Ray Bradbury will discuss “The Future of Libraries and the Importance of Books” at an event in support of the beleaguered Long Beach Library. 2 pm, Saturday, September 6 in the Main Library Auditorium, 101 Pacific Avenue, Long Beach. [map]
Author Deanne Stillman, photographer Elissa Kline and wild horse conservationist Neda de Mayo will discuss “The [...]
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Someone to see: upcoming author events
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 [...]
Notebook: Smut, honors, anger, hope and business
Sunday in San Francisco: Dirty Words: Litquake’s Tribute to Smut, “a giddy homage to titillation and obscenity … a fundraiser starring a who’s who of Bay Area writers.” Details.
Congratulations to Heyday Books founder Malcolm Margolin on his San Francisco Foundation’s Community Leadership Award. From the Heyday newsletter: “The Helen Crocker Russell Award recognizes individuals and [...]
Going the extra (seven thousand) miles
Long Beach Librarian Susan Taylor had a hard time finding books in Khmer for the city’s growing Cambodian community, now estimated at 50,000 to 60,000. So Taylor went shopping this month — in Phnom Penh.
Eight boxes and 1,105 new Khmer books later — half of them for children — Taylor and (library [...]
More LB
Over at LaBloga, Daniel Olivas has a Q&A with Long Beach high school teacher Myriam Gurba, author of a new collection of short stories and a novella called Dahlia Season.
Grape Expectations
The Long Beach Public Library Foundation holds its annual fundraising extravaganza on Sunday, June 24. Tickets are still available, though you don’t have to attend to support this great cause. Check out the library foundation’s new online auction. Lotsa great goodies: Trips to London and Broadway and Cabo! Catered feasts great and small! Spa days! [...]
A January tradition
Deborah Schoch explores Long Beach’s popular Literary Women festival, which drew 720 readers to the Long Beach Convention Center this weekend. “You look up,” says attendee Megan Johnson, “and you see this overwhelming mass of women coming at you with piles of books.” Read more in the LAT.
Freedom writers
Some folks in Long Beach are peeved at their town’s portrayal in the new Hillary Swank movie based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them. From today’s LAT:
Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach is one of the [...]
Someone to see: upcoming author events
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 [...]
Notebook: Smut, honors, anger, hope and business
Sunday in San Francisco: Dirty Words: Litquake’s Tribute to Smut, “a giddy homage to titillation and obscenity … a fundraiser starring a who’s who of Bay Area writers.” Details.
Congratulations to Heyday Books founder Malcolm Margolin on his San Francisco Foundation’s Community Leadership Award. From the Heyday newsletter: “The Helen Crocker Russell Award recognizes individuals and [...]
Going the extra (seven thousand) miles
Long Beach Librarian Susan Taylor had a hard time finding books in Khmer for the city’s growing Cambodian community, now estimated at 50,000 to 60,000. So Taylor went shopping this month — in Phnom Penh.
Eight boxes and 1,105 new Khmer books later — half of them for children — Taylor and (library [...]
More LB
Over at LaBloga, Daniel Olivas has a Q&A with Long Beach high school teacher Myriam Gurba, author of a new collection of short stories and a novella called Dahlia Season.
Grape Expectations
The Long Beach Public Library Foundation holds its annual fundraising extravaganza on Sunday, June 24. Tickets are still available, though you don’t have to attend to support this great cause. Check out the library foundation’s new online auction. Lotsa great goodies: Trips to London and Broadway and Cabo! Catered feasts great and small! Spa days! [...]
A January tradition
Deborah Schoch explores Long Beach’s popular Literary Women festival, which drew 720 readers to the Long Beach Convention Center this weekend. “You look up,” says attendee Megan Johnson, “and you see this overwhelming mass of women coming at you with piles of books.” Read more in the LAT.
Freedom writers
Some folks in Long Beach are peeved at their town’s portrayal in the new Hillary Swank movie based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them. From today’s LAT:
Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach is one of the [...]
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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