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As Told To

By Antoine | Published: December 9, 2009
Lookie what I found in my inbox! Veronique du Turenne was down Mexico way recently for the Guadalajara International Book Fair, where she snapped this significant shot of a massive electronic wall celebrating L.A. authors. This year’s “Guest of Honor” was Los Angeles–the first time a city (as opposed to a country) has received that [...]
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Festival of Books

By Antoine | Published: April 28, 2009
Another year, another LA Times Festival of Books. I’m feeling somewhat melancholy in the wake of it. It’s hard to come back to the desk after such a wonderfully stimulating series of social interactions, literary or otherwise. Usually I get excited to meet one writer or another, someone whose work I’ve always admired but I’ve [...]
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Slow Boat

By Antoine | Published: April 21, 2009
Well, I’ve been writing. Not here. So that’s a good thing. Unless you enjoy reading this blog. If you want to complain about it in person, come see me at the LA Times Festival of Books this coming weekend. I’ll be on a panel called “Fiction: Breaking Point” with Hari Kunzru, John Wray, and John [...]
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miss the surf culture panel (or too stoned to remember what we talked about)?

By Antoine | Published: May 3, 2008
[photo stolen from escapegrace] Blogger escapegrace has the rundown. And two pictures! Thanks!
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In case you missed it…

By Antoine | Published: April 28, 2008
…Joshua Sandoval at Jacket Copy blogged a report on the surf culture panel.
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surf culture panel

By Antoine | Published: April 24, 2008
Don Patterson has written a nice LA Times piece about the upcoming Festival of Books Surf Culture panel, moderated by yours truly.
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from the complaint file

By Antoine | Published: April 22, 2008
[what I've really been up to] “Bro, did you stop working on your novel? you haven’t updated the blog in weeks.” The Festival of Books is coming this weekend. I will be moderating a panel called “Surf Culture: Shooting the Tube.” I did not name this panel. On my panel will be Steve Hawk, David [...]
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there’s something for everyone*

By Antoine | Published: March 22, 2008
* except fans of BOOKS. On the back page of today’s LA Times Business Section, there’s an ad for the upcoming (and generally awesome) Festival of Books. It features an illustration of a bunch of books flying overhead as some kids try to reach up to grab them (and fail, ha ha). The main line [...]
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SMO-OAK-SMO

By Antoine | Published: October 31, 2007
This is your plane? Oh, this is your plane. Chock. Colin’s flying carbon-neutral, like a bird. Some of that neutralized carbon, going into the right wing tank. “Blah, blah, Romeoid Deltron.” Dude, get off the mic. Takin off. So long, Santa Monica, I hope we meet again. Surf check. Eat your heart out, Ed Ruscha! [...]
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berkeley tonight — final tour event!

By Antoine | Published: October 29, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007. Black Oak Books, Berkeley. 7:00 pm. This guy won’t be there, but I will: ***coming soon–an end-of-tour book marketing confessional tell-all recap post!***
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