Images from the West Hollywood Book Fair

Aimee Bender, Marisa Silver and Michael Jaime-Becerra were among the authors who braved the near 100-degree heat to appear at the West Hollywood Book Fair on Sunday. By all accounts, attendance was down -- perhaps by as much as 50% -- because of the weather.

The one-day neighborhood book festival included appearances by actress and memoirist Molly Ringwald, poet Mark Doty and crime writer James Ellroy; a Lovecraftian live-action game; and lots and lots of sun. See our photo gallery of the West Hollywood Book Festival here.

-- Carolyn Kellogg

Photo: Aimee Bender, Marisa Silver and Michael Jaime-Becerra. Credit: Carolyn Kellogg

Comments

[Maria Alexander]

Thanks, Carolyn! Great photos, too. :)

[Joshua]

Wow, attendance was down? Was it the weather? Or, people's boredom with the festival?

Consider, the fact that the line-up's been the same 50 authors for several years running. If you miss a writer, you can always wait .. they'll be there next year ... and the next ... in ten years. This might have something to do with another little known fact: the "organizers" don't actually read the books of the panel participants. It's about "relationships." Or, $$$.

There's also the fact that the City of WeHo - supposedly so pro-gay rights - accepts major funding from Target, of late busily backing anti-gay legislation.