What Books

04/20/2026

04/19/2026

Saturday USC LA Times Book Fair 2026 Gail and Gronk

09/15/2025

Please join us this Saturday at 2pm at Beyond Baroque for a celebration of the life and poetry of Jan Wesley (1950-2025). There will be readings from her final collection, It Wasn't Always Like This, just published by What Books Press, and tributes to her lasting contributions to the Los Angeles poetry world.

03/26/2025

AWP in LA begins tomorrow. Come see us at Table #308. For tomorrow evening, we've put together a celebration+reading for authors from other notable small presses of LA. Join us!

03/07/2025

Tomorrow night, Friday the 7th, four What Books Press Poets (Paul Lieber, Sarah Maclay, Holaday Mason, and Mariano Zaro) will appear at the Village Well bookstore in Culver City. Please join us for an evening of outstanding poetry.

02/05/2025

Please join us this Saturday evening at Telescope Studios in downtown Los Angeles. As part of the Annual Ruskin Birthday Bash, What Books poet Lynne Thompson will be reading from her work, along with celebrated poet David St. John.

Feb 8 7:00 PM19:00 Annual Ruskin Birthday Bash [in person] Saturday, February 8, 2025 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30 Google Calendar ICS Location: Telescope Studio, 2125  Bay Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021Lynne Thompson was the Poet Laureate for the City of Los Angeles (21-22). Her most recent co...