LA Time Festival of Books
I’m more than a little excited about attending the Festival of Books this year. See the last time we went to the Festival of Books was in 2002. We had big plans on going in 2003, but Ilia was born the first day of the event and I spent the weekend in the hospital. Every year after that, it was either not looking forward to pushing a stroller on the grass, morning sickness or just too damn hot. Ilia is tickled that the festival starts on her birthday and she’s excited about seeing Julie Andrews, though we’re not going that day.
Contrary to popular belief, Los Angeles is home to a lot of readers. Attendance is always high and it’s so much fun meeting people who can give you new tips on authors or books to check out. Many of the booths have authors there signing their books and you can chat with them if the line’s not too long. Sadly, this past year has seen the passing of several LA bookstores. Their presence at the Festival will be missed. It will be odd not to see their booths at the Festival.
There are several panels and speakers this year, but not that many or appealing to me so I’m only attending one this year (got my ticket!). Check the link above for panels that will interest you. You can also see what exhibitors will be there and which authors will be signing their books.
Hope to see you there!
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April 25th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Ahhhhhh, The Festival of Books - My-Christmas-Halloween-Easter-Thanksgiving-all rolled into one-MY FAVORITE holiday of the whole year! I’ve been going every year since - oh - I can’t even remember! Yay!! Andy’s got all of our panel plans ticketed & typed up - and I can’t keep it all straight. I know I said I’d email you our agenda, but I’m feeling LAZY! Andy’s folks have flown into town just for this event because they had heard us talk about it for so many years in a row.
I agree w/ you, Faboo, the line up this year is quite UNDERWHELMING! Oh well, a bad day at the festival is better than most days, anyway. I’m going to keep my eyes open for you. I’m BUMMED that I’ll be missing John Dean on Sunday- it’s during my TEAM 17 mile practice.
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