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From an interview with Entertainment Weekly’s Shelf Life, Carl Hiaasen talks about his new book Star Island, and shares some about books, influences and surprises. Hiaasen appears at Live Talks Los Angeles on August 17 at Track 16 at Bergamot Station. Get your tickets and help us support the wonderful work of Reading to Kids.…
Continue ReadingHere’s the third installment of the video interview with Carl Hiaasen, who speaks at Live Talks Los Angeles on Tuesday, August 17 at Track 16, in conversation with Carolyn Kellogg of the Los Angeles Times. Here’s a review of Star Island in the LAT. Here’s an excerpt from Star Island in the Miami Herald.
Continue ReadingJoin us for another Live Talks Los Angeles event — August 17 — featuring Carl Hiaasen discussing his new book, Star Island, with Carolyn Kellogg of the Los Angeles Times at Track 16 at Bergamot Station. Get your tickets here. This event raises support for the wonderful work of Reading to Kids. For the next few days, we will be posting video from a Q&A with Carl…
Continue ReadingThe video from the Scott Turow event with Dustin Hoffman will be added to our video section soon….Video from Dave Barry and Jane Smiley also on the way….To be notified when it’s up, please register off to the right, and you’ll be notified via email….
Continue ReadingTurow reviews Adam Ross’ first novel, Mr. Peanut, on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. For those wondering how much lawyering Turow still does, the Up Front piece in the Book Review has this: “Despite his success as a novelist, Turow has never given up his day job as an attorney. “I…
Continue ReadingJust a reminder that there are tickets still available to see Dustin Hoffman interview Scott Turow on Monday evening at Zipper Hall at The Colburn School. Remember, net proceeds from all of our events support worthwhile causes in Los Angeles promoting education, literacy and reading. The Turow/Hoffman event supports the wonderful work of 826LA. Thank…
Continue ReadingWe reached Amy Tan, who along with Scott Turow is in the all author rock band, The Rock Bottom Remainders, and asked her for a couple questions for Scott Turow. Tan: Apart from legal and procedural kind of research, what kind of preparatory work or thinking do you do, .e.g, writing ideas in a journal, googling…
Continue ReadingAbraham Verghese is author of, most recently, the wonderful book, Cutting for Stone, now in paperback. If you’re looking for a great summer read, we strongly recommend it. Verghese: Are you someone who plots out the whole book and knows it all, or do you follow a voice and see where it leads you? Turow: I…
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