LitFest Pasadena

It's National Poetry Day! We're remembering the fun and creative "Poetry on Demand" at LitFest Pasadena 2018.

Does proofreading make you a little cray-cray? March 8 is National Proofreading Day! To whoever may be proofreading on this day, may your editing be effortless and limited.

Danielle Davis reading in the Pasadena Playhouse Library at LitFest 2018 with Armand Baltazar of Armand Baltazar Studios #ReadAcrossAmerica day!

Today is "Read Across America" day! Hope you're reading something that makes you smile. Photo by Brian Biery at LitFest Pasadena 2018

Thanks, Kate Maruyama, for recommending Toni Ann Johnson's "Remedy for a Broken Angel" and this story about Eso Won Bookstore, which celebrates Black authors and Black History all year long: https://abc7.com//black-owned-bookstore-in-leim/10311600/

"I am waiting for the lost music to sound again in a new rebirth of wonder." "Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone." Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021)... https://www.nytimes.com//o/lawrence-ferlinghetti-dead.html

Now in paperback! If you haven't read it, we recommend you snatch it up - Chip Jacobs's "Arroyo" and watch for his upcoming true crime book "The Darkest Glare," scheduled for release in March. Rare Bird Lit Vroman's Bookstore Seth Fischer

Join Denise Hamilton Alex Espinoza and @AimeeBender at Skylight Books on 2/15 @ 6:30pm to talk inspiration for their eerie supernatural stories in #SpeculativeLA from Akashic Books Free. Register here: https://www.skylightbooks.com//live-crowdcast-speculative-

2018 LitFest Pasadena at El Portal Restaurant with Michelle Castillo, Rachelle Cruz, Angela Penaredondo, and Melissa Roxas

Join REDHEN's Tobi Harper to learn "Developmental Editing"! Visit UCLAEXTENSION.EDU/WRITERS-STUDIO to sign up for a class in the 4-day intensive WRITERS STUDIO 2021: HOME EDITION with UCLA Extension Writers' Program. Thursday through Sunday, February 18-21! #learntowrite #learntoedit #ucla

Please read our recent Interview with Kathy Gallegos in "Artist Stories"

How's that #scifi short story coming? Need a little more time? You've got it! The Tomorrow Prize and Green Feather Award deadline has been extended to February 21. Sci-Fest L.A. Find all details at https://www.lightbringerproject.org/science-fiction...

Giving Tuesday to Light Bringer Project

Indie bookstores are fighting to survive. Author Naomi Hirahara comes to Vroman's Bookstore to share her words and show her support. Come on out! Buy books!

Poet Brendan Constantine shares his poetry at Vroman's Bookstore to support this beloved local indie bookstore. Come on out! Buy some books. Let's save Vroman's!

Hearing from Brendan Constantine at Vroman's Bookstore right now! Support your indie bookstore!

The local and wonderful mystery author Naomi Hirahara has arrived at Vroman's Bookstore to read - her way of showing her support for Pasadena's invaluable indie bookstore. Come by and listen! Then go buy some books and keep Vroman's open for now and always

Teachers and Students please join a free workshop about The Tomorrow Prize Science Short Story competition for L.A. County High School students- free workshops Q&A online this Wednesday and Thursday! Must register, read on!