Upcoming author events for January 2026
January 7, 2026
The following author events will take place online in January. The featured guest will appear in person unless otherwise noted. Click on the venue links for more information and for registration or access codes. Events pop up unpredictably, so return to your favorite venues during the month to see if anything new has surfaced.
- Saturday, Jan. 17, 2 p.m.: John McMahon, Inside Man
HUNTINGTON BEACH FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
- No programs scheduled
- Saturday, Jan. 24, 10 a.m.: Dave Putnam, Imogene’s Grand Fiasco
All events at Studio 14 in Old World Village, 7561 Center Ave, Huntington Beach
- Monday, Jan. 12, 6 p.m.: Amy Meyerson, The Water Lies (at the Los Alamitos-Roosmoor Library, 12700 Montecito Rd., Seal Beach)
- Thursday, Jan. 22, 10 a.m.: Marjorie McCown, Final Cut (at the Laguna Woods Library, 24266 El Toro Rd., Laguna Woods)
- Thursday, Jan. 22, 5 p.m.: Ruth Reichl (at the Laguna Hills Community Center, 25555 Alicia Pkwy., Laguna Hills)
- Saturday, Jan 24, 2:30 p.m.: Dion Leonard, Finding Gobi (at the Laguna Beach Library, 363 Glenneyre St., Laguna Beach)
- Wednesday, Jan. 28, 6 p.m.: Duff Goldman, Duff Bakes (at the Laguna Hills Community Center, 25555 Alicia Pkwy., Laguna Hills)
- Saturday, Jan. 10, 10 a.m.: Lauren Sapala, “Writers Who Can’t Write”; Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer, “Using Dictation to Draft” (virtual)
- Sisters in Crime L.A.: Sunday, Feb. 1, 2 p.m.: Rachel Howzell Hall, in conversation with Naomi Hirahara (at the Radford Studio Center, Studio City)
- Sisters in Crime OC: Sunday, Jan. 25, 3 p.m.: “2026 Crime Fiction Kickoff” (at Book Carnival)
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WRITERS ASSOCIATION
- Saturday, Jan. 17, 10 a.m.: TBD (in person at 19 Restaurant, 24122 Moulton Pkwy, Laguna Hills; $25-35)
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