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Get Your Lit On: The Last Week to Attend an Author Reading at Dutton's Week in Bookish LA
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Monday
Elisa Albert presents The Book of Dahlia 7pm @ Dutton's
Lisa See presents Peony In Love 7pm @ Vroman's
Tuesday
Richard Price discusses The Lush Life: A Novel 7pm @ Central Library
Lisa Lutz presents The Curse of the Spellmans 7pm @ Borders, Century City
Susan Vreeland discusses and signs Luncheon of the Boating Party 7pm @ Vroman's
Elisa Albert presents The Book of Dahlia 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
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Wednesday
Joshua Ferris presents Then We Came to the End 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade
Lisa Lutz discusses and signs The Curse of the Spellmans 7pm @ Vroman's
Jodi Picoult presents Change of Heart 7pm @ Borders, Torrance
Thursday
Dayna Steele presents Rock to the Top 7pm @ Book Soup
Jennifer 8. Lee presents The Fortune Cookie Chronicles 7pm @ Vroman's
Anna Sklar presents Brown Acres: An Intimate History of the Los Angeles Sewers 7pm @ Dutton's
Caille Milner presents The Golden Road: Notes on My Gentrification 7pm @ Central Library
Contributors discuss the 2nd Edition (just out!) of Greenopia 7:30pm @ Village Books
Hillary Carlip presents A La Cart 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
FridayRachel Cline discusses and signs My Liar: A Novel
Joan Lachkar presents The V Spot 7pm @ Dutton's
Jodi Picoult presents Change of Heart 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Jennifer 8. Lee presents The Fortune Cookie Chronicles 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
Anne Lamont & Elizabeth Gilbert discuss their work 8pm @ Royce Hall, UCLA
Saturday
Laurel Blossom presents Degrees of Latitude 2pm @ Dutton's
Lisa Kirby & Michael Thibodeaux present Jack Kirby's Galactic Bounty Hunters 3pm @ Borders, Pasadena
Joanne Leedom-Ackerman presents No Marble Angels 4pm @ Metropolis Books
Drew Friedman & Ben Schwartz present More Old Jewish Comedians 5pm @ Skylight Books
Sunday
Heywood Gould presents Leading Lady 2pm @ Dutton's
A.M. Homes presents The Mistress's Daughter 6pm @ Hammer Museum
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