Feeling bookish this weekend?

The literary scene is fired up for the holiday with L.A. Zine Fest, the Release Series and a truthtelling session.

Memorial Day weekend is stacked with literary events in and around Los Angeles: a reading series launches in East Hollywood, the annual L.A. Zine Fest brings its DIY circus back to town and a daring variety show gets weird at Stories Books and Cafe. If you’re still going after the weekend, there’s more. Here are the best things to do this week in literary L.A.