Nikole Hannah-Jones talks about power, privilege and 'The 1619 Project' in advance of her L.A. Times Book Club visit. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-11-14 14:00:54 UTC ]
The New York Times Book Review first appeared on Oct. 10, 1896, but its roots can be traced back to its very first issue of The Times on Sept. 18, 1851. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-22 11:33:55 UTC ]
The best-seller lists as we know them today have their roots in the Aug. 9, 1942, issue — but the Book Review has been tracking sales for much longer than that. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-21 14:55:10 UTC ]
On Oct. 25, join The New York Times Book Review and special guests for performances of favorite letters and reviews from the archives, trivia and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-07 16:09:57 UTC ]
Some of today’s best-loved books — think “Catch-22,” “Tender Is the Night” and even “Anne of Green Gables” — had a rocky reception in our pages. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-09-29 09:00:26 UTC ]
Long Beach native Billie Jean King shares her new memoir, 'All In,' with L.A. Times Book Club readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-08-24 20:24:43 UTC ]
Filmmaker Rodrigo Garcia brings his memoir about his father, Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, and mother, Mercedes Barcha, to the L.A. Times Book Club. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-07-29 20:18:15 UTC ]
"Razorblade Tears," S.A. Cosby's follow-up to the Times Book Prize-winning "Blacktop Wasteland," follows two men hunting the killers of their gay sons. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-07-06 13:00:10 UTC ]
Michele Harper brings the 'The Beauty in Breaking' to the L.A. Times Book Club. Watch it live. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-06-29 20:46:32 UTC ]
National Book Award winner Charles Yu discusses 'Interior Chinatown' with Times film critic Justin Chang at the L.A. Times Book Club Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-05-27 20:58:15 UTC ]
Charles Yu, the National Book Award-winning author of 'Interior Chinatown,' joins the L.A. Times Book Club in a chat with film critic Justin Chang. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-05-19 14:00:51 UTC ]
Former President Barack Obama and filmmaker Ava DuVernay discuss "A Promised Land" at the L.A. Times Community Book Club. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-21 21:09:15 UTC ]
The 41st annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were awarded in a livestreamed virtual ceremony last Friday. The awards are presented in 12 categories; 56 books were shortlisted overall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
At a Times Book Festival panel on Black YA fiction, Dean Atta, Morgan Parker, Yusef Salaam and Ibi Zoboi discussed stories of teens making it through. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-18 01:13:11 UTC ]
Deesha Philyaw, Victoria Chang and Isabel Wilkerson are among the winners of the 2020 L.A. Times Book Prizes, announced Friday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-17 01:06:54 UTC ]
The 26th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is going virtual again this year. The event kicks off April 17 at 10 a.m. Here's how to watch. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-16 12:00:30 UTC ]
Times Book Prize finalists Rachel Howzell Hall, Ivy Pochoda, S.A. Crosby, Jennifer Hillier and Christopher Bollen talk about race, place and genre. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-09 14:25:05 UTC ]
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, author of the story collection "Likes," a finalist for the Times Book Prize in fiction, talks about her destabilizing work. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-08 13:30:24 UTC ]
Deesha Philyaw talks about the long gestation of her collection 'The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,' a Times Book Prize finalist for first fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-06 16:30:19 UTC ]
After her parents fell ill, Victoria Chang, finalist for a Times Book Prize, wrote 'Obit,' poems styled as obituaries of loved ones — and herself. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-06 14:00:08 UTC ]