• A Juneteenth Poetry Reading: Poetry in AfroDiaspora & Chamorrita Song

    Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center 681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    A Reading celebrating Audrey Shipp's debut poetry collection and Danielle P. William's Chamorrita Song Join us on Juneteenth for a double book launch celebrating Audrey Shipp's new collection Poetry /Poes´ía/ Poésie in AfroDiaspora and Danielle P. Williams's Chamorrita Song. In this stunning collection, writer Audrey Shipp resucitates the poems of her poetic voice, Adriana––a young poet who resists the alienation Read More ...

  • Reading Through History Book Club

    The Pop-Hop Books Co-Op 5002 York Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90042, United States

    A bi-monthly book club where we read and discuss books inspired by historic events from different and less exposed cultural perspectives. Reading Through History! is a bi-monthly book club where we read and discuss books inspired by historic events from different and less exposed cultural perspectives. For our June 21st session, we’re reading Natalie Haynes’s “A Thousand Ships,” a women's Read More ...

  • Desiree Zamorano with Daniel Olivas & Tisha Reichle-Aguilera

    The Book Jewel 6259 W 87th St, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Desiree Zamorano reads from Amarisa's Cooking Pot (University of Nevada Press) with fellow University of Nevada Press authors Daniel Olivas and Tisha Reichle-Aguilera at The Book Jewel in Westchester. Amarisa's Cooking Pot is BookSwell's July Read Local SoCal pick.

  • Condensed Book Club: “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury

    Village Well Books & Coffee 9900 Culver Boulevard, #1b, Culver City, CA 90232, Culver City, CA, United States

    Our Condensed Book Club makes books clubs easier! Come ready to read and discuss a great short story. No prior reading required. Book clubs can be intimidating, especially when you haven't finished the book. That's why we've created a Condensed Book Club, where we read short stories together, and discuss. No prior reading required. All you have to do is Read More ...

  • L.A. Book Launch: Todos Somos Sagrados by Rey M. Rodriguez

    Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center 681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Rey M. Rodriguez, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Jose Hernandez Diaz, and William Archila in The Wanda Coleman Theater Join us for the L.A. Book Launch of Rey M. Rodríguez's poetry collection, Todos Somos Sagrados (El Martillo Press, 2026). A meditation on the daily community work of neighborhood projects like Proyecto Pastoral in East Los Angeles aiding the unhoused, immigrant, and violence-plagued Read More ...