Join us in celebrating NEVER LASTING by Angela Bourassa! This event is free to attend, but we kindly ask that you RSVP so that we can get an accurate headcount. About the book: A scorching-hot romance about what happens when you break a golden rule: Don’t get hooked on your hookup. When Lucy, a recent NYU law grad with plans Read More ...
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026 · 6:30–8:00 p.m. PT In person, West Hollywood Library Community Room, 625 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069 Free, RSVP Requested Four Los Angeles writers return to the past, through fiction and poetry, to understand where we came from. Why do we keep returning to history? And what changes when we recover what was Read More ...
Debut novelist Ava Lauren Grayson presents her new sci-fi novel in conversation with Mike Lesha. Join us for the launch of Ava Lauren Grayson's novel The Stargazers! Ava will be joined by author Mika Lesha to discuss this debut tale of teenage astronauts and intergalactic adventure. About the book: On Earth, you live. On Luella, you survive. Attending an elite Read More ...
Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Mazywood' by author Tananarive Due & moderator Rachel True WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Mazywood' by author Tananarive Due, in conversation with Rachel True. S.A Cosby's All The Sinners Bleed meets Percival Everett's Erasure in this literary thriller following the grandson of a famous black actress from the Read More ...
Aatif Rashid debuts his new novel at Village Well. Join us for the launch of Aatif Rashid's new novel Grand Tour! Aatif will conduct a reading and Q&A and discuss the inspiration behind this probing work. About the author: Aatif Rashid is the author of the novels Portrait of Sebastian Khan (2019) and Grand Tour (forthcoming 2026). His short stories Read More ...
Poetry & The Archive: A Workshop on Creating Poetry from Photographs Poetry & The Archive: Creating Poetry from Photographs is a generative workshop on the use of photographs from historical (and personal) archives to create poetry. Participants will generate new work through a series of prompts and be invited to use their own photographs to create new (or revise existing) Read More ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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