Now that the Royal Wedding is over, there are still two Big Events this weekend for folks here in Los Angeles. The university where I teach is hosting the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, and across town there's the annual Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival, where Laurie Powers is signing books and on a panel discussing True Grit.
For the book fair, the streets and walkways of campus are lined with a network of booths for hundreds of participating booksellers. There will be readings and discussions to attend. It may be hard to think of the residents of the movie capital of the world as book fans, but this is always a Big Event.
The booths went up already last weekend and have been waiting for the action to start Saturday morning. I snapped this pic of a few of them on the way home after my last class (of the semester) Thursday afternoon. You can get a current glimpse of the event as it develops here on the university's webcam.
Photo-finish Friday is the bright idea of Leah Utas over at The Goat's Lunch Pail.
I go to our Louisiana Festival of books and have a great time, although it appears to be cancelled for this year because of budget issues. Sadly
ReplyDeleteanother great friday finish photo! ;-) Love book festivals, there are always a few hidden gems
ReplyDeleteWe have the Montana Festival of the Book in Missoula every fall. I enjoy it, though I always end up spending too damn much money.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture...I can just imagine those tents filled with books. It sounds like a wonderful event.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an exciting event for book lovers!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful event--every other year Calvin College hosts a Festival of Faith and Writing, which I've attended (and blogged about). I've been twice and hope to go again next year.
ReplyDeleteBooks. Yay!
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