Friday, February 3, 2017

Announcing 1st Annual Lambda LitFest Los Angeles

Lambda Literary announces the first annual Lambda LitFest Los Angeles, a week-long Los Angeles county wide festival featuring readings, workshops, pop-up events, entertainment and timely discussions about LGBTQ literature and publishing from March 6 --- 12, 2017.

The LitFest culminates in a full weekend of literary happenings. Saturday, March 11features a day of thought provoking panel discussions covering issues critical to LGBTQ readers and writers at Barnsdall Gallery Theater in Hollywood, concluding with UnCabaret, an evening of queer comedy. Sunday, March 12 is a day of pop-up events across Los Angeles followed by the LitFest closing party hosted at Akbar in Silver Lake.

LitFest goers will experience a stellar week of LGBTQ community curated literary programming including workshops, conversations, pop-up readings, panel discussions, performance, and parties celebrating the breadth and diversity of queer literary LA in over a dozen venues in nearly every corner of Los Angeles County.

"Lambda LitFest not only showcases the incredible literary talent of queer LA and California," said Tony Valenzuela, Executive Director. "it does so at a time when it's critically important for LGBTQ readers and writers to come together to build stronger literary and publishing communities to face the uncertainty that lies ahead. Freedom of expression, queer rights and social justice persevere when we create spaces for the free flow of ideas and then organize to demand the change we need."

Click here for the full schedule and more information about the March 6-12 events, including the week's capstone event on Saturday, March 11th at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood.