Los Angeles Times | Festival of Books 2025
Find your spark at the 2025 L.A. Times Festival of Books, April 26-27 on the USC campus. It’s the country’s largest literary festival and admission is FREE. General panel reservations open on Sunday, April 20.
Friend of My Mind: Essays on Finding a Home in Literature – Tickets Required
Only lifelong readers will know the unique comfort of a book: a place to escape the chaos of the world for a brief while, or a means to make sense of it. These writers discuss the influence of literature throughout their personal lives and careers, from an online book club that went viral, to reflections on a career spent as a cultural critic, and finally an examination of the role of books to communities and individuals who are treated like outsiders in their everyday lives.