Award Winning Poets to Read at Laguna Beach Books
Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway, will host an evening of poetry and conversation with poets Kate Buckley, Jodie Hollander and Elena Byrne...
Author Brings Parisian Flair to Home Kitchens
Emily Dilling will discuss and sign the new edition of her cookbook, “My Paris Market Cookbook” at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26, at...
Virginia Mason to Speak at Laguna Beach Books
Author Virginia Mason will discuss her new book on Sunday, March 31, at 4 p.m. at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. “Make...
Travel Writer’s Exploits Re-examined
A new book by R. Scott Williams about Richard Halliburton, the famous adventurer who completed his dream home in 1938, a modern structure known...
Local Author Shares Unconventional Wisdom
“Breaking Blame” is a combination memoir and “self-healing” book written by Dave Schroeder, based on his 50-year career as a medical doctor specializing in...
Local Globetrotter Offers Advice to Parents Traveling with Kids
Laguna local Andi Paulin had it in her mind to write a Paris guidebook for parents traveling with young children almost immediately upon returning...
Megan Griswold Discusses New Book
Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway, will host Megan Griswold to discuss her new book, “The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies”...
M.F.K. Fisher: Finding Food and Love in Laguna
Long before Julia Child and Alice Waters, Anthony Bourdain, Ruth Reichl, or the countless other food writers of the last 50 years, M. F....
Laguna’s Literary Laureates Continue to Host Events
The literary laureates have announced two writing workshops open to all in November. The Nuts and Bolts of Novel Writing will be taught by...
Poet Creates from the Heart
Laguna local Ellen Girardeau Kempler is this year’s winner of the Blackwater International Poetry Festival held each July in County Cork, Ireland. “It's the...
Women Who Misbehave Intrigue Fiction Writer
By Kathryn Lang-Slattery, Special to the Independent
In a recent phone interview, best-selling author, Meg Waite Clayton shared why she left her career as a...
Where Every Shelf Holds a Story
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...
Kaira Rouda’s Laguna World
Writer Kaira Rouda might be mistaken for a pop culture Orange County housewife and some of the characters in her novels might be kissing...
Author Seeks to Inspire Women to Travel
Laguna local Nikki Duplisea has written “Third Chance Love, 3,000 Miles of Chances to Find Love After 50,” a guide for older women.
“It’s about...
Writing Contest Deadline Nears
The deadline for the Catmosphere Laguna Foundation’s writing contest is Feb. 1. The nonprofit offers contest winners the possibility of a $100 prize plus...