Essay To mark the upcoming 2020 Neustadt Lit Fest and the announcement of the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature, here is an excerpt featuring the children’s and young adult books selection from 100 Essential Books by Iranian Writers,... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-09-30 13:21:42 UTC ]
L.A. poet laureate Robin Coste Lewis and other poets share experiences and verse with L.A. Times Book Club readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-09-24 20:18:48 UTC ]
L.A. poet laureate Robin Coste Lewis joins the L.A. Times Book Club Sept. 24 for Black Poets in a Time of Unrest, an evening of discussion and poetry performances. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-09-17 20:34:53 UTC ]
Congratulations to Ethan Hawke, star of my favorite film (Gattaca) and arguably the most bookish man in Hollywood, who has, with today’s inclusion in the (web) pages of the New York Times Book Review, completed his Literary World Bingo Card! What is the Literary World Bingo Card you ask? Well,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-01 18:45:05 UTC ]
Brit Bennett brings her bestselling novel, "The Vanishing Half," to L.A. Times Book Club readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-08-25 22:33:56 UTC ]
The 40th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced today on Twitter. The prizes are given in 12 categories, and titles from Penguin Random House took home six. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Journalist Bonnie Tsui, author of "Why We Swim," joins the L.A. Times Book Club for a July 28 virtual meetup. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-07-01 14:00:34 UTC ]
"The Compton Cowboys" author Walter Thompson-Hernández joins the Los Angeles Times Book Club for a virtual meetup. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-06-25 00:57:14 UTC ]
Summer reading: Author Walter Thompson-Hernández joins Times readers June 24 to discuss the legacy of "The Compton Cowboys." Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-05-21 14:00:06 UTC ]
Emily St. John Mandel, author of the pandemic bestseller "Station Eleven," discusses her novels with the L.A. Times Book Club. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-05-19 23:03:32 UTC ]
Family! Secrets! Revealed! Watch Mira Jacob be interviewed by her son, then stick around and make a comic. * Mira Jacob is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Good Talk and The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing. Her recent work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Vogue,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-26 21:15:34 UTC ]
Emily St. John Mandel chronicles a global pandemic and financial crisis in her novels, 'Station Eleven' and 'The Glass Hotel.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-23 22:16:10 UTC ]
'Always Home' author Fanny Singer worries more about running out of garlic than toilet paper. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-22 22:32:48 UTC ]
This is the 40th year of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (which celebrates excellence in the following twelve categories as well as champions new writers), but it is the first time the winners were announced on Twitter. You can feel like you’re a part of the virtual celebration with this video... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-17 18:00:36 UTC ]
The 14 Times book prize winners, including Steph Cha, Namwali Serpell, Marlon James and George Packer, were honored in a virtual ceremony on Twitter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 15:53:24 UTC ]
The author of "The Topeka School," winner of the 2019 Times Book Prize for fiction, speaks on poetry, debate, citizenship and crisis homeschooling. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 15:30:20 UTC ]
Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, winner of the Times Book Prize in history, spent a decade on "They Were Her Property," about women slave owners. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 15:26:32 UTC ]
Malla Nunn's "When The Ground is Hard," winner of the 2019 Times Book Prize for young-adult literature, revisits South Africa's toughest years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 15:25:14 UTC ]
As the country shelters in place during the COVID-19 crisis, the Los Angeles Times unveiled the winners of its 40th Annual Book Prizes on Twitter this morning, among them Marlon James, Ilya Kaminsky, and Ben Lerner. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Winners of the L.A. Times Book Prizes will be announced in a special, virtual Twitter ceremony this year because of the global health crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-09 17:53:22 UTC ]