Anita Felicelli

In this newsletter, we take a close look at the California Book Club’s October selection, Tobias Wolff’s classic memoir.

The author of The Absinthe Forger discusses the book, absinthe collectors, and investigating the titular figure, a man who counterfeited a spirit once beloved by poets and artists.

In this newsletter, we announce Carol Edgarian as the special guest to discuss the California Book Club’s October selection, This Boy’s Life, with the memoir’s author and host John Freeman.

Author Tobias Wolff, special guest Carol Edgarian, and California Book Club host John Freeman gathered for a thoughtful conversation about storytelling and Wolff’s memoir, the October selection.

In Tiny Threads, Lilliam Rivera uncovers the horror of adult life.

In this newsletter, we introduce the three superb titles that are next year’s first-quarter selections: two novels and a short story collection.

The author of Mobility talks about her second novel, the oil and gas industry, women in the workplace, and empowerment.

In this newsletter, we look at a significant relationship within Gary Phillips’s Ivan Monk crime novels, the first of which is the California Book Club’s November selection.

In this newsletter, we discuss Naomi Hirahara, who will appear in conversation with November CBC author Gary Phillips and host John Freeman to discuss Phillips’s crime novel.

Crime fiction writers Gary Phillips and Naomi Hirahara engaged in a lively conversation with California Book Club host John Freeman about Phillips’s Los Angeles hard-boiled novel, the November selection.