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Get Your Lit On: The Vermin Week in Bookish LA
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Monday
Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson present Sandworms of Dune 7pm @ Book Soup
Tuesday
A.W. Hill presents The Last Days of Madame Rey 7pm @ Book Soup
Brenda Scott Royce presents Monkey Star 7pm @ Vroman's
Wednesday
David Rosen presents I Just Want My Pants Back 7pm @ Pi on Sunset
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Thursday
Gabe Rotter presents Duck Duck Wally 7pm @ Book Soup
Simon Van Booy presents The Secret Lives of People in Love 7pm @ Borders, Pasadena
Caprice Crane presents Forget About It 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade
Friday
David Marks & Jon Stebbins present The Lost Beach Boy 7pm @ Book Soup
Terri Woods presents Angel 7pm @ EsoWon Books
Peter Calhoun presents Soul on Fire 7:30pm @ Bodhi Tree Bookstore
Saturday
Stephenie Meyer discusses and signs Eclipse 11am @ Vroman's
Susan Kandel presents Christietown 4pm @ Metropolis Books
Stephanie Meyer presents Eclipse 7pm @ Borders, Torrance
Marge Bitetti presents Italians in Los Angeles 3pm @ Borders, Pasadena
Jeff Parker presents Ovenman 7pm @ Book Soup
Gustavo Arrellano, Maggie Rowe & Amy Simon perform their work 7:30pm @ Borders, Westwood
Sunday
Gio Frank presents Working in Pictures and Loved 2pm @ Dutton's
Mary Otis, Jeremy Deutchman, Kathleen Dennehy & others read their work 6pm @ Hotel Cafe
Katherine Taylor, Ron Currie Jr. & Michael A. Fitzgerald read their work 8pm @ Mountain Bar
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