“The Diary of Lady X: Song of the Sea” by Mursalin Machado was displayed at the 2023 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (LATFOB) – Book Gallery
“The Diary of Lady X: Song of the Sea” by Mursalin Machado was among the books displayed by Author Reputation Press during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2023 at the University of Southern California on April 22-23, 2023.
The much-anticipated annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2023 was held on April 22–23, 2023. It was attended by nearly 500 authors and hundreds of exhibitors. The festival was launched to connect individuals who read books with those who write them. The range of book genres exhibited at the festival captivated readers of all ages. Witness musical performances, readings from authors, exciting exhibits, and much more!
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Author Reputation Press is committed to connecting readers and authors through books. ARP participated in the book gallery organized by LATFOB. In line with this, ARP exhibited some of its spectacular books to the festival audience. The wide selection of genres made the gallery more enticing.
Mursalin Machado was born in Santa Cruz, on the central coast of California, in 1938. He has traveled throughout North America, Northern Greenland, Europe, Northern Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Islands. He has taught middle school in India, worked as a merchant seaman in the Pacific, worked as a counselor to emotionally disturbed teenagers in England, and became a certified hypnotherapist in California.
His background includes music and art, with four years in community theater and seventeen in the film industry. His writing began with stage plays and poetry. The author believes that the experience he gained from meeting people throughout the world has been the most beneficial, generating inspiration for his writing.
“The Diary of Lady X: Song of the Sea” shares the story of Tony, who had a passion for travel. What started out as an innocent pursuit for adventure took many turns: through love, tragedy, and disillusionment, it awakened his sleeping soul, setting him on a path of aspiration.
The author was interviewed by Ric Bratton of This Week in America to discuss his message and inspiration for this book. Click on this link to listen to the full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5FIpUD1a6Y.
This masterpiece was commended by Gabriella Tutino of The US Review of Books, who highlights that “The author succeeds in weaving two tales into one—one being the ship’s history and legend and the other being Tony’s. It is reminiscent of other seafaring novels where the ship plays a vital part in the story. While the story mainly follows Tony and his adventures, arguably the more important character in the novel is Lady X. With a rich history as a wartime vessel, Lady X becomes Tony’s home as he sets off to learn to crew on a ship. But Lady X is more than just his place of employment or a location to lay his head at night; she’s also a symbol of Tony’s freedom and perseverance to go after his dreams. Lady X has given Tony the chance to travel around the world, meet new people, and fall in love again. She also anchors him to his responsibilities.”
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