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12 JUNE 2018 — tuesday
CENTRAL:- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present novelist Mark Haskell-Smith reading from and discussing Blown, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/mark-haskell-smith-discusses-and-signs-blown)
- Amy Meyerson reads from her debut novel, The Bookshop of Yesterday, with J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times best-selling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
13 JUNE 2018 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- Book Soup presents novelist Michael Chabon discussing his new book Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces, with critic and novelist David Ulin The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, $20, 8:00-9:30 (www.eventbrite.com/e/book-soup-the-skirball-presents-an-evening-with-michael-chabon-tickets-45123092384)
- Skylight Books presents best-selling writer David Graeber in conversation on his new book, Bullshit Jobs, with science fiction author Cory Doctorow, Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, $30-$40 admission includes a copy of Bullshit Jobs, 8:00 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-books-presents-david-graeber-barnsdall-gallery-theatre-cory-doctorow?utm_source=June+2018+Events&utm_campaign=June+2018+events&utm_medium=email)
- Maria Hummel reads from her new novel, Still Lives, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
14 JUNE 2018 — thursday
NORTH:- EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading by Richard Jarette, The Beatitudes of Ekaterina, at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)
15 JUNE 2018 — friday
16 JUNE 2018 — saturday
17 JUNE 2018 — sunday
18 JUNE 2018 — monday
CENTRAL:- Monday Night Fiction Workshop with screenwriter, playwright, and short story author Barra Grant meets each week, drop in, bring two–three pages of your own writing for reading and discussion, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, donation suggested, 7:30 (www.beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html)
- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich in a reading rom her new memoir, The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich-discusses-and-signs-fact-body-murder-and-memoir)
19 JUNE 2018 — tuesday
CENTRAL:- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present Lauren Groff in a reading from her new novel, Florida, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/lauren-groff-discusses-and-signs-florida)
- Arts and culture writer Dana Schwartz discusses her new book, Choose Your Own Disaster, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
20 JUNE 2018 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- American-Iranian novelist Porochista Khakpour reads from her new memoir, Sick, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
21 JUNE 2018 — thursday
22 JUNE 2018 — friday
CENTRAL:- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present novelist Caroline Kepnes in a reading from Providence, and discussion with actress Lena Dunham, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, $27, 7:00-8:30 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/caroline-kepnes-lena-dunham-providence)
- Writers Kai Wilson and Julia Hannafin host PLAY, a reading featuring the work of emerging writers on the subject of play, Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, free but donations appreciated, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
23 JUNE 2018 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Beyond Baroque presents a two-part workshop with poet Dorothy Barresi, American Fanatics, that is focused on "aboutness" or, more specifically, overturning "aboutness," Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, $50 general, $35 members, $15 auditors, limited to fifteen participants, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
NORTH:- The Jackson Wheeler Series 2018 presents poets Laure-Anne Bosselaar and Mary Ann McFadden, Carnegie Art Museum, 424 South C Street, Oxnard, $4/members free/$2 seniors/$3 students and children, 6:00 (www.carnegieam.org)
24 JUNE 2018 — sunday
CENTRAL:- Fiction writer Michael Hughes reads from his new novel, Inland Intrigue, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
25 JUNE 2018 — monday
CENTRAL:- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present journalist Ken Bensinger discussing his new book, Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/ken-bensinger-discusses-and-signs-red-card-how-us-blew-whistle-worlds-biggest-sports-scandal)
- Monday Night Fiction Workshop with screenwriter, playwright, and short story author Barra Grant meets each week, drop in, bring two–three pages of your own writing for reading and discussion, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, donation suggested, 7:30 (www.beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html)
26 JUNE 2018 — tuesday
27 JUNE 2018 — wednesday
28 JUNE 2018 — thursday
CENTRAL:- Novelist Glen David Gold reads from his new memoir, I Will Be Complete: A Memoir, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
- Dan Pfeiffer discusses the subject of his book, Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump, with Pod Saves America co-hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor, Wilshire Ebell Theater, 4401 West 8th Street, Los Angeles, $52 ticket includes a copy of Yes We (Still) Can, 8:00 (www.writersblocpresents.com/main/dan-pfeiffer)
- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present David Sedaris for a discussion on his new collection of personal essays, Calypso, signing to follow, no photography or video, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, admission $28, book signing only is also $28, 6:00-9:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/david-sedaris-presents-signs-calypso)
29 JUNE 2018 — friday
30 JUNE 2018 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Poet RD Armstrong reads from and discusses his new collection of poetry, Orphaned Words: Forgotten Poems and a Haphazard Life, with Brendan Constantine, Letter to Guns, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors, members free, 4:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
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