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School of
Cinematic Arts,
Ray Stark
Theatre
11 a.m.
“Far From the Madding Crowd”
Screening 1151
Presented by Fox Searchlight Pictures
Conversation to follow with director
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and author/
screenwriter Jesse Andrews, interviewed
by L.A. Times writer Mark Olsen.
2 p.m.
“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”
Screening 1152
Presented by Fox Searchlight Pictures
4:15 p.m.
“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”
Signing: Meet author/screenwriter
Jesse Andrews and receive free book.
While supplies last.
Saturday, April 18
C O N V E R S A T I O N
10:30 a.m.
Narrative Journalism: Writing
the Big Story
Conversation 1011
Moderator: Diane Smith
Jeff Hobbs
Joshua Horwitz
Mark Schapiro
Héctor Tobar
Signing Area 1
Hoffman
Hall
10:30 a.m.
Frame by Frame: The Lasting
Impact of Movies
Conversation 1021
Moderator: David Kipen
Tara Ison
Amy Nicholson
Kenneth Turan
Noon
Inside Publishing
Conversation 1012
Moderator: Carolyn Kellogg
Reagan Arthur
Bonnie Nadell
Ethan Nosowsky
1:30 p.m.
Biography: World Leaders
in History
Conversation 1013
Moderator: Jim Newton
A. Scott Berg
Kirstin Downey
Stephen Kotkin
Noon
Middle Grade Fiction: Novel
Landscapes
Conversation 1022
Moderator: Holly Goldberg Sloan
Kirsten Hubbard
Cynthia Kadohata
Naomi Shihab Nye
Eugene Yelchin
1:30 p.m.
Writing Across
Multiple Genres
Conversation 1023
Moderator: Dinah Lenney
Nelson George
Mark Haskell Smith
Héctor Tobar
Amy Wilentz
3 p.m.
Writing Big Science
Conversation 1014
Moderator: Jennie Dusheck
Amir Alexander
Michael Benson
Martin J. Blaser
4:30 p.m.
Publishing: The New Writers’
Toolbox
Conversation 1015
Moderator: Gina Frangello
Patrick Brown
Carol Edgarian
Rachel Fershleiser
Mallory Ortberg
3 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Smells
Like Teen Spirit
Conversation 1024
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
David Levithan
Leila Sales
Tommy Wallach
Signing Area 2
Town
and Gown
11 a.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Connections and Consequences
Conversation 1031
Moderator: Amy Spalding
Sarah Dessen
Emery Lord
Robyn Schneider
Meg Wolitzer
12:30 p.m.
John Scalzi, Author of “Lock
In,” in Conversation with Wil
Wheaton
Conversation 1032
Interviewer: Wil Wheaton
John Scalzi
2 p.m.
Hashtivism: Activism in the
Hashtag Age, presented by
#EmergingUS
Conversation 1033
Moderator: Jose
Antonio Vargas
Erika Andiola
Patrisse Cullors
Rashad Robinson
3:30 p.m.
America’s Rich and Poor:
Looking at the Financial Gap
Conversation 1034
Moderator: Steve Lopez
Edward Kleinbard
Robert D. Putnam
Matt Taibbi
Andrus Gerontology
Center
11 a.m.
Fiction: Coming Into Her Own
Conversation 1041
Moderator: Laurie Ochoa
Gina Frangello
Dylan Landis
Darcey Steinke
12:30 p.m.
All That Glitters: Arts in a
Golden Age
Conversation 1042
Moderator: M.G. Lord
Cari Beauchamp
Barbara Isenberg
Ben Yagoda
2 p.m.
Tell Me a Story: The Art of
Children’s Books
Conversation 1043
Moderator: Lee Wind
Jon Agee
Bob Shea
Salina Yoon
3:30 p.m.
Haunted by Hope: Public
Mourning and Personal Lyric
Conversation 1044
Moderator: David St. John
David Biespiel
Katie Ford
Peter Gizzi
Amber Tamblyn
Salvatori Computer
Science Center
10:30 a.m.
Crime Fiction: Right Place,
Wrong Time
Conversation 1051
Moderator: Paula L. Woods
Steph Cha
Naomi Hirahara
Attica Locke
Daniel Pyne
Noon
Fiction: The Secrets We Keep
Conversation 1052
Moderator: Sara Nelson
Per Petterson
Maggie Shipstead
Mona Simpson
Rafael Yglesias
R O O M S
10:30 a.m.
Speaking Out: Human Rights
and Social Justice
Conversation 1061
Moderator: Karen
Grigsby Bates
Erin Aubry Kaplan
Michelangelo Signorile
Jose Antonio Vargas
12:30 p.m.
Patton Oswalt, Author of
“Silver Screen Fiend,”
in Conversation with
Wayne Federman
Conversation 1062
Interviewer: Wayne Federman
Patton Oswalt
1:30 p.m.
Crime Fiction: Haunted by
the Past
Conversation 1053
Moderator: Tom Nolan
Tom Bouman
Peter Heller
Peter Swanson
Ronald Tutor
Campus Center
11 a.m.
Pushing for Change: Our
Environmental Future
Conversation 1071
Moderator: Michael Hiltzik
Erik Conway
Jon Christensen
Jennifer Jacquet
Margo Oge
3 p.m.
Publishing: The Big Picture
Conversation 1054
Moderator: Tom Lutz
Betsy Amster
Sandra Dijkstra
Stephen Morrison
Dan Smetanka
10:30 a.m.
Young Adult Graphic Novels:
World in a Frame
Conversation 1081
Moderator: Martha Brockenbrough
Hope Larson
Noelle Stevenson
Jillian Tamaki
Mariko Tamaki
Noon
Writing With a Smirk: Women
and Humor
Conversation 1082
Moderator: Ann Friedman
Mallory Ortberg
Issa Rae
Pamela Ribon
1:00 p.m.
T.C. Boyle, Author of “The
Harder They Come,” in
Conversation with David
L. Ulin
Conversation 1072
Interviewer: David L. Ulin
T.C. Boyle
2:30 p.m.
LeVar Burton, Author of “The
Rhino Who Swallowed a
Storm,” Interviewed by Patt
Morrison
Conversation 1073
Interviewer: Patt Morrison
LeVar Burton
Issa Rae
Seeley G. Mudd
123
4 p.m.
Brian Grazer, Author of
“A Curious Mind,” in
Conversation with Rebecca
Keegan
Conversation 1074
Interviewer: Rebecca Keegan
Brian Grazer
1:30 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction:
The Girls Are All Right
Conversation 1083
Moderator: Sonya Sones
Ann Aguirre
Elizabeth Eulberg
Jenny Han
Amy Spalding
3 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Writing
the Fantastic
Conversation 1084
Moderator: Susan Carpenter
Leigh Bardugo
Pete Hautman
E.K. Johnston
Tahereh Mafi
Seeley G. Mudd
124
11 a.m.
Fiction: Live Through This
Conversation 1091
Moderator: Scott O’Connor
Michelle Huneven
Tim Johnston
Bich Minh Nguyen
Lisa See
12:30 p.m.
Fiction: On the Edge
Conversation 1092
Moderator: Amy Wallen
Jesse Ball
Robert Thomas
Paul Tremblay
2 p.m.
Young Adult:
Writing the Truth for Teens
Conversation 1093
Moderator: Jonathan Hunt
Georgia Bragg
Paul Fleischman
Candace Fleming
3:30 p.m.
History: Artistic Influencers
Conversation 1094
Moderator: Carolyn Kellogg
Robert M. Dowling
Mark Harris
Shelley Stamp
Annenberg
Auditorium
10:30 a.m.
Fiction: Victims and Vice
Conversation 1111
Moderator: Tod Goldberg
Francesca Lia Block
Ron Koertge
Rob Roberge
Jim Ruland
Noon
Finding Focus:
Writing Niche Topics
Conversation 1112
Moderator: J. Ryan Stradal
Amy Alkon
Joshua Davis
Michael Jaime-Becerra
Mary Norris
1:30 p.m.
The Shape of Poetry:
The Anxiety of Form in a
Shifting World
Conversation 1113
Moderator: Bruce Smith
Gillian Conoley
Marilyn Hacker
Fred Moten
Alejandro Murguia
3 p.m.
Fiction: Living in the Aftermath
Conversation 1114
Moderator: Katherine Taylor
Stephanie Kegan
Edan Lepucki
Joshua Mohr
4:30 p.m.
Fiction: Bringing the
Impossible to Life
Conversation 1115
Moderator: Adrian Todd Zuniga
Matthew Reilly
Ken Liu
Genevieve Valentine
4:30 p.m.
Drawing on Life: Graphic
Novels and Memoir
Conversation 1085
Moderator: Ben Schwartz
Roz Chast
Bruce Eric Kaplan
Mimi Pond
10:30 a.m.
Coming Home:
New Approaches to
Supporting Our Veterans
Conversation 1141
Moderator: Kimberly Finney
Eugenia Weiss
Kristen Zaleski
Noon
From L.A. to the
Middle East: Empowering
Youth Through the Arts
Conversation 1142
Moderator: Sasha Anawalt
Elaine Bell Kaplan
Jervey Tervalon
Sandy Tolan
1:30 p.m.
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Approaches to Writing Memoir
Conversation 1143
Moderator: Leo Braudy
Bernard Cooper
Sandra Tsing Loh
David Wilson
3 p.m.
Grasping the Ineffable: On
Science and Health
Conversation 1144
Moderator: K.C. Cole
Clifford Johnson
Pat Levitt
Elyn Saks
Signing Area at stage
Signing Area 5
Wallis Annenberg Hall,
Presented by USC
Taper Hall
101
Norris
Theater
Los Angeles
Times Stage
Hosted by Josh Jenisch
11 a.m.
Eat This: The L.A.
Food Movement
Conversation 1121
Moderator: Jonathan Gold
Gilberto Cetina
Gilberto Cetina Jr.
Valerie Gordon
Christine Moore
12:30 p.m.
Fiction: The Trials of Life
Conversation 1122
Moderator: Elizabeth Crane
Donald Antrim
Valeria Luiselli
Jenny Offill
David James Poissant
2 p.m.
Fiction: History on the Page
Conversation 1123
Moderator: Heather Scott Partington
Carol Edgarian
Laird Hunt
Victoria Patterson
Marisa Silver
3:30 p.m.
Crime Fiction:
Playing Both Sides
Conversation 1124
Moderator: Stephen Jay Schwartz
Tod Goldberg
Shawn Lawrence Otto
Don Winslow
11 a.m.
Maria Bello, Author
of “Whatever...Love
Is Love: Questioning
the Labels We Give
Ourselves,” Interviewed
by Sandy Banks
11 a.m.
Discover Incredible
India, presented by
India Tourism
Los Angeles
Noon
From Page to Screen
Conversation 1132
Moderator: Richard Rayner
Janet Fitch
Ransom Riggs
Don Winslow
12:10 p.m.
Keegan Allen, Author
of “life.love.beauty.”
Interviewed by
Yvonne Villarreal
12:15 p.m.
More for Your Money:
Travel Bargains in
2015 featuring Jen
Leo, Johnny Jet and
Gabe Saglie
12:50 p.m.
The Trojan Men
(A Capella)
1:30 p.m.
Richard Riordan, Author of
“The Mayor,” in Conversation
with Bill Boyarsky
Conversation 1133
Interviewer: Bill Boyarsky
Richard Riordan
1:20 p.m.
Lorraine Bracco,
Author of “To The
Fullest,” Interviewed by
Mary MacVean
1:30 p.m.
Discover Stunning
Destinations, presented
by Alaska Airlines
Tod Goldberg
3:10 p.m.
Trio Ellas (Latin Music)
Signing Area 1
11 a.m.
Claudia Rankine, Author of
“Citizen,” in Conversation
with Brighde Mullins
Conversation 2011
Interviewer: Brighde Mullins
Claudia Rankine
12:30 p.m.
History: Shaping California
Conversation 2012
Moderator: William Deverell
Steven Hackel
Miriam Pawel
Les Standiford
11 a.m.
Fiction: Addicted to Love
Conversation 2021
Moderator: Kassia Krozser
Jane Ashford
Melody Grace
Julie Ann Walker
12:30 p.m.
Bookstore Confidential
Conversation 2022
Moderator: Dara Hyde
Allison Hill
David Kipen
Maureen Palacios
Josh Spencer
2 p.m.
1 p.m.
Noon
11 a.m.
10 a.m.
Hoffman
Hall
2 p.m.
History: American Milestones
Conversation 2013
Moderator: Jon Wiener
Ed Larson
Scott Martelle
Richard Reeves
2 p.m.
Fiction: History Through
Another Lens
Conversation 2023
Moderator: Melissa Chadburn
Jeffery Renard Allen
Susan Straight
David Treuer
Signing Area 2
Town
and Gown
10:30 a.m.
Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Crime and Justice in
America
Conversation 2031
Moderator: Celeste Fremon
Jill Leovy
Bryan Stevenson
Noon
Dennis Lehane, Author of
“World Gone By,” in Conversation with Tod Goldberg
Conversation 2032
Interviewer: Tod Goldberg
Dennis Lehane
1:30 p.m.
The Digital Footprint:
Privacy, Cyberterrorism
and How We Live Now
Conversation 2033
Moderator: Marc Duvoisin
Barry Glassner
Karen Paget
Robert Scheer
Kim Zetter
Andrus Gerontology
Center
11 a.m.
Fiction: Secrets and
Suspense
Conversation 2041
Moderator: Gar Anthony Haywood
Eric Jerome Dickey
Hallie Ephron
Kimberly McCreight
12:30 p.m.
Fiction: The Stories
We Tell Ourselves
Conversation 2042
Moderator: David Francis
Jill Alexander Essbaum
Karl Taro Greenfeld
Matthew Specktor
Antoine Wilson
2 p.m.
Fiction: Alternate Realities
Conversation 2043
Moderator: Jim Ruland
Nathan Larson
Gallagher Lawson
Andrew Roe
Salvatori Computer
Science Center
10:30 a.m.
Crime Fiction: The Hands
That Pull the Strings
Conversation 2051
Moderator: Miles Corwin
Naomi Hirahara
T. Jefferson Parker
Ivy Pochoda
11 a.m.
Joyce Carol Oates, Author
of “The Sacrifice,”
in Conversation with
Michael Silverblatt
Conversation 2061
Interviewer: Michael
Silverblatt
Joyce Carol Oates
Noon
Crime Fiction:
Deception and Denial
Conversation 2052
Moderator: Lee Goldberg
Joseph Kanon
Thomas Perry
Lisa Scottoline
Stuart Woods
Ronald Tutor
Campus Center
10:30 a.m.
Tommy Lasorda, Author
of “Tommy Lasorda: My
Way,” in Conversation with
Bill Dwyre
Conversation 2071
Interviewer: Bill Dwyre
Tommy Lasorda
Noon
Pushing the Needle:
Decisions in Government
Conversation 2072
Moderator: David Lauter
Erwin Chemerinsky
John W. Dean
Todd Purdum
Malcolm Gladwell
1:30 p.m.
Fiction: Famous by
Association
Conversation 2053
Moderator: Heather Havrilesky
Heather Cocks
Shanna Mahin
Jessica Morgan
Christopher Noxon
Signing Area 4
Signing Area 3
Bovard
Auditorium
1 p.m.
L.A. Times Ideas Exchange:
Malcolm Gladwell interviewed by Kenneth Turan
Special Event
Interviewer: Kenneth Turan
Malcolm Gladwell
1:30 p.m.
Duty and Service: Veterans
and the War Experience
Conversation 2073
Moderator: Alan Zarembo
David J. Morris
Brian Turner
Angela Ricketts
Seeley G. Mudd
123
10:30 a.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Through
A Different Lens
Conversation 2081
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
Isabel Quintero
Aisha Saeed
Brendan Shusterman
Neal Shusterman
Noon
Young Adult Fiction:
Love, Death and the
Lives in Between
Conversation 2082
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
Martha Brockenbrough
Gayle Forman
Lance Rubin
Andrew Smith
1:30 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Beyond
This Realm
Conversation 2083
Moderator: Cecil Castellucci
Stephanie Diaz
Marie Lu
Paige McKenzie
Suzanne Young
Seeley G. Mudd
124
11 a.m.
Fiction: New California Noir
Conversation 2091
Moderator: Leslie S. Klinger
Richard Kadrey
Kem Nunn
Greg Van Eekhout
12:30 p.m.
Fiction: Untold Stories
Conversation 2092
Moderator: Michelle Franke
Ryan Gattis
Laila Lalami
Atticus Lish
Nina Revoyr
2 p.m.
Stuff: The Objects That Shape
Our Lives
Conversation 2093
Moderator: Samantha Dunn
Dinah Lenney
Ander Monson
Emily Spivack
4 p.m.
3 p.m.
Diane Cook
3:30 p.m.
Narrative Journalism:
Writing American Crime
Conversation 2014
Moderator: Tom Zoellner
Ruben Castaneda
Sam Quinones
Barry Siegel
Deanne Stillman
3:30 p.m.
Fiction: The Past
in Our Present
Conversation 2024
Moderator: Mary Otis
Lan Cao
Angela Flournoy
Diana Wagman
3 p.m.
Fiction: The Art of
the Short Story
Conversation 2034
Moderator: Chris Daley
Aimee Bender
Amelia Gray
Jonathan Lethem
Kelly Link
Angela Flournoy
4 p.m.
Street Smart, Street
Safe: What Every
Traveler Must Know,
a presentation by
Detective Kevin Coffey
4:50 p.m.
Kate Mulgrew, Author
of “Born With Teeth: A
Memoir,” Interviewed
by Tracy Brown
3:30 p.m.
Gary Snyder, Author of
“This Present Moment: New
Poems,” in Conversation
with David L. Ulin
Conversation 2044
Interviewer: David L. Ulin
Gary Snyder
3:00 p.m.
Fiction: The Long and
the Short of It
Conversation 2054
Moderator: Margaret Wappler
Kim Addonizio
Karen Bender
Diane Cook
Kevin Morris
3 p.m.
Upright Citizens Brigade
presents a Live-Read
of “Swingers”
Conversation 2062
Starring: Ben Schwartz,
Thomas Middleditch, and
others to be announced
3 p.m.
Charles Spencer, Author
of “Killers of the King,”
in Conversation with Patt
Morrison
Conversation 2074
Interviewer: Patt Morrison
Charles Spencer
Signing Area at stage
Signing Area at stage
YA Stage
Hosted by Elena Karina Byrne
and Marty Williams
3 p.m.
Publishing:
Independent Voices
Conversation 2084
Moderator: Elizabeth Taylor
Eve Bachrach
C.P. Heiser
Daniel Slater
Oscar Villalon
Simon Majumdar
3:30 p.m.
Food and Identity: The Culture
of Eating in America
Conversation 2094
Moderator: Amy Scattergood
Simon Majumdar
Forrest Pritchard
Jared Stone
Annenberg
Auditorium
Wallis Annenberg Hall,
Presented by USC
10:30 a.m.
Almost Paradise: Sustainability,
Power and Politics in L.A.
Conversation 2141
Moderator: Molly Peterson
Philip Ethington
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
11 a.m.
Children’s Books: Imagination Laura Skandera Trombley
and Illustration
Conversation 2111
Moderator: Kelly Sonnack
Jim Benton
Betty Birney
Barney Saltzberg
12:30 p.m.
Fiction: Perfectly Flawed
Conversation 2112
Moderator: Barbara DeMarcoBarrett
Cate Dicharry
Seth Greenland
Kevin Jack McEnroe
2 p.m.
The Santa Anas in My Sails:
Self and Culture in
California Poetry
Conversation 2113
Moderator: Thomas Curwen
Douglas Kearney
Carol Muske-Dukes
Amy Uyematsu
3:30 p.m.
Fiction: On the Fringe
Conversation 2114
Moderator: Karolina Waclawiak
Mark Doten
Porochista Khakpour
Geoff Nicholson
Noon
To Live and Dine in L.A.: Food
Pasts, Food Futures — A
Conversation with Josh Kun
and Roy Choi
Conversation 2142
Interviewer: Josh Kun
Roy Choi
1:30 p.m.
Being Black: Race and
Justice in the U.S.
Conversation 2143
Moderator: Robin Coste Lewis
Jody David Armour
Terence Fitzgerald
Shana L. Redmond
3 p.m.
Lincoln’s Legacy:
Insights 150 Years After
the Assassination
Conversation 2144
Moderator: William Deverell
Richard Wrightman Fox
Martha Hodes
Joshua Wolf Shenk
Poetry Stage
10 a.m.
Laurel Ann Bogen, reading
from selected works
10:30 a.m.
Tad Hills, Author of
“Duck and Goose
Colors”
10:30 a.m.
Cecilia Woloch, reading
from “Earth”
11 a.m.
Jon Klassen, Author
of “Sam and Dave Dig
a Hole”
11 a.m.
Zoe Nathan, Author of
“Huckleberry”
Cooking Demonstration
12:05 p.m.
Deborah Diesen and
Dan Hanna, Author and
Illustrator of “Sweet
Dreams, Pout-Pout
Fish”
12:35 p.m.
A Performance by
“Matilda the Musical,”
coming soon to the
Ahmanson Theatre as
part of the 2014-‘15
season, presented by
Center Theatre Group
11 a.m.
Young Adult Fiction:
Outside the Margins
Aaron Hartzler
(moderator)
Anthony Breznican
Jo Knowles
Andrea Portes
Sarah Tomp
12:30 p.m.
Ludo Lefebvre, Author
of “Crave”
Cooking Demonstration
12:30 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: New
Takes on Classic Tales
Aaron Hartzler
(moderator)
Sara Benincasa
Gwenda Bond
Danielle Paige
1:05 p.m.
Dinosaur Encounters,
presented by the
Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles
3:45 p.m.
A Performance by
“Matilda The Musical,”
coming soon to the
Ahmanson Theatre as
part of the 2014-‘15
season, presented by
Center Theatre Group
L.A. Sound Stage
In collaboration with
Spaceland Presents
2 p.m.
Middle Grade Fiction:
Stupendous Adventures
Regan McMahon
(moderator)
Gordon Korman
Michael Northrop
Jon Scieszka
3:30 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction:
Thrills and Chills
Michelle Gagnon
(moderator)
Ken Baker
Abigail Haas
Gretchen McNeil
4:15 p.m.
Andy Griffiths, Author
of “The 39-Story Treehouse”
11 a.m.
Thee Commons
(Psychedelic Cumbia
Rock)
5:20 p.m.
The Nick and Jen Show
(Musical Performance)
12:30 p.m.
Amber Tamblyn, reading
from “Dark Sparkler”
1:15 p.m.
National Student Poet
Julia Falkner, reading from
selected works, introduced
by Luis J. Rodriguez, Los
Angeles poet laureate
12:15 p.m.
Woodcraft Rangers
Mariachi and Folklorico
(Children’s Musical Act)
Thee Commons
1 p.m.
Castro
(Post-punk/New Wave)
2 p.m.
Peter Gizzi, reading from
“In Defense of Nothing:
Selected Poems,
1987-2011”
2:30 p.m.
Luis J. Rodriguez, reading
from selected works
Chiquis Rivera
3 p.m.
Maxim Ludwig
(Pop/Rock/Funk)
3:30 p.m.
Mark Irwin, reading from
“American Urn:
Selected Poems”
11 a.m.
Nonfiction: Writing in
Real Time
Conversation 2121
Moderator: David L. Ulin
Steven Church
Heidi Julavits
Sarah Manguso
12:30 p.m.
Creativity in the Digital Age
Conversation 2122
Moderator: Matt Pearce
Vikram Chandra
Joshua Wolf Shenk
Jacob Silverman
Scott Timberg
2 p.m.
Fiction: Pushing Boundaries
Conversation 2123
Moderator: Libby Flores
Cynthia Bond
Bridgett M. Davis
Janet Fitch
T. Geronimo Johnson
3:30 p.m.
Memoir: How Did I Get Here?
Conversation 2124
Moderator: Amy Alkon
Margaret Grundstein
Jillian Lauren
Michelle Tea
Sarah Tomlinson
Norris
Theater
10:30 a.m.
Young Adult Fiction:
The Ties That Bind
Conversation 2131
Moderator: Robin Benway
Carrie Arcos
David Arnold
Jandy Nelson
Los Angeles
Times Stage
USC Stage
11 a.m.
Jason Segel, Author
of “Nightmares!”
interviewed by Joel
Arquillos
Claire Bidwell Smith
3:10 p.m.
Chiquis Rivera, Author
of “Forgiveness: A
Memoir,” interviewed by
Tommy Calle
3:50 p.m.
Reading to your Child en
Español and Inglés,
a conversation with Patty
Rodriguez and Maritere
“Mari” Bellas, moderated
by Joanna Rentería
4 p.m.
Cynthia Hogue, reading
from “Revenance,” and
David Roderick, reading
from “The Americans”
4:20 p.m.
Telenovelas:
De las Rosas a las Balas
Tommy Calle (moderator)
Kate del Castillo
Angélica María
Carolina Rivera
5 p.m.
A Tribute to Nancy Johnson,
featuring remarks by David
St. John and poems read
by Molly Bendall and
Catherine Theis
5:10 p.m.
José-Luis Orozco
featuring Uno, Dos,
Tres con Andres
(Children’s Music)
5:30 p.m.
The Get Lit Players
(Teen Poetry Troupe)
Hosted by Nick Young
and Jen Stillion-Young
12:10 p.m.
Jon Cryer, Author of
“So That Happened: A
Memoir”
11:45 a.m.
“Why Do You Make Us
Take Off Our Shoes?”
and Other Things You
Always Wanted to Ask
the TSA
Catharine Hamm
Nico Melendez
11:20 a.m.
Scooby-Doo and the
Festival Phantom, presented by Warner Bros.
Consumer Products
2 p.m.
Rosie Tucker (Folk)
1 p.m.
Location-Aware
Audio Walks:
The Detour Project
Jorge Just
Chris Reynolds
2:15 p.m.
More for Your Money:
Finding Hotel and
Airfare Bargains
Catharine Hamm
Warren Chang
Jon Eichelberger
3:30 p.m.
Gavin MacLeod,
Author of “This Is Your
Captain Speaking,”
presented by Princess
Cruises
4:20 p.m.
Jung Im Lee Korean
Dance Academy,
Korean dance and
drumming performance,
presented in conjunction with the USC
Pacific Asia Museum
Signing Area at stage
Signing Area at stage
YA Stage
Hosted by Elena Karina Byrne
and Marty Williams
11 a.m.
Hans Röckenwagner,
Author of “Das
Cookbook”
Cooking Demonstration
10:30 a.m.
Young Adult Fiction:
Writing the Unknown
Tommy Wallach
(moderator)
Cecil Castellucci
T Cooper
Allison Glock-Cooper
Rachel Hawkins
12:30 p.m.
Katie Lee, Author of
“Endless Summer
Cookbook”
Cooking Demonstration
11 a.m.
Amy Uyematsu, reading
from “The Yellow Door”
Noon
Middle Grade Fiction:
Tall Tales and
Silly Stories
Leila Howland
(moderator)
Mac Barnett
Jory John
Mo O’Hara
Geoff Rodkey
In collaboration with
Spaceland Presents
Katie Lee
2 p.m.
Pauley Perrette,
Darren Greenblatt and
Matthew Sandusky,
Authors of “Donna
Bell’s Bake Shop”
Cooking Demonstration
3:30 p.m.
Michael Kenney, Author
of “Cooked Raw”
Cooking Demonstration
1:30 p.m.
Middle Grade
Fiction: Extraordinary
Adventures
Lee Wind (moderator)
Melissa de la Cruz
Adam Rex
Pseudonymous Bosch
3:55 p.m.
Joker’s Joyride,
presented by
Warner Bros.
Consumer Products
11 a.m.
phenomENON, Inspire Us
music winner
(Hip Hop)
Claudia Rankine
1 p.m.
Jackie Mendez (Ska/Pop)
1:30 p.m.
Robert Polito, reading from
”Hollywood and God,” and
Tess Taylor, reading from
“The Forage House”
Brandy Colbert
11:15 a.m.
Victor Villaseñor, Author
of “Revenge of a Catholic
Schoolboy”
12:15 p.m.
Woodcraft Rangers
Mariachi and Folklorico
(Children’s Musical Act)
1 p.m.
Skyscraper Showdown,
presented by Warner Bros.
Consumer Products
1:45 p.m.
INCA, the Peruvian
Ensemble, Peruvian/
Andean music and dancing, presented by the
Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles and the
Music Center
2 p.m.
Claudia Rankine,
reading from “Citizen:
An American Lyric”
2:30 p.m.
Looney Tunes Joke Book,
presented by Warner Bros.
Consumer Products
3 p.m.
Marilyn Chin, reading from
“Hard Love Province: Poems” 3 p.m.
Ethio Cali
3:30 p.m.
(Ethiopian Jazz)
Suzanne Lummis, reading
from “Open 24 Hours:
Poems”
3:10 p.m.
Dichos from Abuelos
reading selections from
Antonio Sacre, author of
“Mango in the Hand”
4 p.m.
Michael Waters, reading
from “Gospel Night” and
other works, and Mihaela
Moscaliuc, reading from
”Immigrant Model”
3:50 p.m.
Becky G,
interviewed by
Tommy Calle
4:30 p.m.
Bridgette Bates, reading
from “What Is Not Missing
Is Light”
4:30 p.m.
The Nick and Jen Show
(Musical Performance)
Hoy Stage
Hosted by Emely Lotfe
and Uriel Saenz
10:30 a.m.
Woodcraft Rangers
Mariachi and Folklorico
(Children’s Musical Act)
2:30 p.m.
Charles Harper Webb,
reading from “Brain Camp”
3 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction:
I’ll Be There For You
Aaron Hartzler
(moderator)
Robin Benway
Brandy Colbert
Jessi Kirby
Morgan Matson
Signing Area at stage
10 a.m.-6 p.m.
DJ sets by Tribalive
Noon
Carol Muske-Dukes,
reading from “A Former
Love, a Lover of Form,” and
Deborah Landau, reading
from “The Uses of the Body”
1 p.m.
Gary Snyder, reading from
“This Present Moment: New
Poems”
2:55 p.m.
Dan Santat, Author of
“The Adventures of
Beekle: The
Unimaginary Friend”
3:25 p.m.
Dinosaur Encounters,
presented by the Natural
History Museum of Los
Angeles
10:30 a.m.
Jeffrey Harrison, reading
from “Into Daylight,” and
Chris Buckley, reading
from “Back Room at the
Philosopher’s Club”
L.A. Sound Stage
11:30 a.m.
Kim Addonizio, reading
from “My Black Angel:
Blues Poems and Portraits”
1:25 p.m.
Drew Daywalt and
Oliver Jeffers, Author
and Illustrator of “The
Day the Crayons Quit”
2:25 p.m.
Megan McDonald, Author of the Judy Moody
and Stink series
Poetry Stage
10 a.m.
Readings from “Wide
Awake: Poets of L.A.”
12:55 p.m.
Jim Benton, Author
of “Dear Dumb Diary”
1:55 p.m.
José-Luis Orozco:
“Caramba Kids”
(Children’s Music)
3:10 p.m.
Dolly Spectra (Pop)
3:40 p.m.
Al Michaels, Author of
“You Can’t Make This
Up,” interviewed by
Chris Erskine
Hosted by
Michael Weisberg
11:55 a.m.
Maya Gonzalez, Author
of “Call Me Tree”
12:25 p.m.
Dinosaur Encounters,
presented by the Natural
History Museum of
Los Angeles
1:20 p.m.
Candice Bergen,
Author of “A Fine
Romance,” interviewed
by Mary McNamara
Cooking Stage
10 a.m.
The Nick and Jen Show
(Musical Performance)
Candice Bergen
2:30 p.m.
Robbie Rogers, Author
of “Coming Out to
Play,” interviewed by
Chris Erskine
3 p.m.
Mortality: Death and
Conversations About Life
Conversation 2134
Moderator: Darcy Cosper
Erika Hayasaki
Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Claire Bidwell Smith
Reading By 9
Children’s Stage
10:50 a.m.
Jeff Kinney, Author of
“Diary of a Wimpy Kid:
The Long Haul”
12:50 p.m.
Tyler Mann (Neo-soul)
1:30 p.m.
Nonfiction: Women on Their
Own Terms
Conversation 2133
Moderator: Joy Press
Meghan Daum
Maggie Nelson
Rebecca Solnit
Travel Smart
Stage
10 a.m.
The Trojan
Marching Band
11:40 a.m.
Drew Tabor (Pop)
Noon
Jacqueline Woodson, Author
of “Brown Girl Dreaming,”
in Conversation with David
Levithan
Conversation 2132
Interviewer: David Levithan
Jacqueline Woodson
2:30 p.m.
Looney Tunes Joke Book,
presented by Warner Bros.
Consumer Products
NO TICKETS
REQUIRED
Signing Area at stage
Signing Area 5
1 p.m.
Skyscraper Showdown,
presented by Warner Bros.
Consumer Products
1:45 p.m.
Storyteller Olga Loya,
presented by the Natural
History Museum of
Los Angeles and the
Music Center
TICKETS
REQUIRED
Taper Hall
101
11:10 a.m.
Eddie “Piolín” Sotelo,
Author of “Speak Up!:
Finding My Voice Through
Hope, Strength, and Determination,” interviewed
by Tommy Calle
11:45 a.m.
Cartoonista: Lalo Alcaraz
4:30 p.m.
Alejandro Murguia, reading
from “Stray Poems”
Amber Tamblyn
Hoy Stage
Hosted by Emely Lotfe
and Uriel Saenz
10:30 a.m.
Woodcraft Rangers
Mariachi and Folklorico
(Children’s Musical Act)
11:30 a.m.
Gillian Conoley, reading
from “Peace”
3 p.m.
Victoria Chang, reading
from “The Boss”
3:30 p.m.
Scott Daigre, Author of
“Tomatomania”
Cooking Demonstration
Signing Area at stage
10 a.m.-6 p.m.
DJ sets by Tribalive
1:30 p.m.
Katie Ford, reading from
“Blood Lyrics: Poems”
Ludo Lefebvre
2 p.m.
Aarti Sequeira, Author
of “Aarti Paarti: An
American Kitchen with
an Indian Soul”
Cooking Demonstration
2:45 p.m.
Claire Keane, Author of
“Once Upon a Cloud”
3:15 p.m.
Dinosaur Encounters,
presented by the Natural
History Museum of
Los Angeles
11 a.m.
Fred Moten, reading from
“The Feel Trio”
NO TICKETS
REQUIRED
Noon
Marilyn Hacker, reading
from “A Stranger’s Mirror”
Octavia Spencer
Sunday, April 19
12:30 p.m.
“Documented”
Screening 2151
Presented by Define American and #EmergingUS
Conversation to follow with Jose Antonio Vargas
Hosted by
Michael Weisberg
4:45 p.m.
Joker’s Joyride,
presented by
Warner Bros.
Consumer Products
LeVar Burton
Hancock
Foundation
2:45 p.m.
Traveling? Keep a
Song in Your Heart, a
performance from the
TSA Chorus
3:40 p.m.
Billy Idol, Author
of “Dancing With
Myself,” Interviewed by
Lorraine Ali
4:20 p.m.
Bellorage
(Alternative Pop)
Cooking Stage
10 a.m.
The Nick and Jen Show
(Musical Performance)
2:15 p.m.
Tim Federle, Author of
“Tommy Can’t Stop!”
5:30 p.m.
Carlton
(Alternative Pop)
School of
Cinematic Arts,
Ray Stark
Theatre
Hosted by Nick Young
and Jen Stillion-Young
1:35 p.m.
Octavia Spencer, Author
of “Randi Rhodes, Ninja
Detective: The Sweetest
Heist in History”
2 p.m.
Ren Martinez
(Pop)
2:30 p.m.
Tavis Smiley,
Author of “My Journey
with Maya”
3 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction:
Lurking in the Shadows
Conversation 1134
Moderator: Denise Hamilton
Josephine Angelini
Catherine Linka
Margaret Stohl
Reading By 9
Children’s Stage
TIME 11 a.m.
TITLE Eat This: The L.A. Food Movement
CONVERSATION # Eventbrite # for ordering tickets
MODERATOR Jonathan Gold
PARTICIPANTS Gilberto Cetina, Gilberto Cetina Jr.,
Valerie Gordon, Christine Moore
S T A G E S
11:30 a.m.
Scooby-Doo and the
Festival Phantom, presented by Warner Bros.
Consumer Products
11:40 a.m.
“The Jester Has Lost
Its Jingle”
(Family Programming)
4:30 p.m.
The Domino Effect:
Changing Political Landscapes
Conversation 1135
Moderator: Scott Kraft
Ronald Brownstein
Tom Hayden
Rena Pederson
4:30 p.m.
From Sensitivity to
Censorship: The High Stakes
of Satire in Popular Culture
Conversation 1145
Moderator: M.G. Lord
Manuel Castells
David Isaacs
Karen Sternheimer
USC Stage
Travel Smart
Stage
10 a.m.
Festival Kickoff
with the Trojan
Marching Band
10:30 a.m.
Dav Pilkey, Author of
The Ricky Ricotta Series
Conversation 1131
Genevieve Valentine
Susan Pinker
KEY
TO THE
LISTING
TICKETS
REQUIRED
Signing Area 4
Signing Area 3
Bovard
Auditorium
4:30 p.m.
Fiction: Shifting Cultures
Conversation 1055
Moderator: Alex Espinoza
Alexis Landau
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Elizabeth Rosner
Susan Straight
4:30 p.m.
By the Numbers: Science
and Identity
Conversation 1025
Moderator: Robin Abcarian
Jennifer Ouellette
Susan Pinker
Christian Rudder
Michael Shermer
5 p.m.
4 p.m.
3 p.m.
2 p.m.
1 p.m.
Noon
11 a.m.
10 a.m.
Hancock
Foundation
Most authors will be signing books at the
designated signing areas after their sessions.
Look to the top of this chart to find the
signing area associated with each venue.
4:45 p.m.
Inspire Us Contest Winner
Charlene Green, reading
from selected works
Ethio Cali
4:20 p.m.
En el Mexico
de nuestros amores
Alejandro Maciel
(moderator)
Reyna Grande
Ruben Luengas
Eileen Traux