Long Beach Spotlight

Join our scavenger hunt, Long Beach!

One of the many things we love deeply about our hometown of Long Beach, Calif., is its vibrant Little Free Library community. More than 80 homes have registered with FreeLittleLibrary.org — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of “unofficial” tiny libraries have popped up outside houses all over town, particularly during the pandemic, and we couldn’t be happier about it. So, in the spirit of holiday fun, we’ve created a scavenger hunt of sorts. We’ve placed 25 of our books in 25 Little Free Libraries throughout the city, and created a Google map to help guide your way.

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Holiday Gift Guide for Book Lovers

When I was a kid, “bookish” was a word that referred to people, not to things. Times have changed. There has never been a better time to be a bookworm, not just because there are literally more books on the market right this second than ever before — that will always be true! — but because the literary gift market is on fire. All this year, we’ve been scouring the Internets for the best and coolest book-related ideas. And the best part? Not one of these comes from Amazon.

Bragging Rights

'Hidden' Photographer Klenz shares story of fires and feminism

When word came to the newsroom that there was severe rioting in Los Angeles, all the Press-Telegram photographers were sent — except for Cristina. The only woman. She was apoplectic. “No one sent me out to shoot anything,” Cristina told me. “I was so angry. I left the paper on my own without telling anyone and drove around Long Beach with a photographer from a wire agency.”

5 Things

5 reasons to give memoir a chance

Until a couple of years ago, BPP intern Kaylee May despised nonfiction. Autobiography, biography, history, self-help, philosophy, and — you guessed it — memoir. She refused to give any of it a chance, believing that nonfiction was nothing more than a boring recitation of facts and that memoir was a pretentious pseudonym for autobiography. Then, all that changed.

New Release

A new book trailer for ‘Hidden’

We’re excited to share our first-ever book trailer in anticipation of the April release of Hidden: Life With California’s Roma Families. Considering that this is our only photography book to date, creating the trailer seemed like the perfect way to showcase Hidden’s individuality; it’s also a great opportunity for us to share some of our favorite photos from the book!


Book Design

Crybaby Cover Reveal

Check out the dreamy, Lichtenstein-style cover we chose for our next book. Crybaby: Infertility, Illness and Other Things That Were Not the End of the World by Cheryl E. Klein hits shelves in September. Thanks so much to designer Zoe Norvell who delivered the goods on this one.

Book Design

It was hard to choose just one cover for 'Hidden'

Thrilled to share with you the title and cover for our next book, Hidden: Life with California's Roma Families (April 2022) by Cristina Salvador Klenz. For this one, we were lucky enough to work with designer Evan Backes, who designed I’m Dyin’ Here for us back in 2015. We ended up with several cover options, and — thanks to Evan’s skills — there wasn't a weak one in the bunch. Take a look. What do you think? Which would you have chosen?

Just Acquired

'Crybaby' pens new memoir

We have just acquired a fantastic memoir about marriage, miscarriage, infertility, cancer, and the pursuit of open adoption — five hugely stressful things in their own right. And yet Cherly E. Klein, a self-described “crybaby,” tackles them all at once in a poignant, honest memoir that also manages to be deeply, consistently funny.