On the Shelf
World Book Night, Shakespeare Day
April 24, 2012 | by Sadie Stein

Happy birthday, Shakespeare! Talk to us about cities.
Are writers exploited?
The seventeenth annual Los Angeles Festival of Books took place last weekend. Check out the fantastic lineup.
A roundup of women’s travel diaries through the ages.
Busloads of librarians and book-vending dogs! How did you celebrate World Book Night?
TAGS Los Angeles Festival of Books, travel diaries, William Shakespeare, World Book Night
GZ | April 24, 2012 at 10:42 am
Thanks for this post Sadie, but just to clarify: The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books was this past weekend.
Sadie Stein | April 24, 2012 at 10:51 am
Thanks! Will make the correction!
Shelley | April 24, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Re exploitation: This has become a culture of struggling for the crumbs. Maybe the job of literature now is to help us learn how to live with that.