Photos: Speakers and authors at the 2025 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
As the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books kicked off Saturday across the sprawling campus at USC, the event once again became a magnet for…
What to do at the Festival of Books
Last week, we told you about some of the can’t-miss panels and events happening on Saturday, April 25. From a discussion on romance literature to…
Festival of Books 2025: A guide to the fest
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Honestly, for bibliophiles, is there a better weekend in spring than late April at the L.A. Times Festival…
Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel laureate, dies at 89
LIMA, Peru — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for decades, has died, his son said Sunday. He…
Going to Coachella? Read these books
Calling all bookworms! Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.I’m Meg. I write shut up and read, a book newsletter. I’m also on BookTok.It’s…
French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal sentenced to five years in prison | Courts News
Algeria’s jailing of writer for remarks on border with regional rival Morocco inflames tensions with France.Algeria has sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years…
The 10 best memoirs of 2020s: ‘Crying in H Mart,’ ‘In Love’ and more
Calling all bookworms! Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Calling all bookworms! Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Meg. I write…
Review: ‘Red Scare’ author lets the past teach us about the present
Book Review Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America By Clay RisenScribner: 480 pages, $31If you buy books linked on our site,…
Omar El Akkad didn’t think his memoir would ever be published
Calling all bookworms! Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.I’m Meg. I write “shut up and read,” a book newsletter. I’m also on BookTok.…
‘The Talent’ author on the chaotic Oscar season and writing fiction
On the Shelf The Talent By Daniel D’AddarioGallery/Scout Press: 336 pages, $29If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission…
‘Romantasy,’ cool girl and more: The internet’s favorite book genres
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Lincoln Had Nagging Reason to Succeed : History: Author says Mary Todd Lincoln made their home life so miserable that the future 16th President busied himself with politics just to get out of the house.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — His life with a nagging, potato- throwing wife may have helped propel Abraham Lincoln to the White House, according to a new psychobiography of…
Counterculture author Tom Robbins has died
Tom Robbins, a 1970s counterculture author hailed as “the most dangerous writer in the world” by a leading Italian critic and named one of the…
The Patreons, Substacks and BookToks every book lover should know
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BBC's Miss Austen taught me these surprising facts about the author
Miss Austen offers a fascinating look at Jane Austen Source link
10 promising books to add to your reading list in February
February arrives after a tough January for Los Angeles and its environs; if you haven’t been reading much, it’s understandable. Perhaps a few of the…
Inside Jane Austen's death and tragic last days of Pride and Prejudice author
This year marks the author's 250th birthday Source link
‘Emilia Pérez’ parody ‘Johanne Sacreblu’ goes viral
I’m here to champion a work of art that centers a transgender woman in the lead role, to make the case for thought-provoking cinema that…
Incredible Lake District town with cosy streets and link to famous author
Ready for a weekend of sweet nostalgia, good grub, and some stunning views? Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District really does have it all. Source link
Octavia E. Butler, Mike Davis and books to help us understand the fires
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. This week we take a look at…