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Whoopi Goldberg discusses her new memoir, 'Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me,' her political activism and her Broadway aspirations.

'Blood at the Root,' LaDarrion Williams' first novel in a three-book deal — a series that centers on a Black boy in a YA fantasy saga — is the kind of fiction he wishes existed when he was a kid.

The comedian and 'Girls Trip' star gets candid about why she doesn't want to have children and addresses her DUIs, relationships and new book.

Kathleen Hanna's memoir, 'Rebel Girl,' is a bold portrait: a crucial book about feminist politics and art and a tender examination of a woman who survived abuse and sexual assault.

David E. Kelley's loose adaptation of Tom Wolfe's novel depicts two men, played by Jeff Daniels and Jon Michael Hill, whose lives fall apart in parallel.

Paul Auster, the famed American postmodern writer behind 'Smoke,' has died at 77. The bestselling author was diagnosed with cancer in 2022.

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, May 5, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

Rebel Wilson and team opt to keep parts of her book 'Rebel Rising' from hitting some shelves — to avoid legal backlash from former co-star Sacha Baron Cohen.

Independent publisher Zando's highest-visibility imprints are its collabs with celebrities, which are part of its mission to change the institutional racism that has plagued American publishing from its start.

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 28, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

A mix of history, memoir and biography, this book reflects on how time, perspective and stories left unwritten can shape our view of the past.

Nonprofit PEN America canceled its annual awards ceremony honoring authors amid criticism of its response to the Israel-Hamas war.

At the L.A. Times Festival of Books, playwright and filmmaker David Mamet blames age, not his conservative politics or inflammatory statements, for his fall from grace.

The 29th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books returned to USC with a first ever live stream of activities.

Winners at the 2024 L.A. Times Book Prizes included Ed Park for fiction, Ivy Pochoda for mystery/thriller and the pro-Palestinian commencement speaker whose name has become a rallying cry for free speech.