Chevalier’s Books celebrates the launch of Vince Thompson’s The Lockup Period, a Silicon Valley thriller centered on Mario, a man trying to navigate startup ambition, professional betrayal, and the dangerous consequences of success. After an unfair record and a pizza-delivery job leave him on the margins, Mario is pulled into an AI startup where advisory […]
Journalist and author Sam Quinones presents Our Lady of the Angels, a photographic and cultural portrait of the Virgin of Guadalupe across Los Angeles. The project traces how her image has moved beyond churches and religious spaces into streets, storefronts, murals, and neighborhood walls, where she has become a powerful symbol of protection, identity, migration, […]
Author Amy Fusselman celebrates her new novel Cloud Six, a hilarious and moving story about a married couple who die in a plane crash and unexpectedly wake up in the lowest tier of heaven. Guided through a strange afterlife by a rabbit skeleton and confronted by a bizarre demon landlord, Mam and Bunko try to […]
Photographer Janna Ireland turns her lens toward the extraordinary legacy of architect Paul R. Williams, illuminating a career that reshaped Los Angeles through residences, churches, civic buildings, public housing, and glamorous homes designed for Hollywood figures. The conversation offers an intimate visual exploration of Williams’ artistry and the lasting influence of the first AIA-certified Black […]
Chevalier’s Books hosts author Elizabeth Winthrop for Conviction, an author event centered on literature, conversation, and the questions raised by a powerful new work. Set within Chevalier’s community-focused Larchmont Village bookstore, the evening offers readers the chance to engage with Winthrop’s storytelling, themes, and writing process in an intimate literary setting.
Chevalier’s Books hosts New York Times bestselling authors Mike Schur and Joe Posnanski for a warm and funny literary conversation. The event centers on their heartwarming exploration of fandom, travel, and the many things people love, from baseball, basketball, football, and futbol to chess, darts, pickleball, WWE, Taylor Swift, Star Wars, and more. It promises […]
Chevalier’s Books hosts Courtney Maum in conversation with bestselling author Rufi Thorpe for Alan Opts Out, a timely and comedic novel about ambition, consumerism, privilege, and personal reinvention. The story follows an ad executive who walks away from the machinery of capitalism after a career-defining failure, choosing instead to live off the land of his […]
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