Independent publisher Zando's highest-visibility imprints are its collabs with celebrities, which are part of its mission to change the institutional racism that has plagued American publishing from its start.
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 28, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
A mix of history, memoir and biography, this book reflects on how time, perspective and stories left unwritten can shape our view of the past.
Nonprofit PEN America canceled its annual awards ceremony honoring authors amid criticism of its response to the Israel-Hamas war.
At the L.A. Times Festival of Books, playwright and filmmaker David Mamet blames age, not his conservative politics or inflammatory statements, for his fall from grace.
The 29th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books returned to USC with a first-ever livestream of activities.
Winners at the 2024 L.A. Times Book Prizes included Ed Park for fiction, Ivy Pochoda for mystery/thriller and the pro-Palestinian commencement speaker whose name has become a rallying cry for free speech.
We chose our Ultimate Hollywood Bookshelf, and readers responded with the many, many titles we missed. Here are some of the best responses.
'Confessions of a Shopaholic' scribe Sophie Kinsella reveals she was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022. Since then she's had surgery, radiation and chemo.
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 21, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
When bereavement books didn't help Warren Kozak, he decided to write his own. Only after he was done did he realize that his book about loss was really a book about love.
Diana Goetsch spent months visiting red-state libraries to do presentations on the freedom to read. Would she be recognized, or clocked as transgender?
Salman Rushdie's new memoir, 'Knife,' hits shelves on Tuesday, nearly two years after Hadi Matar allegedly nearly killed him in a stabbing attack.
Caleb Carr discusses grief and dying a subjects that linger over his new nonfiction book, "My Beloved Monster," and now loom over what might be the final months of his life.
JosA(c) Vadi's "Chipped: Writing From a Skateboarder's Lens" is a granular but accessible look at the practice and subculture of the sport.
Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, the creators of HBO's 'The Sympathizer,' discuss how they adapted Viet Thanh Nguyen's 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
With the help of award-winning authors and distinguished speakers, De Los and L.A. Times en EspaA+-ol are bringing all things Latinidad to the Festival of Books.
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 14, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Novella-length essay 'Raising Kane' is ranked no. 40 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because it started a fight that forced everyone to take a side.
'You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again' ranks No. 31 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because it's the ultimate Icarus story, unflinchingly detailing its author's descent.
'Final Cut' ranks No. 18 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because it treats the saga of Michael Cimino's 1980 Western as an emblem of the era it brought to a close.
Simone Gorrindo's new memoir, 'The Wives,' details her 12 years as a military spouse and how she grappled with her new identity.
'Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies and Bucks' ranks No. 39 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because it wasn't just a taxonomy. It was a reclamation.
'Easy Riders, Raging Bulls' ranks No. 9 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because its juicy anecdotes also tell a story about craft. But that doesn't mean it's perfect.
We ranked the best Hollywood books of all time in advance of this year's Festival of Books. Now we want to hear about your favorites a including any we missed.
'Postcards From the Edge' is ranked no. 15 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because it proves Carrie Fisher wasn't just mining her own life in her caustic comic writing.
'Play It As It Lays' ranks No. 1 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because it speaks to today's Tinseltown as much as it did Didion's.
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 7, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Explore the mysteries of fictional and real worlds with four Los Angeles writers who pay homage to giants of the genre while creating stories that are irresistible in their own right.
Ashley Judd and Aloe Blacc promote a White House suicide prevention strategy, speaking candidly about the deaths of musicians Naomi Judd and Avicii.
A Los Angeles County initiative called Reaching the 95% aims to engage with more people than the fraction of Angelenos already getting addiction treatment.
Delta Burke explains why she moved back to Florida decades after being fired from 'Designing Women': The business was killing her and she 'didn't want to die in L.A.'
Taylor Swift's new 'The Tortured Poets Department' album draws inspiration from her own breakups. What attracts us to songs about failed relationships?
The call to ramp up accountability is the latest example of Newsom pointing at local governments for the failure to lessen homelessness, which has only worsened in his tenure.
'Confessions of a Shopaholic' scribe Sophie Kinsella reveals she was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022. Since then she's had surgery, radiation and chemo.
Kate Beckinsale wore a T-shirt emblazoned with 'Tummy Troubles Survivor,' an apparent reference to the mystery medical issue that hospitalized her in March.
When bereavement books didn't help Warren Kozak, he decided to write his own. Only after he was done did he realize that his book about loss was really a book about love.
Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett was hospitalized over the weekend after having an adverse reaction to medication he took for a bronchial infection.
Besties Vegan Paradise market's brand of veganism is infused with hip-hop, streetwear, tattoos and other youth culture
The California Department of Health has issued a public warning about a Vietnamese ointment after a Sacramento woman died of lead poisoning in March.
If you live in L.A., you spend so much time in your car that it becomes somewhere significant memories are made. It becomes a supporting character in your story.
Low homicide clearance rates help perpetuate gun violence. Legislation under consideration in Sacramento would help more families reopen cold cases.
In 'The Age of Magical Overthinking,' Amanda Montell observes how information overload and online culture has hijacked our brain's hard-wired vulnerabilities.
Months after Kaiser Permanente reached a sweeping agreement with state regulators to improve its mental health services, the healthcare giant is facing union allegations that patients could be improperly losing such care.
The weeklong festival offered diverse panels for creatives, comics, and writers along with packed comedy shows with mental health as its central theme on Friday.
Housing and homelessness are election issues of extreme importance to Californians. Here's where the major presidential candidates stand.
'If I could sound better, I would,' says the presidential candidate, who has spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological condition that affects his vocal cords.
'There are so many things wrong with this app that I don't even know where to begin,' one doctor said about Calmara, which says it can identify sexually transmitted infections from photos of penises.
Mavis Leno is battling 'advanced dementia' and 'sometimes does not know her husband, Jay [Leno], nor her date of birth,' her court-appointed attorney reported.
The Los Angeles County jail system needs a concerted effort to screen for and treat the blood-borne liver disease, which kills about 14,000 Americans a year.
In an effort to slow the proliferation of synthetic opioid-related deaths, California will begin offering free fentanyl-testing strips to eligible organizations across the state that ask for them, the state Department of Health Care Services announced Thursday.
Halle Berry says her doctor was convinced she had the 'worst case of herpes' he had ever seen when she described symptoms related to perimenopause.
Quick soups, simmering soups, you-can't-make-a-mistake soups. These are a home cook's easy way to cut back. You will not be bored or boring as a cook or an eater on this diet.
Every year a group of Dodgers fans rings in the start of baseball season in an especially Angeleno way: Decking themselves in all blue and hiking through Griffith Park's peaks.
Mifepristone has been used more than 5 million times in the U.S. since its FDA approval in 2000. The Supreme Court will weigh a challenge to expanding its access.
Researchers at UC Berkeley say a daily 20-second 'micropractice' can help reduce stress and improve mental health.
Kate Middleton emphasized the time she took to share her cancer diagnosis with her children. Here's how adults can speak to children about serious illnesses.
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