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Summer and Fall 2013 U.S. Book Fairs & Festivals

Book Festivals

This Summer and Fall you should be able to find a local book fair or festival to attend from our list below, or plan to attend one while vacationing. They’re free (unless otherwise noted) and they’ve got something for all ages to enjoy! BTW: If you know of a festival we forgot, please let us [...]

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2012 LA Times Festival of Books YA Author Panel: The Fearful & The Fantastic

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2012 LA Times Festival of Books

Suzy Beal wrote this panel article. She also contributes book reviews to PopcornReads.com from time to time. A sunny afternoon on the pleasant, grassy campus of USC was an unlikely setting for The Fearful & The Fantastic, a Young Adult Fiction author panel during the recent 2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Behind their [...]

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2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Fiction Panel: Bump in the Night

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2012 LA Times Festival of Books

How could anyone resist a fiction author’s panel at the Los Angeles Festival of Books titled “Bump in the Night”? I certainly couldn’t but I was very glad it was taking place during broad daylight since all of my friends know I’m a wuss at heart. No way would I go to a panel like [...]

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2012 Los Angeles Festival of Books Fiction Panel: World Building

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2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

I was delighted to see that the 2012 LA Times Festival of Books was offering an author panel discussion on world building. World building is the process of creating an imaginary world, and is something all fiction authors do to one extent or another. For reality-based fiction, that world is already fairly well defined by [...]

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2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books History: War & Remembrance

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LA Times Festival of Books

This 2012 LA Times Festival of Books session consisted of an author panel discussion about historical non-fiction, with an emphasis on war. (To order any books that interest you, simply click on the book cover.) Moderator: Diane Smith is a historian and the author of two award-winning novels, Letters from Yellowstone and Pictures from an [...]

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2012 Los Angeles Time Festival of Books: A Conversation with Anne Rice

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Anne Rice

One of the hardest things for me about the LA Times Festival of Books is having so many excellent sessions to choose from but only so many hours in the day. After sitting through panel sessions on one end of the USC campus, I raced all the way across campus to Bovard Auditorium to catch [...]

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