In case you were monetarily-challenged like moi and unable to participate in the LA Times Festival of Books, here's a Recap of the Recaps, to keep you in the loop:
The Rap Sheet featured a three-part report on the "Fest of the West" starting with Part I from the pre-festival Mystery Bookstore party hosted by the Mystery Writers of America and followed by Part II looking at panels and signings on the first day and Part III's writeup of the Sunday festivities.
Jeri Westerson also had a two-part review from an author's perspective, located here and here.
Sarah Weinman was busy as a moderator but managed to pass along some thoughts.
GalleyCat had a backstage pass and reported on the book award winners, and Make Mine Mystery blog's Anne Carter participated in the successful Sisters in Crime booth.
Obsessions of a Pop Culture Nerd had a two-part recounting of the "Cops & Crooks in California" panel with Don Winslow, T. Jefferson Parker, Joseph Wambaugh, and Robert Crais as moderator, listed here and here.
If you're a Tweeple, you can check out Twitter's #latimesfob of on-site Tweets.
Not surprisingly, the LA Times was also there. The main page is here, but since it's almost book-length in its coverage, if you want to jump to the crime-fiction highlights, check out the following:
- Classic California Crime (true crime)
- Fiction: Closing Time including thriller writer Jerry Stahl (who was also interviewed about his latest, Pain Killers)
- Publishing: From Keyboard to Bookstore featuring Johnny Temple, the publisher and co-founder of Akashic Books and its noir series
- James Ellroy's weird, wild, and definitely not boring speech
- Historical crime fiction authors Tom Epperson, Denise Hamilton and Nina Revoyr with Sarah Weinman moderating discussing "Cold Cases"
- Don't want to leave some four-legged (and one two-legged) mystery fans.
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