The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is going down the weekend of Coachella. I won’t be there. (And I won’t be at Coachella either.) But if you can make it, Tod Goldberg is moderating a panel about books and blogging featuring none other than Carolyn Kellogg, Ron Hogan, and a gentleman by the name of Andrew Keen, who has written a book called The Cult of the Amateur, which describes “how the democratization of the digital world is assaulting our economy, our culture, and our values.” And here I was thinking that the fault could be leveled at the Bush Administration. But no matter.
This promises some serious fireworks, particularly with one of the Goldbergs at the helm.
As it so happens, I have obtained a pre-pub copy of Mr. Keen’s book and I plan to devote a future post on this subject.
I will be liveblogging from the event for LAist, but will be providing full coverage on counterbalance as well.
You are right — should be a very interesting panel. There are some other fireworks-prone ones in the bunch…but they tell me they “aren’t yet finalized.”