Join My California contributors at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA. See you at the Angel City Press booth near Royce Hall. On Saturday: Aimee Liu, Edward Humes, Donna Wares, Deanne Stillman (11 a.m.-noon); D.J. Waldie (noon-1 p.m.); Veronique de Turenne, David Kipen (1-2 p.m.); Carolyn See (3-4 p.m.) On Sunday: T. Jefferson Parker (11 a.m.-noon); Veronique de Turenne (noon-1 p.m.); Patt Morrison (1-2 p.m.). The festival is a free event.
Plus, on May 9: Michael Chabon appears at the Los Angeles Public Library’s Aloud series and will be signing My California and his new book, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union. 7 p.m. at the Central Library, 630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles. Free event, but reservations required.
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