Vroman's Bookstore

Name: Vroman’s Bookstore: How to Write a Book: A Conversation with Jade Chang & Ann Friedman
Start: 2025-10-08T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-08T20:00:00-07:00
Location: Vroman’s Bookstore

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September 2025
September 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: D.J. Waldie discusses & signs Elements of Los Angeles: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

In Elements of Los Angeles: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, acclaimed essayist D.J. Waldie continues his singular meditation on Los Angeles: a place of contradictions, dreams, and disquiet. With uncommon clarity and emotional depth, Waldie considers Los Angeles as a place of both promise and disillusionment, of civic memory and strategic forgetting, of natural beauty and […]

Free
September 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: Chip Jacobs discusses & signs Later Days

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

In an evocative follow-up to his Los Angeles-Times bestselling Arroyo, Chip Jacobs returns with a gripping tale of brotherhood, recklessness, and last-ditch redemption against the backdrop of a Southern California prep school in gender upheaval. As the elite, all-boys institution transitions to coed, transforming the place from suburban Lord of the Flies to soap-operatic play, […]

FREE
September 19 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: TICKETED – Chris Colfer discusses & signs Roswell Johnson Saves the Galaxy!

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

Guardians of the Galaxy meets The Land of Stories in this sequel to Roswell Johnson Saves the World! Packed with humor, heart, and action, the second book in this adventure series will take middle grade readers on another epic journey, this time, to save the galaxy! Something very strange is happening in our galaxy. People, […]

$20
September 20 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: Ashlee Yates reads from & signs The Stink

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

Our life is perfect until one day a new smell enters our home, PEE EWW! This playful children's book follows an English Bulldog as he navigates life with his new very stinky baby sister. A heartwarming tale about home life changes shown through quirky illustrations and vivid language. Perfect for parents to read to their […]

FREE
September 20 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: Leslie Adame, in conversation with Tamika Burgess, presents & signs Chloe Vega and the Agents of Magic (Chloe Vega and the Agents of Magic #1)

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

A new Latinx middle grade fantasy debut where a secret magical academy, an evil sorcerer, and a powerful, coveted gem awaits one girl in her quest to reunite her family. Perfect for fans of Claribel A. Ortega and B. B. Alston! Twelve-year-old Chloe Vega's biggest fear is that her undocumented parents will be detained by […]

FREE
September 21 @ 2:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: An Afternoon with author & director Andrew Davis

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

The director of Holes, Under Siege, A Perfect Murder, and the Academy Award nominated hit The Fugitive joins us for a discussion about his films and his debut novel Disturbing the Bones, co-authored with Jeff Biggers, which features subjects & themes that reverberate throughout his filmography. Cover of Disturbing the Bones with a picture of […]

FREE
September 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: Robert Oventile and Contributors read from, discuss & sign The Canyon

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

Through poems and photos, The Canyon meditates on Eaton Canyon, a unique ecosystem nestled adjacent Pasadena and Altadena, California. In January 2025, the Eaton Fire devastated the canyon, along with parts of Altadena and Pasadena. The Canyon reflects on the resilience of this environment, recalling how its wildlife, plants, and terrain rebounded after the 1993 […]

FREE
September 27 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: Dr. Haleh Massey discusses & signs Say Something, Poupeh Babaee!: A Graphic Novel

Vroman's Bookstore

Poupeh needs to speak up for her parents at an embassy interview-the problem is that she's been rendered mute! Smile meets New Kid in this funny, heartwarming, poignant graphic novel about the toll immigrating to the United States takes on a kid's mental health. Poupeh Babaee is an Iranian girl sent to live with her […]

FREE
September 27 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s on Screen – Stephen Rebello, in conversation with Alonso Duralde, discusses & signs Criss-Cross: The Making of Hitchcock’s Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

For the very first time the tense and drama-filled story of the making Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train is revealed as author Stephen Rebello takes readers deep into the shadows and light of one of the most subversive, corrosively funny, and beloved suspense thriller masterworks. As entertaining as it is to watch Strangers on […]

Free
September 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: Joss Richard, in conversation with Elissa Sussman, discusses & signs It’s Different This Time

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

In this sweeping, second-chance romance, a twist of fate forces two former roommates back into their beloved New York City brownstone where they must confront the events that led to their estrangement--and the unresolved feelings lingering between them. Reeling from the cancellation of her hit TV show, June Wood has nothing left to lose when […]

FREE
September 30 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: Scott Campbell reads from & signs Cabin Head and Tree Head (Cabin Head and Tree Head, Book #1)

Vroman's Bookstore

"Hahahahahahahaha" --Jon Klassen, Caldecott medalist and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of THE SKULL "I laughed my head off!" --Ben Clanton, Eisner Award winner and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of NARWHAL AND JELLY HELLO, READER HEADS! Jump headfirst into the wonderfully off-the-wall world of renowned creator Scott Campbell, in this goofy, good-natured graphic novel […]

Free
October 2025
October 8 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: How to Write a Book: A Conversation with Jade Chang & Ann Friedman

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

To celebrate the launch of Jade Chang's new novel, What a Time to Be Alive, Jade and frequent collaborator Ann Friedman discuss one of their favorite topics... How to Write a Book! Together, Jade Chang and Ann Friedman (Big Friendship) are The Midwives of Invention (www.midwivesofinvention.com). They lead popular idea development workshops and retreats, and on […]

Free

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