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22 JANUARY 2019 — tuesday

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  • Ysanne Spevack presents and signs her latest book, Vegetable Cakes: The Most Fun Way to Five a Day! Scrumptious Sweets Where the Veggie is the Star, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com)

23 JANUARY 2019 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Sarah Tarkoff reads from and signing her latest in her Eye of the Beholder fantasy series, Fearless, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com)

24 JANUARY 2019 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Tosh Berman reads from and discusses his memoir about growing up as the son of a famous Beat artist, Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World, with an appearance by screenwriter and actor Jason Schwartzman, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
  • Ian S. Port reads from and discusses The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll, the history behind the guitar that changed the music world, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com)

25 JANUARY 2019 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Michael Conant reads from and signs his suspenseful novel Mother's Child, to get a book signed purchase at least one copy from Vroman's, customers may bring up to three copies from home to be signed, save your Vroman's receipt; it will be checked when you enter the signing line, Vroman's Books, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com)
  • Filmmaker, actress, and writer Rabeah Ghaffari reads from her debut novel, To Keep The Sun Alive, a compelling story of Iran on the brink of revolution, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
  • Leslie Jamison reads from and discusses her new memoir The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath, a new perspective on addiction filled with reflection and cultural history, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com)

26 JANUARY 2019 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Barbara Abercrombie leads an all levels writing workshop, "Discovering Your Story," meets once a month for three hours, using Barbara's book Kicking in the Wall, limited enrollment, Vroman's Books Meeting Room, next to the main store, 709 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 120, Pasadena, $70 per session, 9 a.m.-noon (626/449-5320, www.vromansbookstore.com)
  • Johanna Hedva reads from and discusses On Hell, a novel, with artist and writer Asher Hartman, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
  • A reading and discussion by Charles Jensen, Nanopedia; Stephen S. Mills, Not Everything Thrown Starts A Revolution; and Robert Siek, We Go Seasonal, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com)
  • Award-winning animator and author J. R. Krause discusses and signs Dragon Night, a story that teaches kids to how to express their feelings, to get a book signed purchase at least one copy from Vroman's, customers may bring up to three copies from home to be signed, save your Vroman's receipt; it will be checked when you enter the signing line, Vroman's Books, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 2:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com)
  • Jeff Raz reads from and signs The Snow Clown: Cartwheels on Borders From Alaska to Nebraska, a thought-provoking adventure story, to get a book signed purchase at least one copy from Vroman's, customers may bring up to three copies from home to be signed, save your Vroman's receipt; it will be checked when you enter the signing line, Vroman's Books, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 11:30 a.m. (www.vromansbookstore.com)

27 JANUARY 2019 — sunday

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  • Vroman's Local Author Day: Kids Edition presents Dennis Brown reading from and signing Know Where You Are Set 1: Books 1, 2, 3, the rest of the series will be there for purchase, Vroman's Books, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, noon (www.vromansbookstore.com)
  • Vroman's Local Author Day presents Judy Choi, The Cloud that Fell From the Sky; John T. L. Lu, The Unlikely Yank; Colyna Winbush, It's Not Your Fault: Coco Girl to the Rescue, Vroman's Books, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 4:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com)
  • La Palabra Poetry presents a reading by Olga García Echeverría, Conney D. Williams, Fernando Albert Salinas, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, an open mic follows, Avenue 50 Studio, 131 N. Avenue 50, Los Angeles, free, 2:00-4:00 (avenue50studio.org)
  • Award-winning urban walker Robert Inman discusses his new book, An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
  • Thomas Perry reads from his new thriller, The Burglar, Book Carnival, 348 South Tustin Street, Orange, 3:00 (www.annesbookcarnival.com)

28 JANUARY 2019 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Celebrity psychic Michael D. Bodine reads from and discusses A Psychic's Life: What It's Really Like, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com)

29 JANUARY 2019 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy present their children's book, This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality, about racial integration in schools in 1956, to get a book signed purchase at least one copy from Vroman's, customers may bring up to three copies from home to be signed, save your Vroman's receipt; it will be checked when you enter the signing line, Vroman's Books, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com)
  • Audrey Harris and Matthew Gleeson discuss their translation of Mexican writer Amparo Dávila's The Houseguest and Other Stories, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)

30 JANUARY 2019 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Tom Perry reads from and sign from his thriller, The Burglar, to get a book signed purchase at least one copy from Vroman's, customers may bring up to three copies from home to be signed, save your Vroman's receipt; it will be checked when you enter the signing line, Vroman's Books, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com)
  • Madhuri Vijay reads from her debut novel, The Far Field, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)

31 JANUARY 2019 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • "Chavela: Think of Me," a "docu-cabaret" written and performed by Stephanie Trudeau combines stories about the iconic Mexican singer Chavela Vargas with performances of key songs of her career, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 N. Venice Blvd, Venice, $20/$10 students and seniors, members $8, 8:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • John Kim, "The Angry Therapist," discusses and signs I Used to be a Miserable Fuck: An Every Man's Guide to a Meaningful Life, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com)
  • Sam Lipsyte reads from his new novel, Hark, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)

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