The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2022

For the 42^nd year, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will be held on the University of Southern California (USC) campus in the University Park neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles (3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angles, California 90089) April 23-24. Admission to the festival is free, however, “Special Presentations” during the event weekend may require a paid ticket. There are over 250 events scheduled during the weekend, and many of these conversations on current issues, literature, and pop culture are free. There will also be author readings, performances, cooking demonstrations, and more!

USC is near historic Exposition Park, home to the California Science Center, the Natural History Museum, and the California African American Museum. 

Parking in the USC Parking Structures costs $14.00 for the day. Listed are the four structures and their addresses: 

• University of South California
  USC – Royal Street Structure
  672-698 W Jefferson Blvd
  South Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, CA 90089
• Keck Medicine of USC
  830 S Flower St
  Downtown
  Los Angeles, CA 90015
• University of Southern California
  USC – Figueroa Street Structure 3599 Flower Street, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089

• USC – Grand Avenue Structure (Surface Lot)
  321 West 35th Street
  Central City
  Los Angeles, CA 90007

While touring the festival, make sure you stop off at table B591. Emma Price, representing ELP BOOKS and Michael Thal, representing Paper Angel Press, will be there for most of the event. Other Paper Angel Press authors scheduled are Claudia Sternbach, author of Dear Goldie Hawn, Dear Leonard Cohen, and Marlene Bumgarner, author of Back to the Land in Silicon Valley, and Mary Flodin, author of Fruit of the Devil. All authors will be happy to sign their books for you.

ELP BOOKS presents incredible children’s books penned by Emma Price that deal with adversity children and teens confront in 21^st century America. A great example is Another Girl Calls My Dad, Daddy. Paper Angel Press publishes a potpourri of adult fiction including The Lip Reader and Building Baby Brother. Michael Thal will also have available his YA books including the Koolura Series, Goodbye, Tchaikovsky, and The Abduction of Joshua Bloom. 

With so many bookstores closed or out of business, finding a book that you can hold are becoming extinct like vinyl records. The Festival of Books is a wonderful throw-back to the 20^th century where you can browse thousands of books and pick a dozen or so to last you until next year. And while you are there, drop by Table B591 to say hi to Emma and Michael. They will sign their books for you.