Fathers and Books
Jun 14, 2013
As some of us rush to the mall to pick-up a handsome pinstripe tie, or make last minute brunch reservations for Father’s Day this weekend, we wanted to catch our […]
Academy Award-Winning Director Freida Lee Mock Screens Latest Doc at [ALOUD]
Jun 06, 2013
The upcoming film screening of G-DOG: The Movie will be a homecoming of sorts for the film’s director, Freida Lee Mock. The film follows Father Gregory Boyle, a.k.a. G-Dog, the […]
From Nigeria to Los Angeles: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Faith Adiele Reunite at ALOUD
May 31, 2013
Next Thursday, June 6, ALOUD welcomes Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to the stage to discuss her much buzzed about new book, Americanah, with Faith Adiele, the author of the […]
Songs in the Key of L.A.: Tuning into a New Project from the Library Foundation and the Los Angeles Public Library
May 29, 2013
Long before the film industry took root as the cultural and financial epicenter of Hollywood, music paved the way for the growth and development of the Los Angeles we know […]
Illustrating the World’s Great Literature
May 20, 2013
All of us here at The Library Foundation have been obsessing over The Graphic Canon– a ambitious three volume illustrated series featuring great works of world literature reimagined by artists, […]
Building Bridges through the Literature of Roberto Bolaño
May 10, 2013
LFLA teams up with LéaLA When a colleague at the LA Public Library snuck LéaLA director Marisol Schultz into the green room after last year’s ALOUD program with Javier […]
Reading into Granta’s “Best Young British Novelists”
Apr 19, 2013
Earlier this week, the literary magazine Granta announced the 20 writers for their once-a-decade influential list of the “Best Young British Novelists.” Granta began the list in 1983 to shed […]
How-to-Book-Festival with Attica Locke
Apr 17, 2013
Where else are you going to catch Margaret Atwood, Carol Burnett, Lemony Snicket, and Susan Feniger tag-teaming stages across a grassy college quad? The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books […]
Eloise Klein Healy, L.A.’s First Poet Laureate, Welcomes Caroline Kennedy to ALOUD
Apr 08, 2013
The announcement of the City’s first Poet Laureate position came in December, and ever since Eloise Klein Healy has been fast at work creating a structure for Los Angeles to […]
Friends at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Apr 04, 2013
We at the Library Foundation are getting excited about the upcoming Los Angeles Times Festival of Books! The Festival gives us a chance to hear from beloved authors, learn about […]