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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
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Monday
David Wroblewski presents and signs The Story of Edgar Sawtelle 7pm @ Book Soup
Rhys Bowen discusses and signs A Royal Pain 7pm @ Vroman's
Joe Carducci presents and signs Enter Naomi: SST, L.A. and All That 7:30pm @ Family
Tuesday
Seth Greenland presents and signs Shining City 7pm @ Book Soup
Jim Krusoe presents Girl Factory 7pm @ Vroman's
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Wednesday
Robert Crais signs Chasing Darkness 7pm @ Mysteries to Die For
DJ MacHale discusses and signs Pendragon #9: Raven Rise 6:30pm @ Vroman's
Jon Provost and Laurie Jacobson present and sign Timmy's in the Well 7pm @ Book Soup
Rachel Kushner & Salvador Pascencia read & discuss their work 7pm @ Hammer Museum
Jess Winfield discusses My Name is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare 7pm @ Central Library
Thursday
Eleanor Coppola presents and signs Notes on a Life 7pm @ Book Soup
John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats presents and signs Black Sabbath's Master of Reality: 33 1/3 7pm @ Pi Restaurant
Christina Schwartz & Karen Essex discuss and sign their books 7pm @ Vroman's
Kim Calder signs Who's To Say What's Home 7:30pm @ Village Books
Barbara Ehrenreich presents This Land is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
Friday
Stephen L. Carter discusses and signs Palace Council 7pm @ Vroman's
DailyCandy presents and signs The DailyCandy Lexicon 7pm @ Book Soup
Rachel Kushner presents Telex from Cuba 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
Saturday
Hollywood Book Festival 10am @ Farmer's Market at The Grove
Stephanie Kuehnert presents and signs I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone 5pm @ Book Soup
Alexa Young presents and signs Frenemies 5pm @ Book Soup
Jay Louis presents and signs Hot Chicks with Douchebags 7pm @ Book Soup
Sunday
Heather Thomas presents and signs Trophies 4pm @ Book Soup
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