The Los Angeles Times announced the finalist for their annual book prizes. Winners will be announced the night before the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Continue reading Rachel Howzell Hall, George Saunders, James Hannaham Among L.A. Times Book Prize Finalists
No list of weekly events this week. It will be back next week. Continue reading No List of Weekly Events
Octavia’s Bookshelf, Pasadena’s new bookstore dedicated to Black, Indigenous and people of color, opened to the public on February 18. Continue reading Crowds Descend on Grand Opening of Long-Awaited Pasadena Bookstore, Octavia’s Bookshelf
A new bookstore has opened in Highland Parkco-founded by two local independent publishers Unnamed Press and Rare Bird Lit. Continue reading Highland Park’s Latest Artisanal Startup Takes a Bookish Turn
Three Black voices rocked the mic at Page Against the Machine last Thursday. Continue reading Bridging Community
The first Community News of the year. Open mics are returning, local writers are starting their own literary presses and a respected local journal has found a new home. Continue reading Community News
L.Á. native Will Alexander “is considered one of the premier surrealist poets alive.” His newly released collection of poems is “Divine Blue Light,” dedicated to John Coltrane. Continue reading Will Alexander’s Sonic Grammar
An update on the eviction of independent Cellar Door Books in Riverside. Continue reading Friends of Cellar Door Books
Sad news in the Los Ángeles literary community with the passing of performance poet Tonya Ingram. Continue reading Tonya Ingram, an Inspiring L.A. Poet and ‘Lupus Warrior,’ Died Waiting for a kidney
Cellar Door Books opened 10 years ago when there were no independent bookstores in Riverside, CA. Nestled into the Eastside of the Canyon Crest Towne Center, near Canyon Crest Dr., the bookstore opened before their shelves where full. The community was eager for a new bookstore and once the doors opened owner Linda Nurick said, “people came in almost as if they were going to find a book they wanted to buy simply to support us.”
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