POPUP! Bookfest is Glendale's first annual free literary event series presented by Glendale Arts in partnership with Writ Large Press, Friends of the Glendale Public Library, Abril Books, and the Glendale Transportation Center featuring multilingual readings and public writing, publishing, and zine-making workshops.

Night of Noir Reading + Q&A
Friday, 10/7 8-10p
Museum of Neon Art (MONA)

Featuring readings about the history of Noir in Glendale and the greater LA area with authors Steph Cha, Desiree Zamorano, Naomi Hirahara, Gary Phillips, and Tom Nolan.

PUBLISH! Workshop by Writ Large Press
Thursday, 10/11 8-10p
Abril Bookstore

PUBLISH! is WLP’s ongoing underground project publishing hundreds of writers from around the world through the use of typewriters, speech-to-text software, broadsides, Instagrams, and mathematical equations.

Our City is Multilingual, A Reading + Q&A
Friday, 10/21 8-10p
Glendale Central Library, Lot 10

Featuring multilingual readings by author Karineh Mahdessian along with Sophia Rivera, Angela Ian Penrendondo, Lilly Cabrera, Eliza Karagezian, and Amanda Wang.

Make-A-Zine Workshop & Historic Tour
Saturday, 10/29 2-4p
Glendale Transportation Center

Unleash your inner artist and learn how to produce, create, and publish your very own zine. Rhea Tepp of the LA Zine Fest will conclude the Bookfest with a step-by-step, informative workshop followed by a docent-led tour of the Historic Southern Pacific Train Station.

glendalearts.org/bookfest2016
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Glendale, LA and Dial-A-Ride Transit Info
Museum of Neon Art: Metro Routes 92, 183, 180/181/780, 201, and 603
Glendale Central Library: Metro Routes 92, 183, 180/181/780, 201, and 603
Abril Bookstore: Metro Routes 90/91, 183, 180/181/780, 201, and 603
Glendale Transportation Center: Glendale Beeline Routes 1 and 2, Metro Route 94/794 and Glendale Dial-A-Ride (for seniors and disabled).