Attorney, Actor, Author Appears at Book Store
Former attorney Matthew Arkin, a critically acclaimed actor and acting teacher with 45 years of theatrical experience, discusses his novel, “In the Country of...
Author, Candidate Advocates for Election Reform
Derek Cressman, a candidate for Secretary of State and author of “The Recall’s Broken Promise: How Big Money Still Runs California Politics,” arrives in...
Finding Spiritual Wisdom in Pen and Ink
By Robin Pierson, Special to the Independent
In his latest book, “Keeping the Faith Without a Religion,” spiritual guide and culture observer Roger Housden encourages...
Mystic Arts Hosts Local Author
Local author and founder of the Green Valentine’s Festival, Satyanna Chris Luken, invites the public to a book-signing party for her latest work, “I-WE...
Taking Stock
Living With Corrections
Stocks are closing the quarter down around 2% for March and breakeven for the year so far. After strong performance in 2013...
Local Author Adds a Title
“When I Grow Up I Want to Be… a Firefighter!” is the latest addition to the series of books created by local author Kim...
Music Producer Writes Tell-All
Laguna Beach Books welcomes Ken Caillat, author of “Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album,” at 6 p.m. on Sunday,...
Keep it Wild with the Biologists
Join Bob Allen and Fred Roberts, renowned biologists and authors of “Wildflowers of Orange County and the Santa Ana Mountains,” as they discuss and...
Pioneering AIDS Activist Shares Memoir
Sean Strub charts his remarkable life in “Body counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival,” which he will discuss and sign at...
Local Author Spins the Color Wheel
Local author and Laguna Beach Independent columnist Randy Kraft will read from and sign copies of her new book, “Colors of the Wheel,” at...
Local Author Publishes Third Book
“The Hidden Lives of Librarians,” a novel by local author and community activist Bette Anderson, has recently been published by Publish Americas. The story...
OCBookBlog Reviews ‘Two Deserts’
By Randy Kraft
Laguna writer Julie Brickman must be a very good writing teacher. At a book launch party recently at the home of Ed...
Surf Icon Returns to the Home Break
San Clemente’s Surfing Heritage and Culture Center hosts a book launch on Saturday, Dec. 7, for author Paul Holmes as well as his subject,...
New Book Touts the Town
Helen Polins-Jones Sally Eastwood
Brooks Street Books invites the public to meet Sally Eastwood and Helen...
Diving Into an Underwater Jewel Box
Local resident Beverly Factor’s luscious underwater photos debut in her newest book, “Seaduction, the Sensuous Side of the Sea.”
Factor captures nature’s complexity with images...