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Kelly Writers Series. Wed., Oct. 5, 2022, 7:30 pm. DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.

ZYZZYVA Fall 2020 Issue Launch Party. Thu., Nov. 12, 2020, 6 pm. Virtual event with City Lights Books

The Freya ProjectA Time You Felt Seen, Wed., Nov. 13, 2019, 6:30-8:30 pm. The Wing, 8550 Santa Monica Blvd., 3rd Floor, West Hollywood

The Poetry Circus #6: Circus Noir. Sat, July 13, 2019, 6 pm. Griffith Park, Los Angeles.

Featured Poet at Poetry Palooza at Cal State Northridge. Thu., May 2, 2019, 5 pm. Jerome Richfield Hall, Room 201, 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, Calif.

Reading and Q&A with Siel Ju. The 42nd Annual Writers Week Conference at University of California, Riverside. Tue., Feb. 12, 2019, 2:30-4:30 pm. UC Riverside, Interdisciplinary Building South, Room 1128, Riverside, Calif.

Book launch for Brittany Ackerman’s The Perpetual Motion Machine with Siel Ju and Nicelle Davis. Fri., Dec 7, 2018, 7 pm. Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood

Tammy Lynne Stoner, with Jillian Lauren & Siel Ju, discusses and signs Sugar Land
Thursday, October 25, 2018, 7 pm
Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood

Fallbrook Writers Conference
Sunday, September 16, 2018, 9 am to 4:30 pm
Fallbrook Public Library, 124 S. Mission Road, Fallbrook, Calif.

Hot Dish Reading Series
Saturday, August 11, 2018, 5 pm
826LA, 1714 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles.

USC Creative Writing program reading at the Los Angeles Festival of Books
(Smokin’ Hot Indie Lit Lounge at Booth 377)
Saturday, April 21, 2018, 3 to 4:30 pm
University of Southern California, University Park Campus, Los Angeles

The Table Presents: Redemption
Sunday, April 15, 2018, 2:30 pm to 5 pm
Hollywood Hotel, 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles

RCC Muse Author Talk
Monday, April 2, 2018, 12:45 pm
Riverside City College, Quad 205, 4800 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, Calif.

The Secret Society of The Sisterhood
The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles
Thu., March 1, 2018, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm
Tickets: $20 in advance, $30 at the door. Proceeds donated to Planned Parenthood.

Cake Time: A Reading at University of La Verne
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, 5 pm
University of La Verne, 1950 3rd St, La Verne, Calif.

San Miguel Writers’ Conference and Literary Festival
Workshop: Writing Creatively in the Second Person
February 14 to 18, 2018
Hotel Real de Minas, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

Vermin on the Mount
Saturday, January 20, 2018, 7 pm
2196 Logan Ave., San Diego

Library Girl & Roar Shack Present: (This Is S’posed To Be) The New World
Sunday, December 10, 2017, 7 PM
Ruskin Group Theater, 3000 Airport Ave, Santa Monica

Living Writers Series: San Diego State University
Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 7 pm
Love Library 430/31, SDSU, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA
[News article about event in Daily Aztec]

Fresh Fiction: A Reading at Miami Book Fair (Nov. 12 – Nov. 19)
Sat., November 18, 2007, 10:30 am
Room 8201 (Building 8, 2nd Floor), 300 NE Second Ave.
Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, Miami, Florida

Dirty Laundry Lit: Safe Word
Saturday, November 4, 2017, 7 pm
The Virgil, 4519 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles

National Writing Month workshop with Siel Ju (Palos Verdes Library District)
Title: How to build your author platform: Find, Connect, and Engage with Your Readers
Thursday, November 2, 2017, 6 pm – 7:15 pm
Peninsula Center Library community room, 701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.

Los Angeles Review Salon
(Private event — Email me for an invite)
Sunday, October 29, 2017, 2 pm

Red Hen Press at Lit Crawl L.A.
(Facebook event page)
Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 8 pm
The Eclectic, 5156 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood

Pen Center USA’s Edison Book Club
(I will host this month’s event; more about the book club here)
Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 6 pm – 8pm
The Edison, 108 W 2nd St, #101, Los Angeles

Indie Author Day
Saturday, October 14, 2017, 3 pm – 5 pm
Junipero Serra branch library, 4607 S Main St, Los Angeles

National Reading Group Month Authors Panel
(Facebook event page)
Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 7:30 pm
Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Review Reading
(Facebook event page)
Friday, October 6, 2017, 7:30 pm
The Last Bookstore, 453 S Spring St, Los Angeles.

Griffith Park Storytelling Series (a 90x90LA event)
(Facebook event page)
Sunday, September 24, 2017, 5 pm – 7 pm
In the Bronson Caves, Griffith Park (follow directions on website), Los Angeles
[News story about event in The Los Angeles Times]

Siel Ju — Cake Time: One Book / One Glendale
(Eventbrite page)
Thursday, September 14, 2017, 7 pm
Glendale Central Library, 222 E. Harvard St., Glendale, CA

All Lit Up
(Facebook event page)
Thursday, September 7, 2017, 7 pm
Chevalier’s Books, 126 N Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles

Author’s Club: Siel Ju
(Facebook event page)
Wednesday, August 16, 2017, 6 pm
Westwood Branch Library, 1246 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles

Roar Shack presents “Shine On” Sunday
Sunday, August 13, 2017, 4 pm – 5:30 pm
826LA, 1714 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles

Siel Ju reads with Celeste Gainey
Sunday, June 11, 2017, 2 pm
Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Ln, Philadelphia

An Evening with Red Hen Press
Thu, June 8, 2017, 7:30 pm
Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton St., Brooklyn

Bitches of the Drought Chapbook Release Party
Monday, June 5, 2017, 8 pm
Stories Books and Cafe, 1716 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles

Ain’t Too Proud To Beg event at The Window @A.G. Geiger
Sunday, April 30, 2017, 4 pm
A.G.Geiger Fine Art Books, 502 Chung King Ct., Los Angeles

Cake Time: A Reading at SMC Spring Literary Series
Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Santa Monica College, HSS 165, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica

Smokin’ Hot Indie Lit Lounge Pre-Reading & Party
(Facebook event page)
Friday, April 21 2017, 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Other Books, 2006 E Cesar Chavez Ave., Los Angeles

Why There Are Words Los Angeles
(Facebook event page)
Thursday, April 20, 2017, 7pm
1614 Wilshire Blvd. Unit 503, Los Angeles.

Writes of Spring Festival
Thursday, April 20, 2017, 8 am
Rio Hondo College, 3600 Workman Mill Rd., Whittier, Calif.

Adventures in Literary Readings – Los Angeles
Sunday, April 16, 2017 at 8 pm
Stories Books & Cafe, 1716 West Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles

Red Hen Press event featuring Elizabeth Powell, Siel Ju, Angela Palm, and Lynnell Edwards
Saturday, April 15, 2017 at 3 pm
Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood

Siel Ju: Cake Time with Corinne Manning and Tara Atkinson
(Facebook event page)
Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 7 pm
Hugo House, 1021 Columbia St., Seattle

Siel Ju reads from Cake Time with Kelly Magee
(Facebook event page)
Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at 7 pm
Village Books, 1200 11th St., Bellingham, Wash.

Siel Ju in conversation with Kevin Sampsell
Monday, April 10, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Powell’s on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland

Siel Ju reads from CAKE TIME with Andrew Lam and Brynn Saito
(Facebook event page)
Friday, April 7, 2017 at 7 pm
DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

Writers With Drinks
(Facebook event page)
Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St, San Francisco

Siel Ju reads from her novel-in-stories CAKE TIME, with special guests
Janice Lee, Victoria Patterson, and Jim Ruland

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles

Angels Flight • literary west Salon with Siel Ju & Lilliam Rivera
Sunday, March 26, 2017, 4 pm – 6 pm
Clifton’s Republic, 648 S Broadway, Los Angeles

Readings of Red Hen Press Poets at Downtown Bookfest
Saturday, March 11, 2017, at 4:05 pm – 5 pm
Grand Park’s Olive Court, 200 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles

Literaoke II
Friday, February 10, 2017, 8:30 pm – 11 pm
Dupont Underground, 1900 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC

Red Hen Press Omnibus Reading (AWP offsite event)
Thursday, February 9, 2017, 6:30 pm
Busboys & Poets, 1025 5th Street NW, Washington, DC

Cake Time Book Signing at 2017 AWP Conference & Bookfair
* Thurs, Feb. 9, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
* Fri, Feb. 10, 10:30 am – 11:30 am
* Sat, Feb. 11, 11 am – noon
Red Hen Press booth at Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC

Tongue & Groove
December 18, 2016, 6 pm
Hotel Cafe, 1623 N Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles

Meredith Alling & Siel Ju: Reading & Conversation
Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Skylight Books, 1818 N Vermont Ave., Los Angeles

The Rejection Game reading at Lit Crawl L.A.
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, 7 – 7:45pm
The Eclectic Fine Foods and Spirits, 5156 Lankershim, North Hollywood

How to Find the Right Literary Agent (talk) at Women Who Submit
Sat., October 8, 2016, 10 am
Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, Los Angeles

Roar Shack
Sunday, September 11, 2016, 4 pm – 5:30 pm
826LA, 1714 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Review reading at Southern California Poetry Festival
Saturday, September 10, 2016, 3 pm
Aquarium of the Pacific, 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach

Sumarr Reading Series
Sunday, April 17, 3 pm
The Pop-Hop, 5002 York Blvd, Los Angeles

The Flash Sequence: A Reading and Discussion at AWP Conference
Friday, April 1, 2016, 9 am – 10:15 am
Los Angeles Convention Center (Room 406 AB, Meeting Room Level), Los Angeles

#LitinColor Reading with Kaya Press (at AWP Conference)
Friday, April 1, 2016, 12:30 pm
Los Angeles Convention Center (Booth 1310), Los Angeles

Best of the West Reading (AWP Conference offsite event)
Presented by The Los Angeles Review, Pacifica Literary Review, and Cutbank
Thursday, March 31, 2016, 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Villain’s Tavern, 1356 Palmetto St, Los Angeles

How to Build a Writing Community panel at Bindercon LA
Saturday, March 19, 2 pm – 3:15 pm
Carnesale Commons at University of California, Los Angeles

Vermin on the Mount reading
Fri, Feb. 19, 2016, 7:30 pm
Book Show, 5503 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles

Winter Solstice Reading
Sun, Dec. 20, 2015, 6 pm
739 N. Edgemont St., Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Review Reading
Thu., November 12, 2015, 7 pm
Flintridge Bookstore & Coffee House, 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, CA

Dancing Girl Press reading at Roar Shack
Sun, November 8, 2015, 4 pm – 5:30 pm
826LA, 1714 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles

Kaya Press Reading
Wed, November 4, 2015, 7:30 pm
Stories Books & Cafe, 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA

Rhapsodomancy Reading Series
Sat., March 21, 2015, 8 pm – 10 pm
Writ Large Press HQ, 722 S. Los Angeles St. #312, Los Angeles