West Hollywood Book Fair

AIDS.ORG

ALL DAY AIDS.org will launch their “AIDS Experience Project” at the Fair. AIDS.org will be collect, store and display individual expressions and thoughts in order to share the heart of the AIDS experience with the community. Stories will be collected at the booth in written, oral, visual arts, music, song and video form.

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

ALL DAY Write a “Civil Liberties Haiku” contest. Winners will be announced and given a prize. Also, guests will be challenged to write the next amendment to the Bill of Rights!

ARFRIEND

ALL DAY Meet Lexie, brilliant canine star of the “Kendra Ballantyne Pet-Sitter” Mystery Book Series, meet Spike the West Hollywood Safety Dog, see Doc Halligan demonstrate canine CPR techniques and bring your questions for “Ask the Vet.”

BAREFOOT BOOKS

“Sarah’s Barefoot Storytime” For Children: Selected Stories will be read aloud to children at 11AM, 2PM and 4PM.

BODHI TREE BOOKSTORE

ALL DAY What is your pet thinking? Does your pet have behavior problems? Find out why - FREE - with medium and pet psychic Karen Gonzales. She enjoys sharing messages from Spirit that provide a deeper understanding of the conscious mind of animals. Karen was a Director of Psychic Management for a California based psychic and astrology company, wrote an advice column Ask Karen, has appeared on radio and TV shows across the country, provides readings at many charitable events for animals, and travels throughout much of California to read for Petco customers. It is not necessary for your pet to be present at the reading. Karen can also read for pets who have passed away.

CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB–MID-WILSHIRE CHAPTER

ALL DAY Micro-flash Fiction Writing Contest! Prompts are provided and the winners will be acknowledged on the Club’s new local web site as part of California Writers Week.

C & C PRESS

ALL DAY Demonstrations of the production process for creating letterpress printed hand bound books with hand made paper.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES

ALL DAY “Sadako and the 1,000 Cranes”: Visitors can learn how to fold origami cranes, make one to keep, and contribute one to be sent to the Sadako Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan.

CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD ARTS & CRAFTS

ALL DAY West Hollywood will host arts and crafts projects for children using recycled materials.

DAEDALUS PUBLISHING / STOCKROOM.COM

ALL DAY Subject Yourself to Midori’s Erotic Secrets Confession Booth. www.planetmidori.com

DARK DELICACIES

ALL DAY Guests will be treated to the skills and talents of “Don the Balloon Man!”

DISTANT LANDS TRAVEL BOOKSTORE

ALL DAY Scrambled puzzle contest with winners participating in a special drawing.

DVORSKAYA ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL

ALL DAY Bookmark making activity for children.

GOLDEN APPLE COMICS

ALL DAY LIVE ART JAM SESSION!
Comic book artists will create and sell paintings LIVE all day as a dj plays.

HUNTLEY PRE-SCHOOL

ALL DAY Children can enjoy a lovely “Storytelling Corner” tucked away at the Fair.

INSANE DOMAIN PRODUCTIONS

ALL DAY Karoake contest for children.

JUNE L. MAZER LESBIAN ARCHIVES

1-3PM Tours of the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives located adjacent to West Hollywood Park

KOREH LA

ALL DAY Hosting a bean bag toss contest with give-aways!

LAWRITERSGROUP.COM

EVERY HOUR Guests will be lead in fun 5 minute writing exercises.

MACHINE PROJECT

ALL DAY TBA…it’s gonna be really cool!

MAIMONIDES ACADEMY

ALL DAY Creative arts and craft project for children.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN/ LOS ANGELES

ALL DAY Book mark art activity for children.

NOIR’AM PUBLISHING

11AM, 1PM & 3PM How To Write an Award-Winning Novel
An interactive writing exercise in which participants will learn the basic elements needed to develop a good story.

PACIFICA RADIO ARCHIVES

ALL DAY Hosting a “public listening station!”

PAWPRESS AND PAWPRINTS LITERACY PLUS

Ina Hillebrandt will read from “Pawprints,” your furry home companion…amazon.com bestseller, and from a new, pre-published work, “She Was the Kind of Woman Who Fell Down a Lot.”  Other readers are authors in Pawpress writing class books, the “Stories From The Heart” award winining series.  Louis Weinstein, Claudia Parker, Laurel Shapiro, Eleanor Howard, Moty Zahavi, Miss Charlotte and Chrystine Julian — reading from her recently released Pawpress book, “Sensual Spirit, poetry and thoughts from the place where body and soul meet.” For a list of specific times, please visit the booth.ALL DAY Hosting mini-writing workshops on memoirs for adults and seniors, and story writing and illustrating for kids. Pet owners are also invited to have Pawprints authors read to their pets.

SHANTELLE.NET PUBLISHING

ALL DAY Photo shoots and lessons on “how to speak with passion and power.”

SMART GALS PRODUCTIONS

ALL DAY The SMART GALS READING PRESERVE, an interactive “respite” booth designed by local artist Edith Abeyta. Guests will be invited to lounge on pillows decorated with literary quotations, and to simply relax in quiet and read.

SUMMERLAND PUBLISHING

ALL DAY Teaching informal bellydance and adult play activities.

SYBARITIC PRESS

10:00 – 5:00 How to Write a Query Letter/ Book Proposal
Aspiring authors are invited to look at sample queries and proposals and have theirs evaluated by the editors of Sybaritic Press. (Review of queries does not guarantee acceptance of submission).

UCLA EXTENSION WRITERS’ PROGRAM

ALL DAY Hosting a writing trivia contest and giving away free one-day courses as prizes.

VISIKID BOOKS

ALL DAY Free coloring and craft activities for children.
10:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm and @:30pm In booth book readings followed by signings.
11am-11:30 Theatrical production of a Visikid Book.
1:45pm/4:45pm Free Book Contest.

WEST HOLLYWOOD YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

ALL DAY Learn how you can positively impact the environment and win reusable prizes.

WILD CHILD PUBLISHING/FREYA’S BOWER/EPIC

10:30am, 11:30am, 1:15pm, 2:15pm, 3:15pm, 4:15pm and 5:15pm
“Discover the Wonderful World of Ebooks” Presentation

WORDTEASERS

ALL DAY Spin the wheel–take the WordTeaser challenge–with prizes! Children and adults alike will have fun with silly and provocative WordTeaser challenges such as: Make a sound you might hear in an aviary…or…tell about something that tickles your funny bone. After answering the challenge, spin the wheel and claim your WordTeaser prize!

WRITEGIRL

ALL DAY WriteGirl students will offer interactive word games and writing experiments.

WRITING PAD

ALL DAY Hosting interactive, improvisational writing exercises.

THE ZIMMER CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

ALL DAY Free interactive art project and all visitors will receive free museum passes.