Books | TJ Klune says ‘Calvin & Hobbes’ inspired a ‘Somewhere Beyond the Sea’ character By Diya Chacko September 5, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. The author, whose new novel is a sequel to 'The House in the Cerulean Sea,'...
Books | San Diego’s Tribal Streetwear focus of new book that looks at its impact and legacy By Michael James Rocha September 1, 2024 at 5:59 a.m. 'Tribal and the Cultural Legacy of Streetwear,' edited by San Diegan G. James Daichendt, is...
Books | In ‘Please Come to Boston,’ author Gary Goldstein puts his protagonist on a path to self-discovery By Michael James Rocha September 1, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. For his third novel, Los Angeles-based author goes back to his college years for inspiration
North Park author’s debut novel explores wrestler’s struggle with hope, loss, life and death By Pam Kragen August 16, 2024 at 10:32 a.m. Steve Schlam's 'The Harvesting of Haystacks Kane' is about a 607-pound wrestler facing in his...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Crime and Public Safety | Revisiting the cop shooting that ripped the seams of race relations in San Diego By Teri Figueroa August 11, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. "Reap the Whirlwind," a new book, recounts the case of Sagon Penn, a young Black...
Theater | Review: Old Globe’s ‘Holmes’ update a funny, fashionable take on literary classic By Pam Kragen August 13, 2024 at 2:02 p.m. The Balboa Park theater is presenting the San Diego premiere of Kate Hamill's contemporary and...
Things to do | San Diego’s Meet Cute riding the wave of popularity for romance bookstores By Serena Neumeyer August 9, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. Meet Cute Romance Bookshop is among an increasing number of romance genre stores popping up...
Arts and Culture Newsletter: San Diego Paralympian profiled in ‘Power of Sports’ documentary By Pam Kragen August 1, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. Also this week, a book on the Sagon Penn case, the Midway Museum's 20 millionth...
Books | Memoir dives deep into the science of sharks By Tribune News Service July 28, 2024 at 9:38 a.m. 'Sharks Don't Sink' author Jasmin Graham will discuss her research in La Jolla next week
Books | Legendary player Jack Givens and San Diego author Doug Brunk on Givens’ life in Kentucky basketball and beyond By Michael James Rocha July 28, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. Local author Doug Brunk and basketball player Jack Givens set to make Warwick's appearance to...
Arts and Culture Newsletter: SDMA opens ‘American Agitator’ exhibition By David L. Coddon July 30, 2024 at 9:38 a.m. SDMA opens 'American Agitator,' 'Batman' screening, Cracker, Lea Salonga, Mel Brooks and 'Blazing Saddles,' Comic-Con...
Things to do | Comic-Con: 13 things to see or do this week at Comic-Con By Peter Larsen July 24, 2024 at 1:44 p.m. We did a deep dive into the Comic-Con schedule to pick some offerings that appealed...
Books | What ‘Bright Sword’ author Lev Grossman loves about Comic-Con By Diya Chacko July 23, 2024 at 1:46 p.m. Best known for "The Magicians," the Brooklyn-based writer is a featured speaker at this weekend's...
San Diego of the ’50s-’70s is the home for retiree’s new short story collection By Pam Kragen July 21, 2024 at 5:20 p.m. San Diego native Joe Cabaniss has just published his debut novel, a collection of short...
Things to do | Comic-Con 2024: 26 things you need to know By Michael James Rocha July 23, 2024 at 1:16 p.m. The county's largest convention arrives Wednesday with thousands of events, exhibitors, appearances and vendors. Here...
S.D. Arts and Culture Newsletter: Oceanside singer Lea Love joins Holo Holo fest By David L. Coddon July 11, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. Also this week: The Beat Farmers tribute, T. Jefferson Parker's new book, violinist Geneva Lewis,...
Books | Joyce Maynard got letters after her last book. So she wrote a sequel By Peter Larsen July 1, 2024 at 1:53 p.m. Maynard's new book picks up the story of Eleanor, a New Hampshire wife and mother,...
Fantasy novelist Tomi Adeyemi to speak in San Diego next week By The New York Times News Service Syndicate June 25, 2024 at 10:50 a.m. The Nigerian-American author will discuss her latest novel "Children of Anguish and Anarchy" at Mysterious...
Things to do | Why Maisie Dobbs author Jacqueline Winspear says it’s time to end the series By Erik Pedersen June 13, 2024 at 3:02 a.m. Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs novels immerse you so deeply into 20th-century British life that you...
Opinion | San Diego author explores love, family, mental health in latest novel By Lisa Deaderick June 9, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Her mother doesn’t understand her change in hairstyle. She wants to be there for her...
Things to do | Investigative reporter takes deep look into ‘Fat Leonard’ scandal. ‘The skeletons are in this book.’ By Alex Riggins May 26, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Craig Whitlock can still remember the moment he first heard about "Fat Leonard." He was...
Things to do | ‘A sense of calm’: Amy Tan’s writing and illustrations soar in new book about birds By Roxana Popescu May 19, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Most of the drawings in Amy Tan’s unusual and rewarding new book, "The Backyard Bird...
Things to do | Local novelist, 76, turns her experience as a Latin American and Spanish art dealer into thrillers By Pam Kragen May 12, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. For more than 20 years, Linda Moore ran a well-reviewed San Diego art gallery that...
Things to do | More than ghosts and goblins, blood and gore, horror writers and fans get ready for StokerCon in San Diego By Lisa Deaderick May 11, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Kristina Grifantini, who writes fiction under the name KC Grifant, found inspiration for her debut...
Opinion | UCLA professor tells story of ‘foot soldiers’ in human smuggling across the border in new book By Lisa Deaderick May 5, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Researcher and professor Jason De León wanted to tell a different story about human smuggling...
Things to do | Travel writer explores ‘Beer Hiking’ in Southern California By Peter Rowe April 26, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. When a publisher suggested Johanna Flashman write a book on outdoor treks that lead to...
Things to do | A love of reading, fixation with San Diego Chicano history, leads to debut children’s book By Lisa Deaderick April 20, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Growing up in National City meant that children’s book author María Dolores Águila was never...
Things to do | High suspense: 5 questions with the Encinitas author of ‘Matterhorn’ By Jimmy Camp April 14, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. You could say former stockbroker-turned-spy-thriller author Christopher Reich knows how to make a killing.Since leaving...
Opinion | It’s time to brush up your Shakespeare By Richard Lederer April 13, 2024 at 1:31 p.m. Little information about William Shakespeare’s personal life is available, but from municipal records we can...
Entertainment | San Diego Book Crawl returning with new shuttle for tour of local independent bookstores By Abby Hamblin April 22, 2024 at 6:23 p.m. In a time of AI girlfriends, deepfake videos and 3D printed rockets, a product made...
Things to do | Late start was a great start for these Southern California artists and authors By San Diego Union-Tribune April 7, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. Many artists and authors discovered their hidden talents in their childhood or their teens. But...
Things to do | San Diego veterinarian and author pens children’s book about America’s first female animal doctor By Lisa Deaderick April 5, 2024 at 5:31 p.m. Animals and books—it’s probably safe to say Jacqueline Johnson loves them equally. As a kid,...
Entertainment | Famed San Diego author Don Winslow ready to trade his pen for a protest sign By Benjamin P. Russell April 2, 2024 at 2:50 p.m. Like the cops, crooks and gangland toughs who populate his books, Julian resident Don Winslow...
Things to do | San Diego Writers Festival to host film director Ed Zwick, whose new Hollywood memoir tells all By Rick Kogan March 31, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. On a recent Friday night, Jim Belushi walked into a high-rise apartment in Chicago and...
Things to do | Vernor Vinge, visionary sci-fi author who helped foretell the rise of internet and AI, dies in La Jolla at 79 By Gary Robbins June 13, 2024 at 12:42 a.m. Vernor Vinge, the San Diego State University professor whose award-winning science fiction novels helped foretell...
Things to do | A book celebrates James Foley and confronts a man involved in his murder By Max Ufberg March 22, 2024 at 5:01 p.m. Among the scattered notes taped to the door of the Irish author Colum McCann’s home...
Things to do | Spring arts preview 2024: Our top 10 book picks and events for the season By Seth Combs March 27, 2024 at 7:07 p.m. Of all the seasons, the spring is prime time for new book releases. Publishers often...
Things to do | Spring arts preview 2024: Author Courtney Deane’s debut offers hope to those tired of hopelessly romantic novels By Seth Combs March 17, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. On the surface, it seemed entirely fitting to be interviewing Courtney Deane on Valentine’s Day....
Opinion | The enduring legacy of Robert Frost By Richard Lederer March 16, 2024 at 2:01 p.m. A Sesquicentennial Celebration of poet Robert Frost’s birth is coming to San Diego on Wednesday,...
Opinion | Filipinx feminism and activism, revisited and expanded in ‘Closer to Liberation’ By Lisa Deaderick March 10, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. The first time these friends read a piece in which a Filipina American scholar was...
Things to do | In ‘After Annie,’ Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist shows how a family recovers from monumental loss By Catherine Newman March 9, 2024 at 3:03 p.m. Anna Quindlen knows what she’s doing. So there’s really no need to play Sigmund Freud...
Things to do | Nation’s top poets to converge at Robert Frost Sesquicentennial conference in San Diego By Pam Kragen March 31, 2024 at 5:25 p.m. For many Americans, the poetry of Robert Frost conjures images of bucolic life in New...
Things to do | AI-narrated books are here. Are humans out of a job? This San Diego startup has a solution. By Roxana Popescu March 9, 2024 at 1:15 a.m. If you've listened to an audiobook or a narrated news article in the past year...
Opinion | Author and scholar to discuss racist roots of ‘obesity epidemic’ at San Diego library By Lisa Deaderick February 29, 2024 at 10:04 p.m. In her 2019 book, “Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia,” Sabrina...
Things to do | UCSD professor emeritus Quincy Troupe reflects on Miles Davis, poetry and more By Peter Larsen February 25, 2024 at 2:01 p.m. Back in the 1980s, Spin magazine asked Quincy Troupe who he'd like to write about...
Things to do | A searching debut novel about a California community changed by wildfire By Kayla Maiuri February 25, 2024 at 2:01 p.m. In her bracing debut novel, “A Fire So Wild,” Sarah Ruiz-Grossman chronicles a community in...
Things to do | ‘Burn Book’ torches tech titans in veteran reporter’s tale of love and loathing in Silicon Valley By Michael Liedtke March 22, 2024 at 1:33 a.m. Technology is so pervasive and invasive that it's polarizing people, producing feelings of love and...
Opinion | A vibrant Afro-Mexican community has always been in Mexico, their country is finally catching up By Lisa Deaderick February 18, 2024 at 2:01 p.m. It could be called a revelatory moment, learning about the presence, history, and culture of...
Things to do | Author Elizabeth Gilbert to kick off San Diego’s Writer’s Symposium by the Sea By Seth Combs February 18, 2024 at 2:01 p.m. When we think of a writer, most of us will envision a solitary figure at...
Things to do | Why Kristin Hannah decided to write about Vietnam War nurses in ‘The Women’ By Peter Larsen February 18, 2024 at 1:59 p.m. The idea to write about nurses in combat zones in the Vietnam War came easy,...
Things to do | Bestselling historical novelists team up as co-authors on ‘The Phoenix Crown’ By Pam Kragen February 12, 2024 at 5:23 p.m. Seven years ago, bestselling novelists Kate Quinn and Janie Chang met at a historical fiction...
Things to do | Local author, speaker rejects shame and silence for authenticity, empowerment By Lisa Deaderick February 3, 2024 at 2:01 p.m. Life is too short and Krystal Casey had dreams, one of which included writing a...
Things to do | Playwright Karen Zacarias digs under the skin of Gilded Age novel ‘The Age of Innocence’ By Pam Kragen February 2, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. Back in New York's Gilded Age of the 1870s, it was considered gauche to serve...
Things to do | 7 recommended reads that may help heal your connection with food By Carolyn Todd January 30, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. How is your relationship with food these days? For many of us, the honest answer...
Things to do | An 18th century midwife investigates evil doings in ‘gripping’ novel ‘The Frozen River’ By Malcolm Forbes January 16, 2024 at 2:59 p.m. In Ariel Lawhon's "The Frozen River," narrator Martha Ballard reveals how a person would navigate...
Things to do | Alcohol told him lies, but wellness coach and author found the truth when he quit drinking By Lisa Deaderick January 13, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. There were a lot of images and messaging about masculinity that Dustin Dunbar saw when...
Opinion | It’s OK to boldly go and purposely split an infinitive By Richard Lederer January 6, 2024 at 2:06 p.m. DEAR RICHARD: Now retired from 50 years of college teaching and having no more student...
Things to do | San Diego author Marilyn Woods loves being out of her comfort zone with second book, ‘After Goya’ By Lisa Deaderick January 6, 2024 at 2:01 p.m. There was a point during the pandemic shutdown when author Marilyn Woods noticed feeling emotionally...
Things to do | SoCal author hopes her new dystopian climate change novel makes readers think By Diya Chacko January 6, 2024 at 2:01 p.m. If you had the chance to escape the ravages of climate change by permanently joining...
Things to do | Looking ahead: Four books and one book event I can’t wait for in 2024 By Seth Combs December 30, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. One of the surprising takeaways from 2023 for me was witnessing just how many independent...
Things to do | Take on the library’s winter reading challenge and learn more about your community and identity By Kristina Davis December 29, 2023 at 10:45 p.m. SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Public Library is challenging readers of all ages to explore the...
Things to do | Year in review: Looking back at 5 stellar local books in 2023 By Seth Combs December 23, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. Much like the local music and theater scenes, San Diego’s thriving literary scene simply doesn't...
Things to do | Encinitas grants official poet laureate status to longtime Cardiff resident By Barbara Henry December 16, 2023 at 12:59 a.m. ENCINITAS — Encinitas now has an official Poet Laureate, and it’s the same person who was declared...
Things to do | How these San Diego kids books beat out bestselling authors like James Patterson, Anderson Cooper By Roxana Popescu December 16, 2023 at 12:34 a.m. Silver Dolphin Books, a San Diego book imprint you’ve probably never heard of, tucked into...
Things to do | La Jolla author’s guided journal helps travelers preserve their memories By Ashley Mackin-Solomon December 10, 2023 at 2:01 p.m. For those to whom travel has sentimental value or perhaps a beloved activity — whether...
Things to do | Human genome pioneer J. Craig Venter’s tales of his seafaring adventures are thrilling. His new book about them is less so By Gary Robbins December 10, 2023 at 2:01 p.m. In between bites of eggs Benedict, genome guru Craig Venter paused recently to share a...
Things to do | High-schooler wins this year’s matchbook (super) short story contest By Kristina Davis December 9, 2023 at 1:56 a.m. SAN DIEGO — In a mere three sentences, a San Diego high-schooler nailed the nostalgia of childhood,...
Things to do | After nearly 200 episodes, the ‘Backlisted’ podcast is nowhere close to running out of great books By Erik Pedersen November 23, 2023 at 10:00 p.m. For the past 8 years, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller have read and discussed books...
Entertainment | A 2023 gift guide that will strike a chord: 10 ideas for the music lover in your life By Maria Sherman December 4, 2023 at 12:23 a.m. LOS ANGELES — For the obsessive record collector or the casual listener, the shower singer or the...
Things to do | Pop art to ballet, reach for a coffee-table read when choosing holiday gifts By Leanne Italie December 3, 2023 at 11:57 p.m. NEW YORK — A good book packs power. A good book thoughtfully chosen as a gift can...
Things to do | Gifts for young readers: 11 books that teach kids about gratitude By Roxana Popescu November 19, 2023 at 2:11 p.m. These books aren’t all directly about gratitude. But they all offer a chance to chat...
Things to do | The best books – fiction and nonfiction – to give this holiday season By Seth Combs November 19, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. Giving books as a gift can be a gamble, but 2023 saw a slew of...
Things to do | 12 books by San Diego authors you can buy at local shops this holiday season By Seth Combs December 11, 2023 at 1:40 a.m. One could argue that nothing says you care more than giving a book as a...
Things to do | United Through Reading’s Storybook Ball By Staff Report December 2, 2023 at 1:30 a.m. United Through Reading hosted its 15th annual black-tie fundraiser Oct. 28 at the Hilton San...
Things to do | Matt Coyle’s 20-year Rick Cahill ‘Odyssey’ poised to conclude … or is it? By Seth Combs November 12, 2023 at 2:01 p.m. There’s a point toward the end of our interview where local novelist Matt Coyle admits,...
Things to do | Encinitas author’s novel ‘Out of the Darkness’ inspired by his ancestor’s American success story By Ashley Mackin-Solomon November 5, 2023 at 2:01 p.m. You never really know what you're going to find when you look into your family...
Things to do | Country troubadour reflects on 7 decades of songwriting By Andrew Dalton April 5, 2024 at 7:33 p.m. LOS ANGELES — Willie starts with the words. It's one of the surprising revelations in Willie Nelson's...
Things to do | From anxiety to creativity, UC San Diego professor discusses book on power of the mind By Lisa Deaderick October 28, 2023 at 4:09 a.m. It was Jaime Pineda’s first psychology class as a college freshman, in an auditorium of...
Things to do | How ‘Hild’ author Nicola Griffith mapped the life of her medieval ‘Menewood’ heroine By San Diego Union-Tribune October 22, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. Nicola Griffith makes a lot of maps.It’s an interest she discovered out of necessity while...
Things to do | ‘Pearls Before Swine’ comics creator branches out with new children’s novel By John Metcalfe October 22, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. Stephan Pastis is a lot of things — creator of the comic “Pearls Before Swine,”...
Things to do | Celebrating 75 years of In-N-Out, Southern California’s favorite homegrown burger chain By San Diego Union-Tribune October 20, 2023 at 1:03 p.m. Lynsi Snyder is the ultimate insider at In-N-Out Burger. But writing a history of the...
Things to do | Wimpy Kid’s ‘No Brainer’ library support tour arrives in San Diego on Oct. 23 By Erik Pedersen October 19, 2023 at 6:31 p.m. Imagine a game show where kids and librarians are the big winners — and instead...
Things to do | Can you write a short story in a few sentences? This San Diego contest would like to see you try. By Kristina Davis October 16, 2023 at 10:18 p.m. As William Shakespeare once wrote: "Brevity is the soul of wit." It would be a...
Things to do | ‘Leftover Woman’ author becomes unlikely lightning rod in book-banning campaign By San Diego Union-Tribune October 15, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. Chinese American novelist Jean Kwok is internationally known for her bestselling novels "Girl in Translation,"...
Things to do | Ocean Beach author conjures time travel and historical fiction in first novel By Regina Elling October 8, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. After a trip to Sicily, freelance writer Mary Knight was inspired to combine her love...
Entertainment | Patrick Stewart, a Shakespearean actor who soars in sci-fi, to discuss memoir in San Diego visit By Mark Kennedy November 23, 2023 at 9:59 p.m. NEW YORK — Patrick Stewart, who famously played a “Star Trek” captain, has boldly gone where no...
Things to do | ‘Laugh-In’ creator George Schlatter is ‘Still Laughing’ in new memoir By Peter Larsen October 1, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. George Schlatter was working in the mailroom at a talent agency when he first met...
Things to do | San Diego author, disability activist publishes memoir ‘My Unexpected Life’ By Pam Kragen September 24, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. Jennifer Gasner was 16 years old when she began noticing she would sway, stumble and...
Opinion | Elvis Presley, dairy farms, precursor to waterskiing found in ‘Forgotten San Diego’ By Lisa Deaderick September 22, 2023 at 10:59 p.m. The pictures, the visuals, can do a lot of heavy lifting in telling the history...
Opinion | From early vaqueros to 21st century: San Diego author explores history of ‘Latinxs in Hawaii’ By Lisa Deaderick September 20, 2023 at 5:56 p.m. It was during the research for his dissertation and first book that Rudy Guevarra Jr....
Things to do | ‘Rouge’: New novel set in La Jolla explores the gothic side of the beauty industry By Elisabeth Frausto September 17, 2023 at 12:01 p.m. To author Mona Awad, La Jolla is a bright gem of a location: a sunny...
Things to do | Judy Reeves listens to her heart, travels to Europe, learns to trust herself By Lisa Deaderick September 16, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. Anyone in San Diego who considers themselves a writer is probably familiar with Judy Reeves...
Things to do | Identity shenanigans and romance are the ‘Name’ of the game in new book By Denise Davidson September 12, 2023 at 2:25 a.m. Susan Lee compares writing her second novel, “The Name Drop,” to being in high school....
Things to do | Fall arts preview 2023: Our top book picks for the season By Seth Combs September 10, 2023 at 12:01 p.m. Bookworms will have plenty of pages to turn this season. Fun fact: publishing houses often...
Things to do | Fall arts preview 2023: Author Jennifer Peoples Hernandez explores the life of a legendary San Diego artist in definitive biography By Seth Combs September 10, 2023 at 12:01 p.m. Jennifer Peoples Hernandez’s husband and three children like to joke that Belle Baranceanu may as...
Things to do | ‘Hollywood Signs’ shines a light on L.A.’s forgotten visual landmarks By San Diego Union-Tribune September 3, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. You might know that Los Angeles’ most famous sign once read “Hollywoodland.”But did you know...
Things to do | The best places to read a book in San Diego County, according to 8 local authors By Maura Fox September 21, 2023 at 4:16 p.m. Leave it to a local wordsmith to know the best place in town to read...
Things to do | How Ozomatli turned its song ‘Moose on the Loose’ into a children’s book By Press Telegram August 30, 2023 at 8:11 p.m. After rocking a generation of kids with a children’s album back in 2012, Grammy-winning Los...
Things to do | The world’s mystery novelists and their superfans slinking into San Diego this week for Bouchercon By Michael Schaub August 29, 2023 at 1:45 p.m. In 2003, Naomi Hirahara walked through the doors of Bouchercon, the annual mystery and crime...
Things to do | Fall arts preview 2023: Britney and Barbra’s memoirs are among major releases, but political books are fewer By Hillel Italie September 7, 2023 at 5:47 p.m. NEW YORK — One year ahead of the 2024 election, don't expect many new books about the...