Why we’re starting a book club
5 years, 8 months ago

Why we’re starting a book club

LA Times  

Jason Ham and Baily Pham enjoy reading together during the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC on April 22, 2018. And we know — from 24 years of experience with the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books — that Southern Californians love to talk about what they’re reading. We’re getting ready to launch the Los Angeles Times Book Club, just in time for summer reading. The new Los Angeles Times Book Club is part of the Times’ broader efforts to revitalize coverage of books and ideas with a decidedly Southern California focus. I’m the lucky editor who gets to jump-start our new book club and celebrate the power of storytelling and community engagement that comes with a “common read.” I first experienced the wonder such events can inspire in 2004 when I edited “My California,” an anthology featuring work by 27 of the state’s most talented novelists, nonfiction authors, poets and journalists.

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The beauty and the chaos: Inside the ever-changing L.A. Library
1 year, 4 months ago

The beauty and the chaos: Inside the ever-changing L.A. Library

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Downtown’s Central Library is a landmark and the subject of Susan Orlean’s 2019 nonfiction bestseller, “The Library Book,” our first community book club selection. One can see both the beauty and strain of that.” “It’s both a sanctuary of the world’s knowledge and a canvas of the nation’s failings.” …

Walter Isaacson brings ‘Elon Musk’ to book club this fall
1 year, 5 months ago

Walter Isaacson brings ‘Elon Musk’ to book club this fall

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. On Oct. 1 Isaacson joins L.A. Times Book Club readers for an in-person conversation about his new work, “Elon Musk.” The biography, hitting bookstores Sept. 12, chronicles the life and “lasting psychological scars” of the innovator who brought us Tesla, SpaceX, Paypal and who turned his latest acquisition, Twitter, …

Memorable moments from the L.A. Times’ Book Club’s first 4 years
1 year, 7 months ago

Memorable moments from the L.A. Times’ Book Club’s first 4 years

LA Times  

In a time of division, the L.A. Times Book Club does something extraordinary: We bring Los Angeles together. Then the pandemic hit, but Los Angeles kept on reading, as our book club moved from in-person events to virtual meet ups that drew thousands of readers every month. It all began on June 25, 2019, when the L.A. Times Book Club …

Book club: New stories from Pico Iyer, Maggie Shipstead, Ibram X. Kendi
2 years, 8 months ago

Book club: New stories from Pico Iyer, Maggie Shipstead, Ibram X. Kendi

LA Times  

“Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us,” edited by Colleen Kinder, and “How to Raise an Antiracist,” by Ibram X. Kendi. That’s the genesis of our May book club selection, “Letter to a Stranger,” a new collection that features 65 writers exploring fleeting encounters that changed their lives forever. On May 26, Kinder and Iyer, along …

Book Club: Favorite literary escapes of 2021
3 years ago

Book Club: Favorite literary escapes of 2021

LA Times  

Onstage, Ron, left, and Clint Howard discuss their memoir “The Boys” at the L.A. Times Book Club at L.A. Live’s Rooftop Terrace in October. “So many people said, ‘I want a book that is smart and funny and isn’t going to crush me at the end,’” Patchett said during December’s book club night, discussing her essay collection “These Precious Days.” …

Billie Jean King brings ‘All In’ to the L.A. Times Book Club
3 years, 5 months ago

Billie Jean King brings ‘All In’ to the L.A. Times Book Club

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. A limited number of autographed copies of “All In” with a Los Angeles Times Book Club tote will be available for book club readers. And there you are, two hours later, talking about anything.” Garcia’s father was Colombian-born novelist Gabriel García Márquez, author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” …

Inside the Nerdy, Creative World of Bookstagram
55 years ago

Inside the Nerdy, Creative World of Bookstagram

Slate  

On this week’s episode of Working, Rumaan Alam spoke with Jordan Moblo, the creator of the Instagram account Jordy’s Book Club, where he posts book reviews, giveaways, and conversations about new books. I’ve always let the book dictate what the post looks like, depending on the cover. And I thought, I’ll do “Jordy’s Book Club.” I didn’t even use my …

How to watch: The L.A. Times Festival of Books kicks off this weekend
4 years, 2 months ago

How to watch: The L.A. Times Festival of Books kicks off this weekend

LA Times  

Book lovers gather at a previous year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. This year’s celebration of the written word will begin Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. with the help of L.A. Times columnist Patt Morrison, introducing the fest with USC’s President Dr. Carol L. Folt and Times President and Chief Operating Officer Chris Argentieri, featuring the USC Trojan Marching …

Watch: ‘Why We Swim’ live chat with Bonnie Tsui and Lynne Cox
4 years, 5 months ago

Watch: ‘Why We Swim’ live chat with Bonnie Tsui and Lynne Cox

LA Times  

Watch Bonnie Tsui, author of “Why We Swim,” in conversation with reporter James Rainey at the Los Angeles Times Book Club’s virtual meetup at 7 p.m. July 28. Long-distance swimmer Lynne Cox, author of “Swimming to Antarctica,” also will join the book talk, which will be livestreamed on the L.A. Times Facebook page. Isn’t it wonderful to be able to …

Book Club newsletter: ‘Station Eleven’ finds art in apocalypse
4 years, 8 months ago

Book Club newsletter: ‘Station Eleven’ finds art in apocalypse

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. It’s happened before, and it’ll happen again.” Mandel will join the Los Angeles Times Book Club on May 19 to discuss “Station Eleven” as well as her new novel, “The Glass Hotel,” which revolves around another issue of great current concern — a financial crisis. She will be in …

What to do in quarantine: Watch L.A. Times live book club Q&A
4 years, 9 months ago

What to do in quarantine: Watch L.A. Times live book club Q&A

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Times Book Club is rebooting with its first virtual meetup on March 30 with authors Steph Cha and Joe Ide. From The Times review: “‘Your House Will Pay’ is a dramatic page-turner from Cha, a Korean American novelist who has written three previous novels.” Ide’s new mystery is “Hi Five,” the fourth book in his edgy “IQ” …

Sign up for the Los Angeles Times Book Club
55 years ago

Sign up for the Los Angeles Times Book Club

LA Times  

On Sept. 24 the L.A. Times Book Club hosted Black Poets in a Time of Unrest, featuring National Book Award winner Robin Coste Lewis, the Los Angeles poet laureate, in conversation with reporter Makeda Easter. Emily St. John Mandel, author of the bestselling pandemic novel “Station Eleven,” joined the Los Angeles Times Book Club on May 19. × Writer Fanny …

L.A.’s most bizarre night? Strange talent show for fire-ravaged library brought the city together
5 years, 6 months ago

L.A.’s most bizarre night? Strange talent show for fire-ravaged library brought the city together

LA Times  

L.A. knows how to put on a variety show. The telethon brought together L.A. politicians, titans of business, actors, artists and an eccentric televangelist who served as ringleader in a desperate quest to raise money to benefit the Los Angeles Central Library. Susan Orlean chronicles the devastating fire and devotes a chapter to the telethon in “The Library Book,” which …

Los Angeles Times Book Club reads ‘The Library Book’
5 years, 7 months ago

Los Angeles Times Book Club reads ‘The Library Book’

LA Times  

Just in time for summer reading, the Los Angeles Times Book Club has chosen “The Library Book” as our first community read and will host a June 25 forum with bestselling author Susan Orlean. Sign up for the Los Angeles Times Book Club » “They formed a human chain, passing the books hand over hand from one person to the …

Book Club: Our first pick is ‘The Library Book’
5 years, 7 months ago

Book Club: Our first pick is ‘The Library Book’

LA Times  

L.A. Times Today airs Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Spectrum News 1. Just in time for summer reading, “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean is our first book club selection and community read. Susan Orlean inside the L.A. Public Library, left, and her bestseller “The Library Book.” The author also brings to life legendary characters …

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