The Children’s Literature Council of Southern California (CLCSC) has published The 2022 CLCSC List, consisting of finalists published in 2021, the longlist of contenders for the annual CLCSC Awards. The 2022 CLCSC Award Winners will be announced on July 12th.

Moving forward, the Children’s Literature Council of Southern California (CLCSC) will publish a longlist of contenders for the annual CLCSC Awards. The 2022 CLCSC List, consisting of finalists published in 2021, will be revealed on July 5th. The 2022 CLCSC Award Winners will be announced on July 12th.

The FUN Committee would like to thank everyone who attended Books & Beverages on June 2nd, our first bookstore/pub crawl, including our kind hosts, Gus & Andy’s, Once Upon a Time Bookstore, Lost Books, and Basin 141 in Montrose, California. We hope you enjoyed the evening meeting other book lovers and exploring Honolulu Avenue. We certainly enjoyed meeting you!

One of the greatest delights of living in Southern California is our access to incredible authors through book festivals and events. Some of these festivals have become extremely large (LA Times Festival of Books, anyone?), but others offer a more intimate and homegrown feel.

LitFest Pasadena is just such a book festival—where local authors and readers get to connect in an inclusive community-based atmosphere.