Books and Literature

“If the bar for events was on the floor, A Million Lives Book Festival sent the bar straight to hell,” one attendee said.

Authors of Vietnamese descent around the world are centering their family histories in novels, cartoons and comic books — changing or enriching the narrative 50 years after the fall of Saigon, reports NBC 7’s Joey Safchik.

Authors of Vietnamese descent around the world, including those with ties to San Diego, are centering their family histories in novels, cartoons and comic books — changing or enriching the narrative 50 years after the fall of Saigon.

California Live correspondent Laila Muhammad visits Da Poetry Lounge at the Greenway Court Theatre in West Hollywood where the nonprofit organization has celebrated the art of poetry with weekly open mic nights for the past 26 years. 

Best Selling author Gary Krist’s “Trespassers at the Golden Gate: A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco” explores the 1870 murder of A.P. Crittenden by his lover, Laura Fair, on a San Francisco ferry. This book details the scandalous affair and subsequent trial, highlighting the city’s transition from frontier town to Victorian society. The trial, one...

Serendipity Books in Chelsea, Michigan, enlisted the support of 300 community members in relocating to a new storefront.

Serendipity Books in Chelsea, Michigan, had its entire inventory transferred — in alphabetical order, no less — in less than two hours.

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday. He was 89.

NBC News Anchor Vicky Nguyen opens up about her parents’ daring escape from Vietnam, growing up Vietnamese-American, and how her new book, “Boat Baby”, celebrates family, identity, and the American dream. Vicky will be discussing “Boat Baby” on April 10th at 6 pm at Zibby’s Bookshop in Santa Monica.

California Live’s Jessica Vilchis sat down with former CEO of BET and business leader, Debra Lee, about her memoir “I Am Debra Lee,” now available in paperback. Hear how she broke barriers of race and gender from a segregated school in North Carolina to the C-Suite of the entertainment industry and beyond.

For more than two decades, a Tampa woman has driven over a half-a-million miles to get books into the hands of kids who might not otherwise have access. Bess the Book Bus founder Jennifer dials-in and shares how the bus and its mission is inspired by her book-loving nana.

Chudney Ross, daughter of Motown legend Diana Ross, is inspiring young minds in Los Angeles with a unique weekly read-along program designed to ignite a passion for reading in children. California Live correspondent, Lisa Breckenridge, talks with the author and reading advocate.

California Live’s Jessica Vilchis stops by the newest location of The Last Bookstore, DTLA’s iconic labyrinth style book shop, that opened up in Studio City in part of what used to be a home and design retail space.

“It’s about what it means to be a young person in a generation that is going to end, and is currently changing the world,” the lauded poet said of her new book.

The stamps commemorate the iconic 1947 children’s book and the long-running Nickelodeon animated series.

“Inner Excellence” argues people can achieve better results in their chosen fields if they look inward and change their mindset about success.

Ruby Franke’s eldest child is speaking out in a new memoir. Shari Franke is sharing her story in the book, “The House of My Mother: A Daughter’s Quest for Freedom,” set to be released on Jan. 7, more than a year after her mother Ruby pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse.

Good Reads for Kids: “A Dollar is Magic” By Helen Braswell Kakouris, CPA Good Reads for the Inspirational Reader: “Morning Fuel” By Rebecca Faye Smith Galli Good Reads for the Entrepreneur: “She Thinks Big” By Andrea Liebross Good Reads for Seeking Alignment: “The Sacred Plate” By Sarah Vie Good Reads for Seeking Clarity: “The Yes Code” By Carol Look Good Reads for...

Author and former prosecutor Marcia Clark stops by California Live to talk about her new true crime book “Trial by Ambush,” and weighs in on current cases.

Staffers at Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco’s City Lights Books and The Nook in Cedar Falls, Iowa, are among 600 booksellers receiving $500 holiday bonuses from James Patterson.