Season’s Readings everyone! As is generally true, there have been some marvelous books published in 2025, and I’m thrilled to share my favorites with you. I’ve listed these books in alphabetical order by title until the last entry, which is my favorite of the books I’ve read in 2025. When possible, I’ve also provided links to the interviews I’ve done with most of these authors on the LAPL Blog...
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Interview With an Author: Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz is a prolific journalist and writer for television and the author of both young adult and adult literature. He has been commissioned by the Doyle and Fleming estates to write new adventures for both Sherlock Holmes and James Bond.
Crime Scene Los Angeles: Made-in-L.A. Authors Will Give You Chills
Los Angeles has no shortage of notorious crimes, nor of great writers. When true accounts of the former are penned by the latter, the results are some fascinating reads.
We (GoT) Game of Thrones at the Library!
Winter is...going going gone!
Interview With an Author: Kim Michelle Richardson
Kim Michele Richardson is a resident of Kentucky, where she has worked with Habitat for Humanity building houses and where she is an advocate for the prevention of child abuse, partnering with the U.S. Navy for the prevention of domestic violence.
It’s Cool, It’s Hot, It Swings, It Slides … It’s Jazz - and it’s in L.A.
Photo Friends, Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Whether you want it hot or cool, swingin’ or slow, Dixieland or experimental, there’s jazz to fit your mood, mellow you out, pick you up. Jazz was born in New Orleans—the only place in the U.S. in the 1800s where slaves were allowed to own drums.
Interview With an Author: Yangsze Choo
Yangsze Choo is a fourth-generation Malaysian of Chinese descent.
All About Eva: Los Angeles Hosts the American Debut of the Musical, Evita
Los Angeles is a city whose theater scene is typically overlooked, yet every now and then we are host to a production that is monumental.
Jewish American Heritage Month: Comic Book Creators
Growing up, I loved comics, but it wasn’t until I discovered the graphic novel Maus by Art Spieglman, that I saw my culture and family heritage as a Jewish American in the pages of a comic.
Interview With an Author: Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow is a co-editor of Boing Boing (an award-winning zine, blog, and directory of mostly wonderful things), a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an MIT Media Lab Research Associate and a visiting professor of Computer Science at the Open University.
Purple Splendor
Jacaranda season is almost here, that magical time of year when the spectacular purple blossoms come into sight and chase away May Gray and June Gloom.