Start your festival journey at the Black Ch\u00e2teau booth, #912 and meet an exciting\u00a0assortment of authors. The authors will be participating in on site interviews and book signings.<\/p>\n
Can’t make the LA Times Festival of Books in person? Join\u00a0Black Ch\u00e2teau on Facebook<\/a> for live updates. Follow the hashtag #BCE and\u00a0participate in the bookish action from anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n Take a look at our author preview and get\u00a0ready to join the fun:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kick off the festival with this urban-cozy mystery novel.\u00a0 Baker’s Dozen<\/a><\/em> is about Lexi, a young woman who\u00a0is orphaned as a baby when both parents die in a plane crash.\u00a0 She lives in a small fishing village in Alaska where she is raised by her grandmother. The close-knit community defines her as the tragic child who lost her parents – not satisfied with being viewed as a victim her entire life, Lexi decides to move to San Francisco. There she works in a bakery and falls head over heels for a fireman named Jerry. Her life is exactly as she dreamed until Jerry’s body is found dead due to a hotel fire. Lexi is determined to find out what happened, and in her journey uncovers secrets that threaten everything.<\/p>\n Set at the beginning of the aids crisis, San Francisco in the 1980’s, Lexi is a young woman navigating the\u00a0complex world around her. This new genre of mystery, the urban cozy, combines the comfort of baked goods with\u00a0gritty elements to keep the pages turning.\u00a0 Meet Autumn Doerr at booth #912 and discuss the\u00a0exciting first book in\u00a0the Lexi Fagan Mystery\u00a0Series<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n All the way from Canada, Susanne Bellefeuille is available for questions and book signings for her biography,\u00a0The Path of Lucas: The Journey He Endured.<\/em> A\u00a0fascinating look at mid-century life in rural Canada,\u00a0The Path of Lucas<\/a><\/em>\u00a0shows the power of determination and love. Bellefeuille writes about her father and the quest he took holding the family together when his wife was diagnosed with a mental illness. A poignant story, it has a message of hope and faith. How Lucas brings his wife back from a hopeless diagnosis, is an inspiration for all.<\/p>\n Take a look at mental illness through the eyes of a sympathetic partner, trying his best to understand and help his struggling wife. The\u00a0Path of Lucas<\/em> is a testament of the true power of love. Have a heart-to-heart with Susanne and chat about the struggles she, and others, often face at the Black Ch\u00e2teau booth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meet the dynamic duo that\u00a0may be able to predict America’s\u00a0future. Bobby Goldstein and Christina Cigala have paired up to create the dystopian novel that is shaking the\u00a0country. In XX v XY: The Final World War<\/a>, <\/em>the battle\u00a0is not fought between nations, but between women and men.<\/p>\n America his split in half, East America is controlled by an unstable president, determined to create a country where women are there only to serve men. West America is ruled by a governing body of powerful women, who advocate the power and inner strength women carry in their blood. These two different ideologies cannot live in harmony for long, and soon the tension boils over.<\/p>\n Recent sexual harassment and assault allegations in the news, and the emboldened #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, make this book poignant and timely. Some say it eerily mirrors the current political and social climate, though it was written long before the election and the recent social movements. Meet Bobby Goldstein and Christina Cigala at the Black Ch\u00e2teau booth to discuss their revolutionary novel.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Journeyman<\/a><\/em> is a sci-fi, adventure and time travel novel, and the first of the Matt Miller in the Colonies Series<\/em>. In the gripping tale, Matt Miller is abandoned in Colonial America, with just the shirt on his back and a few personal items. Matt must learn to survive in America’s new world, all alone with no relevant skills. He thinks that with his 21st century knowledge of technology and science, he can lead the young nation, but he soon discovers that merely surviving in the brutal environment is harder than it looks.<\/p>\n This captivating concept has readers thinking, “What would I do”. Dropped in the eighteenth century, would you remember enough from history class to make it? Could you use your current knowledge to change the world, or would the harsh realities of living beat you down? Discuss the intriguing topic with Mark J. Rose at booth #912.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some believe that mankind will eventually colonize our\u00a0planetary neighbor, Mars. In Mostly Human<\/a><\/em>, life has developed on the red rock, its inhabitants include clones, chimeras, and other creatures. 4Pallock, is a clone of\u00a0a once-famous detective. He is tasked with solving a mystery\u00a0from a femme fatale who soon drags him into a game of deceit, mayhem and danger.<\/p>\n If you’re a fan of gritty noir mystery novels and sci-fi adventures, Mostly Human<\/em> combines the two genres in a thrilling way. Fans of the book say, “Please do yourself a favor, if you like Bladerunner<\/em>, Shadowrun<\/em> or any gritty future tales, pick up a copy. You won’t be disappointed.”<\/p>\n Lon Varnadore will be available to discuss his fascinating novel at the Black Ch\u00e2teau booth #912.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The first book in the Rise-Up Leadership Series,\u00a0How Women Negotiate From a Position of Strength<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0is a quick and easy read with step-by-step action items. It is complete with an interactive work journal so that you can instantly begin to blend your thoughts, observations and accountability plan with the insights captured in the book. When finished, you will have your own 90-day plan customized to your needs.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Raye Mitchell is committed to helping young black women and girls assert their power and presence. She believes that for too long the voices of black women have been muted, their stories ignored, and their experiences invisible. Mitchell strives to build bridges and find peace and common ground to share justice and inclusion.<\/p>\n Learn more about the Rise-Up Series<\/em> with Raye Mitchell, and discuss ways you can join the movement, when you visit her at the Black Ch\u00e2teau booth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Fifth Battalion<\/em><\/a> is a sci-fi alien adventure story that you don’t want to miss. Earth isn’t what it seems, the planet is actually an intergalactic prison. As a part of the prisoner’s sentence,\u00a0people are\u00a0forcibly stripped of any awareness of their immortal spiritual nature. However, one group\u00a0of POWs have been able to avoid the brainwashing treatment everyone else receives.\u00a0 The group has been trying, and failing, to leave Earth for years; The Fifth Battalion<\/em> is the story of their final attempt at escaping.<\/p>\n The Fifth Battalion<\/em> is a study of valor and duty, friendship and loyalty, love and sex, justice and punishment, thirst for power and insatiable greed, but first and foremost, it is an intense action thriller with strong sci-fi undertones.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meet Janie in\u00a0Next Therapist Please<\/a><\/em>\u00a0as she raises a special needs child, consumes multiple glasses of margaritas, and consults six therapists in an attempt to live a rewarding life. Janie’s journey is complicated, as she is blessed with anxiety, depression, and the annoying but amusing OCD. The book, by Laurie Finkelstein, is inspired by her own experiences.<\/p>\n Grab a cocktail, make a toast, and enter Janie\u2019s world in this humorous, heartwarming novel. Will therapist #6 be the one, or will Janie move on to therapist #7? Share a laugh with Laurie Finkelstein and chat about your experiences,\u00a0at booth #912.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stop by the Black Chateau booth for your copy of Blue Bird<\/em> by Magda Ayuk. The collections of poignant poems\u00a0exposes the beauty and the ugly of the human experience by exploring the topics of race, gender and love under the umbrella of freedom.\u00a0Blue Bird<\/em><\/a>\u00a0officially launches April 17, 2018, which is appropriate with April being National Poetry Month.\u00a0Blue Bird<\/em>\u00a0is an open invitation to be unapologetic about who you are and to bloom as you find peace in rebellion. The pieces encourage readers to challenge what it means to be a man, or a woman, or other, through true self-discovery, and to define themselves as they see fit.<\/p>\n Grab a copy of Blue Bird<\/em> and start your journey of self-discovery at the Black Ch\u00e2teau booth #912.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.blackchateauenterprises.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BD-postcard-187x300.jpg\")
<\/a>Baker\u2019s Dozen: A Lexi Fagan Mystery<\/em> by Autumn Doerr<\/h3>\nSaturday, April 21 11am \u2013 1pm<\/h5>\n
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<\/a>Path of Lucas: The Journey He Endured<\/em> by Susanne Bellefeuille<\/h3>\nSaturday, April 21 11am \u2013 1pm<\/h5>\n
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<\/a>XX v XY: The Final World War<\/em> by author Christina Cigala,\u00a0Story by Bobby Goldstein, Creator of the TV Show Cheaters<\/em><\/h3>\nSaturday, April 21 1pm \u2013 3pm<\/h5>\n
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<\/a>Journeyman<\/em>\u00a0by Mark J. Rose<\/h3>\nSaturday, April 21 3pm \u2013 5pm<\/h5>\n
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<\/a>Mostly Human: A 4Pollack Novel<\/em> by Lon Varnadore<\/h3>\nSaturday, April 21 3pm \u2013 5pm<\/h5>\n
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<\/a>How Women\u00a0Negotiate from a Position of Strength<\/em> by Raye Mitchell, Esq.<\/h3>\nSunday, April 22 11am – 1pm<\/h5>\n
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<\/a>The Fifth Battalion<\/em> by Micheal Priv<\/h3>\nSunday, April 22 1pm – 3pm<\/h5>\n
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<\/a>Next Therapist Please<\/em> by Laurie Finkelstein<\/h3>\nSunday, April 22 1pm – 3pm<\/h5>\n
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<\/a>Blue Bird<\/em> by Magda Ayuk<\/h3>\nBook available for purchase.<\/h5>\n
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<\/a>Fenrir Chronicles: The Prince<\/em> by Nanishka Torres<\/h3>\nBook\u00a0available for purchase.<\/h5>\n