Los Angeles Literature Events 7/15/19 – 7/21/19

July 15, 2019 Brian L.A. Literary Happenings, Los Angeles Literary Events Anansi Writers Workshop, Art Share LA, Beyond Baroque, Book Soup, Chevalier's Bookstore, Children's Book World, Crenshaw Plaza, Da Poetry Lounge, Diesel Bookstore, Eastside Cafe, Flintridge Bookstore & Coffee House, Hammer Museum, Kids Event, LAPL, Lit Lit Fair, Noche de Poesia, open mics, Pages Bookstore, Poets Jazz House, Redondo Poets, Saturday Afternoon Poetry, Skylight Books, Soapbox Sessions, Stories Books & Cafe, Sunday Jump, Teen Event, The Last Bookstore, Tuesday Night Café, Ugly Mug, Vroman's, World Stage, Your Author Series

Your Author Series: Tao Nyeu at John C. Fremont Branch Library, LAPL – Kids Event

Please join us as Your Author Series welcomes children’s author and illustrator Tao Nyeu, as part of our Summer Author Program and Summer Reading challenge. The author will be reading her book, Squid and Octopus: Friends for Always, which shows us a glimpse into the life of two funny friends. She specializes in silk screens and water-based inks, giving her illustrations a distinctive style. Her work has won many awards, and has been influenced by Shel Silverstein, Richard Scarry, and Beatrix Potter.

Where: John C. Fremont Branch Library, LAPL

Date: Monday the 15^th

Time: 3 pm – 4 pm

Address: 6121 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038

Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/your-author-series-starring-tao-nyeu

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Los Angeles Literature Events 1/14/19 –1/20/19

January 12, 2019 Brian L.A. Literary Happenings, Los Angeles Literary Events 1888 Center for the Arts, Chevalier's Bookstore, Children's Events, Homeboy Industries, Huntington Museum, Mar Vista Library, Pages Bookstore, Poeetic Research Bureau, Popcorn For Poetry, Redondo Poets, Santa Monica Public Library, Stories Books & Cafe, Teen Event, The Last Bookstore, Ugly Mug, Vroman's, West Hollywood Library, World Stage Press

Main Library Book Group & Snow Flower and the Secret Fan at Santa Monica Library, SMPL

Join our long-running book discussion group, which is always welcoming new members, and alternates between fiction and nonfiction on a month-to-month basis. Our January selection is Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See.

Where: Community Meeting Room, 2^nd Floor, Santa Monica Main Library, SMPL

Date: Monday the 14^th

Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm

Address: 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401

Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=28509

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Los Angeles Literature Events 11/05/18 –11/11/18

November 5, 2018 Brian L.A. Literary Happenings, Los Angeles Literary Events Beyond Baroque, Book Soup, Chevalier's Bookstore, Children's Book World, CSUN, Diesel Bookstore, Eso Won, Kids Event, LAPL, Otis Visiting Writers Series, Pages Bookstore, Poetic Research Bureau, Saturday Afternoon Poetry, Skylight Books, Teen Event, The Last Bookstore, USC, Vroman's, Well-Read Black Girl

Annie Leibovitz & Annie Leibovitz at Work at Book Soup

Join us to hear acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz discuss and sign her book, Annie Leibovitz At Work. Originally published in 2008, this revised and updated edition brings her bestselling book back into print. She will explain how her pictures are made and her process in developing one of the richest bodies of work in the photographic canon. Please check website for signing line guidelines and details.

Where: Book Soup

Date: Monday the 5^th

Time: 1 pm – 2 pm

Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069

Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/annie-leibovitz-signs-annie-leibovitz-work

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Los Angeles Literature Events 9/17/18 –9/23/18

September 16, 2018September 16, 2018 Brian L.A. Literary Happenings, Los Angeles Literary Events ALOUD Reading Series, Avenue 50 Studios, Beyond Baroque, Book Soup, Cellar, Central Library, Coffee Cartel, Dark Delicacies Books, Eso Won, Flintridge Bookstore & Coffee House, Katya Apekina, Kids Event, La Palabra, Mexican Consulate, Natural History Museum, Once Upon a Time, PEN America, Poetry, Poetry on the Rocks, Recess Mic, Red Hen Press, Redondo Poets, Stories Books & Cafe, Teen Event, They Said: Los Angeles, Tuesday Night Café, Vroman's

Courtenay Hameister & Okay Fine Whatever at Book Soup

Join us to hear Courtenay Hameister discuss and sign her book, Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went from Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things.

In this book the author has written a refreshing, relatable, and funny account of her adventures of fighting chronic dread and anxiety. It’s possible to fight complacency and become bold, or at least bold-ish, a little at a time.

Where: Book Soup

Date: Monday the 17^th

Time: 7 pm

Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069

Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/courtenay-hameister-discusses-and-signs-okay-fine-whatever-year-i-went-being-afraid-everything

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Los Angeles Literature Events 7/09/18 –7/15/18

July 8, 2018July 8, 2018 Brian L.A. Literary Happenings, Los Angeles Literary Events ALOUD Reading Series, Beyond Baroque, Book Soup, Children's Book World, Da Poetry Lounge, East Los Angeles Library, Gatsby's Bookstore, Kids Event, Last Bookstore, Pages Bookstore, Skylight Books, Soap Box Poets Open Reading, Teen Event, The World Stage, Tia Chucha's

Bilingual Poetry Workshops at Tia Chucha’s Bookstore

Join us for the second in a series of Bilingual Poetry Workshops, to be held on Mondays, July 2 to August 13, from 4 pm – 6pm, for ages 12 and up, with poet/teacher Juan Cardenas from CA Poets in the Schools, sponsored by Poets & Writers Magazine.

Explore your cultural narrative by allowing your sense to guide you and recall your past experiences. Food will play a big role in this class, and other topics include: Codeswitch, Voice and Diction, Stream of Consciousness, Narrative, Slam, and more.

Where: Tia Chucha’s Bookstore

Date: Monday the 9^th

Time: 4 pm – 6 pm

Address: 13197 Gladstone Ave., Unit A, Sylmar, CA 91342

Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/221723651771115/

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