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What They Said: The LA Times Festival of Books, 2018
Posted on April 7, 2019 | No Comments“This is the question of today. Can we write outside the color of our skin? Can we write outside of who we are?” – Holly Goldberg Sloan “Ask yourself, why […] -
What They Said: The 2017 LA Times Festival of Books
Posted on April 25, 2017 | No CommentsThis past year brought a cacophony of noise, with very little signal – which made this year’s LA Times festival of books even more of a joy than usual, and even dare I […] -
What They Said: The 2016 LA Times Festival of Books
Posted on April 17, 2016 | 1 CommentRain AND shine, the book lovers of Los Angeles showed up in droves once again (destroying two stereotypes in one go) for the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books – and […] -
A Snapshot of the 2014 LA Times Festival of Books
Posted on April 14, 2014 | 1 CommentLA might have yet to crack the top ten (or even top twenty) when it comes to ranking America’s most literate cities, but given the crowds that pour into USC […] -
Cassandra Clare and Harald Zwart talk City of Bones, the movie
Posted on April 23, 2013 | No CommentsAt the LA Times Festival of Books, Cassandra Clare and director Harald Zwart (who you may know as director of the Karate Kid remake) sat down to discuss the upcoming, […] -
What They Said: Author Bytes from the LA Times Book Fest
Posted on April 23, 2013 | No CommentsThe LA Times Festival of Books is a smorgasbord of panels, stages, signings, and generally more bookish conversation than any one book nerd can possibly hope to take in – […] -
Adam Gidwitz on tales dark and Grimm
Posted on October 31, 2012 | No CommentsBack at this year’s LA Times Festival of Books I was lucky enough to kidnap Adam Gidwitz and drag him away to a quiet-ish corner of the USC campus to chat […] -
What They Said: YA Author Bytes
Posted on April 25, 2012 | No CommentsThere comes a point, when you’re running around the LA Times Festival of Books, between panels and stages and booths and author signings, where everything you hear kind of melds […] -
Kendare Blake, from the LA Times Festival of Books
Posted on April 24, 2012 | 2 CommentsThe hilarious Kendare Blake graciously allowed me to whisk her away to a somewhat quiet corner of the USC campus during the LA Times Festival of Books to talk Anna, […] -
John Green, from the LA Times Festival of Books
Posted on April 23, 2012 | 2 CommentsWhen John Green (author of the much lauded, New York Times bestselling YA novel, The Fault in Our Stars) took the stage at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the auditorium […]