Litquake, San Francisco’s freewheeling storytelling festival, opens on Friday. The San Francisco Chronicle previews.
Michael Pollan is the Diesel Books choice for “Author of the Month.”
Kevin Roderick shares a slice of Sunday’s West Hollywood Book Fair on video.
Ayelet Waldman wraps up her Books for Barack campaign, $68,000 later.
Susan Paterno triumphs against Santa [...]
Stories in Activism:
Litquake & a few notes from the fall bookscape
Authors rally for Obama
A few weeks ago Ayelet Waldman emailed a few writer friends and asked them to donate signed books for a Barack Obama fundraiser hosted by Bay Area chef Alice Waters on Sept. 26. “Well, the thing went completely viral,” Ayelet writes at her blog. “I have hundreds of books in my living room…. I’ve [...]
Bradbury: Is Long Beach at war with books?
Ray Bradbury writes in the Press-Telegram:
A few weeks ago I was in your city to mourn the pending forced closure of Acres of Books. Since 1934 this unique cultural heritage landmark bookstore has been a destination for book lovers from around the world with its inventory of over 1 million books. The current city leadership [...]
Face number one in anti-government-spying video
People for the American Way included Kate and Val Cohen’s protest photos in their new video against illegal domestic spying by our government. Check it out! Then sign the petition against telco immunity today.
Pink Power
California author Gayle Brandeis in on the national staff of the grassroots organization CODEPINK: Women for Peace. She sends word about the group’s latest campaign:
This month, we’re asking people to pledge to do a simple action each week to prevent war with Iran (this week, we’re downloading pendants
featuring photos of Iranian children to remind others [...]
Saving Bukowski’s Bungalow, part II
The Esotouric newsletter brings an update on efforts to save the author’s former LA home. “The Bukowski preservation hearing is Thursday morning at 10am, and your presence or emails of support are most welcome.”
The Bukowski blog has all of the details.
Saving Bukowski’s Bungalow
The little bungalow where Charles Bukowski lived at 5124 De Longpre Avenue in East Hollywood is vacant now. The current owner put the property up for sale, posting an ad at Craigslist: “You can easily tear down the old building and do new construction!”
The owner, though, never reckoned that the author’s fans would [...]
Litquake & a few notes from the fall bookscape
Authors rally for Obama
A few weeks ago Ayelet Waldman emailed a few writer friends and asked them to donate signed books for a Barack Obama fundraiser hosted by Bay Area chef Alice Waters on Sept. 26. “Well, the thing went completely viral,” Ayelet writes at her blog. “I have hundreds of books in my living room…. I’ve [...]
Bradbury: Is Long Beach at war with books?
Ray Bradbury writes in the Press-Telegram:
A few weeks ago I was in your city to mourn the pending forced closure of Acres of Books. Since 1934 this unique cultural heritage landmark bookstore has been a destination for book lovers from around the world with its inventory of over 1 million books. The current city leadership [...]
Face number one in anti-government-spying video
People for the American Way included Kate and Val Cohen’s protest photos in their new video against illegal domestic spying by our government. Check it out! Then sign the petition against telco immunity today.
Pink Power
California author Gayle Brandeis in on the national staff of the grassroots organization CODEPINK: Women for Peace. She sends word about the group’s latest campaign:
This month, we’re asking people to pledge to do a simple action each week to prevent war with Iran (this week, we’re downloading pendants
featuring photos of Iranian children to remind others [...]
Saving Bukowski’s Bungalow, part II
The Esotouric newsletter brings an update on efforts to save the author’s former LA home. “The Bukowski preservation hearing is Thursday morning at 10am, and your presence or emails of support are most welcome.”
The Bukowski blog has all of the details.
Saving Bukowski’s Bungalow
The little bungalow where Charles Bukowski lived at 5124 De Longpre Avenue in East Hollywood is vacant now. The current owner put the property up for sale, posting an ad at Craigslist: “You can easily tear down the old building and do new construction!”
The owner, though, never reckoned that the author’s fans would [...]
Meet the authors of the California Authors Directory. Visit the directory to discover writers like Christina Meldrum, a Bay Area attorney whose book Madapple was just released this month. “In debut novelist Christina Meldrum's mesmerizing literary mystery, 
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