe Benjamin in-store for a discussion and signing of her upcoming novel, Under Story!The New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists returns with an intimate yet epic love story--and a sweeping odyssey of scientific discovery. Under Story invites us to consider the promise of this life, what might lie beyond it, and how far we would go for Read More ...
A night of poetry and art that confronts, resists silence, and reimagines the world. Unquiet: A Night of Creative Resistance $8 For Non Performers /// $5 To Sign Up For Open Mic UNQUIET: A Night of Creative Resistance is a gathering for poets, artists, and anyone drawn to the kind of work that pushes against the world as it is. Read More ...
A book celebration for Adam O. Davis's second poetry collection Beyond Baroque presents a book launch for Adam O. Davis' award-winning second poetry collection, Pyrrhic Symphony (University of Nebraska Press, 2026) with Blas Falconer, Arthur Kayzakian, and Diana Marie Delgado in the Wanda Coleman Theater. Praise for Pyrrhic Symphony Pyrrhic Symphony is wild, whip-smart, and irreverent—a maximalist elegy for late Read More ...
Danny Jensen walks us through the best food our city has to offer! Join us for a conversation about local cuisine! Food and travel writer Danny Jensen will walk us through the history of LA eateries both iconic and obscure. Join for an event that celebrates the best food our city has to offer! About the author: Danny Jensen is Read More ...
Two authors. One Stage. The release of We Turn Gruesome at Night. Join us for an evening of horror, fantasy, and splatterpunk! Join us for a conversation between two horror masters Eric LaRocca and Brian Evenson, for the release of the second installment of the nightmarish queer horror Burnt Sparrow Trilogy, We Turn Gruesome at Night, by Eric LaRocca. Friday, Read More ...
Linda J. Albertano Book LaunchJoin us for this momentous occasion as we celebrate 6 books at once, all on the life and legacy of the late Linda J. Albertano, a poet and legendary performance artist who worked closely with members of the Beyond Baroque community throughout her career until her passing in 2022.Co-authored by Linda J. Albertano and her husband, Read More ...
Featuring Anna Journey, David St. John, and Allison Benis White Wolf Cut gathers nearly twenty years of work by Anna Journey. From her early work’s baroque lyricism tinged with the southern gothic to her capacious later poems’ signature meditative charisma, Journey reminds us that mystery and imagination are the luminous thresholds through which our reckonings must pass. Journey will be Read More ...
Palabras Literary Salon celebrates BIPOC poets + writers for intercultural community building.
Join Rep Club in celebrating the LA launch for 'The Art Of Fighting ' by author Priya Parker with Special Guest TBA! WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club and author Priya Parker for the LA launch of The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict. Special Guest TBA soon! We say we want community. Successful teams. High-performing colleagues and Read More ...
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. The 7pm conversation will feature a Read More ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Family And Friends' by filmmaker and author Natalie Baszile
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 authors Read More ...
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 ...
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 ...
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