So I’m thrilled to go to the LA Times Festival of Books this weekend, where I’ll get to see a bunch of friends I haven’t seen for a while and reconnect with some great authors. I’ve got a couple of things going. First of all, I have — in my editing-grooved, keyboard-calloused hands — the […]
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is coming up soon, on April 26 and 27th, so I’ve picked out some of my favorite people who will be there. And of course I will be around as well, scouting, listening, perusing and getting into all kinds of literary mischief. Some highlights from the attendees list: Lydia […]
Litblogs: Words Online Ron Hogan Andrew Keen Carolyn Kellogg Moderator: Tod Goldberg Overall, the conversation was disappointingly civil. No one screamed or tried to dismember anyone else (although Tod Goldberg did say that Carolyn Kellogg’s blood would be spilt) and Goldberg kept things light and funny (for a sample of his humor, look at the […]
I arrived far too early this morning (as in 7:30 in the bloody a.m.) at the Festival of Books because I was setting up the USC booth. This involved far too much box-slinging, which marred my lovely blue shirt with grease stains. So I changed to one of the USC shirts we were selling. A […]
Just bought my Festival of Books tickets from Ticketmaster (which was a painful chore – and they added a fee this year). Anyway, here’s what I’m going to see: On Saturday, I’m going to “First Novels” – mainly for Joshua Ferris and Marisha Pessl, then racing over to see a panel on “Jumping off the […]
The full list of authors slated for the Festival of Books is up on the LA Times website now. In addition to the authors I mentioned in the previous post (scroll down), here are some additional highlights: Chris Abani Gary Shteyngart Deborah Eisenberg Steve Erickson Aimee Bender Percival Everett Tara Ison Judith Freeman Janet Fitch […]
I’m gearing up for the LA Times Festival of Books, even though it’s still a month and a half away. Through a series of posts on this blog during that last weekend in April, I’ll be covering news, readings, reactions, buzz, landmark literary happenings, and anything else you’d like to know. If you’re going, stop […]
