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Michael Caine (at Live Talks Oct 28) says he’s writing fiction next…

Sir Michael Caine  who will release his second autobiography, The Elephant to Hollywood, says his next book project will be fiction.  Why, you may ask?  He tells the UK site for book lovers, LoveReading…. …his next book will be a work of fiction because he’s “sick” of lawyers telling him what he can and can’t write about…

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Michael Caine interview/review in the FT…Caine at Live Talks on October 28

An excerpt from Tea with the Financial Times:  Michael Caine. Michael Caine says he felt his career was winding down, he was “getting increasingly involved with his restaurant businesses and enjoying the easy life in his new apartment in Miami’s South Beach. And then, wouldn’t you know it, Jack Nicholson called. “He was the catalyst,”…

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Ken Follett video is now up!

Here’s the video from our event with Ken Follett discussing his new book Fall of Giants.  The video below is the whole program, and here is a short clip on his reaction to the television mini-series adaptation of Pillars of the Earth.

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Lewis Black on religion: video from Aspen Ideas Festival

With the elections a few weeks away — actually on the day that we host Lewis Black at Live Talks, Nov 2 — we thought we’d share some video of Lewis Black at the Aspen Ideas Festival talking about religion.  Also, here’s the introduction and first chapter of his new book, I’m Dreaming of a…

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Simon Winchester video….Appears at Live Talks on Nov 18

Simon Winchester appears at Live Talks on November 18 at Track 16 in conversation with Patt Morrison.  Here’s an in depth interview with Winchester from C-SPAN.

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Video: Lewis Black on Christmas. Lewis Black at Live Talks, Nov 2

Lewis Black says it is not to early to start taking about Christmas.  He will be at Live Talks November 2 in conversation with Craig Ferguson discussing his new book, I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas.  Here’s a video of Black talking about Christmas.

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P. J. O’Rourke on Patt Morrison Show, catch the audio…

Thanks to all who came out to Track 16 last night for our event with P.J.O’Rourke.  He was on Patt Morrison’s show this afternoon.  So if you missed our event, here’s audio from KPCC.  If you missed the event and are still interested in a signed book, our friends at Diesel Bookstore in Brentwood have…

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Lewis Black in conversation with Craig Ferguson, Nov 2

We are very pleased to be hosting Lewis Black in conversation with Craig Ferguson on Nov 2 at The El Rey Theater. Tickets are selling pretty fast, so get ’em early. They’ll discuss Black’s new book, I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas, which is described as follows: “…a  firsthand peek inside how he deals with…

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Sir Michael Caine, at Live Talks Oct 28. Interview…

Sir Michael Caine will be at Live Talks on Oct 28 at Zipper Hall at The Colburn School, downtown Los Angeles. He will be discussing his new memoir, The Elephant to Hollywood.  The Telegraph in the UK has a nice interview with Caine on his upcoming book.  Here’s an excerpt that explains the title of…

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Dave Barry asks P.J. O’Rourke about communism, khaki pants

We asked Dave Barry who spoke at Live Talks back in May for a couple questions to ask P. J. O’Rourke who appears this week, October 7 at Track 16.  Dave’s questions were on communism and khaki pants.  Get your tickets, and join us as we support Reading to Kids.

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