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27 MAY 2018 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Vroman's Bookstore celebrates local authors Dr. Lori Baudino Super Flyers: A Parent Guidebook for Airplane Travel with Children, Edward J. Lopez Flight of a Hell Hawk, and Dr. Zenobia Bereal 7 Reasons Why You Should Go to Church, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free, 4:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/local-author-day-dr-lori-baudino-edward-j-lopez-dr-zenobia-bereal)
  
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28 MAY 2018 — monday

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29 MAY 2018 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Book Soup and Alta Journal present The Onion alum, writer Jilly Gagnon, Choose Your Own Misery: Dating, with writer Yalun Tu, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com/event/jilly-gagnon-yalun-tu-discusses-and-signs-choose-your-own-misery-dating-choose-your-own-misery)
  
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• Vroman's Bookstore presents Boldly Bookish YA with authors A. C. Gaughen Reign the Earth, Brigid Kemmerer More Than We Can Tell, and Carolyn Mackler The Universe Is Expanding and so Am I, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/boldly-bookish-ya-ac-gaughen-brigid-kemmerer-carolyn-mackler)
  
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• Illustrator and writer Emma Koenig discusses her new book Moan: Anonymous Essays on Female Orgasm, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-05)
  
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30 MAY 2018 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• "Curiosity & Cosmology: A Conversation" featuring Professor Brian Keating, Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor, and Senior Editor of The Planetary Society, Emily Lakdawalla, The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Jobs, book signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/curiosity-cosmology-conversation-and-signing-emily-lakdawalla-brian-keating)
  
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• Brian Leung reads from his new novel, Ivy vs. Dogg, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-05)
  
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• Book Soup and Alta Journal present writer and editors Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss reading from their new book, Hey Ladies: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails, Books Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com/event/michelle-markowitz-caroline-moss-present-and-sign-hey-ladies-story-8-best-friends-1-year-and)
  
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31 MAY 2018 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Book Soup and Alta Journal present a reading and book signing with artist Jason Morphew, Dead Boy, and poet Joe Wenderoth, If I Don't Breathe How Do I Sleep, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com/event/jason-morphew-joe-wenderoth-read-and-sign-dead-boy-if-i-don%E2%80%99t-breathe-how-do-i-sleep)
  
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• Vroman's Bookstore presents an evening with the best-selling author of The English Patient, acclaimed fiction writer and poet Michael Ondaatje reads from his new novel, Warlight, onstage interview by musician and composer Hrishikesh Hirway, Colburn School Zipper Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, $10/$34 admission include book, $42 admission with guest plus book, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/evening-michael-ondaatje)
  
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• Social justice advocate, comedian, actress, and writer Franchesca Ramsey discusses her new memoir, Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist, with life coach Marie Forleo, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, book signing follows, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-05)
  
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NORTH:
• EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading by Fernando D. Castro, The Nightlife of Saints, at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)
  
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