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Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event: Tuesday, October 28, 2024, 6pm PT/9pm ET **An Evening with Richard Powers discussing the writing life and his new novel, "Playground"** This event is taped with an audience on October 23, 2024 TICKETS (**US Orders Only**): $46 Virtual Admission + book with signed book plate (includes shipping to **US addresses only**). Includes access to watch the event on October 28 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days. **A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of *The Overstory* and *Bewilderment.*** **Richard Powers** is the author of fourteen novels, including *The Overstory, Bewilderment,* and *Orfeo*. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. "A characterful, capacious and engaging novel, distilling subjects as diverse as oceanography, climate change, the legacies of colonialism and the arc of a lifelong friendship into an exhilaratingly entangled narrative in which Powers’ unparalleled gifts for revealing the magic and mystery of the natural world are on full display."― The 2024 Booker Prize Judges Four lives are drawn together in a Read More ...

Chevalier's community reads program One Book One Block presents Danzy Senna at the Ebell of Los Angeles.One Book, One Block is a quarterly community reads program that encourages conversation and connection through shared reading experiences on Larchmont Blvd!Join Chevalier's Books for our first One Book, One Block Community Reads program! Read Colored Television by Danzy Senna in the month of October, then join the author for a discussion of the book on October 28 at 7 pm at the Ebell of Los Angeles.Admission is free with the purchase of Colored Television from Chevalier's Books, or via the ticket below (your book can then be picked up in store or at the event). Aditional admissions are $10.ABOUT THE BOOKA brilliant take on love and ambition, failure and reinvention, and the racial-identity-industrial complex from the bestselling author of CaucasiaJane has high hopes that her life is about to turn around. After a long, precarious stretch bouncing among sketchy rentals and sublets, she and her family are living in luxury for a year, house-sitting in the hills above Los Angeles. The gig magically coincides with Jane’s sabbatical, giving her the time and space she needs to finish her second novel—a centuries-spanning epic her Read More ...

Bethany Joy Lenz  discussing her memoir, "Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While also in an Actual Cult!)"Please note:-- Tickets are non refundable and are not transferable.-- Tickets cannot be re-sold on re-seller platforms. Re-sold ticket will not be honored.-- All ticket holders should be ready to show ID at the event.-- The name(s) you provide during registration will be on a will-call list at the event, where you will check-in and get your ticket to enter the theatre.-----------------------Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Monday, October 28, 2024, 8pm*Virtual event airs on November 2 at 3pm PT/6pm ETAn Evening with Bethany Joy Lenzdiscussing her memoir, Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While also in an Actual Cult!)TICKETS:$50 General Admission ticket + signed copy of the book$75 Two General Admisison tickets + one.sigend bookAdditional signed books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on September 22, at 3pm PT/6PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days.Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the signed book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.Free parking at the venueA deliciously witty and inspiring memoir by Read More ...

Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event: Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 6pm PT/9pm ET **Alex Van Halen in conversation with Ariel Levy discussing his memoir, "Brothers."** *This event is taped with an audience on October 24.* TICKETS (**US orders ONLY**) $50 Virtual Admission + signed book* (includes shipping to **US addresses only)**. Includes access to watch the event on October 29 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days. Books ship one week after the virtual event. *book has a signed book plate **Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love.** **Alex Van Halen** is the co-founder of the rock band Van Halen and its original drummer. Born in Amsterdam and trained as a classical pianist, he graduated from Pasadena High School. **Ariel Levy** was Alex Van Halen’s collaborator on Brothers, and is the author of her own New York Times bestselling memoir The Rules Do Not Apply.  Levy has received a National Magazine Award for her work at The New Yorker, where she has been a staff writer since 2008. She is the host and co-creator of the podcast The Just Enough Family. Alex Van Halen wrote Brothers, a love Read More ...

Join us on Tuesday, Oct 29th to celebrate the launch of Solis by Paola Mendoza.WHO + WHAT: An IRL EVENT with author, film director, activist, and artist, Paola Mendoza, as we discuss her debut novel, Solis. Paola will be joined in conversation with Deputy Director for Transgender Justice with the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project, Chase Strangio.WHEN: Doors at 6pm, event starts at 7pm.WHERE: Democracy Center at the Japanese American Museum (100 North Central Ave, LA, CA 90012)HOW:• IRL TICKET RSVP W/ SIGNED BOOK: This ticket guarantees a seat including a book copy available for pick up at the event.• FREE *RSVP*: IRL Event entry based on capacity. Limited Signed copies will be available for purchase during the event. Due to our limited capacity, please only RSVP if you plan to attendSIGNED BOOK ONLY: Can't make it IRL but want a signed copy? Order directly from our site!DirectionsBy CarFrom the 101 Freeway (US-101) Southbound: Take exit 2B for Los Angeles St south 0.1 miles to E 1st St. Make a left on E 1st St. JANM is on your left .3 miles.From the 101 Freeway (US-101) Northbound: Take exit 2B toward Alameda St/Union Station. Left at Alameda St. JANM is Read More ...

New York Times and worldwide bestselling author of Call Me by Your Name, André Aciman comes to the ALOUD stage for the first time...Wednesday, October 30 at 7:00PMRoman Year: A MemoirAndré AcimanIn conversation with David UlinNew York Times and worldwide bestselling author of Call Me by Your Name, André Aciman comes to the ALOUD stage for the first time. Aciman will discuss his new book Roman Year with editor, book critic, and novelist David Ulin.Roman Year is a deeply romantic coming-of-age memoir of Aciman’s time in Rome while on the cusp of adulthood, after his family is expelled from Egypt.

Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event: Friday, November 1, 2024, 6pm PT/ 9pm ET **An Afternoon with Ta-Nehisi Coates discussing his book, "The Message"** This event is taped with an audience on October 27. TICKETS: $46 Virtual Admission + book (includes shipping to US addresses only). Includes access to watch the event on November 1 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days. **The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don’t—shape our realities.** **Ta-Nehisi Coates** is the author of *The Beautiful Struggle*, *We Were Eight Years in Power*, *The Water Dancer* and *Between the World and Me*, for which he won the National Book Award in 2015. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, he is currently the Sterling Brown endowed chair in English at Howard University. Just as *Between the World and Me* took the form of a letter to his son, The Message is crafted as a letter to his writing students. He bears an urgent message for them: their “task is nothing less than doing their part to save Read More ...

An Evening with Bethany Joy Lenz discussing her memoir, "Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While also in an Actual Cult!)" This event is taped on October 28. TICKETS: $45 Virtual Admission + signed book (includes shipping to US addresses only). Includes access to watch the event on November 2 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days. A deliciously witty and inspiring memoir by One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz about her decade in a cult and her quest to break free. Bethany Joy Lenz starred in the hit TV series One Tree Hill. Her other acting credits include Guiding Light, Grey’s Anatomy, Charmed, Felicity, Suits, Dexter, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. She is also a recording artist who has released several albums. Lenz currently cohosts the podcast Drama Queens and is the founder/editor-in-chief of the broadsheet newspaper Modern Vintage News.

Meet local Indie Authors and take in a workshop and panel discussion on how to create and maintain a diverse, healthy writing career.Celebrate a vibrant world of literature at Anaheim Central Library. Indie Author Day is a literary gathering, hosting a diverse array of activities. Explore the book fair, discovering hidden literary gems. Engage with local authors in autograph sessions and lose yourself in captivating conversations about their work. It's a day dedicated to fostering literary connections, indie authors, and embracing the magic of storytelling in all its forms.1-2 PM Visit Author tables2-3 PM 'Beyond the Cover' - workshop on discovering alternative avenues to publishing other than just print3-4 PM 'Crafting a Writer's Life' - a panel discussion on mindfully creating a healthy, balanced atmosphere to hone your craft4-5 PM Author Social Hour - mingle with the featured authors and participate in a writing prompt activty.

In person author event with Zibby Owens and many of the anthology contributors at Zibby's Bookshop, 1113 Montana Ave, Santa Monica 90403!Zibby's Bookshop is thrilled to celebrate the launch of ON BEING JEWISH NOW! Zibby Owens will be joined by many of the anthology authors including Abby Stern, Amy Ephron, Anna Ephron Harari, Beth Ricanati, Dara Kurtz, David K. Israel, Elizabeth Silver, Jenny Mollen, Joanna Rakoff, Nicola Krauss, Rebecca Keren Jablonski, Shirin Yadegar, Steve Leder, and Toby Rose!About the book:An intimate and hopeful collection of meaningful, smart, funny, sad, emotional, and inspiring essays from today’s authors and advocates about what it means to be Jewish, how life has changed since the attacks on October 7th, 2023, and the unique culture that brings this group together.On October 7th, 2023, Jews in Israel were attacked in the largest pogrom since the Holocaust. It was a day felt by Jews everywhere who came together to process and speak out in ways some never had before. In this collection, 75 contributors speak to Jewish joy, celebration, laughter, food, trauma, loss, love, and family, and the common threads that course through the Jewish people: resilience and humor. Contributors include Mark Feuerstein, Jill Zarin, Steve Leder, Read More ...