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BookTour.com: San Francisco-based site is a great resources for readers and writers alike. Search for book events by author, book title, or city. California authors Chris Anderson, Kevin Smokler and Adam Goldstein founded BookTour.com in 2006; visit their blog here.
Venues & Other Listings
Independent booksellers: From San Diego to Sacramento, browse California’s bookstores to find events in your neighborhood.
Commonwealth Club of California: Public affairs group hosts author talks in San Francisco and San Jose.
Community of Voices in Santa Barbara: Events on the Central Coast.
San Francisco Public Library: The library foundation’s Literary Lecture Series.
LA Times Book Review Calendar: Southland readings and book signings.
Los Angeles Public Library: The Central Library’s Aloud series is a civic treasure. Run by Louise Steinman, Aloud attracts top talent and good crowds, so reserve your free tickets in advance.
Town Hall: Public affairs group has teamed us with Writers Blocto host author events in Los Angeles.
UCLA’s Hammer Museum and UCLA Live host author talks and other events on campus.
Inland Arts: Cultural events in the Inland Empire.
Labrainterrain: Calendar of literary happenings in the greater L.A. area.
LA Weekly calendar: LA area events.
Poetry Flash: Calendar of readings, workshops, and literary events.
Beyond Baroque: Poetry and more in Venice.
City Box Office: Lectures in San Francisco.
Sacramento Bee calendar: Area events.
San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area book calendar.
SFStation: Bay Area literary events.
San Joaquin Valley Town Hall Series: Author talks and other events at Fresno’s William Saroyan Theatre.
Speaking of Stories: Santa Barbara’s Theatre of the Mind. Live theatrical readings.
Vermin on the Mount: LA reading series.
Word Theatre: Literary salons in Los Angeles.
Writers With Drinks: Spoken word variety show in San Francisco.
New Short Fiction Series: Held the second Friday of the month at the Beverly Hills Public Library.
Book Festivals
Central Coast Book and Author Festival: Held in September in the historic Mission Plaza in San Luis Obispo.
Litquake: — San Francisco’s October celebration is a mix of readings, panel discussions, themed events, and general literary mayhem across the city. Litquakes also hosts other authors events during the year.
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: One of the nation’s largest book fairs ufolds across the UCLA campus on the last weekend of April.
Santa Barbara Book and Author Festival: The Santa Barbara Library is the scene of this fall festival, which kicks off the annual Santa Barbara Reads program.
West Hollywood Book Fair Held each fall in Weho.
Wordstock: Portland’s annual festival of the book.
Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival: September event.
Other Book Events and Conferences
Book Expo America: The book industry’s annual trade shows moves each spring between Los Angeles (2008), New York and Chicago.
Book Group Expo: Authors and book groups mingle in October in San Jose.
Squaw Valley Community of Writers: Summertime workshops for writers.
Long Beach Literary Women: Women novelists shine at this February book fair.
Mendocino Coast Writers Conference: Summer workshops.
Santa Barbara Writers Conference: June writing workshops on the Central Coast.
Southern California Writers’ Conference: Workshops in various cities.
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