• BOOK LAUNCH: Friends And Family w/ Natalie Baszile & Dana Johnson

    Reparations Club 3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Family And Friends' by filmmaker and author Natalie Baszile & Dana Johnson WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Family And Friends' by filmmaker and author Natalie Baszile, in conversation with Dana Johnson. From the author of Queen Sugar, a piercing examination of friendship and loyalty as two best friends Read More ...

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  • The Dark Woods Project: A Forest Horror Authors Collective

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

    Authors Bitter Karella, Allison Mick, and Joshua Millican present their folk horror work focusing on environmental horror. Join us for a reading and conversation from The Dark Woods Project! The Dark Woods Project is a writers’ collective bound by explorations of Forest Horror (including Redwood Gothic and Eco-horror). The authors delve into the ominous complexities and primal fears of Forest Read More ...

  • What Books Press Fiction Launch

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

    Authors Sean Bernard, Paul Bergstraesser, and Dylan Bassett present their new work, published by What Books Press. Join us to celebrate this year's fiction slate from What Books Press! On October 11th, Sean Bernard, Paul Bergstraesser, and Dylan Bassett will gather to discuss and read from their new work. About the participants: Sean Bernard directs the BA Creative Writing Program Read More ...

  • WeHo Reads: Into the Unknown

    Online (virtual event)

    Five queer authors open portals to spectacular new worlds and dare us to get lost in them. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 · 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Online via Zoom and YouTube What can we discover in worlds that have never existed? And how does queer imagination remake the rules of magic, adventure, and belonging? On Oct. 14, five queer fantasy Read More ...

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  • Reading + Signing w/ Regina O’Melveny, Carolyn B Flynn, & Deena Metzger

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

    Acclaimed authors Regina O'Melveny, Carolyn Brigit Flynn, and Deena Metzger share their newest work and sign books. Join us at the studio at Village Well for a reading and signing! Authors Regina O'Melveny, Carolyn Brigit Flynn, and Deena Metzger will present work new and old and sign copies of their books. About the authors: Regina O'Melveny is an artist and Read More ...

  • Finding Rest: A 4 Week Workshop/Book Club for Black Women

    A guided exploration of Black Girls Must Die, led by Dr. LaTasha Miller. Understand burnout, release expectations, and find rest. Tired of carrying the weight of being "the strong one"? "You have to be twice as good to get half as much." If you are a Black woman navigating corporate, healthcare, legal, or high-achieving spaces, you learned early on that Read More ...

  • BOOK LAUNCH: Stellar Smoke w/ Tanaïs & Chantal Aida Gordon

    Reparations Club 3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Stellar Smoke' by author Tanaïs & moderator Chantal Aida Gordon WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Stellar Smoke' by author Tanaïs, in conversation with Chantal Aida Gordon. A hypnotically original and lush speculative novel from award-winning author Tanaïs about family secrets and the mother–daughter bond across generations—ultimately blurring the Read More ...

  • Book Launch: Sutra Americana by Monona Wali

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

    Monona Wali presents her new novel in conversation with Neelanjana Banerjee. Join us for a conversation with author Monona Wali as she presents her novel Sutra Americana, the decades-long story of a close-knit Indian immigrant family who, in learning to be American, a complex and exhilarating project, find the threads of their relationships unravel. Weike Wang, author of Rental House Read More ...

  • Poet Film Stage: Double Exposure

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

    The third Poet Film Stage production at Beyond Baroque Lobby opens 7:00 PM I Theatre doors 7:20 PM I Performance 7:30 PM A mysterious suitcase moves through a cinematic world of poetry and performance. Double Exposure, the third Poet Film Stage production at Beyond Baroque, brings poetry into dialogue with film, live performance, and an original score. Created and directed Read More ...

  • THIS IS A (REP CLUB) BOOK CLUB

    Reparations Club 3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    This is a Rep Club Book Club. We read Black books and talk about them. Wanna read more in 2026 and need some accountability partners at your favorite bookstore? We got you. We also got a community of readers who would love to meet you. Join us! Let's read more! WHO & WHAT: Rep Club and YOU! Join us monthly Read More ...

  • What Books Press Poetry Launch

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

    Poets published by What Books Press present their new work. Join us to celebrate this year's fiction slate from What Books Press! On October 25th, Amy Elisabeth Davis, James Cushing, Celeste Boyer, and Bill Mohr will read from and discuss their new work. About the participants: Amy Elisabeth Davis, a historian and poet who studied at Cornell and Columbia and Read More ...

  • Book Launch: The Natural Order by Matthew Aldrich

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

    Matthew Aldrich presents his debut novel, a technological satire, in conversation with author Carrie Seim. Join us for the launch of Matthew Aldrich's debut novel The Natural Order! Matthew will be joined by author Carrie Seim to discuss this provocative, page-turning satire about immortality, technology, and sabotage that Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins calls "haunting, humane, and utterly compelling." About Read More ...

  • Book Launch: Graveyard by Kyle Kouri w/ Special Guests

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

    Kyle Kouri debuts his new novel alongside special guests. Join us for the launch of Graveyard, the debut novel from Kyle Kouri, author of The Problem Drinker! Kyle will be joined by an all-star ensemble of writers -- Jean Kyoung Frazier, Luke Goebel, Brittany Menjivar, and Travis Sedg Bacon -- to discuss their approaches to writing Los Angeles and read Read More ...

  • Double Book Launch: Robert Hass & Brenda Hillman

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

    An evening of poetry and non-fiction at Beyond Baroque Join us for an evening celebrating new books by Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman in The Wanda Coleman Theater at Beyond Baroque. Robert Hass’s A Third Commonness: Essays on Poetry, Poetics, and the Natural World, published by Copper Canyon Press, traces a literary and ecological lineage through poets, writers, landscapes, and Read More ...

  • WeHo Reads: No Apologies

    Online (virtual event)

    Four local writers dare to break the rules, raise their voices, and refuse to compromise. What does a writer sacrifice when they soften their work to fit the mold? And what becomes possible when they refuse? On Nov. 4, four local writers confront subjects many books shy away from: race, desire, class, the messy moments when life stops making sense. Read More ...

  • Fiction & Memoir Generative Surge

    Beyond Baroque 681 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    A generative prose workshop with Dylan Landis For writers at all levels who wish to advance work in progress or launch something new. This workshop is structured around a timing and intention-setting method that helps writers work in highly productive bursts with enhanced focus. Prompts will be provided to those who find them useful. During a break, we'll also engage Read More ...