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.

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

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

Any Angeleno worth their salt knows this city can be both bright and happy or sinister and dark by quick turns or subtle steps or shameless spirals. There is much to celebrate about LA and much to shy away from - which makes it the ideal city-as-character in many a writer's novel. A few new books are out that feature LA and they're on our radar to check out this month. more ›