Mad Men embodies many things to many people. You might dig Bert Cooper's art and shoeless ways, loathe Pete's ambition or swoon over the Draper's while rooting for their eternal happiness/ruin. Of all the books and merch associated with the hit show, Dyna Moe's Mad Men: The Illustrated World is one of the few that doesn't take itself too seriously which is why you should check out her signing at Book Soup tomorrow evening at 5 p.m. more ›

Suzanne Rivecca is in town this week to read from her debut short story collection, Death is Not an Option. Each story in the collection brings us into a character's life at a moment of change. Will they overcome their past, will they break free from other's perceptions of them, will they stand on their own? more ›

Alan Zweibel presents Clothing Optional 7:30pm @ Skylight Books more ›

Alan Jacobson signs The 7th Victim 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, Encino more ›

Diahann Carroll presents The Legs Are the Last to Go 7pm @ Book Soup more ›

Arthur Nersesian and Joseph Mattson read their work 7pm @ Vroman's more ›

Nathaniel Mackey presents and signs Bass Cathedral 7pm @ Book Soup more ›

Former Angeleno Jonathan Evison is in town this week to read from and sign his debut novel, All About Lulu. It is a that novel examines the quirky world of Venice beach bodybuilding, the life of a talented DJ, the mess families can make without even trying, a love found and then lost, and so much more. There are moments of great tenderness, of gaping sadness, and then, out of nowhere, moments of such recklessness and silliness you'll laugh out loud. Evison will be at Skylight Books tomorrow night at 7:30pm. There will be beer, there will be jello shots, there will be a hot dog cake. How can you resist? more ›

Jack Pendarvis, author of the hilarious Your Body is Changing, which we reviewed last year, will be reading from his equally funny, Pendarvisly quirky new book Awesome tonight at 5pm @ Book Soup. more ›

First Dutton's closed, then Beyond Baroque was in trouble, but then wasn't, but might be again soon. It was only last December when Village Books was having a "we might have to go out of business sale" that was sucessful enough they didn't have to close. For a town that is closing its beloved bookstores and hacking its own Book Review section to pieces, we were delighted to learn that Skylight Books is...that's right...expanding! more ›

Daniel A. Helminiak presents and signs What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality 7pm @ Book Soup more ›

The vermin are back this weekend as Jim Ruland's must-attend night of readings, Vermin on the Mount, features four indie writers tomorrow at 8pm @ Chinatown's Mountain Bar:
• Jim Krusoe, who teaches fiction at Santa Monica College, will read from his just-out Girl Factory which we highlighted not so long ago for its wacky incoroporation of LA yogurt culture.
• Sean Carswell, novelist, short story writer and publisher, will read from Train Wreck Girl.
• Tosh Berman, publisher of Tam Tam books, will read from Boris Vian's The Dead All Have the Same Skin.
• Dicky Murphy, who writes for television, will read from his collection World Cup Eagle.

Donald Welch presents and signs The Bachelorette Party 7pm @ Book Soup more ›

Nam Le was recently in town to read from and sign The Boat, a wildly diverse and intense collection of short stories that did not immediately strike us a short stories and which prompted an interesting dialogue. While we make a point in our author interviews to ask questions that would be of interest to our readers, we found that in this case, we were compelled to ask some pointed questions about our own reading experience as we started this collection thinking it was a novel. Over weeks of email and a meeting at The Dresden last week, we sorted it all out. And lest you think we are the only ones who are crazy enough to cry foul about the elusive "stories" title on the book cover, take a look at Antoine Wilson's review of The Boat that appeared on Sunday in the LA Times. more ›

Joe Carducci presents and signs Enter Naomi: SST, L.A. and All That 7:30pm @ Family more ›

Walter Mirisch signs I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History 8pm @ The Wine Bar at The Landmark more ›

Janet Evanovich signs Fearless Fourteen 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade more ›

Salman Rushdie discusses The Enchantress of Florence with Carrie Fisher 7:30pm @ Writers Guilde Theater more ›

Diesel, A Bookstore, one of the lesser known (but not for long) indie bookstores in Malibu has announced plans to bring indie lit to Brentwood by setting up shop in a 1,500 square foot space in Brentwood Country Mart. more ›

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John Richardson signs A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years 7pm @ LACMA more ›

Ray Bradbury, Forrest J. Ackerman and Ray Harryhausen discuss their work 7:30pm @ Mystery & Imagination Bookstore more ›

Sad, sad news in bookish LA: Dutton's Brentwood is closing its doors. After a long battle with developers and uncertainty, which we covered last year, Doug Dutton has made the difficult decision to close. more ›

We can't think of a better way to celebrate a new book than to invite musicians, poets, visual artists, performance arists and writers to respond to the new book. This is exactly what Maggie Nelson has done for her new book Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions and tonight is the night. more ›

Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA includes some outstanding readings this week from some fine, fine writers including Maggie Nelson, Anne Enright, Colm Toibin, Toby Barlow, Amy Hempel, Peter Carey, John Rechy, Martha Grimes and Russell Banks. more ›

Cindy Pierce and Edie Thys Morgan presents Finding the Doorbell 7pm @ Book Soup more ›

The man, the legend, the writer who puts himself in crazy situations to get the best material, will read from his new book, Riding Toward Everywhere, at Book Soup tonight @ 7pm. more ›

LA readings and book signings around town for January 28th - Februar 3rd including Judith Freeman, Ron Jeremy, Tamara Jenkins, Mary McNamara, Sam Jones and Tom Dolby. more ›

No bookish events on Mr. King's Day. more ›

Kim Sunee presents Trail of Crumbs 7pm @ Vroman's more ›