Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is a free, public festival celebrating the
Highlights
2020-21
Those festivals were held virtually caused by the COVID-19 pandemic before it returned to USC in 2022.
2019
The 2019 Los Angeles Times Festival was held from April 13 to 14 at the University of Southern California. Highlights included the L.A. Times Book Prize ceremony, where authors Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Francisco Cantu, and Rebecca Makkai won prizes. The spirit of the book festival was broadened and expanded through the L.A. Times Book Club, a new year-round and more intimate forum.[3]
2011
The annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books was held for the first time at the University of Southern California on Saturday and Sunday, April 30 and May 1. Some of the authors included Patti Smith, Jennifer Egan, Mary Higgins Clark, Nancy Temple Rodrigue, Nick Flynn, and Dave Eggers.
2010
The festival was held on April 24 and 25, with 450 announced authors, including
2009
The 2009 Festival of Books was held on Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and 26, 2009. More than 100 panel discussions and readings, with nearly 450 authors participating, were scheduled in the various classrooms on both days. Topics included "Mystery: A Dark and Stormy Night," "Young Adult Fiction: Problem Child," "Rock & A Hard Place: Security and American Ideals," "Poof! Our Evaporating Economy," "Fiction: Intimate Strangers," "Mystery: Cold Cases," "History: The Underbelly of California," and "The Soloist from Page to Screen."
Some of the authors and panelists scheduled for panel discussions were
Early history
Pre 2009
The festival was conceived during an American Booksellers Association event held at the LA Convention Center. Festival Co-Founders Narda Zacchino and Lisa Cleri Reale were discussing book festivals around the country. Zacchino stated that she had always wanted to launch a festival in Los Angeles. Cleri Reale responded, "Why don't we do it?" With a small allocation of funding from each of their departments, Zacchino and Cleri Reale moved forward with their plans. The initial Planning Committee was a small but passionate group of Times employees who worked on their time.
Until 2010, the festival was hosted at the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles; however, after University of California officials and event organizers disagreed on how to share expenses, particularly in light of the recent budget cuts to the UC system[citation needed] the festival was permanently moved to USC. The event has typically been held during the last week of April, though it has been moved to the first week to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Fiesta Broadway festival.
See also
Notes
- ^ KELLOGG, CAROLYN (April 24, 2009). "Authors, authors everywhere at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
- ^ "USC News - University of Southern California News".
- ^ web=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-fob-festival-of-books-author-interview-panel-recap-20190415-story.html%7C title=The Festival of Books has ended, but relive the fun with these highlights
- ^ Los Angeles Times Festival of Books