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1 MAY 2024 — wednesday
- Green Apple Books presents poet John Shoptaw, Times Beach, winner of the Northern California Book Award, reading from his new book, Near-Earth Object, joined by multidisciplinary artist Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/postponed-9th-ave-john-shoptaw-jenny-odell)
2 MAY 2024 — thursday
- Poetry Flash presents a Zeitgeist Press reading by Zeitgeist publisher, poet and novelist Bruce Isaacson, Anthems of the Damned; poet James Norman, A Monk with No Religion; poet Andrew Romanelli, Rotgut; and poet and fiction writer Jan Steckel, Ghosts and Oceans, stories, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 7:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).
- The Poetry Center presents a reading featuring Jacob Kahn, Mine Eclogue, and Lynn Xu, And Those Ashen Heaps That Cantilevered Vase of Moonlight, selected by Kahn to receive The Poetry Center Book Award, both poets will read from their work and join in conversation with each other and the audience, online, free, 6:00-7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: poetry.sfsu.edu)
3 MAY 2024 — friday
4 MAY 2024 — saturday
- Celebrate "Star Wars: May the 4th be With You" and "National Free Comic Book Day" during Family Day at the Berkeley Public Library; included in the event will be a young readers and writers showcase, youth-oriented author talks, panels, signings, teens and YA programs, family reading activities, arts and crafts, and free book giveaways; authors and speakers will include Nikki Grimes, A Walk in the Woods, Shawn Harris, The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza, Darcie Little Badger, Sheine Lende, and Michael Genhart, Spanish is the Language of My Family, a Bay Area Book Festival event, Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, free, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.baybookfest.org/2024festival)
- Light Bringer Project and Locavore Lit LA present the annual Litfest in the Dena, theme for this year, "Books that Made the Neighborhood," includes over 100 authors, publishers, editors, agents, and poets participating in a number of panel discussions, readings, and workshops, more information will be available in April, at various venues, free, Pasadena (For more information, visit: litfestinthedena.org)
- Fresno Arts Council presents the San Joaquin Valley Bookfest featuring morning and afternoon author readings, plus a pop-up bookstore; more information and the full program will be available soon, Fig Garden Swim & Racquet Club, 4722 North Maroa Avenue, Fresno, free, registration required, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm PDT (To register for the event, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/san-joaquin-valley-bookfest-2024-tickets-850343368907)
- This workshop, "Time to Write! A Prompt Writing Workshop," led by children's book author Britta Stromeyer Esmail, mimics speed-dating for prompt writing; includes a brief writing craft lesson, then participants will write to new prompts, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, $80, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.bookpassage.com/event/time-write-prompt-writing-workshop-britta-stromeyer-esmail)
- The tenth annual YALLWEST features author panels, ticketed keynote speakers, book signings, sponsored vendors, and a ticketed author "smackdown" event at the end of the day, Santa Monica High School, 601 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, free, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm PDT (Tickets required for keynote speakers and smackdown, more information available soon: www.yallwest.com)
5 MAY 2024 — sunday
- Sistah Scifi presents a reading and conversation with acclaimed novelists Dr. Darcie Little Badger and Tommy Orange, reading from their latest books, Sheine Lende and Wandering Stars, respectively, a book signing will follow the reading, Oakstop Broadway Gallery, 1723 Broadway, Oakland, free, 3:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/oakland-arts-and-lectures-dr-darcie-little-badger-tommy-orange-tickets-838296977827?aff=oddtdtcreator)
- Light Bringer Project and Locavore Lit LA present the annual Litfest in the Dena, theme for this year, "Books that Made the Neighborhood," includes over 100 authors, publishers, editors, agents, and poets participating in a number of panel discussions, readings, and workshops, more information will be available in April, at various venues, free, Pasadena (For more information, visit: litfestinthedena.org)
- DIESEL, A Bookstore in Del Mar, welcomes Dr. Peter Levine for a discussion on his latest book and memoir, An Autobiography of Trauma: A Healing Journey, Diesel Del Mar, 12843 East Camino Real, Suite 104, San Diego, free, 3:00 pm PDT (For more information and to reserve a seat, visit: www.dieselbookstore.com/event/Dr-Peter-Levine-May-5-Author-signing)
- Poetry Flash presents a Zeitgeist Press reading honoring releases by their late authors: The Fabled Damned, by Andy Clausen; Make of Me Many Miracles, the collected chapbooks of Eli Coppola; A Bouquet of Nails, by David Lerner; and The Book of Jerusalem, by famed 'Bubble Lady' Julia Vinograd; Zeitgeist Press poets Deborah Fruchey, Richard Loranger, Anita May, Paul Corman Roberts, Jan Steckel, and David West, Zeitgeist publisher Bruce Isaacson and Poetry Flash host the event, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).
6 MAY 2024 — monday
- Green Apple Books presents a release party for Helen Benedict's new novel, The Good Deed, she will be joined by journalist and author Katherine Seligman, At the Edge of the Haight, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-helen-benedict-katherine-seligman)
- Rakestraw Books presents Colm Tóibín reading from his new novel, Long Island, a companion to Brooklyn, Rakestraw Books, 3 Railroad Avenue, Danville, 7:00 pm to 8:30pm PDT, (For tickets, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/rakestraw-books-presents-colm-toibin-tickets-856321228847?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
7 MAY 2024 — tuesday
- DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood, welcomes Alexis Landau, Those Who Are Saved, to discuss her new novel, The Mother of All Things, Diesel Brentwood, 225 26th Street, Suite 33, Santa Monica, free, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information and to reserve a seat, visit: www.dieselbookstore.com/event/Alexis-Landau-May-7-Author-signing)
- Center for Literary Arts presents Kate Folk reading from her bestselling story collection, Out There, Hammer Theatre, 101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose, free, 7:00 pm- 9:00 pm PDT (Reserve tickets: hammertheatre.com/events-list)
- Cobalt Poets presents a reading with featured poet and stage director Martin Jago, Photofit, followed by an open mic, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
- Green Apple Books presents a celebration for the release of Sylvia Brownrigg's new novel, See: Loss. See Also: Love, she will be joined by Carol Edgarian, Vera: A Novel, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-yukiko-tominaga-carol-edgarian)
8 MAY 2024 — wednesday
- WeHo Reads presents a panel of poets and writers in honor of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, featured poets and writers include author and poet Ryka Aoki, Light From Uncommon Stars; West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Jen Cheng, Braided Spaces; Curtis Chin, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant; Jasmin Iolani Hakes, Hula; Angela Peñaredondo, nature felt but never apprehended; and poet Fariha Róisín, Survival Takes a Wild Imagination, West Hollywood Library Community Room, 625 North San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information and to reserve a seat, visit: www.weho.org/community/arts-and-culture/literary-arts/weho-reads)
9 MAY 2024 — thursday
10 MAY 2024 — friday
11 MAY 2024 — saturday
- Sacramento Poetry Alliance presents a reading with featured poets Luisa Giuilianetti, Where We Arrive, and Rick Robbins, Body Turn to Rain: New & Selected Poems, followed by an open mic, Sacramento Poetry Alliance, 1169 Perkins Way, Sacramento, free, 4:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.sacramentopoetryalliance.com)
- This workshop, "Ticket to Write: The Whys, Wherefores and How-To's," will be led by novelist and nonfiction writer Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love; she will discuss writing with an emphasis on why writing and truth-telling is so vital to individuals, the community, and the world, online, $75, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.bookpassage.com/lamott24)
12 MAY 2024 — sunday
13 MAY 2024 — monday
14 MAY 2024 — tuesday
- Cobalt Poets presents a reading with featured poet Kerry Cox, Imagined Histories, followed by an open mic, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
- Green Apple Books presents a celebration for Paul Yamazaki's new memoir, Reading the Room: A Bookseller's Tale, he is the principal buyer at City Lights Books, he will be joined by the head buyer at Green Apple Books, Vanessa Martini, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-paul-yamazaki-vanessa-martini)
15 MAY 2024 — wednesday
16 MAY 2024 — thursday
- Hammer Museum presents Adam Moss for a discussion of his new book, The Work of Art with host and author, Mona Simpson, Commitment, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, free, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: hammer.ucla.edu)
- City Arts and Lectures welcomes Carvell Wallace, podcaster, journalist, and co-author of The Sixth Man discussing his first book, Another Word for Love, a memoir touching on homelessness, queerness, and being Black in America, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $39, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.cityarts.net/event/carvell-wallace)
- Alta's California Book Club invites you to join CBC host John Freeman for a very special discussion of Gary Snyder's work, special guests include Rick Bass, Peter Coyote, Jane Hirshfield, Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Jack Shoemaker, Kim Shuck, and Will Hearst, Gary Snyder will make an appearance, online via Zoom, Webinar registration below, 5:00 pm PDT (For more information: info@californiabookclub.com, altaonline.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ED7g0HbZRBGy4Zh9Db2naw?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=zoom_link_for_gary_snyder_this_thursday&utm_term=2024-05-13&mc_cid=aac2e30681&mc_eid=d93ad795b9#/registration)
- Beyond Baroque welcomes Jordan Elgrably, Sumud: a New Palestinian Reader and actor Reza Sixo Safai, The Mario Valdez Story, for a celebration of the book launch of Stories from the Center of the World, an anthology of twenty-five short stories from established writers in the Middle East, compiled and edited by Jordan Elgrably, Beyond Baroque Literary | Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 8:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/la-launch-stories-from-the-center-of-the-world-new-middle-east-fiction-tickets-880484200947?aff=oddtdtcreator)
- The Book of Light Poetry Series, a reading series that celebrates the spirit and soul of the poetry of Lucille Clifton, featuring Maw Shein Win, Storage Unit for the Spirit House, nominated for the Northern California Book Award and longlisted for the PEN America Open Book Award, Books Inc., 1344 Parks Street, Alameda, free, 6:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.booksinc.net/event/maw-shein-win-books-inc-alameda)
- Green Apple Books presents a discussion of sociologist Dr. Jaclyn S. Wong's nonfiction book, Equal Partners? How Dual-Professional Couples Make Career, Relationship, and Family Decisions, she will be joined by sociologist Eliza Brown, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-jaclyn-s-wong-eliza-brown)
17 MAY 2024 — friday
- Green Apple Books presents a release party for Kate Flannery's debut memoir, Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles, she will be joined by fiction writer Laura Albert (aka JT LeRoy), Sarahr, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-kate-flannery-laura-albert)
- Beyond Baroque celebrates the launch of a collaborative zine, No me hables de amor: Shapes of Love, by four Los Angeles poets: Maestro Gamin, Ingrid M. Calderón, who has authored, Zenith and twenty-seven more books of poetry, Charles Kehkeh Williams, PoeticExpressionism, and Iván Salinas, Dealer: prosa poetica for a carcacha, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/zine-launch-no-me-hables-de-amor-open-mic-tickets-895605228347?aff=oddtdtcreator)
18 MAY 2024 — saturday
- Book Passage's "Contemporary American Short Story Book Group" will take place over the course of four Saturdays, May 18, June 1, June 15, June 29, and include discussion of historically important short stories including James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues," hosted by educator and editor, Karen Secrist, online, $150, 10:30 am PDT (For more information, visit: www.bookpassage.com/event/contemporary-american-short-story-book-group-online-karen-secrist)
- A house concert reading by Tongo Eisen-Martin, current San Francisco Poet Laureate, performing his poetry accompanied by David Boyce, and Steve Dickison, longtime director of The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University, accompanied by Hafez Modirzadeh; the two great saxophone/improvisor musicians David Boyce and Hafez Modirzadeh will perform a short improv duo between the two readings; hosted by Harry Bernstein, the event takes place at a private home in Berkeley, $20 admission, payable in advance via PayPal or Venmo, all proceeds go to the artists, 4:00 pm PDT (Email: harry@fullplatemedia.com for the address)
- Cecilia Woloch & Friends present "Poetry on Zoom": a workshop and seminar with Kevin Prufer, The Fears, online, $100, 10:00 am-1:00 pm PDT (For more information, email: cecilia.woloch.assistant@gmail.com)
- Book Passage's "Writing from the Heart," with Cindy Rasicot, This Fresh Existence: Heart Teachings from Bhikkhuni Dhammananda, will teach students how to develop their authentic voice, shut down the critical voice, and embrace vulnerability using a series of prompts alongside guided meditation; Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, $80, 11:00 am PDT (For more information, visit: www.bookpassage.com/event/writing-heart-cindy-rasicot)
19 MAY 2024 — sunday
- Poetry Flash presents a Sixteen Rivers Press poetry reading with Christina Lloyd, Women Twice Removed, Murray Silverstein, Red Studio, and Alice Templeton, The Infinite Field, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).
- Wet Cement Press celebrates the publication of poet Michelle Murphy's new release, Disheveled Histories, and Thoreau Lovell's new novel, Marco Polo Mother & Son, both writers will read, Fifth Street Farms, 1517 Fifth Street, Berkeley, free, 6:00-8:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.wetcementpress.com/events/book-release-reading-with-michelle-murphy-and-thoreau-lovell-in-berkeley-at-fifth-street-farms)
20 MAY 2024 — monday
- Book Passage's First Edition Book Club takes place every third Monday of the month and includes discussion of books such as Percival Everett's James, hosted by former Lisa Joss, Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, $25 per session, 2:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.bookpassage.com/event/corte-madera-book-group-lisa-joss-first-editions-book-discussion-group-2024)
- Litquake and Green Apple Books present a launch party celebrating R.O. Kwon's new novel, EXHIBIT!, she will be joined by Ingrid Rojas Contreras, THE MAN WHO COULD MOVE CLOUDS: A Memoir offsite at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, tiered tickets, price varies, 6:00 pm VIP, 7:00 pm general admission-time (For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/offsite-ro-kwon-ingrid-rojas-contreras-exhibit-launch-party)
- City Lights Bookstore celebrates the life of late San Francisco poet Neeli Cherkovski, 1945-2024, whose posthumously published seminal collection is Selected Poems: 1959-2022, hosted by Danny Rosen and Kyle Harvey, this event will feature readings by Patrick Dunagan, Sarah Menefee, Aggie Falk, Tate Swindell, Scott Bird, Garrett Caples, Marina Lazzara, and Jessica Loos, the event will be both in person and accessible via Zoom, City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/neeli-cherkovski)
21 MAY 2024 — tuesday
- Cobalt Poets a poetry open mic reading, all poets welcome, bring a poem to share or come listen to others, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
- DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood, welcomes Graham Moore, The Holdout to discuss his new novel, The Wealth of Shadows, Diesel Brentwood, 225 26th Street, Suite 33, Santa Monica, free, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information and to reserve a seat, visit: www.dieselbookstore.com/event/Graham-Moore-May-21-Author-signing)
- UCLA professor and poet Stephen Yenser welcomes V. Penelope Pelizzon for a reading and discussion of her latest poetry collection, A Gaze Hound That Hunteth by the Eye, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, free, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: hammer.ucla.edu)
- City Arts and Lectures welcomes Kathleen Hanna, pioneer of the riot grrrl movement and lead singer of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, and Brontez Purnell, Oakland-based punk musician and writer, discussing their new memoirs: Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk and Purnell's Ten Bridges I've Burnt, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $49, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.cityarts.net/event/kathleen-hanna-brontez-purnell)
- City Lights Bookstore welcomes novelist K-Ming Chang in celebration of her new novel, Cecilia, in conversation with author Jemimah Wei, The Original Daughter, City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/k-ming-chang-2)
22 MAY 2024 — wednesday
- City Arts and Lectures welcomes Justice Stephen Breyer to discuss his first book since retiring from the US Supreme Court, Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism; he will be joined by legal analyst Sarah Isgur, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $49, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.cityarts.net/event/justice-stephen-breyer-3)
- City Lights Bookstore celebrates the publication of Kit Schluter's Cartoons and Garret Caples's roses: Incomparable Parables! Fabulous Fables! Cruel Tales!, City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/kit-schluter-with-garrett-caples-book-launch-party)
23 MAY 2024 — thursday
- San Francisco Public Library celebrates the book launch of Corky Lee's Asian Americar, featuring panelists including U.S. legal and political historian, Mae M. Ngai, The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics; Fae Myenne Ng, Orphan Bachelors: A Memoir; and Curtis Chin, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant; San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00-7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/05/23/author-corky-lees-asian-america-fifty-years-photographic-justice)
- Book Soup presents LGBT poet Emanuel Xavier reading from and signing his poetry book, Love(ly) Child, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.booksoup.com/event/emanuel-xavier)
- City Arts and Lectures welcomes author and creator Miranda July, discussing her new novel, All Fours, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $49, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.cityarts.net/event/miranda-july-4)
24 MAY 2024 — friday
25 MAY 2024 — saturday
- In celebration of APA Heritage Month and Pride Month, this pop-up will feature a reading from Curtis Chin, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, from 1:00-2:00 pm: Book Talk with Curtis Chin at the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco Auditorium; from 2:00-3:00 pm: Library Pop-up featuring AANHPI Queer Book Giveaway at 41 Ross in Ross Alley; Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco, free, 1:00-3:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/05/25/author-curtis-chin-everything-i-learned-i-learned-chinese-restaurant)
- Fourth Saturdays presents a reading with featured poets Tim Steele, Toward the Winter Solstice, and Angela Narciso Torres, Blood Orange, winner of the 2013 Willow Books Literature Award for Poetry, Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.facebook.com/fourthsaturdayspoetry)
26 MAY 2024 — sunday
27 MAY 2024 — monday
28 MAY 2024 — tuesday
29 MAY 2024 — wednesday
30 MAY 2024 — thursday
- Beyond Baroque presents an evening of poetry in four different regional languages of Spain: Basque, Catalan, Galician, and Spanish, featuring readings from Lourdes Orueta, Inés García Sal, Josu Baque, Blas Falconer, Elena Barcia, Jennifer Holmes, Mariano Zaro, and Mercedes Fages, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-spanish-poetry-in-basque-catalan-galician-spanish-tickets-896679150477?aff=oddtdtcreator)
- City Lights Bookstore celebrates the publication of Gil Cuadros's latest collection, My Body Is Paper: Stories and Poems, hosted by editor Kevin Martin, professor Rafael Pérez-Torres, and filmmaker Amy Scholder with readings by Joseph Cassara, The House of Impossible Beauties, and Flavia Elisa Mora, City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/launch-party-for-gil-cuadros-my-body-is-paper)
- Writers Read Ukiah presents a poetry reading from Diane Pendola, The Lioness Tale, followed by an open mic, Grace Hudson Museum, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, free or $5 donation, 8:00 pm PDT (For more information, contact Writers Read Ukiah MC Michael Riedell at Innisfreeriedell@gmail.com)
- Skylight Books welcomes Rachel Khong, Goodbye, Vitamin, for a discussion of her new novel, Real Americans, in conversation with writer Chanel Miller, Know My Name, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-rachel-khong-presents-real-americans-w-chanel-miller)
- The Horror Writers Association presents Stokercon, the annual convention for horror genre authors; Guests of Honor include Jonathan Maberry, Rot & Ruin, Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World, and Paula Guran, New Cthulhu, with panels, the Bram Stoker Awards, readings, a dealer's room, parties, signings, and more, San Diego Mission Marriott Valley, 8757 Rio San Diego Drive, San Diego, $300 in person or $75 virtual (For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.stokercon2024.com)
31 MAY 2024 — friday
- The Horror Writers Association presents Stokercon, the annual convention for horror genre authors of the horror genre; Guests of Honor include Jonathan Maberry, Rot & Ruin, Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World, and Paula Guran, New Cthulhu, with panels, the Bram Stoker Awards, readings, a dealer's room, parties, signings, and more, San Diego Mission Marriott Valley, 8757 Rio San Diego Drive, San Diego, $300 in person or $75 virtual (For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.stokercon2024.com)
- Beyond Baroque welcomes West Side Story actor Russ Tamblyn for a book signing and conversation on his memoir, Dancing on the Edge: A Journey of Living, Loving, and Tumbling Through Hollywood, in conversation with Pat Thomas, Material Wealth: The Personal Archives of Allen Ginsberg, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/dancing-on-the-edge-russ-tamblyn-in-conversation-with-pat-thomas-tickets-907171252637?aff=oddtdtcreator)
- Skylight Books welcomes poet Sally Wen Mao, Oculus, for a discussion of her new short fiction collection, Ninetails: Nine Tales, modern fairy tales, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-sally-wen-mao-presents-ninetails)
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