2004 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Set for April 24 and 25 at UCLA; 24th Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prize Awards to Highlight Event.News Editors/Business Editors/Calendar Editors Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). Festival of Books 2004 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2003 The Los Angeles Times ninth annual Festival of Books happens Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. , April 25, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., on UCLA's campus. The written word springs to life during the two-day event through panel discussions, poetry readings, book signings and music. The Festival gives Southern Californians the chance to meet best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best authors, publishers and other literary figures. The hundreds of exhibitor booths, stage events and popular children's characters keep it entertaining for all ages. General event information about the Festival is available at www.latimes.com/festivalofbooks or by calling 1-800-LA TIMES, ext. 7BOOK. Admission is free, but tickets are required to attend author-panel discussions and lectures because of limited seating. Free tickets will be available at all Ticketmaster locations in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, starting Sunday, April 18, at noon until Thursday, April 22, at 5 p.m., or until all tickets have been distributed. A limited number of tickets will also be available on-site. Los Angeles Times Book Prize Awards Ceremony The 24th annual presentation of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes happens Saturday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m., in UCLA's Royce Hall Royce Hall is a building on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Designed by the Los Angeles firm of Allison & Allison (James Edward Allison, 1870-1955, and his brother David Clark Allison, 1881-1962) in the Italian Romanesque Revival style and completed . Tickets are required and go on sale in late February at UCLA's Central Ticket Office. The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, established in 1980, recognize outstanding literary achievements in biography, current interest, history, poetry, science and technology, fiction, first fiction, mystery/thriller, and young adult fiction. More information is available at www.latimes.com/bookprizes. The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books--one of the nation's premier public literary festivals and the largest of its kind on the West Coast--was created in 1996 by The Times to promote literacy and to bring together those who create books with the people who love to read them. It's presented in association with UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . The Festival's TV media sponsor is KTLA KTLA KCBS TV in Los Angeles TV-5. |
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