Michael Chabon

33rd annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes to be presented tonight

2013-04-19 12:24:00

The 33rd annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes will be presented in a public ceremony Friday night at USC’s Bovard Auditorium. The awards are given in 10 categories, including biography, current interest, first fiction and adult literature. In...

‘Game of Thrones’ premiere: Westeros comes to Hollywood

2013-03-19 13:43:57

Literature Prize launches as $60,000 Folio Prize

2013-03-13 12:10:00

It's a big day for prize announcements: The Literature Prize announced its formation and sponsor Wednesday at a news conference at the British Library in London. The idea for the prize came into being when a group of British intellectuals took umbrage...

Ben Katchor's askew urban landscape in 'Hand-Drying in America'

2013-02-22 13:00:00

Ben Katchor must be the most unlikely comics artist ever to do a newspaper strip. His "Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer," which debuted in 1988, has appeared in papers such as the Forward and the old New York Press, where I first discovered it; to...

Announcing the 2012 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists

2013-02-20 18:15:00

This post has been updated; see below for details. The finalists for the 33rd L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced Thursday morning -- the complete list is below. In addition to the 50 books in 10 categories that are in the running for the awards,...

Essential reading after Newtown: 'Columbine' by Dave Cullen

2012-12-17 16:12:00

When it comes to events like the recent school shooting in Newtown, Conn., there are knowns, unknowns and, already, mis-knowns. A photograph of Ryan Lanza circulated asserting he was the shooter, when in fact it was his brother, Adam Lanza. Their mother,...

Michael Chabon looks back on 2012

2012-12-16 00:00:00

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon ("The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay") reflected on 2012's cultural highlights and currents in a conversation from his home in Berkeley. What were your favorite books this year? I really loved my...

'Argo,' 'Beasts,' 'Lincoln' among Scripter Award nominees

2013-01-15 05:00:00

The authors and screenwriters of "Argo," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," �"Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "Silver Linings Playbook" have been nominated for the 25th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award.� Usually only five...

Jewish legend sets stage for superheroes in ‘The Thirty Six’

2012-10-05 15:02:41

The view from there: Wrap-ups of Book Expo America

2012-06-08 16:36:35

Michael Chabon, royalty rates and an e-book backlist

2011-12-20 16:34:51

An e-book conundrum around 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

2012-01-13 16:34:56

Author Michael Chabon will speak at Books and Books on Oct. 15.

2012-10-15 05:44:00

Portrait of author Michael Chabon in Chicago on Thursday, September 20, 2012.

2012-09-18 00:00:00

Author Michael Chabon .

2011-09-04 00:00:00