What you get

One email, every Monday. A short, chosen list of what’s worth leaving the house for that week — readings, book launches, and lit nights across Southern California. Not everything that’s happening; the handful we’d actually go to, and why.

A book giveaway every week. Subscribers are entered automatically. No forms, no tasks, no tagging three friends.

Read Local SoCal. Each month we feature a book by a Southern California writer, with a discussion guide you can use on your own or with a book club.

That’s it. We don’t sell or share your address, and every email has a one-click unsubscribe.

Hosting a literary event in SoCal? Submit it free and we’ll consider it for the calendar and the weekly list.