Vicious Novel Goes Viral in the Santa Ynez Valley
How Jamie Baker’s brutal book “You Ate It” created the most popular fake restaurant ever.
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Reignite Your Writing Spark at the Santa Barbara Summer Writers Fest
Hosted by the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, the New Writers Fest offers an intimate, inspiring space for creatives to find breakthroughs, build confidence, and reconnect with the joy of storytelling.
Book Review | ‘Ley Lines: A Novel’ by Tim Welsh
A tall tale about a possibly magical mining town.
A Meeting at Joe’s, About “A Meeting in the Rain’
Author Nancy McCradie discusses ‘A Meeting in the Rain: Tales of Multigenerational Homelessness and the Struggle for Homeless Rights in America’.
Finding Joy in Color
“Invisible String” author Patrice Karst’s latest book, “How Jackson Found His Joy Again,” helps kids reclaim their joy.
Book Review | ‘1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times’ by Ross Benes
Pulling back the curtain on the expansion of trashy, throwaway culture.
Busting Out of the Stigma of Bipolar Disorder
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we’re sharing an excerpt from ‘Bipolar: A Gift of Thorns’ by Santa Barbara author Dale Zurawski.
Illuminating Disabilities via Audiobook
Longtime Santa Barbara friends collaborate to bring Neil Marcus’s legacy to a wider audience.
Book Review | ‘What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory’ by Brian Eno and Bette A.
An artful mediation — and invitation — written by two artistic types.
Surfer Stories
A new story collection edited by Claudia Lebenthal explores the human side of surfing — and the life lessons it offers.
