Group Reading: MOTHER DOLL Paperback Launch Celebration

Sunny's Bookshop - Located inside our floral shop Shades of Petals (Tarzana, CA)

Join us in celebration of Katya Apekina's paperback release MOTHER DOLL as Lisa Locascio Nighthawk, Melissa Broder, and Emma Specter join Katya for a special group reading!

ABOUT KATYA APEKINA

Katya Apekina is a novelist, screenwriter and translator. Her new novel, Mother Doll, was named a Best Book of 2024 by Vogue. Her debut, The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish, was named a Best Book of 2018 by Kirkus, Buzzfeed and others and was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. Katya translated poetry and prose from Russian for Night Wraps the Sky: Writings by and about Mayakovsky (FSG, 2008), short-listed for the Best Translated Book Award. She has done residencies at VCCA, Ucross, Art Omi, Jan Michalski Foundation, and Playa, and received an Elizabeth George grant. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, daughter and dog.

ABOUT LISA LOCASCIO NIGHTHAWK

Lisa Locascio Nighthawk is the chair of the Antioch MFA in Creative Writing and the executive director of the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference. Her novel was published by Grove Atlantic in 2018. She writes a newsletter called Not Knowing How.

ABOUT MELISSA BRODER

Melissa Broder is the author of the novels DEATH VALLEY, MILK FED, and THE PISCES, the essay collection SO SAD TODAY, and five poetry collections, including SUPERDOOM: Selected Poems and LAST SEXT. Her books are translated in over ten languages. She lives in Los Angeles.

ABOUT EMMA SPECTER

Emma Specter (she/they) is an author and journalist living in Los Angeles. Emma currently works as the culture writer at Vogue, where she covers film, TV, books, politics, news, and (almost) anything queer; they have previously worked at GARAGE and LAist and have freelanced for outlets including The Hairpin, Bon Appétit, them, Hollywood Reporter, and more. Her first book, More Please: On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing and the Lust for ‘Enough’, is out now from HarperCollins, and she lives in Los Angeles. In her spare time, she shops for vintage purses and bakes a lot of bagels.

Event Venue

18604 Ventura Blvd, 18604 Ventura Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States