Bestselling author David Baldacci discusses the audiobook, NO REST FOR THE DEAD with editor Andrew Gulli, and introduces an exclusive excerpt! Get more on David Baldacci at SimonandSchuster.com: authors.simonandschuster.com
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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will be held this year on the 25th and 26th of April 2009, which is a Saturday and Sunday. The event is ideal for the literary enthusiasts and book lovers. There will be over 50 books and poetry readings. The festival will comprise of over 100 author panels and there will be hundreds of book signings taking place. It is speculated that at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books that there will be over a dozen musical, cultural and literary presentations. The Los Angeles Festival of Books will be held at the University of California Los Angeles Campus. On Saturday the 25th of April the event will start at10 am and will go on till 6 pm. On Sunday the 26th of April the event will start off at 10 am and go on till about 5 pm. Admission to this event is free but parking will come at a cost of $9. There will be about four hundred and fifty authors at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Some of the authors include Henry Winkler, Larry Wilmore, Joseph Wambaugh, Tori Spelling, Danica McKellar, Marlee Matlin, Sandra Tsing Loh, Arianna Huffington, Jeff Henderson, Michael J. Fox, Kate DiCamillo, Robert Crais, Tom Bergeron and David Baldacci. When at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books it would be recommended to find some of the Pasadena hotels for accommodation. Out of the hotels in Pasadena a good place to stay would be the Langham Hotel Pasadena.