Preparations Under Way for Third Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Posted on February 10, 1998

More than 150 popular and diverse authors have been confirmed to participate in what has become a highly anticipated annual event celebrating the written word: The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, which is being presented in association with UCLA, is set for the weekend of April 25-26 at UCLA's Dickson Plaza.

Last year's Festival drew unprecedented crowds from across the Southland, with more than 100,000 people of all backgrounds attending book signings, author panel discussions, poetry readings and a variety of activities for children.

The range of authors already confirmed to participate in this year's Festival of Books include popular names such as Betty Friedan, Sydney Sheldon, Isabel Allende, Olivia Goldsmith, Ray Bradbury, Barbara Taylor Bradford and Dom Deluise. New activities designed to appeal to teens and young adults also are being planned.

Admission to the Festival will again be free to the public; on-campus parking is $5. Hours will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

The official Festival of Books program, which will provide detailed information on all Festival events and participants, will be published in a special Book Review section in the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, April 19. Festival of Books updates also will be published regularly in The Times' Sunday Book Review section.

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