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- Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — John Green's nine-year hiatus from fiction has ended, and his adult debut, "Hollywood, Ending," comes right on time to explore the dark side of fame. The novel centers on former child actor Juniper Castillo and Hollywood newbie Kai Laramie, who are cast in the artsy biopic "Andy Warhol Never Gets Old," with hotshot movie star Matthew Malone in the title role. It's Juniper's ...
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British shoppers snapped up copies of a memoir by the brother of Princess Diana on Tuesday after their interest was piqued by incendiary allegations about her troubled marriage to the now-king, including the claim he was "giddily elated" at her death.
- Kimberly Kalil
Determination — and a willingness to bet on himself when traditional publishing failed to open its doors — eventually made Matt Dinniman one of modern fantasy’s biggest independent success stories.
- Erik Pedersen, The Orange County Register
Ryan Lowell is the author of the debut novel, “Freight,” which is set in the world of the trucking business. His fiction has appeared in “Workers Write!” and “Overtime.” He lives in South Portland with his wife and two sons. Q. Please tell readers about your new book, “Freight.” “Freight” is a story about several desperate characters caught up in a scheme to steal a semi-truck hauling $10 ...
- Sarah Batcha, Erik Pedersen, The Orange County Register
Even if you aren’t heading back to school this September, you might be in need of a reading list. And boy, do we have one this month: an enormous, mammoth, colossal list of books (and no, not a single thesaurus among them, believe it or not). Even more than August’s picks, September’s book offerings include award-winning authors and award-nominated titles; fiction, nonfiction and curious ...
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A proud mother questioned why her son, Matt Dinniman, a bestselling fantasy author from Tucson, was never featured in the hometown paper despite his global success with Dungeon Crawler Carl. His journey reflects persistent effort and independent publishing breakthroughs.
- Erik Pedersen, The Orange County Register
ANAHEIM, Calif. — It’s evening in Frankfurt, Germany, when Scott Brown picks up the phone. The Downtown Brown Books bookseller interrupted his vacation to discuss the use of books to train AI models — a process that destroys the books — and the practice’s effects on booksellers. Brown, who’s based in Portland, Oregon, has written and reported in great depth on his Substack, Dispatches from the ...
- Sophia Kercher, Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES -- Nearly every week, I pass a colleague in the office who taunts me with four words: "Count of Monte Cristo, Count of Monte Cristo," as he shakes his head. He's disappointed his favorite book didn't make the cut of our 101 best book club picks list, which served as the 2026 LA Times Festival of Books curtain-raiser. I don't mind the barb. There's nothing more exciting than an ...
- Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune
There was a time when a book could shake the world and on Aug. 17, 1976, a book titled “Roots: The Saga of an American Family” by Alex Haley arrived on bookstore shelves and immediately began to fly off those shelves and into apartments and homes across the country, starting a cultural rumble and sparking national conversations about race and slavery. Excitement had been building quietly for ...
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