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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.

We chose our Ultimate Hollywood Bookshelf, and readers responded with the many, many titles we missed. Here are some of the best responses.

'Confessions of a Shopaholic' scribe Sophie Kinsella reveals she was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022. Since then she's had surgery, radiation and chemo.

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 21, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

When bereavement books didn't help Warren Kozak, he decided to write his own. Only after he was done did he realize that his book about loss was really a book about love.

Diana Goetsch spent months visiting red-state libraries to do presentations on the freedom to read. Would she be recognized, or clocked as transgender?

Salman Rushdie's new memoir, 'Knife,' hits shelves on Tuesday, nearly two years after Hadi Matar allegedly nearly killed him in a stabbing attack.

Caleb Carr discusses grief and dying — subjects that linger over his new nonfiction book, "My Beloved Monster," and now loom over what might be the final months of his life.