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Laguna Beach author Jean Hastings Ardell and her co-author, baseball player Ila Jane Borders, will discuss their new book, “Making My Pitch: A Woman’s Baseball Odyssey,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 23, with a reading at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. They tell the story...

Author Nicole Gulotta will discuss her new book “Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast Inspired by Poetry” at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 9, at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. The 25 poems in the book from such poets as Marge Piercy, Louise Glück, Mark Strand, Mary Oliver, Billy...

Laguna Beach author Dori Scarano talks about her first novel, “Millie’s Butterflies,” at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway, from 4-6 p.m., Sunday, April 2. The author describes the novel as a navigational road map for mending hearts, restoring relationships and finding...

Author and journalist Lisa Napoli will discuss her new book, “Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald’s Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away” at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 26, at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. Hers is an American tale of corporate intrigue and...

Susan Meissner will discuss her new book, “A Bridge Across the Ocean,” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. The work follows the lives of three women, past and present connected by a 70-year-old tragedy that took place aboard the Queen...

Three women authors will share their stories of the writing life at the American Association of University Women’s 30th annual Literary Luncheon at the Surf and Sand Resort, 1555 S. Coast Highway, on Saturday, March 18. The speakers will be Karen J. Fowler, Donna Levin, and local...

Laguna local Rebecca M. Lyles will discuss her latest book “From the Errors of Others,” a non-fiction guide to avoiding mistakes in writing and speaking, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Laguna Beach Library, 363 Glenneyre St.   Lyles, a technical writer,...

Local Dennis Lockwood has finished the first of an envisioned trilogy and will sign and discuss his first novel at 6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26, at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. “Duality” is a suspense thriller about a transgender Vegas showgirl stalked by a serial...

A release party with live music for the book “Blue Laguna,” by Laguna local Rich German, is planned for 2:30- 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Royal Hawaiian Restaurant, 331 N. Coast Highway. German has filled 130 pages with images of dolphins and whales he’s encountered offshore...

Laguna Beach is again the setting for a local author’s tale of crime and intrigue. This time it’s Dennis Lockwood, Laguna Beach resident and one of the founding members of the Third Street Writers Group, whose debut novel “Duality,” was recently published and is now available on...

Laguna Beach High School alum Georgeanne Brennan will discuss her new book, “My Culinary Journey: Food and Fêtes of Provence,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway.    The new book, Brennan continues her memoir of living in France, raising goats...

Author Jessica Buchleitner discusses her work, “50 Women, Book One,” from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Susi Q Center, 380 Third St. “I quickly learned that most women, no matter which country they were from or ethnic background they represented, shared similar...

  By Robin Pierson, Special to the Independent “My Baby Rhinos” tells how two baby rhinos in Africa, orphaned by poachers, broke open the heart of a girl from Laguna Beach. When that teenager returned home, the book tells how the girl raised money for the care and protection...

Laguna Beach Third Street Writers invite all to an open reading event from 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at Healy House, on the Sawdust Festival grounds, 935 Laguna Canyon Rd. Celebrate Halloween with hair-raising, seasonal stories and poems written by local writers.   Witte...

Local surgeon Dr. John West has written, “Prevent Survive Thrive: Every Woman’s Guide to Optimal Breast Care” and will discuss the work at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. The question patients most often ask is “what would you tell me to do if...