Off-Site Events Schedule
Join AWP's literary community for the following off-site events, hosted throughout the Los Angeles, California area during our conference.
The organizers of these events have agreed to ensure that the off-site venues listed here are accessible according to the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
These events are not produced, moderated, curated, or copyedited by AWP, and AWP is not responsible for their quality or accessibility services. We list these events as a courtesy to the literary field.
If you have any questions or concerns about specific off-site events, please contact the organizers of the event directly.
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PDT
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In Community: A Reading with Glass Lyre Press Poets
Location: Chevalier's Books 133 Larchmont Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90004
Cost: "Free" Event URL: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/ Please join us as Glass Lyre Press poets come together to share their poems with you and each other. Glass Lyre Press is a community that is supportive and encouraging and passionate about poetry. Our voices and styles are diverse and surprising. Glass Lyre Press does not value one style of writing over another. They honor strong and well-crafted poems. We look forward to meeting you. Readers: Julie Babcock, Virginia Bell, Josh Davis, Peggy Dobreer, Dina Elenbogen, Scott Ferry (Co-Host), Lois P. Jones, Anna Leahy, Annette Sisson, Jennifer K. Sweeney, and Jessica L. Walsh (Co-Host). Contact: Amy Small-McKinney Contact Email: momat927@gmail.com Organization: Glass Lyre Press Organization URL: http://glasslyrepress.com/
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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 |
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
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Poetry of Resistance, Anger, Love, and Joy
Location: The Los Angele Theatre Center 514 S. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90013
Cost: Free Enjoy an evening of "Poetry of Resistance, Anger, Love and Joy" with some to the best poets in the nation, including m.s. RedCherries, Matt Sedillo, Jennifer Maritza McCauley, Octavio Quintanilla, Kinsale Drake, Luis J. Rodriguez, Edward Vidaurre, Sara Borjas, Tongo Eisen Martin, and Lorna Dee Cervantes. The host is Rey M. Rodriguez Doors open at 7:00 pm Auditorium 4 fits between 50-70 people. Come early to get a seat. Contact: Rey M. Rodriguez and Matt Sedillo Contact Email: rey.rodriguez63@gmail.com
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Location: Offsite |
2025032819:0021:00 000 | FRI, MAR 28 |
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Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 |
Saturday, Mar 29, 2025
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
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Ava Winter, Ilana Masad & Meghann Plunkett
Location: The Glendale Room 127 Artsakh Ave, Glendale, CA 91206
Cost: FREE Event URL: https://www.meghannplunkett-poetry.com/awp-reading Ava Winter, Ilana Masad and Meghann Plunkett Join us for an evening of illustrious poetry and fiction with readings from Ava Winter, Ilana Masad and Meghann Plunkett. Ava Nathaniel Winter is the author of Transgenesis, selected by Sean Hill for the 2023 National Poetry Series. Ilana Masad is the author of the novel All My Mother’s Lovers. Meghann Plunkett is the winner of the 2024 Black Lawrence Press Chapbook competition for her collection “What We Did To Her Made The Water Rise.” Contact: Ava Winter & Meghann Plunkett Contact Email: plunkett.meghann@gmail.com Organization: Black Lawrence Press Organization URL: https://blacklawrencepress.com/
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Location: Offsite |
2025032920:0021:00 000 | SAT, MAR 29 |
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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 |
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
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Write Like a Mother Reading
Location: Angel City Brewery, 216 S Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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2025032818:0020:00 000 | FRI, MAR 28 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
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Illibuck Reading
Location: Angel City Brewery, 216 S Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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2025032717:3019:00 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
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Poetry! Champagne! Tinned Fish! An Evening with Fonograf Editions, Kuhl House Poets, The Paris Review, and Phoenix Poets
Location: Kippered, 361 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Cost: Free This offsite event features an all-star roster of readers that’s packed tighter than sardines in a can. Readers will include Ahmad Almallah, Matt Broaddus, and Timmy Straw from Fonograf Editions; Shane Book, Youna Kwak, and Jessica Laser from the University of Iowa Press’s Kuhl House Poets series; Kristin Dykstra, Farid Matuk, and Catherine Theis from the University of Chicago Press’s Phoenix Poets series; and Harryette Mullen, D. A. Powell, and Jonathan Thirkield from the pages of The Paris Review. Contact: David B. Olsen Contact Email: dbolsen@uchicago.edu Organization: Fonograf Editions, Kuhl House Poets, The Paris Review, Phoenix Poets
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Location: Offsite |
2025032719:0022:00 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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Wednesday, Mar 26, 2025 |
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2025
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
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Mark Sundeen in conversation with Michael Scott Moore
Location: Pages: A Bookstore 904 Manhattan Ave. Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Cost: Free Event URL: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/2025-03-26/special-author-event-mark-sundeen Mark Sundeen discusses his new book o nonfiction DELUSIONS + GRANDUER: DREAMERS OF THE NEW WEST with Michael Scott Moore. Sundeen is the author of The Man Who Quit Money and The Unsettlers. Moore is the author of The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast. Contact: Mark Sundeen Contact Email: marksundeen@icloud.com
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Location: Offsite |
2025032618:3020:00 000 | WED, MAR 26 |
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Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 |
Saturday, Mar 29, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
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Words from a Field: an Art Farm Reading Event
Location: Bruggermeyer Library Friends Room, second floor (elevators available) 318 S Ramona Ave, Monterey Park, CA 91754
Cost: Free Event URL: https://artfarmnebraska.org/events.html ‘Words from a Field’ is a public reading of works from recent writers-in-residence from Art Farm's artist and writers residency in Marquette, Nebraska. The event will showcase five writers who have walked among the corn, whose brows have dropped sweat from collective work, and whose eyes still glow from the memory of an evening's campfire. There will be a Q & A session, and there will be refreshments. Contact: Art Farm Contact Email: cx@artfarmnebraska.org
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Location: Offsite |
2025032914:0015:30 000 | SAT, MAR 29 |
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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 |
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
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In the Meat of the Mitt: a Michigan MFA reading
Location: Village Well Bookstore 9900 Culver Blvd #1b, Los Angeles CA 90232
Cost: Free A showcase of poems and prose from current students in the Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan. Health & Safety Information: We have confirmed that the event space is accessible according to ADA standards. Mask-wearing will be welcomed but not mandatory. Contact: Rebecca Hawkes Contact Email: rhawkes@umich.edu Organization: Helen Zell Writers' Program Organization URL: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers/program-overview.html
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Location: Offsite |
2025032814:0016:00 000 | FRI, MAR 28 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
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Debut Poets in the Park: a poetry reading
Location: Grand Hope Park, 919 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Cost: Free-- books will be available to buy Please come and hear debut poets read from their first books in a lovely outdoor setting walking distance from the Convention Center. Featuring: Ally Ang, Rachel Edelman, Raye Hendrix, Patrycja Humienik, Ae Hee Lee, Sara Daniela Rivera, Ava Winters, and Ayelet Amittay. Health & Safety Information: Reading will be outdoors in the sunlight to be protective against COVID. Thanks so much! Contact: Ayelet Amittay Contact Email: aamittay@gmail.com
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Location: Offsite |
2025032717:0019:00 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
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Riot in Your Throat & Small Harbor Publishing Off-site Reading
Location: With Love Market & Cafe 1969 S Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90007
Cost: free Join Riot in Your Throat and Small Harbor Publishing for an off-site reading. Poets from both presses will read their work and will sell books after. Contact: Courtney LeBlanc Contact Email: riotinyourthroat@gmail.com
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Location: Offsite |
2025032719:0021:00 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
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Foglifter Journal & Press 10th Birthday Off-Site Reading
Location: Tabula Rasa Wine Bar, 5125 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Cost: Free Foglifter is a San Francisco based queer literary journal and press, established in 2015. To celebrate Foglifter's 10th birthday, we're having an off-site reading, hosted by Tabula Rasa Wine Bar. We'll have a wonderful line-up of readers who have been published in the last two issues of our print journal, so come celebrate the work of queer writers, have a drink, and leave some room in your bag for a copy of Foglifter. Health & Safety Information: Masks encouraged, but not required. We will have an ASL interpreter for the event. Contact: Foglifter Journal & Press Contact Email: info@foglifterpress.com
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Location: Offsite |
2025032719:0021:00 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 |
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
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Celebrate 2025 Poetry Books from Sixteen Rivers Press
Location: Catcher in the Rye 10550 Riverside Drive Toluca Lake, CA 91602
Cost: Free Come join us at Catcher in the Rye, a cozy literary-themed pub in Toluca Lake, to celebrate Sixteen Rivers Press's 2025 publications and 25 years of publishing the poetic voices of Northern California. Readers include poets Patrick Cahill, Moira Magneson, Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong, and translators Nancy J. Morales and Terry Ehret, reading the work of Mexican poet Ulalume Gonzalez de Leon. Special guests of the press will be joining us. Enjoy a sandwich and beverage from Catcher in the Rye's unique menu. Check at the Sixteen Rivers Book Fair table for transportation recommendations. Contact: Terry Ehret Contact Email: tehret99@comcast.net Organization: Sixteen Rivers Press Organization URL: https://sixteenrivers.org/
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Location: Offsite |
2025032817:0019:00 000 | FRI, MAR 28 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
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Malibu Ink: A Sunset Literary Soiree
Location: Pepperdine University MFA Program Drescher Graduate Campus Gulls Way Courtyard 24255 Pacific Coast Highway Mailbu CA 90263
Cost: Free Event URL: https://americanpopularculture.com/press_americana.htm Malibu Ink: A Sunset Literary Soirée is an enchanted reading event set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Pacific Ocean. This gathering celebrates the power of storytelling by bringing together a vibrant community of local Malibu writers, distinguished Pepperdine University faculty, talented students, and acclaimed authors published by Press Americana. Guests can mingle with authors, discover new voices, and gain insight into the publishing world. The rhythmic crash of waves and the salty ocean breeze create a serene yet invigorating atmosphere where words come alive under a painted sky. Health & Safety Information: N/A Contact: Leslie Kreiner Wilson Contact Email: leslie.kreiner@pepperdine.edu Organization: The MFA Program at Pepperdine University and Press Americana Organization URL: https://americanpopularculture.com
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Location: Offsite |
2025032716:0018:00 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
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Poetry+Prose Live in LA
Location: 831 Venice Blvd., Ste 102 Los Angeles, CA 90015
Cost: Free Event URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/awp-free-studio-reading-tickets-1205465211899?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl Free Studio Reading! Join us for a fun and engaging in-person reading. Come and enjoy an evening filled with words that will transport you to different worlds. We can't wait to see you there! Presenting Partners: JackLeg Press, Northwestern University - Writing Program, and the Sunday Reading Series - Chicago Featured Writers: V. Joshua Adams, Silas Chen, Rivka Clifton, Genevieve DeGuzman, Aubyn Keefe, Jason Koo, Juan Martinez, Simone Muench, Kathryn O'Day, Brittany Rogers, Kenyatta Rogers, Jeff Russell Contact: JackLeg Press, Northwestern University Writing Program, Sunday Reading Series - Chicago Contact Email: eriknoonan@jacklegpress.org
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Location: Offsite |
2025032712:0014:00 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PDT
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Horny Poets: An Evening of Sexy Queer Poems
Location: Melody LA, 751 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029
Cost: Free Join us for an evening of queer sex poems with brilliant poets, including Chen Chen, Donika Kelly, Sam Sax, Gabrielle Bates, T Bambrick, and more. Food will be available for purchase, and the reading will be followed by a gay dance party! Health & Safety Information: Masks encouraged Contact: Mac Crane Contact Email: marisacrane12@gmail.com
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Location: Offsite |
2025032718:0019:30 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 |
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
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Diode Editions Reading!
Location: With Love Cafe,1969 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Cost: Free Join Diode Edition authors for an evening of poetry and community! Featuring readings from Conor Bracken, Rosa Castellano, Dorothy Chan, Teow Lim Goh, Amorak Huey, Stephanie Niu, Rosanna Young Oh and Shabnam Piryaei! Contact: Rosa Castellano Contact Email: castellano.rosa@yahoo.com Organization: Diode Editions Organization URL: https://www.diodeeditions.com/home
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Location: Offsite |
2025032818:3020:30 000 | FRI, MAR 28 |
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Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 |
Saturday, Mar 29, 2025
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
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The Rax Will Writing Group Reading & Party
Location: WHAMMY! Analog Media 2514 Sunset Blvd (Entrance in Back) Los Angeles, CA 90026
Cost: Free Join the members of the Los Angeles-based Rax Will Writing Group for a reading of their works-in-progress (and LA's hot alt lit afterparty) at WHAMMY! Analog Media in Echo Park. Readings by Angella D'Avignon, Sarah Dealy, Kelly Delany, Mads Gobbo, AC Lamberty, Daniel Spielberger & Rax Will; local zines and other goods for sale. Doors at 7:30 PM, show at 8 PM. Health & Safety Information: Enter WHAMMY! through the parking lot in rear, at Sunset Blvd and N Rampart Blvd; look for the sign with the WHAMMY! logo on the street corner. Venue entrance and bathrooms are wheelchair accessible; the venue does not have any stairs. Contact: AC Lamberty, Rax Will Contact Email: aclamberty.film@gmail.com
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Location: Offsite |
2025032919:3022:00 000 | SAT, MAR 29 |
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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 |
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
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"Four on the Floor" Slow Lightning Lit Offsite Jive
Location: The Makery Gallery 260 South Los Angeles Street DTLA 90012
Cost: FREE Event URL: https://www.slowlightninglit.com/ Slow Lightning at the Makery Gallery with "FOUR ON THE FLOOR" new books released between Halloween and New Years Eve 2024. Featured readers include: Andrew Nicholls, "AS MAN IS TO GOD: A Poem on the Making of FITZCARRALDO;" Guy Zimmerman, "MAMMAL ONE;" Murray Mednick, "LIVING POETRY;" and poets from "SLOW LIGHTNING ANTHOLOGY III: SLANT:" Jacinta Camacho Kaplan, Celia Chavez, Loraine Despres, Peggy Dobreer, Darothy Durkac, Janet Fitch, David Francis, Mandy Hartz, Diana Lauren Jones, Myka Kielbon, Raundi Moore-Kondo, Colleen O'Mara Diamond, Simon Petty, June Stoddard, Dave Wheeler & Lucien Zell. Health & Safety Information: We ask that guests take every precaution to protect themselves and others by following the recommendations of the City of Los Angeles with regard to masking against fire toxicity or infectious disease. If you are not feeling well, please take a test to rule out Covid 19 and wear a mask to protect others. We trust that each guest will take responsibility for their own well-being. Let us know if we can assist you. Contact: Curated by Peggy Dobreer Contact Email: slowlightninglit@gmail.com Organization: Bill Ratner Inc. Organization URL: https://billratner.com/
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Location: Offsite |
2025032819:0022:00 000 | FRI, MAR 28 |
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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 |
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM PDT
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Reluctant Prophets Book Launch Reading and Reception
Location: The Kyto Gardens DoubleTree by Hilton Los Angeles Downtown 120 South Los Angeles Street Los Angeles, CA 90012
Cost: Free Celebrate the launch of J.D. Isip's collection, Reluctant Prophets Kyto Gardens is outside, and it has a great view of the city. There will be a paid bar, complimentary coffee and the famous DoubleTree chocolate cookies (while they last), and books to purchase from the featured readers. Featured readers include: Anders Carlson-Wee, Denton Loving, Nicole Tallman, Taylor Byas, James Davis May, Daniel Romo, Chelsea Rathburn, Rob Sturma, Katie Manning, Monica Prince, Charles Jensen, Irena Praitis, Jeremy Ra, Dustin Brookshire, Sarah Thursday, and Eric Morago. Music from Mike Vitale. Health & Safety Information: Masking is not required, but you are welcome to wear what makes you comfortable. Contact: Erica Morago and J.D. Isip Contact Email: jdisip75@gmail.com Organization: Moon Tide Press Organization URL: https://www.moontidepress.com/
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Location: Offsite |
2025032820:0021:30 000 | FRI, MAR 28 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
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The Offing’s Birthday Celebration and LA Fire Recovery Fundraiser
Location: Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA-LA), 1717 E 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Cost: $5.00 Event URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-offings-10th-birthday-and-la-fire-recovery-fundraiser-tickets-1081470711009?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl Come celebrate a decade of creativity, community, and culture at our in-person event at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Join us for birthday cake, a toast, and the release of The Offing's anniversary anthology! The Offing, a publication born in Los Angeles, joins many local organizations in helping to restore areas devastated by the Palisades, Eaton, and Hughes fires. We will donate all proceeds from our $5 ticket sales to rebuilding the Palisades Public Library and repopulating books burned in Pasadena Unified School District libraries. Health & Safety Information: In addition to the variety of airborne viruses circulating, Los Angeles air is a little spicy. We welcome mask-wearing if you choose. There will be masks available for free at the entrance and air purifiers in the space. There is also a small, outdoor gated entryway where visitors can gather for fresh air. Contact: The Offing Magazine Contact Email: info@theoffingmag.com Organization: The Offing Magazine Organization URL: https://theoffingmag.com
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Location: Offsite |
2025032718:0020:00 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 |
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
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Writers Grotto Reading & Soiree
Location: West Hollywood (Register below to get the exact address.)
Cost: Free Event URL: https://forms.gle/VQ5BovXCQusSnWT38 Join members of the Writers Grotto for a reading and soiree as the Bay Area-based organization celebrates thirty years of providing support and community to writers of every stripe. Contact: Laird Harrison Contact Email: lairdharrison@gmail.com Organization: Writers Grotto Organization URL: https://www.writersgrotto.org/
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Location: Offsite |
2025032818:0021:00 000 | FRI, MAR 28 |
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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 |
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
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Not A Love Story
Location: Nature’s Brew Cafe, 2316 South Union Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Cost: Free Women sometimes fall vulnerable to the idea of fate—astrology, zodiac, Tarot reading—which seems to imply a feminine lack of control over destiny. “Not a Love Story” aims to feature female writers who are passionate about exploring narratives that are not limited to romance, meaning narratives that do not relinquish autonomy to their objects of desire. Health & Safety Information: N/A Contact: Di Bei Contact Email: di.bei@maryvillecollege.edu
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Location: Offsite |
2025032816:0018:00 000 | FRI, MAR 28 |
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Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 |
Saturday, Mar 29, 2025
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
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UCF MFA Program Reading and Reunion
Location: With Love Market & Cafe, 1969 Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90007
Cost: Free A reading by current University of Central Florida MFA candidates and a reunion for UCF MFA alumni. Contact: Chrissy Kolaya Contact Email: chrissy.kolaya@ucf.edu Organization: University of Central Florida MFA Program in Creative Writing Organization URL: https://cah.ucf.edu/english/creative-writing-mfa/
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Location: Offsite |
2025032918:0021:00 000 | SAT, MAR 29 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM PDT
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EVERYTHING YOU DO TO ME COMES BACK 3X TO YOU: A BROKEN HEARTS READING
Location: Angel City Brewery, 216 S Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Google maps has this as a ten minute drive from the Convention Center. The reading will take place in a room located beneath the mezzanine called "The Nook." The event space is accessible according to ADA standards. https://angelcitybrewery.com/
Cost: Free A Broken Hearts & Grief Reading Hosted by Adam J. Gellings & Suzanne Richardson Featured Readers (in no particular order): Nathan Lipps, Joseph M. Hess, Cass Donish, Michael Chang, Casandra M. López, Rob Arnold, Shannon Hearn, Benjamin Garcia, Asa Drake, Sebastián Páramo, Taylor Byas, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, Elijah Guerra, Crystal Odelle, Samantha Tetancgo. Health & Safety Information: The event space is accessible according to ADA standards. Contact: Adam J. Gellings & Suzanne Richardson Contact Email: sricha18@binghamton.edu
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Location: Offsite |
2025032718:3021:30 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 |
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
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CantoMundo Poets at La Plaza
Location: La Plaza de Cultura y Artes 501 Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012
Cost: Free! / Gratis! CantoMundo fellows from across the nation gather for a night of poetry and readings from special invited guests. Doors open at 6 pm. Reading begins at 7:00 pm. Health & Safety Information: Masks are optional. Contact: Gabriel Ramirez (poet & host), Belinda Acosta (CantoMundo Program Director) Contact Email: cantomundo@asu.edu Organization: CantoMundo Organization URL: https://www.cantomundo.org/
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Location: Offsite |
2025032819:0021:00 000 | FRI, MAR 28 |
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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 |
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PDT
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Audible Browsing Experience
Location: Chevalier's Books, 133 North Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Cost: Free Event URL: https://chevaliersbooks.com/ This event brings to life the joy of browsing through a bookstore and picking up various titles that catch your interest. You'll be able to listen to short excerpts from a panoply of authors representing various backgrounds, genres, and styles of writing. Come celebrate and peruse with us in one of L.A.'s most distinguished and well-known bookstores! Health & Safety Information: Masks are welcomed! Contact: Cristina Deptula Contact Email: Authorslargeandsmall@gmail.com Organization: Authors, Large and Small Organization URL: https://authorslargeandsmall.com/
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Location: Offsite |
Location: Offsite |
2025032818:0019:30 000 | FRI, MAR 28 |
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Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 |
Saturday, Mar 29, 2025
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
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Shadow Work Writers
Location: The High Low Bar (The Green Room) 3000 Los Feliz Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90039
Cost: Free Event URL: https://shaunanthonymcmichael.com/shadow-work-writers/shadow-work-writers-25/ An annual literary arts event for emerging writers, Shadow Work Writers is hosting eight diverse poets and storytellers including Lynda V.E. Crawford, author of WASHING WATER (The Word Stage Press, '24); Benjamin Drevlow, author of HONKY (CJ Press, '24); James Coats, author of MIDNIGHT & MAD DREAMS (The World Stage Press, ’22); and Katerina Canyon, author of SURVIVING HOME (Kelsay Books, ’21). On Saturday, March 29th from 4-7pm in Atwater Village’s THE HIGH LOW BAR, this reading invites guests to ‘embrace their shadows’ in the Jungian sense. The unseen will be seen. Health & Safety Information: Come as you are. Contact: Shaun Anthony McMichael; Eli Hastings Contact Email: shadowworkwriters@gmail.com Organization: Shadow Work Writers, LLC Organization URL: https://shaunanthonymcmichael.com/shadow-work-writers/about-shadow-work-writers/
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Location: Offsite |
Location: Offsite |
2025032916:0019:00 000 | SAT, MAR 29 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
5:00 PM - 6:30 AM PDT
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The Wor(l)ds We Carry: Reading & Writing In All Our Languages
Location: Central Library International Languages Dept. Los Angeles Public Library 630 W 5th St Los Angeles, CA 90071
Cost: Free Our languages are more than words—they are worlds. Memory. Identity. Imagination. In LA, where over 200 languages are spoken, multilingual voices shape the stories we tell and need to hear. Yet publishing often limits voices to just one or two languages. Join authors Amy Shimshon-Santo, Karen Llagas, Leonora Simonovis, Lydia Liu, and Akpa Arinzecheckwu as they share the power of reading and writing in all our languages. They keep languages alive on the page and push boundaries in literature for diasporic communities across Asia, Pacific Islands, Middle East, Latin America, and West Africa. Contact: Yvette Cabrera & Amy Shimshon-Santo Contact Email: shimshona4@gmail.com Organization: Los Angeles Public Library
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Location: Offsite |
Location: Offsite |
2025032717:0006:30 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 |
Saturday, Mar 29, 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
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804 Lit Salon LA
Location: Audiograph Brewiing: 1203 S Olive St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Cost: Free Join the DC-based 804 Lit Salon and Night Ginkgo Press with short readings from writers and friends from all over the country. Featuring: Kevin Maloney Whitney Collins Mike Nagel Emily Doyle Lexi Kent-Monning Nick Gardner Lauren Woods Nikoletta Gjoni Andrew Bertaina Jim Roberts Chad Merrell Michael Don Tara Campbell Courtney Sender *Lineup may change slightly before the event. Contact: Nick Rees Gardner, Andrew Bertaina, Lauren Woods Contact Email: nickreesgardner@gmail.com Organization: 804 Reading Series & Night Ginkgo Press Organization URL: nightginkgo.com
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Location: Offsite |
Location: Offsite |
2025032917:0019:00 000 | SAT, MAR 29 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
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Offsite Translator Meetup with ALTA
Location: Native Son LA, 832 S. Olive St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Cost: Free, food and drink available for purchase Event URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/offsite-translator-meetup-with-alta-tickets-1236466858659?aff=oddtdtcreator Join ALTA for an informal translator meetup at Native Son LA, 0.7 miles from the Convention Center. Food and drink available for purchase. Health & Safety Information: Access info: Native Son LA is street level, that is all one level. We have an ADA height both for easy access for a wheelchair, along with a bar top side as well. Both bathrooms also have a large stall to be accessible for everyone. Contact: Kelsi Vanada Contact Email: kelsi@literarytranslators.org Organization: American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) Organization URL: https://literarytranslators.org/
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Location: Offsite |
Location: Offsite |
2025032717:0019:00 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
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Literary Rules Breakers LA Edition
Location: Memory Look Cafe, 2881 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Cost: Free Event URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/9815143998512959 You are invited to the 3rd annual Literary Rule Breakers offsite event! For some writers, rules are meant to be broken. At this reading, each writer will read a piece that breaks some sort of literary "rule" be it of form, content, or style. Each writer will each explain what "rule" they are breaking and then read for 5-7 minutes. Featuring: Jess Bowers, Amy Ash, Alyse Bensel, Ghassan Zeineddine, Dave Essinger, Micah Dean Hicks, and your organizer, Jennifer Pullen. See Jennifer for a ticket for a free beverage and snack if you are one of the first 30 people to arrive! Contact: Jennifer Pullen Contact Email: j-pullen@onu.edu
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Location: Offsite |
Location: Offsite |
2025032718:0020:00 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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Sunday, Mar 23, 2025 |
Sunday, Mar 23, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
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VOX Femina Los Angeles presents "Banned!"
Location: The Ebell of Los Angeles, 743 S. Lucerne Blvd, Los Angeles 90005
Cost: $35-45 Event URL: https://www.voxfemina.org/current-season VOX Femina Los Angeles, LA's premier women's choir, presents Banned! Experience the power of forbidden literature with VOX as we boldly shine a light on stories being silenced across the U.S. at an alarming rate. Books like Toni Morrison's “Beloved," Juno Dawson's "This Book is Gay!" and the classic "Alice in Wonderland" receive new life through music adaptation. The concert also features a new commission from composer Jennifer Lucy Cook inspired by Margaret Atwood’s electrifying novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Contact: VOX Femina Los Angeles Contact Email: vfla@voxfemina.org
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Location: Offsite |
Location: Offsite |
2025032316:0018:00 000 | SUN, MAR 23 |
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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 |
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
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PoemoftheWeek.com Presents!
Location: 1100 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Cost: FREE PoemoftheWeek.com presents 8 fabulous poets reading from their latest collections of poetry. Readings by: Octavio Quintanilla, Alexis Sears, Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Alexis Sears, Faylita Hicks, Allisa Cherry, Andrew Mcfadyen-Ketchum, and Taylor Franson-Thiel. Contact: Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum Contact Email: Andrew@PoemoftheWeek.com Organization: PoemoftheWeek.com Organization URL: https://www.poemoftheweek.com/
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Location: Offsite |
Location: Offsite |
2025032820:3022:00 000 | FRI, MAR 28 |
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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 |
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
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Huizache: The Magazine of a New America X Rio Grande Review Offsite Reading
Location: Latinx With Plants 2208 E Cesar E Chavez Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033
Cost: FREE You are invited to join Huizache and the Rio Grande Review, hosted by Joseph Rios and Mariana Riestra, for an evening of literature in community. Featured Huizache Authors: Vickie Vértiz Carribean Fragoza William Archila Xochiquetzal Candelaria Manuel Paul López Karla Cordero Fernando Pérez Alejandra Romero Featured Rio Grande Review Authors: Sandra Dolores Amador María Mínguez Arias Alaíde Ventura Medina Lorenzo Arturo Camacho Téllez Lex Williford Jose de Piérola Lupe Mendez Thomas Salas We hope to see you there! Contact: Joseph Rios, Mariana Riestra, Maceo Montoya Contact Email: mbmontoya@ucdavis.edu Organization: University of California--Davis, University of Texas--El Paso Organization URL: https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/rgr/
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Location: Offsite |
Location: Offsite |
2025032818:0020:00 000 | FRI, MAR 28 |
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Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 |
Saturday, Mar 29, 2025
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
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The LA Poetry Party
Location: Prank Bar, 1100 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Cost: FREE The Nashville Poetry Party presents...the LA POETRY PARTY, featuring celebrations of and readings by Rueben Quesada, Monica Prince, Saddiq Dzukogi, Anders Carlson-Wee, Sara Borjas, Meghan Merchant, Joseph Rios, Luke Johnson, Dorsey Craft Olbiech, Tomas Morin, Alexis Roan Fancher, Saul Hernández, Jose Olivares. Hosted by Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum, Karen Carr, and Gerard Robledo. Presented by PoemoftheWeek.com and The Nashville Poetry Party Contact: Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum, Karen Carr, & Gerard Robledo Contact Email: andrew@poemoftheweek.com Organization: The Nashville Poetry Party and PoemoftheWeek.com Organization URL: https://www.poemoftheweek.com/npp
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Location: Offsite |
Location: Offsite |
2025032920:0022:00 000 | SAT, MAR 29 |
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Wednesday, Mar 26, 2025 |
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2025
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
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8x9: A Reading by Terrain.org & Writing the Wild
Location: Audio Graph Beer Co. 1203 Olive St. Los Angeles, CA 90016
Cost: Free Event URL: https://www.terrain.org/events/8x9-awp-la-2025/ Join nine place-based writers for a literary reading of eight minutes each, plus brews, to kick off AWP in Los Angeles! No registration required–please join us for this free event! Chips will be served, and buy your drink at the Audio Graph bar. Wednesday, March 26, 7-9 p.m. Audio Graph Beer Co. Los Angeles This event is sponsored by and features contributors to Terrain.org and Writing the Wild. Readers: Annie Wenstrup Chaun Ballard Christina Rivera Jennifer Case Juan Morales Rob Carney Ryo Yamaguchi Sean Hill Simmons Buntin Contact: Simmons Buntin Contact Email: info@terrain.org Organization: Terrain.org & Writing the Wild Organization URL: https://www.terrain.org
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Location: Offsite |
Location: Offsite |
2025032619:0021:00 000 | WED, MAR 26 |
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Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 |
Thursday, Mar 27, 2025
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
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Writers Karaoke
Location: The Stowaway 416 S Spring St Los Angeles, CA
Cost: Free Event URL: https://hollypelesky.com/readings-events/ Writers Karaoke - where writers cover work by writers they admire. Featuring readings by Lauren Theresa, Alex Carrigan, G'Ra Asim, Jad Josey, Todd Dillard, Melissa Flores Anderson, Patricia Q. Bidar, Erika Gill, William Taylor Jr., Ashley Varela, Romy Rhoads Ewing, & Adrian Dallas Frandle. Emceed by Holly Pelesky. She'll call up some volunteers from the audience to read too. Contact: Holly Pelesky Contact Email: hollypelesky@hotmail.com
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Location: Offsite |
Location: Offsite |
2025032719:0021:00 000 | THU, MAR 27 |
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