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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
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Monday
Candace Bushnell discusses and signs One Fifth Avenue 7pm @ Vroman's
Tuesday
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Wednesday
Robert J. Wagner signs Piece of My Heart 7pm @ Borders, Northridge
David Henry Sterry presents and signs Master of Ceremonies 7pm @ Book Soup Graeme Base presents and signs Enigma: A Magical Mystery 7pm @ Vroman's
Polly Grose signs A London Scrapbook 7:30pm @ Village Books
Thursday
Robert Olen Butler presents and signs Intercourse 7pm @ Book Soup
Annette Gordon-Reed discusses The Hemingses of Monticello:An American Family 7pm @ Central Library
Rick Wartzman discusses and signs Obscene in the Extreme 7pm @ Vroman's
Chelsea Handler signs Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade
Jonathan Ames presents The Alcoholic 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
Friday
Danny Goldberg presents and signs Bumping into Geniuses 7pm @ Book Soup
David Henry Sterry presents The Art of the Memoir 7pm @ Vroman's
T.J. Desch signs Fighting for Honor: The History of Martial Arts in the Atlantic World 7pm @ Eso Won Books
Saturday
Leni Zumas discusses and signs Farewell Navigator 4pm @ Vroman's
The Ghost Society reads The Ghost Files 5pm @ Metropolis Books
Akashic Books Extravaganza with Arthur Nersesian, Joe Meno & Joseph Mattson 7pm @ Book Soup
Sunday
Joseph Mattson reads from Empty the Sun with live accompaniment by Six Organs of Admittance 2pm @ Family
Ami Silber presents and signs Early Bright 4pm @ Book Soup
Jim Jennewein discusses RuneWarriors 4pm @ Village Books
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