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An Evening with Colson Whitehead discussing his novel, "Crook Manifesto"*** US orders only. We only ship books to addresses in the US. Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:Monday, July 31, 2022, 6pm PST/9pm ESTAn Evening with Colson Whitehead discussing his novel, "Crook Manifesto"* interviewer to be announcedTICKETS:$40 Ticket: Virtual Admission + a signed copy of the bookTicket includes opportunity to watch the event on video-on-demand for five days, thru August 5 at midnight.Books ship one week after the event.Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory.Colson Whitehead  brings his latest novel to our stage: Crook Manifesto, a kaleidoscopic portrait of 1970s Harlem. In his trademark scalpel-sharp prose and with unnerving clarity and wit, he writes about a city that runs on cronyism, threats, ego, ambition, incompetence and even, sometimes, pride. It’s the continuing story he began in Harlem Shuffle, which the Associated Press called a “wildly entertaining romp that delivers a devastating, historically grounded indictment of the separate and unequal lives of Blacks and whites in mid-twentieth century New York.” Colson Whitehead is the bestselling author of eleven works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Nickel Boys and The Read More ...

Mt. Lowe Brewing has partnered with Octavia's Bookshelf & Underdog Bookstore to bring you our first Adult Book Fair!Pop Up Book StoreArt Show 1-8 pmBook Signing 2:30-4:30 pmPhoto Booth 4-7pmPop Up Book StoreFood Vendors: El Mundo & Gordo HibachiBook Walk GameBook SwapArt AuctionBook & Beer PairingsBook Themed Beer Cocktails

Come read and mingle with new, bookish friends at this special 1 year anniversary meeting of the Silent Book Club of Death!Silent Book Club of Death will celebrate our one year anniversary on August 9th! We'll also be gearing up to table at the LA Art Book Fair at MOCA, August 10 - 13. We'll have treats and balloons to celebrate both milestones, including a raffle! Bring anything you'd like to share in the festivities.Come read and mingle with new, bookish friends at Silent Book Club of Death! Bring whatever book you happen to be reading - related to the theme of death / mortality - to read in companionable silence, then share out about it with your table mates.Even if you choose not to read a death-themed book and just want to read quietly in a death positive space, come join us!Not sure what to read? We will have a stack of books you can browse for inspiration. We hope you will join us at Lawless Brewing and dedicate some time to celebration, reading, and reflection!Schedule:Meet and chat until 7:00Silent reading 7:00 - 8:00Chat about reading 8:00 - 8:30See you on the mezzanine on 8/9, 6:30PM at Lawless Brewing Read More ...

Zibby's Book Club is meeting to discuss THE SOCIETY OF SHAME by Jane Roper at Zibby's Bookshop, 1113 Montana Ave, Santa Monica CA, 90403!We're meeting in person to discuss THE SOCIETY OF SHAME by Jane Roper! No need to bring anything - just stop by and we'll discuss the book! About THE SOCIETY OF SHAME:Kathleen Held’s life is turned upside down when she arrives home to find her house on fire and her husband on the front lawn in his underwear. But the scandal that emerges is not that Bill, who’s running for Senate, is having a painfully cliched affair with one of his young staffers: it’s that the eyewitness photographing the scene accidentally captures a period stain on the back of Kathleen’s pants.Overnight, Kathleen finds herself the unwitting figurehead for a social media-centered women’s right movement, #YesWeBleed. Humiliated, Kathleen desperately seeks a way to hide from the spotlight. But when she stumbles upon the Society of Shame—led by the infamous author Danica Bellevue—Kathleen finds herself part of a group who are all working to change their lives after their own scandals. Using the teachings of the society, Kathleen channels her newfound fame as a means to reap the benefits Read More ...

Read Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury and join us for a mini paper carousel art project and book discussion!In celebration of Ray Bradbury's birthday, the South Pasadena Public Library will host a Book to Art Program featuring Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. Patrons are invited to read the book and participate in a mini paper carousel project and book discussion on Saturday, August 26 at 2:00 PM in the Library Community Room located at 1115 El Centro Street, South Pasadena, CA.Book Title: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyBook Description: When the carnival comes to town, two boys unearth the terrifying and horrible secrets that lurk within Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show and learn the consequences of wishes, as a sinister and evil force is at work in Green Town, Illinois.Art Project: mini paper carouselPresented by the South Pasadena Public Library, the Book to Art series is funded by the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library.