Festival of Books
 

http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/

Saturday, April 28
Sunday, April 29

I will be attending with my friend Bill, and possibly another mutual friend and his girl.

Anyone else feel like meeting up for this literary swank event?

I'm so there!

Hmm, I tend to find that books entail a lot of reading. And that is just not for me. Even my beloved picture books will sometimes use words to describe an action being shown in the drawing or photo -- as if we did not all ready know what was going on! This tends to needlessly weigh the book down and in turn, allows publishers to charge more for the book (especially, if you like me, you tend to purchase books by weight).

Granted I am quite keen on the pop-up variety of book. But where are the Festivals of Pop up Books?

Exactly. Nowhere to be seen.

As most of you are aware I am entirely illiterate and it is only by chance that what I am now typing is forming actual words and sentences -- and in turn, acting as carriers of my inner-most thoughts. At least, that is what I dhydhsj. nk4wood? Ahdshdjrkkls ghgj sl;lsee dfg hj hbmf!

In short, I will be attending the Festival of VHS tapes next door.

I'll be going but haven't decided what day yet. Need to check out who will be there! Thankfully no booth this year!

Will be there on Sunday... Anyone want to meet up?

These 2 Saturday panels look interesting. However, I'll be in the desert. :(

PANEL 1024 3:00 PM
Dracula's Children: Books with Bite
Moderator Mr. Nick Owchar
Ms. Elizabeth Kostova
Mr. John Marks
Mr. Christopher Moore

PANEL 1035 4:00 PM
T.C. Boyle with an Introduction from Jerry Stahl
Introducer Mr. Jerry Stahl
Mr. T.C. Boyle

Michael Barrier will be there too, in a panel discussion. He just finished an autobiography on Walt Disney, "The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney".

Lovey, I will be there with my friend from work!

Really?!?!?! Both days or just the one?! Depending on what panels I attend, I may go both days. It will be so good to see you.

I'll have to check the schedule. I love this event but I haven't been able to get there for a few years. And if some swanky people are there...

Darn it! I'll be in the area - but I'm doing Westfest (the Disney Podcast Network's DL meet). I'll have a car and an AP... maybe I can sneak away for a bit.

There's always too much going on that weekend.

Well, I got to go today. Didn't do much more than walk around but... the highlights included

- Ray Bradbury - I purchased his book "The Homecoming" and got it signed. He's looking alot better than last year.

- Neil Gabler - author of Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination. He was part of a panel on 20th Century Biography which I went to. Apparently it was broadcast on C-SPAN - which I'd like to find and hope you all would seek this out to see the insights on "Disney." The other panelist wrote recent bio's on Einstein, Franklin Lloyd Wright and Upton Sinclair.

He talked about his book, why he wanted to write it and that it took over 7 years to write. He had contact with Diane Disney Miller and interviewed her and she made herself available throughout the writing of the book. He had "unlimited" access to the Disney vaults and said that he had read "every letter written too and from Walt." He also said the Disney Company had no input into any edits of the book, which is an interesting point. After the program, he, and the others, signed their books and I got my book signed.

Wow! How did he manage that!?! (Was Sylvia Browne his co-author?) :)

That would be a Biography. An Autobiography is when one writes it about themselves. Walt would have had to have written the Autobiography of Walt.


I'm pretty sure that is what Flippyshark was saying.

Yep. That's what I was saying. (And no, I don't for a moment think that Sylvia Browne could really help anyone write a posthumous autobiography.)

Oh dear this is giving me flashbacks to elementary school. I did a book report on Black Beauty and described it as the autobiography of a horse. My teacher scoffed but that's what it said on the title page of the book.

Scarred me for life.

doh! biography... :blush:

http://www.booktv.org/feature/index....70&schedID=485

You can view the panel with Neil Gabler and others as he talks about Disney. The section is about 4:28:00 on the counter so you'd have to fast forward or move to that section.

Check it out!

... and the Michael Barrier MousePod will be up next week (shameless plug).