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Erik Pedersen

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Entertainment Editor (Books, TV & Film, Music, more) for 11 Southern California News Group outlets. Books newsletter: https://teapawt.org/t.co/lqbxW2GVKP

 California, USA
Joined December 2008
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243 Followers • 92 Threads • Entertainment Editor (Books, TV, Movie, Music, more) Southern California News Group + Book Pages newsletter. See the latest conversations with @erikmpedersen.

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It took nearly 40 years, but a lost LA poet is back in print. We’re sharing the story behind the comeback, including how an article by Books Editor @erikpedersen helped spark the momentum to bring Henri Coulette’s voice back to the page: ocregister.com/2026/04/17/ho… #WorldBookDay
How a lost and forgotten LA writer is coming back into print after 36 years

How a lost and forgotten LA writer is coming back into print after 36 years

Boris Dralyuk, who has two new books coming out, talks about getting the poet Henri Coulette published again.

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The great SoCal bookman @erikpedersen revisits his story about Henri Coulette, now that the poet’s work is back in print—and Alexander Voloshin makes a cameo, too. ocregister.com/2026/04/17/ho…
How a lost and forgotten LA writer is coming back into print after 36 years

How a lost and forgotten LA writer is coming back into print after 36 years

Boris Dralyuk, who has two new books coming out, talks about getting the poet Henri Coulette published again.

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By Erik Pedersen (@erikpedersen) A Pasadena bookstore owner lost his Altadena home in the Eaton fire. His staff responded. pasadenastarnews.com/2025/01…
A Pasadena bookstore owner lost his Altadena home in the Eaton fire. His staff responded.

A Pasadena bookstore owner lost his Altadena home in the Eaton fire. His staff responded.

Tom Rogers, owner of Book Alley, is back at work at his Colorado Boulevard store. His employees set up a GoFundMe to help.

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In this Q&A with @erikpedersen for the @ladailynews, #HessePhillips discusses their 20-year odyssey working on LIGHTBORNE, their new novel incorporating English history, queer romance and espionage. 🔎 dailynews.com/2024/11/15/how…
How ‘Lightborne’ explores the mystery of Christopher Marlowe’s murder

How ‘Lightborne’ explores the mystery of Christopher Marlowe’s murder

Author Hesse Phillips discusses their 20-year odyssey working on a novel incorporating English history, queer romance and espionage.

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10 books inspired by Shakespeare including novels, romance, nonfiction and a Dame dropping f-bombs. ocregister.com/2024/10/25/10… @fsgbooks @simonschuster @PutnamBooks @robeastaway @avonbooks @UnionSqandCo @dgjones

10 new novels, romances and nonfiction books inspired by Shakespeare

Plus, more in the Book Pages about upcoming plays, movies and more, including a book club invitation, in this week’s newsletter.

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Explore 10 new cookbooks for fall *gift link* @DollyParton @mattymatheson @rebelgirlsbook @UnionSqandCo @TenSpeedPress @BloomsburyPub @Smallorchids @ottolenghi @ChefTuDavidPhu ocregister.com/2024/10/18/10…

10 new cookbooks to inspire delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner meals

Hungry for some delicious recipes? We found 10 new books with food ideas we want to explore in the Book Pages.

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Get the story on Monrovia's Black Cat Bookstore, Southern California's new independent #bookstore ocregister.com/2024/10/11/so…
Southern California has a new independent bookstore

Southern California has a new independent bookstore

The Black Cat Bookstore & Cafe in Monrovia opened its doors to a stream of readers, curious book people and pleasantly surprised passersby. 

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What to read this fall? @michaelschaub brings you 20 mysteries, crime collections and more. (*Gift link) ocregister.com/2024/09/17/20…
20 mystery novels and crime collections for your fall book reading

20 mystery novels and crime collections for your fall book reading

Settle in for a season of suspense as Kate Atkinson, Richard Osman, Kwei Quartey and more have books out.

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In the Book Pages, novelist, translator & award-winner @jenniferlcroft discusses translation and gives rock-solid book recs for #womenintranslation #WITmonth Plus a Q&A w/ translator and essayist @lauramarris about THE AGE OF LONELINESS @GraywolfPress ocregister.com/2024/08/16/5-…
5 must-read books in translation chosen by Jennifer Croft

5 must-read books in translation chosen by Jennifer Croft

Plus, ‘The Age of Loneliness’ author Laura Marris shares her thoughts on books, waffles and more

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Southern California's bookstores face a range of challenges. @PeterLarsenBSF talks to booksellers at @DIESELBrentwood, @Onceuponatimebk and Underdog Bookstore about how they navigate them. ocregister.com/2024/08/15/ho… @ABAbook
How Southern California’s bookstores are finding ways to survive

How Southern California’s bookstores are finding ways to survive

When Diesel and Underdog were for sale this year, new owners emerged from the community the Brentwood and Monrovia stores had cultivated.

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Please join us! Register here: eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the-… Featuring a full day of literary panels, workshops, and performances to choose from, PLUS NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION! All geared to motivate, educate, and empower #women and #nonbinary #writers !
Beyond the Writing: Building Community, Advocacy, and a Literary Career

Beyond the Writing: Building Community, Advocacy, and a Literary Career

A WWS submission conference at Plaza de la Raza in Lincoln Heights featuring a day of literary panels, workshops, and performances.

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Find out about the Aug. 10 @WomenWhoSubmit conference. Poet @LuivetteResto talks about the upcoming event at @PlazaDeLaRaza. "If we can just help one writer,” she says. “I think our job is done that day.” ocregister.com/2024/07/28/th… @Tell_It_Ashton
The Book Pages: Women Who Submit prepare for a day of panels, workshops and more

The Book Pages: Women Who Submit prepare for a day of panels, workshops and more

In the Book Pages, Erik Pedersen talked to one of the organizers of a daylong event to help and celebrate a new group of writers.

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Find out about the Aug. 10 @WomenWhoSubmit conference. Poet @LuivetteResto talks about the upcoming event at @PlazaDeLaRaza. "If we can just help one writer,” she says. “I think our job is done that day.” ocregister.com/2024/07/28/th… @Tell_It_Ashton
The Book Pages: Women Who Submit prepare for a day of panels, workshops and more

The Book Pages: Women Who Submit prepare for a day of panels, workshops and more

In the Book Pages, Erik Pedersen talked to one of the organizers of a daylong event to help and celebrate a new group of writers.

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Check out Willy Vlautin discussing his latest novel, THE HORSE, and more with @michaelschaub. The incident that led to his latest book 'just stopped me in my tracks,' says the author. ocregister.com/2024/07/30/wi… @HarperCollins
Willy Vlautin recalls the strange, real-life encounter that inspired ‘The Horse’

Willy Vlautin recalls the strange, real-life encounter that inspired ‘The Horse’

The novelist and musician describes an incident that led to his latest book. ‘It just stopped me in my tracks,’ says the author.

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In honor of Evie's 21st, the Team Evie Foundation is running its most ambitious fundraiser ever! If you're in a position to donate, and/or spread the word, I would appreciate it so much.
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And here's an excellent one with the Orange County Register ocregister.com/2024/07/16/th…
The end of King Arthur? That’s where Lev Grossman’s ‘The Bright Sword’ begins

The end of King Arthur? That’s where Lev Grossman’s ‘The Bright Sword’ begins

In the new novel by ‘The Magicians’ author, Britain is leaderless. And the only ones left to carry on are a handful of knights – the ‘dregs of the Round Table’ – and a sorceress.

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Check out @leverus talking about THE BRIGHT SWORD (out today) with @DCteachild “The Bright Sword” is about “looking past the end of everything, and thinking about how to keep on living,” says Grossman. ocregister.com/2024/07/16/th… @VikingBooks
The end of King Arthur? That’s where Lev Grossman’s ‘The Bright Sword’ begins

The end of King Arthur? That’s where Lev Grossman’s ‘The Bright Sword’ begins

In the new novel by ‘The Magicians’ author, Britain is leaderless. And the only ones left to carry on are a handful of knights – the ‘dregs of the Round Table’ – and a sorceress.

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Here’s a beach read for lovers of smart, sexy literary fiction — Patrick Nathan’s new novel “The Future Was Color” @CounterpointLLC #author ocregister.com/2024/07/01/mc…
AMP 97.1 FM making a ‘Morning Mess’ by airing LA version of Arizona show

AMP 97.1 FM making a ‘Morning Mess’ by airing LA version of Arizona show

The Phoenix-based morning show will debut on Aug. 3 and feature a Los Angeles edition with curated local content.

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Kevin Barry on the terrific THE HEART IN WINTER, the accent he couldn't quite nail for the audiobook, a MCCABE & MRS. MILLER Easter egg and more: “Books should be fun. We invented books to get us through the long, dark nights, you know?” ocregister.com/2024/07/10/22… @doubledaybooks
22 years later, author Kevin Barry found the key to a novel he’d long meant to write

22 years later, author Kevin Barry found the key to a novel he’d long meant to write

The Booker Prize-nominated author Kevin Barry returns with a novel set in the American West, ‘The Heart in Winter.’

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Kaliane Bradley, author of THE MINISTRY OF TIME, shares the novel's inspirations, the books she loves and the classic she's got some questions about in bit.ly/TheBookPages this week. ocregister.com/2024/06/30/th… @AvidReaderPress
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Hobtown Mystery Stories creators @KrisBertin and Alexander Forbes talked to me about meeting when they were 6 years old, growing up together and then co-creating their spooky yet wholesome teen detective series, out now from @OniPress ocregister.com/2024/06/21/wh…
Where are ‘The Missing Men’? Hobtown Mystery creators share a lifelong connection

Where are ‘The Missing Men’? Hobtown Mystery creators share a lifelong connection

Friends since they were 6, Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes are the creators of a graphic novel series about crime-solving teens.

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