Plenty of literary events this week. Events include: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops and a few kids events. Local writers reading this week include: Anastasia Helena Fenald, Arthur Kayzakian, Malibu Poet Laureate Nathan Hassall, Sholeh Wolpe, Cybele Garcia Kohel and Ryka Aoki, among others ..read more

Los Angeles Literature’s newest literary history essay by Pam Ward. Los Ángeles has been home to many powerful poets and writers, native born and transplants. They’ve read on stages, both makeshift and otherwise, from The Valley to Beyond Baroque, to Downtown and Chinatown to The Eastside, at Cafe con Libros in Pomona to LibroMobile in Santa Ana and the Ugly Mug in Orange, to long gone spots like Redondo Poets, Papa Bach Bookstore and 5th Street Dicks in Leimert Park and everywhere in-between. L,Á. native Pam Ward, author of Want Some Get Some, Mad Girls Burn Slow and the poetry collection Bet ..read more

This week the Los Angeles literary community is in the thick of literary festival season. There are five literary festivals next weekend: Lit Fest in the Dena in Pasadena, the Festival of AAPI Books in Long Beach, the first annual Heavy Manners Literary Fair at the Heavy Manners Library, Third Edition Viet Book Fest in Santa Ana and week one of the 3rd Pomona Valley Poetry & Book Fest at the L.Á. County Fair. Plus, all the usual literary events. Local writers reading this week include: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Daniel Olivas, Michelle Brittan Rosado, Pete Hsu, Carolyn Huynh and Reem Ali Adeeb, am ..read more

A brianchild of VCP SoCal Poets, a new poetry festival brought local poets to Northeast Los Angeles on April 13 and 14th. As Teresa Mei chuc sais, "I would love to continue to put on the festival for years to come ..read more

Plenty of literary events this week, including the L.A. Poet Society’s 4th Annual Jasmines & Poetry Festival on Saturday at The Libros in Lincoln Heights. Local writers reading this week include: Karo Ska, Donato Martinez, Lauren Yang, Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilara, Ebony Morgan, Christina Cha and Francesca Lia Block, among others ..read more

It’s literary festival season in the Los Angeles Literary Community. Next weekend is the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 6pm Saturday and 10am – 5pm Sunday. There are plenty of other events as well. Local writers reading this week are: Benin Lemus, Nina Revoyr, Nailah Porter, Sean Hill, Taz Ahmed, Myriam Gurba and Brenda Vaca, among others ..read more

The first Community News of the year. In the first three months a lot has happened in the literary community. Book releases, readings, festivals and more. Let's get caught up ..read more

An extra busy week full of literary events. The annual LA Get Down Festival continues for its second week at the Greenway Court Theatre and the Northeast Los Angeles Poetry Fest debuts at Los Angeles College Prep Academy High School, Saturday and Sunday. Plus, the traditional slate of other literary events continues as well. Local writers reading this week are: Brenda Vaca, Chiwan Choi, Iris De Anda, Steven Hendrix, Jesse Tovar, Alexandra Adlawan and Erica Ayon, among others ..read more

Plenty of literary events this week. Events include: readings, book release parties, open mics, book clubs, workshops and several kids, and teen events and two LGBTQIA/Queer specific event. Local writers reading this week are: Shane Murray, James Coats, Christian Lozada, Linda Ravenswood, Brian Sonia-Wallace, Noel Alumit, Carolina Rivera Escimella and Orange County Poet Laureate Gustavo Hernandez, among others ..read more

Plenty of literary events this week. Events include: readings, book release parties, open mics, book clubs, workshops and kids. Local writers reading this week are: Jesenia Chávez, Mike Sonksen, Lady K Day, October Blu, Denise Heyl McEvoy, Isabel Quintero and Christina Cha, among others ..read more