Callie Miller

LA Times Book Prize Science & Technology Nominees As the LA Times Book Prize award ceremony looms ever-closer, we're taking a look at the books nominated in each category. As we mentioned last week, unlike other big literary awards, the LA Times Book Prize winners are never a sure thing, which is what makes following them all the more fun. The nominees in the Science & Technology category this year are:Animal Architects: Building and...

LA Times Book Prize Mystery/Thriller Nominees As the LA Times Book Prize award ceremony looms ever-closer, we're taking a look at the books nominated in each category. As we mentioned last week, unlike other big literary awards, the LA Times Book Prize winners are never a sure thing, which is what makes following them all the more fun. The nominees in the Mystery/Thriller category this year are interesting indeed:Christine Falls: A Novel by Benjamin...

Ominous Eye in the Arts District Downwtown | Photo by unobtanium via Flickr Monday Sloane Crosley presents I Was Told There'd Be Cake 7pm @ Book Soup Christopher Rauschenberg presents Paris Changing: Revisiting Eugène Atget's Paris 7pm @ Central Library Valerie Mendenhall Cohen presents Woman on the Rocks 7pm @ Vroman's Tuesday Mary Roach presents BONK: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex 7pm @ Central Library David Samuels presents Only Love Can Break...

LA Times Book Prize Current Interest Nominees As the LA Times Book Prize award ceremony looms ever-closer, we're taking a look at the books nominated in each category. As we mentioned yesterday, unlike other big literary awards, the LA Times Book Prize winners are never a sure thing, which is what makes following them all the more fun. The nominees in the Current Interest category this year are interesting indeed:A Long Way Gone: Memoirs...

LA Times Book Prize Fiction Nominees There are some juicy picks - and even a few underdogs - among the nominees of the two fiction categories for the LA Times Book Prizes that will be awarded later this month. While the National Book Award often goes to the obvious front-runner and Pulitzers (go Diaz!) rarely surprise, the LA Times Book Prize winners are never a sure thing, which is what makes following them all...

Griffith Park Bridge | Photo by mavric2003 via Flickr Monday Jose Canseco signs Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball 7pm @ Book Soup Kate Mosse presents Sepulchre 7pm @ Vroman's Jeffrey Sachs discusses Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet 7pm @ Central Library Tuesday Dave Rensin presents All for a Few Perfect Waves 7pm @ Book Soup Robert Levinson presents In the Key of Death 7:30pm @ Skylight...

Ferris Wheel Silhouette in Santa Monica| Photo by *clarity* via Flickr Monday Tori Spelling signs sTORI Telling 7pm @ Book Soup Tuesday Jonathan Rosen presents The Life of the Skies 7pm @ Central Library Alison Larkin signs The English American 7pm @ Borders, Westwood Wendy Johnson presents Gardening at the Dragon's Gate 7pm @ Book Soup Nat Read discusses Don Benito Wilson: From Mountain Man to Mayor 7pm @ Vroman's Jess Ventura signs Don't...

Here's the challenge I face each week: which books to read now and which ones to read later? Most often, this takes the form of a long-ish book review that may convince you to read a book or not, to read it now or read it later. Instead of doling out a long-winded book review, today I thought I'd be very frank: there are a lot of books piling up on the desk (and floor...

Tired of searching for that Farmer's Market that you thought for sure was open on Saturdays but you always miss it? Trying to "live green" but can't find enough green businesses for all the services you need so you just give up? Want to be eco-friendly but you don't know where to start? Living the green life in LA just got easier. Greenopia has just released their fully updated, totally revised 2nd edition of...

Griffith Observatory | Photo by alburn.binkley via Flickr Monday Elisa Albert presents The Book of Dahlia 7pm @ Dutton's Lisa See presents Peony In Love 7pm @ Vroman's Tuesday Richard Price discusses The Lush Life: A Novel 7pm @ Central Library Lisa Lutz presents The Curse of the Spellmans 7pm @ Borders, Century City Susan Vreeland discusses and signs Luncheon of the Boating Party 7pm @ Vroman's Elisa Albert presents The Book of Dahlia...