Thursday, July 9



Q & A with Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis published his first novel "Less Than Zero" in 1985 when he was 21 and a student at Bennington College. Read more...

Photo: Bret Easton Ellis will speak with Erik Himmelsbach Sunday at Moore 100.


Q &A with the Watson Twins

Leigh Watson makes up half of the musical duo The Watson Twins, along with her twin sister, Chandra Watson. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles-based music group The Watson Twins will perform Saturday at noon at the Etc. Stage at Bruin Plaza for the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.


Conversation with Meg Cabot

Meg Cabot is returning to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books for the first time since the release of "The Princess Diaries" and just in time for the festival's first ever Young Adult Stage. Read more...

Photo: Meg Cabot will speak Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Ackerman Grand Ballroom.


Hungry? Check out the Cooking Stage

After a high-grossing movie charmed Julia Child's name back into the public conscious, a new season of Top Chef Masters kicked off on Bravo and activities continue to bubble in food blog-land "“ it seems that cooking is getting more attention by the hour. Read more...


Celebrity authors share their second art

Whether they are actors, political activists or even the second man to walk on the moon, stars of all sorts have found the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books to be the perfect place to extend their reach into a different art. Read more...