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Special Events May 12, 2018 | 7:30 pm

Pop-Up Magazine

Spring Issue
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Special Events May 12, 2018 | 10:00 am

Poetry as Memoir

Writers Seminar with Steven Reigns
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Special Events Apr 21, 2018 | 8:00 pm

7th Annual Book Drop Bash

The Largest Library Party of the Year
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Stay Home and Read a Book Ball Mar 4, 2018 | 8:00 am

30th Annual Stay Home
and Read a Book Ball

Our coziest non-event of the year! Featuring Chair Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Special EventsThe Council Feb 25, 2018 | 1:00 pm

Sports Museum of Los Angeles

Exclusive Member Invitation
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Special Events Oct 21, 2017 | 7:30 pm

Pop-Up Magazine

Fall Issue
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Exhibition Sep 16, 2017 | 10:00 am

Visualizing Language:
Oaxaca in L.A.

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Special Events Aug 19, 2017 | 10:00 am

Finding Your Own True Voice: Approaches to Personal Narrative

Writers Seminar with Dinah Lenney
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Special Events Jul 8, 2017 | 10:00 am

Sudden Fiction: The Short Short Story

Writers Seminar with Bernard Cooper
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Special Events Apr 22, 2017 | 8:00 pm

6th Annual Book Drop Bash

The Largest Library Party of the Year!
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Special Events Mar 5, 2017 | 10:00 am

29th Annual Stay Home
and Read a Book Ball

"I like to party, and by party I mean read books."
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Special Events Feb 18, 2017 | 10:00 am

Saying the Unsayable: A Study of Poetry

Writers Seminar with Brendan Constantine
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Special Events Jan 28, 2017 | 2:30 pm

Elements of Style: How Writers Make Magic

Writers Seminar with Janet Fitch
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Special Events Jan 9, 2017 | 10:00 am

Sponsor the 29th Annual
Stay Home and Read a Book Ball!

Sponsor the coziest fundraising campaign of the year!
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Special Events Dec 4, 2016 | 11:00 am

Shakespeare Members-Only
Exhibition Reception

America's Shakespeare: The Bard Goes West
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Exhibition Nov 17, 2016 | 10:00 am

America’s Shakespeare:
The Bard Goes West

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Special Events Jul 30, 2016 | 10:00 am

ADAPT THIS: A Consideration of the Art and Craft of Adaptation

Writers Seminar with Brighde Mullins and Phyllis Nagy
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Special Events Jul 23, 2016 | 2:00 pm

Between Biography and Memoir: Balancing Research with Recollection

Writers Seminar with M.G. Lord
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Special Events Apr 9, 2016 | 8:30 pm

5th Annual Book Drop Bash

5th Annual Book Drop Bash
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Lost & Found at the MoviesSpecial Events Mar 29, 2016 | 7:30 pm

Lost & Found at the Movies

From the Valley to Valyria: Word and World Building in Hollywood
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Special Events Mar 19, 2016 | 2:30 pm

A Very L.A. Spelling Bee

An unprecedented dual language English and Spanish spelling bee
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Special Events Mar 19, 2016 | 2:30 pm

Concurso de deletreo súper LA

Un concurso de deletreo en inglés y español sin precedentes
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Special Events Mar 6, 2016 | 10:00 am

28th Annual Stay Home and Read a Book Ball

Party in your PJs
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Special Events Feb 27, 2016 | 10:00 am

Finding Your Own True Voice:
Approaches to Personal Narrative

Writers Seminar with Dinah Lenney
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Special Events Feb 6, 2016 | 10:00 am

Based on a True Story:
Writing from Actual Events,
On Stage and On Screen

Writers Seminar with Dawn Atkinson Prestwich and Brighde Mullins
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