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Empty Trash: LATFoB Edition

Thursday, 4/24 @ 7pm

The Semi Tropic, 1412 Glendale Blvd.

If you’re in/will be in Los Angeles next week, come kick off the LA Times Festival of Books with yet another luminous lineup of literary icons. Ten authors will reach deep into the bowels of their “recently deleted” folders and share writing that has been cut, killed, or otherwise unpublished.

Watch these beloved and exceptionally talented writers give their dead darlings a second life on Thursday, April 24th at 7 pm:

⭐️Ruth Madievsky⭐️

⭐️Tomas Moniz⭐️

⭐️Sarah LaBrie⭐️

⭐️Carolyn Huynh⭐️

⭐️Michele Filgate⭐️

⭐️Aja Gabel⭐️

⭐️Joseph Earl Thomas⭐️

⭐️Ruben Quesada⭐️

⭐️Sara Sligar⭐️

⭐️Edgar Gomez⭐️

Books sold by our pals over at Chevalier’s!


Mendocino Coast Writers Conference

July 31-August 2, 2025

The Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference is a vibrant gathering that offers morning workshops in a wide range of genres. Afternoons are packed with craft seminars, panels, one-on-one consultations, and open mics; and every evening offers an opportunity to enjoy the camaraderie and connection that make this conference, in the words of one participant, “life-changing.”

The 2025 Conference will be held from July 31-August 2, 2025 in the town of Mendocino, California. Scholarship and Master Class applications are now open until Friday, February 28, 2025. General registration will open April 1, 2025.

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