Alta Journal is back at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, a weekend-long literary event taking place at the University of Southern California on April 20–21. The festival, which draws crowds of over 100,000, features dozens of panels and author conversations and hundreds of vendors, including publishers, booksellers, and writers—making it a great place to explore the best of West Coast literature. The timing is ideal: this gathering of book enthusiasts pairs perfectly with Alta’s Issue 27, which celebrates some of L.A.’s most prolific storytellers and the city’s literary ecosystem. Join us as we host an exciting lineup of writers—including authors featured in Alta’s California Book Club as well as contributors to the magazine—signing copies of their books. Visit Alta at booth #111 (across from the Tommy Trojan statue) to meet your favorite authors, score membership deals and exclusive merch, and get to know your favorite West Coast journal IRL. We’ll also feature a major selfie opportunity you won’t want to miss. Come on by!
Alta Booth Book Signings
SATURDAY, APRIL 20
10 a.m.: Daniel A. Olivas
Author of Chicano Frankenstein
11 a.m.: Luis J. Rodriguez
Author of From Our Land to Our Land: Essays, Journeys, and Imaginings from a Native Xicanx Writer and Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
11:30 a.m.: Jonathan Lethem
Author of Brooklyn Crime Novel and The Feral Detective
12 p.m.: Edan Lepucki
Author of Time’s Mouth and California
12:30 p.m.: Greg Sarris
Author of The Forgetters
1 p.m.: José Vadi
Author of Chipped: Writing from a Skateboarder’s Lens and Inter State: Essays from California
1:30 p.m.: Lydia Kiesling
Author of Mobility and The Golden State
2 p.m.: Dana Johnson
Author of Elsewhere, California and In the Not Quite Dark
3 p.m.: Myriam Gurba
Author of Creep: Accusations and Confessions and Mean
4 p.m.: Santi Elijah Holley
Author of An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created
SUNDAY, APRIL 21
11 a.m.: Tayi Tibble
Author of Rangikura and Poūkahangatus
11:30 a.m.: Reyna Grande
Author of A Ballad of Love and Glory and The Distance Between Us
12 p.m.: Lisa See
Author of Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
12:30 p.m.: Carribean Fragoza
Author of Eat the Mouth That Feeds You
1 p.m.: David L. Ulin
Author of Thirteen Question Method
1:30 p.m.: D. J. Waldie
Author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir and Becoming Los Angeles: Myth, Memory, and a Sense of Place
2 p.m.: Sam Wasson
Author of The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
3 p.m.: Naomi Hirahara
Author of Evergreen and Clark and Division
4 p.m.: Héctor Tobar
Author of Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”
