An Evening with Frances Haugen, "The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook"*** US orders only. We only ship books to addresses in the US. Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:Wednesday, July 5, 2023, 6pm PT/9pm ETAn Evening with Frances Haugen discussing her book, "The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook"* interviewer to be announcedTICKETS:$40 Ticket: Virtual Admission + a signed copy of the bookTicket includes opportunity to watch the event on video-on-demand for five days, thru Juune 23 at midnight.Books ship one week after the eventThe inside story of one woman’s quest to bring transparency and accountability to Big Tech, by the Facebook whistleblower who is determined to help us all retake control of our lives..Frances Haugen is an American data engineer and scientist, and whistleblower. A graduate of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and Harvard Business School, she worked at Google, Yelp, and Pinterest before joining Facebook in 2019 and working in its civic integrity department. In the spring of 2021, she disclosed tens of thousands Read More ...

Book Launch - Author Meet & GreetCome out and enjoy an Author Meet & Greet: Book Review, Raffle and Signing @ Malik Books in the Westfield Mall in Culver City!Book title: One-Act Plays by D-Mitch The Poet (Three spoken word infused inspirational plays) written by Darrell Mitchell II. The one-act plays are performed live each month at local theaters in Los Angeles, CA and the author will be celebrating the book launch with an in-store book signing and review of the plays. *Raffle contest: Each attendee will be entered into the raffle and the winners will be announced during the event. Each prize can be viewed by visiting the www.DMThePoet.com website. 1st Prize: 16inch X 20inch canvas painting from the DM Ink Art Collection2nd Prize: DM Ink Poetry Book Gift Bag3rd Prize: $50 Gift Voucher to the DM Ink Online Store

Award-winning spirits writer Dave Broom guides whisky lovers through his newest book and a six-whisky tasting! Book signing to follow.The Scotch Malt Whisky Society invites you to join award-winning spirits writer Dave Broom on his West Coast book tour! His newest release, A Sense of Place, is a personal journey exploring Scotland's whisky through its terroir- including the land, weather, history, craft, and culture that feeds and enhances the whisky itself. An unforgettable evening of whisky discoveries awaits!Attendees will be guided through this beautifully crafted narrative alongside six (6) single malt whiskies from distilleries featured in the book. Travelling around his native Scotland and visiting distilleries from Islay and Harris to Orkney and Speyside, Dave explores the whiskies made there and the elements in their distilling, and locality, which make them what they are. Along the way he tells the story of whisky's history and considers what whisky is now, and where it is going. Ticket includes admission, whisky tasting and a signed copy of A Sense of Place by the great Dave Broom!ABOUT DAVE BROOMDave Broom has written 13 books, including The World Atlas of Whisky, now in its second edition. He has won many awards, including two Glenfiddich Read More ...

An Evening with Colson Whitehead discussing his novel, "Crook Manifesto"Join us for an in-person* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 8pm*Virtual event airs on July 31 at 6pm PT/9pm ETAn Evening with Colson Whitehead discussing his novel, "Crook Manifesto"* interviewer to be announcedTICKETS:$40 General Admission ticket + one signed copy of the book$55 Two General Admission tickets + one signed bookAdditional books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedTickets also include opportunity to watch the virtual event The virtual version of this event airs on July 31, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.Free parking at the venueTwo-time Pulitzer Prize winning Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory.Colson Whitehead  brings his latest novel to our stage: Crook Manifesto, a kaleidoscopic portrait of 1970s Harlem. In his trademark scalpel-sharp prose and with unnerving clarity and wit, he writes about a city that runs on cronyism, threats, ego, ambition, incompetence and even, sometimes, pride. It’s the continuing story he began in Harlem Shuffle, which the Associated Press called a Read More ...

Book signing and meet and greet with B. Dylan Hollis for Baking Yesteryear. Bites provide by Fat + Flour.Book signing and meet and greet with social media phenom, B. Dylan Hollis for Baking Yesteryear:The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s. Bites provide by Fat + Flour. BAKING YESTERYEAR:A decade-by-decade cookbook that highlights the best (and a few of the worst) baking recipes from the 20th centuryFriends of baking, are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further than this baking blast from the past, as B. Dylan Hollis highlights the most unique tasty treats of yesteryear.Travel back in time on a delicious decade-by-decade jaunt as Dylan shows you how to bake vintage forgotten greats. With a big pinch of fun and a full cup of humor, you’ll be baking everything from Chocolate Potato Cake from the 1910s to Avocado Pie from the 1960s.Dylan has baked hundreds of recipes from countless antique cookbooks and selected only the best for this bakebook, sharing the shining stars from each decade. And because some of the recipes Dylan shares on his wildly popular social media channels are spectacular failures, he’s thrown in a few Read More ...

Lydia R. Otero, a writer, historian, and activist, will be discussing their third book, L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir.Lydia R. Otero is a writer, historian, and activist who will be discussing the process of writing their third book, L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir. In this book talk, Dr. Otero will share how they combined the intimacy of a personal memoir with the rigor of documentary history, using photographs, archival documents, and compelling storytelling to craft a passionate narrative of personal growth amid the political and cultural currents of 1980s Los Angeles. Lydia R. Otero was active in the Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos in Los Angeles from the early 1980s through 1991, and served as President of GLLU for two years. Dr. Otero was one of the founding members of Lesbianas Unidas in 1983, remaining active with the organization until 1991. Lydia was a tenured professor in the Department of Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona (2003 - 2020).For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.Para ajustes razonables según la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.

An Evening with Colson Whitehead discussing his novel, "Crook Manifesto"*** US orders only. We only ship books to addresses in the US. Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:Monday, July 31, 2022, 6pm PST/9pm ESTAn Evening with Colson Whitehead discussing his novel, "Crook Manifesto"* interviewer to be announcedTICKETS:$40 Ticket: Virtual Admission + a signed copy of the bookTicket includes opportunity to watch the event on video-on-demand for five days, thru August 5 at midnight.Books ship one week after the event.Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory.Colson Whitehead  brings his latest novel to our stage: Crook Manifesto, a kaleidoscopic portrait of 1970s Harlem. In his trademark scalpel-sharp prose and with unnerving clarity and wit, he writes about a city that runs on cronyism, threats, ego, ambition, incompetence and even, sometimes, pride. It’s the continuing story he began in Harlem Shuffle, which the Associated Press called a “wildly entertaining romp that delivers a devastating, historically grounded indictment of the separate and unequal lives of Blacks and whites in mid-twentieth century New York.” Colson Whitehead is the bestselling author of eleven works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Nickel Boys and The Read More ...

Mt. Lowe Brewing has partnered with Octavia's Bookshelf & Underdog Bookstore to bring you our first Adult Book Fair!Pop Up Book StoreArt Show 1-8 pmBook Signing 2:30-4:30 pmPhoto Booth 4-7pmPop Up Book StoreFood Vendors: El Mundo & Gordo HibachiBook Walk GameBook SwapArt AuctionBook & Beer PairingsBook Themed Beer Cocktails