LITLIT: The Little Literary Fair

Schedule

Fri, 05 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Sun, 07 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm

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Location

Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) | Los Angeles, CA

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LITLIT is a free two-day festival celebrating West Coast literary culture and independent presses and magazines.
About this Event

Hosted by the Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB), LITLIT will return in June 2026 for two full days of access to over 50 West Coast presses and literary organizations, as well as panel discussions and workshops. Join us June 6 - 7 at SCI-Arc in the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles.


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Vendors


Abba Zaba Books| A Good Used Book| ‍Afterword Books| Angel City Press at Los Angeles Public Library| Antiphony: A Journal & Press| Apus Literature| Artbook Bookstore| Atelier Éditions| Bathers Library| Beyond Baroque| Colour Bloc Creativ| Con Todo Press| David Kordansky| David Zwirner Books| DoppelHouse Press | Double Negative| Errant Press| Future Tense Books| Great Oak Press|‍ ‍Hat & Beard Press| Heavy Manners Library| Hesse Press| Hexentexte| Heyday| Hinchas Press| Hyldyr| Inlandia Institute| Insert Press| Inventory Press| ITNA| Kaya Press| Los Angeles Review of Architecture | Luhz Press | Magra Books | Martian Press | Material Editions | New Ritual Press | Paper Chase Press | Para Lllevar Magazine | Pelekinesis | Semiotext(e) | Slant’d | Sming Sming Books | The Lit Club | The Pop-Hop| The Wax Paper | Two Lines Press | Type Eighteen Books | Wave Books | What Books Press | Write Bloody Publishing | X Artists’ Books | You Have Friends | Zocalo Public Square


LITLIT welcomes vendors from up and down the coast. From presses to magazines to literary organizations, LITLIT highlights emerging and established literary work. Shop, browse, and get to know the world of publishing from all over the West Coast.


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Join us throughout the weekend for panels and workshops covering the literary arts and important cultural conversations.

Check out past line-ups to get a sense of what's to come! Official programs calendar to be announced soon.

This year's programs are supported by the DCA, UCLA Digital Humanities, and the Los Angeles Breakfast Club.




LITLIT Preview and Launch Party

Get a sneak peak of the festival and celebrate the launch of of LARB Quarterly, Issue no. 49: Traffic. Join us on Friday, June 5 from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m, for for an intimate preview of the amazing presses and literary organizations, food, drinks, and music.


Tickets are $15 for non-members and include a copy of our latest issue, Traffic. Members get in for free.


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About the Los Angeles Review of Books


The Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) is a non-profit literary magazine covering culture, politics, and the arts. Considered a “pillar of West Coast literary culture with national impact,” LARB publishes reviews, essays, and interviews online every day, as well as a quarterly print journal, which also features original fiction, poetry, and art. As an extension of LARB's editorial vision, LARB promotes cultural conversation and education through our public and educational programs, with events, workshops, and festivals like LITLIT. Founded in 2011, LARB is celebrating it's 15th year, thanks to our readers, donors, and members.


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About our hosts, SCI-Arc


Located in Los Angeles' Arts District, SCI-Arc (the Southern California Institute of Architecture) is a world-renowned center of innovation and one of the nation’s few independent architecture schools. Across undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate programs, SCI-Arc teaches architects to engage, speculate, and innovate; to take the lead in reimagining the limits of architecture.

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Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), 960 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, United States

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