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Join author Sheila Yasmin Marikar as she discusses her new novel in conversation with Tinx.About the BookSix old friends descend on Napa Valley for a luxurious weekend of fine wine and good times…until old tensions simmer to the surface. So much can go wrong in this dark comedy by the author of The Goddess Effect.Just get yourselves here, everything else is on us.Raj and Rachel Ranjani have invited a small group of their ride or dies from college for a celebratory weekend in Napa Valley. On the agenda: three nights in the couple’s vineyard mansion, a lavish dinner at Napa’s hottest new restaurant, exclusive tastings, and the grand opening of the Ranjanis’ ultra-high-end winery. It’s a reunion of six friends who haven’t seen each other in years. What could go wrong?To start, there’s the less-than-warm welcome: a brick flung through a window and palpable tension between the hosts. But no worries―all Raj has to do is pop a few bottles of vintage Dom, and the college vibes come rushing back. So do old resentments, animosities, and unrequited crushes. Soon enough, the illusion of friendship shatters like a gossamer wineglass, and one of the friends ends up dead. Everyone has their Read More ...

Join Katharine Haake as she discusses her latest book in conversation with author Lou MathewsABOUT THE BOOKIn Katharine Haake's new eco-fable, What Happened Was, emissaries from the postworld return to us with accounts of a future that spooled itself out because we weren’t paying attention. In it, everything looks a lot like now, only a little bit different. Intimate, precarious, often beguiling, sometimes hilarious, and never free of political context, these reports are haunted by loss. Whether parts of the body or children in trees, things disappear in this world without warning or sense as everything fades toward oblivion and dead parents taunt from the grave: What made you think you were so special it wouldn’t happen to you?ABOUT THE AUTHORKatharine Haake is the author of the eco-dystopian science fiction fable, The Time of Quarantine, and the California hybrid prose lyric, That Water, Those Rocks, and three collections of stories. Her work has appeared broadly and been recognized as distinguished by Best American Fiction and Best American Essays, among others. She is a professor of creative writing at California State University, Northridge.ABOUT THE INTERLOCUTORLou Mathews is the author of the novels L.A. Breakdown, an L.A. Times Best Book, and Shaky Read More ...

Janet Sternburg in Conversation with Lorenz KienzleIn a conversation with Villa Aurora Fellow Lorenz Kienzle, Author and photographer Janet Sternburg will present her newest publication LOOKING AT MEXICO / Mexico Looks Back (2023).

This is the book fair for every adult still chasing that elementary school book fair day vibe... and we added cocktails!Remember the smell of brand new books and fresh erasers on book fair morning? What a time to be alive! As lifelong book lovers, we love a good book fair and a little nostalgia. You know we had to kick it up a notch though. Glitter pens and gin, bookmarks and bourbon, vibes and vodka, and of course our carefully curated collection of culturally diverse books. Wow, say that 3 times fast. You can expect books, cocktails, music, art, and community. The books cost money but the vibes are free! Inner children welcome, real children are gently discouraged.

Cinderella Abel Book Relaunch signing & meet and greet with LA Times Bestseller Author Kamisha WellsFREE EVENT you can purchase a autograph signed copy of my novel at the event ! Meet and Greet the Author RED CARPET photos provided by Getty images Live DJ ( Food , Drinks not free ) 360 photobooth laughter and fun.Also, feel free to extend the invitation to your friends and family! The more, the merrier.