FREE / GRATIS
#springtimereads
Grand Park’s SPRINGTIME READS culminates with everyone’s favorite celebration of independent Los Angeles-based authors and publishers. This year, the annual Grand Park’s Downtown Bookfest will explore, “Literary LA: Places, Spaces and Faces,” a celebration and reflection of where Angelenos love to read and write – past, present and future.
POP UP BOOKSHOP: Curated by Writ Large Press
Angel City Press / ANTENA / Arroyo Seco Press / Bambaz Press/ BAMBO...
FREE / GRATIS
#springtimereads
Grand Park’s SPRINGTIME READS culminates with everyone’s favorite celebration of independent Los Angeles-based authors and publishers. This year, the annual Grand Park’s Downtown Bookfest will explore, “Literary LA: Places, Spaces and Faces,” a celebration and reflection of where Angelenos love to read and write – past, present and future.
POP UP BOOKSHOP: Curated by Writ Large Press
Angel City Press / ANTENA / Arroyo Seco Press / Bambaz Press/ BAMBOO PRESS / Bank-Heavy Press / Bombshelter Press / DUM DUM Zine / ELECTRIC TRAVEL BOOKS / Finishing Line Press / FRANK CITIES / Gold Line Press / Jaded Ibis Press / KAYA Press / Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) / Mend My Dress Press / Narrow Books / Penny-Ante / Phoneme Media / PM Press / Punk Hostage Press / Rare Bird Lit / Razorcake/Gorsky Press, Inc. / Ricochet Editions / Rothco Press / The Altar Collective / THE MAGIC FACTORY / Tia Chucha Press / Unnamed Press / The World Stage Art, Education & Performance Gallery / Writ Large Press / Get Down Town
CHILDREN’S BOOKSHOP: Skylight Books brings the best in kids lit from beyond L.A.
ACTIVITIES: The best of L.A.’s lit and learning for bookworms large and small:
826LA // Ryman Arts // Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles // Los Angeles Public Library // First 5 LA // LA Law Library // California African American Museum // County of Los Angeles Public Library // DIY Typewriters with LA Marler // @PUBLISH!
KIDS’ PERFORMANCES + READINGS: Bilingual(English/Spanish) performances, storytelling, and music adjacent to the Grand Park Splash Pad:
Birdie's Playhouse // The Chameleons // Geri Keams // We Tell Stories
SOUTH PERFORMANCE LAWN: READINGS // CURATED BY: WRIT LARGE PRESS
12:30 – 1:30PM The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising From the Cultural Quakes and Shifts of Los Angeles
2:30-3:30PM: A Tribute to Los Angeles Sci-Fi Literary Legend, Octavia Butler on the 10th Anniversary of Her Death.
3:45-4:45PM Post-English Literature of LA
NORTH PERFORMANCE LAWN : PANEL DISCUSSIONS // CURATED BY: DAVID KIPEN
NOON-4:51PM: Please Don't Feed the Writer
1PM – 2PM Anti-Death League (Faces We Miss)
2PM – 3PM The Book Critics' Pie-Throwing Gallery (An Unsafe Space)
3PM – 4PM L.A.'s Walking, Wading, Riding Public Transportation & Purifying Wastewater Panel (An Overdeveloped Sense of Place)
4:51 PM Please Don't Feed the Writer – Nine Minute’s Read
*Information and schedules subject to change
METRO RED or PURPLE LINE TO CIVIC CENTER/GRAND PARK STATION, GOLD LINE TO LITTLE TOKYO/ARTS DISTRICT STATION
OTHER SPRINGTIME READS PROGRAMS:
EVERY TUES MAR 15 – MAY 10 / ¡LUNCHTIME! WRITERS’ MEETUP
https://www.facebook.com/events/482914371917010/