Resources

We have compiled a list of resources for writers in Los Feliz/Los Angeles area, as well as event calendar.

Please email us at seeliterarypixie@gmail.com if you have a resource you’d like to share!

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Co-Working Writing Groups

Los Feliz

Shut Up and Write, Co-Working for Writers in Los Feliz (Website)

Weekly co-working writing session Wednesdays at Alcove on Hillhurst and Mondays at Sidewalk Grill

Greater Los Angeles

S.W.A.M.P (Instagram)

Weekly co-working writing group in Glassell Park.

B.A.A.D. Altadena (Instagram)

Co-working writing group in Altadena!

Bookstores

Los Feliz

Skylight Books (Website)

An amazing bookstore in Los Feliz that hosts free readings almost every night of the week open 10am to 10pm!

Greater Los Angeles

Stories Books and Cafe! (WEBSITE)

Cool bookstore and cafe (great vegan food and drinks!) open 9am to 9pm with free events.

Libraries

Los Feliz

Los Feliz Library

Our LAPL Branch is gorgeous (and Leonardo di Caprio’s childhood home). A quiet place to work with a nice outdoor spot, and a great place to use the toilet and refill your water bottle.

Philosophical Research Society (Website)

Enchanting library to do work in.

Greater Los Angeles

Heavy Manners Library (Website)

Fab art book and zine library in Echo Park

Book Clubs

Los Feliz

Coyotes Book Club at Skylight Books (Website)

A monthly book club at Skylight Books at 7:30pm every 4th Tuesday for fiction books. If you’d like to get on the listserv and receive book club updates, email bo@skylightbooks.com.

Rabbit Hole Reading Club at Skylight Books (Website)

A monthly book club at Skylight Books at 7:30pm every 3rd Thursday for non-fiction books. If you’d like to receive book club updates, email rene@skylightbooks.com.

Greater Los Angeles

Festivals

Los Feliz

Porchfest Los Angeles (Website)

Porchfest LA is a 100% free performance art festival that welcomes residents to turn their porches into performance spaces for members of the community. We welcome all kinds of performers – music, performance art, stand-up, story-telling, clowning, and more can all be found at Porchfest LA!

Los Feliz Film Festival (Website)

Our very own film festival that gathers the filmmakers of Los Feliz and more with an awards ceremony and screening.

Los Feliz Art and Mural Festival

Greater Los Angeles

Cultural Arts Venues

Los Feliz

Skylight Theatre (Website)

A local theatre on Vermont with performances and acting classes.

The Clubhouse (Instagram)

Comedy club in Los Feliz with loads of shows and classes.

WGIS (Website)

Comedy club with shows and classes

Barnsdall Art Gallery and Classes (Website)

An amazing art gallery with exhibitions and classes.

Greater Los Angeles

The Earl (Instagram)

Art gallery in Koreatown with lots of literary events!

Artists Lounge (Website | Instagram)

A welcoming creative venue where artists, educators, performers, entrepreneurs, and the community come together to create, celebrate, and connect with affordable, flexible studio rentals for classes, rehearsals, workshops, productions, meetings, private events, and content creation in Northridge!

Publishers

Los Feliz & Greater Los Angeles

Sunflower Station Press (Website)

A local indie press that publishes work that explores contemporary complexities. Written in the now. Writing for tomorrow.

Write Bloody (Website)

A poetry press located in Los Feliz.

Poet Laureates

Los Feliz

Los Feliz Poet Laureate (Website)

We are currently looking for our next Laureate!

Greater Los Angeles

Los Angeles Poet Laureate (Website)

West Hollywood Poet Laureate (Website)

Altadena Poet Laureate (Website)

Reading Series & Open Mics

Los Feliz

Joy Frequencies (Instagram)

Poetry show with live music. On haitus.

Greater Los Angeles

The Sunday Jump (Instagram)

Sunday Jump is a community arts organization at @pwcsc in LA’s Historic Filipinotown. Open mics are 1st Sundays, 5-7 pm, & more.

Triptych (Instagram)

reading series in los angeles, featuring 3 writers every final wednesday

MidCult (Instagram)

Literary Magazine in LA with launch party readings.

Perverse 4 Verse (Instagram)

Best Sapphic-Friendly open mic.

Perverse By Language (Instagram)

Monthly reading series at The Earl.

First Fridays at Senor Frog (Instagram)

Open mic with featured readers hosted by Los Angeles Poets Society.

Open Mic and Coffee (Instagram)

Open mic with features centered around a theme Sundays at Coffee Confessionals.

Santa Monica Poetry (Instagram)

First Fridays open mic with features at the Rapp Saloon in Santa Monica.