<p>UCLA has a festival of books on-campus every year put on by the LA Times and the event this year will be next weekend April 25/26. This fairly large event attracts a lot of famous authors including hollywood star authors. If your kid is going to UCLA or if you live close enough you might want to head there and check it out. It’s free except for some of the speaking sessions although some of those are free also.</p>
<p>We went there one year and I saw a talk by Kareem Abdul Jabbar (UCLA alumni and author and outstanding bb player). My D bought his book and had it signed by him (and then I read it - it was quite interesting). My D also had her picture taken with actor Don Cheadle and spoke a few words with him who she said was nice. We saw Henry Winkler give a talk to mostly kids and their parents since he’s written a lot of kid’s books.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in books check out the list of authors who’ll be there.
[Los</a> Angeles Times Festival of Books](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/index.html]Los”>Archive blogs)</p>