Pictures: E-book lovers have fun all issues literary at Los Angeles Instances Competition of Books

Throngs of book-loving followers attended the Los Angeles occasion, which final 12 months drew greater than 155,000 individuals over two days after a two-year pandemic hiatus.
The occasion options one-on-one conversations, panels, creator readings, musical performances, a poetry stage, meals courtroom and greater than 250 distributors and exhibitors.
The Competition of Books closes Sunday.
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Crowds of individuals mull round tents on the Los Angeles Instances Competition of Books on Saturday on the USC campus.
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Individuals cheer for “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” creator Gabrielle Zevin, not proven, on Day One of many Los Angeles Instances Competition of Books.
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Actor Matthew Perry enters the stage for a dialog with The Instances’ Matt Brennan to speak about his memoir, “Associates, Lovers, and the Huge Horrible Factor,” at a session Saturday.
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Juliette Cervantes, 5, performs with some bubbles throughout the pageant, which drew greater than 500 writers, consultants and storytellers.
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Religion Burkett, left, reads whereas Asher Stratton reclines on the grass.
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Individuals fill a board with titles of a e book they love or are at present studying.
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