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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
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Directional Conundrum at the Convention Center | Photo by adKinn via Flickr
Monday
Maureen McCormick presents Here's the Story 7pm @ Book Soup
James Swain discusses The Night Stalker 7pm @ Vroman's
Sandra Lee signs Semi Homemade Money Saving Meals 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, Glendale Americana
Alan Jacobson signs The 7th Victim 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, Encino
Tuesday
Melissa De La Cruz discusses Revelations: A Blue Blood Novel 6:30pm @ Vroman's
Mark Oliver Everett presentsThings the Grandchildren Should Know 7pm @ Book Soup
James M. McPherson discusses Tried by War 7pm @ Central Library
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Wednesday
Cheryl Crane presents Lana 7pm @ Book Soup
Molly Peacock reads her work 7pm @ Hammer Museum
Hayden Childs, Kim Cooper & Scott Plagenhoef read from 33 1/3 work 7pm @ Hammer Museum
Thursday
Mike Daly presents Time Flies When You're in a Coma 7pm @ Book Soup
Etgar Keret & Ben Ehrenreich discuss Is Reality Overrated? 7pm @ Central Library
Bernice Bratter & Helen Dennis present Project Renewment 7:30pm @ Village Books
Friday
Ray Bradbury signs his books noon @ Vroman's
Chris Meeks and USC Master of Professional Writing students read their work 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
Saturday
Robert J. Schiller presents The Subprime Solution 1pm @ Book Soup
Skylight Books 12th Anniversary Celebration 3pm @ Skylight Books
David Francis presents Stray Dog Winter 5pm @ Hammer Museum
Vince Flynn presents Extreme Measures 8pm @ Yula Girls School
Sunday
Skylight Books 12th Anniversary Celebration 3pm @ Skylight Books
Rob Schwartz presents Getting Into College-and Paying for It 4pm @ Vroman's
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