Program Schedule
Tickets are not required for stages, but are for indoor panels.
Saturday
| Target Children’s Stage |
| 10:00 am |
Roger Day, Why Does Gray Matter? Musical Act |
| 10:35 am | Marc Brown, If All the Animals Came Inside |
| 10:55 am | Eric Litwin & James Dean, Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons |
| 11:15 am | Philip & Erin Stead, A Sick Day for Amos McGee |
| 11:40 am |
José-Luis Orozco, Caramba Kids Musical Act |
| 12:15 pm | Michael Buckley, The Sisters Grimm Series |
| 12:35 pm | David Shannon, How Georgie Radburn Saved Baseball |
| 12:55 pm | Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever |
| 1:30 pm |
Ozokidz Musical Act |
| 2:05 pm | Fátima Ptacek & Regan Mizrahi, the voices of Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer and Boots |
| 2:25 pm | Alex Beard, Crocodile Tears |
| 2:45 pm | Tom Angleberger, Fake Mustache |
| 3:05 pm | James Burks, Beep and Bah |
| 3:30 pm |
Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band, Oh Lucky Day Musical Act |
| 4:05 pm | Molly Shannon, Tilly the Trickster |
| 4:25 pm | Kelly Dipucchio & Heather Ross, Crafty Chloe |
| 4:45 pm | Mary Casanova, American Girl® book McKenna |
| 5:10 pm |
The Squeegees, Meet The Squeegees Musical Act |
| Los Angeles Times Stage |
| 11:00 am | Cheryl Burke, author of “Dancing Lessons: How I Found Passion and Potential on the Dance Floor and in Life” |
| 12:10 pm | Ricki Lake, author of “Never Say Never: Finding a Life That Fits” |
| 1:20 pm | Tori Spelling, author of “Celebratori: Unleashing Your Inner Party Planner to Entertain Friends and Family” |
| 2:30 pm | John Cusack discusses Relativity Media’s “The Raven,” interviewed by Mark Leyner |
| 3:40 pm | Marilu Henner, author of “Total Memory Makeover: Uncover Your Past, Take Charge of Your Future” |
| 4:50 pm | Sugar Ray Leonard, author of “The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring,” interviewed by Randy Harvey |
| Los Angeles Times Booth (No Tickets Required) |
| 10:30 am | Mark Boster presents “Yosemite in Four Seasons”, Slide show, book sales and signing |
| 11:45 pm | Noelle Carter presents “Cookbooks”, Our test kitchen cook shares her favorites |
| 1:00 pm | Michael Whitley presents “Los Angeles Times E-Books”, Learn more about our new releases |
| 2:15 pm | Columnist Steve Lopez in conversation with Lawrence Tolliver |
| 3:30 pm |
Signing by artist Bob Staake *, The creator of our 2012 festival artwork signs merchandise, books and more * There is a limit of three signings per person. |
| 5:00 pm | Denise Hamilton presents “Surf Noir and Uncommon Scents”, Editor Nancie Clare discusses fragrances and fiction with the novelist and magazine contributor |
| USC Stage |
| 10:00 am | Festival Kickoff with CEO and Publisher Eddy Hartenstein and President Kathy Thomson of the Los Angeles Times and USC President C. L. Max Nikias, and the Trojan Marching Band |
| 11:40 am |
Inner City Youth Orchestra Musical Performance |
| 12:50 pm | Theatrical Performance Hosted by Mel Baron: Fotonovelas and Health Education |
| 2:00 pm |
Superaxe Jazz Guitar Performance |
| 3:10 pm |
Javon Johnson Spoken Word Performance |
| 4:20 pm |
Derik Nelson Popular Music Performance |
| 5:30 pm |
USC Thornton Jazz Honors Combo Jazz Performance |
| Cooking Stage |
| 11:00 am | Michael Voltaggio, author of “VOLT ink,” Gives a Cooking Demonstration |
| 12:30 pm | Gail Simmons, author of “Talking with My Mouth Full,” Gives a Cooking Demonstration |
| 2:00 pm | Nancy Silverton, author of “The Mozza Cookbook” and Michael Voltaggio, author of “VOLT ink” Discuss the LA Food Scene, interviewed by Betty Hallock |
| 3:30 pm | Anne Burrell, author of “Cook like a Rock Star” Gives a Cooking Demonstration |
| YA Stage |
| 11:00 am | Young Adult Fiction: To Be Continued | ||
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Kami Garcia Lauren Kate D.J. MacHale Margaret Stohl |
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler | ||
| 12:30 pm | Young Adult Fiction: The Real World | ||
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Jessi Kirby Blake Nelson Siobhan Vivian |
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler | ||
| 2:00 pm | Young Adult Fiction: The Fearful & the Fantastic | ||
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Josephine Angelini Kendare Blake Robin LeFevers |
Moderator: Cecil Castellucci | ||
| 3:30 pm | Young Adult Fiction: Teenage Wasteland | ||
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Holly Goldberg Sloan Whitley Streiber Gabrielle Zevin |
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler | ||
| Poetry Stage |
| 10:00 am | Katherine Larson reads from “Radial Symmetry” |
| 10:30 am | Timothy Donnelly reads from “The Cloud Corporation” |
| 11:00 am | Ellen Dore Watson reads from “Dogged Hearts: Poems” |
| 11:30 am | Kevin Prufer reads from “In A Beautiful Country” |
| 12:00 pm | Twentieth-Century Poet Commemorative Stamp First Day of Issue Ceremony |
| 1:00 pm | Campbell McGrath reads from “In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys: Poems” |
| 1:30 pm | Bruce Smith reads from “Devotions” |
| 2:00 pm | Linda Norton reads from “The Public Gardens” |
| 2:30 pm | Carl Phillips reads from “Double Shadow” |
| 3:00 pm | Carol Ann Davis reads from “Atlas Hour” |
| 3:30 pm |
Henri Cole reads from “Touch” Judith Pacht reads from “Summer Hunger” |
| 4:00 pm | Michael Ryan reads from “This Morning: Poems” |
| 4:30 pm |
Dorothy Barresi reads from “American Fanatics” Doreen Gildroy reads from “Human Love” |
| 5:00 pm |
Victoria Chang reads from “Salvinia Molesta” Michael O’Keefe reads from “Swimming Under My Father” |
| 5:30 pm | Kelli Anne Noftle reads from “I Was There for Your Somniloquy” & Performance with Earthwake |
| Etc. Stage |
| 11:00 am |
Dimestories Three-minute stories read by various artists |
| 12:00 pm |
Hang dog Expression Musical Performance |
| 1:00 pm | Fresh From Figment: Top Comic Actors Read from Young Writers’ Works Featuring Michael Ian Black, Michael Hitchcock , Wendi McLendon-Covey, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr & Michaela Watkins |
| 2:00 pm |
Foshay Jazz Ensemble Musical Performance |
| 3:00 pm |
Andrew Allan-Bentley Band Musical Performance |
| 4:00 pm | PEN Center USA: Emerging Voices Reading |
| 5:00 pm | Olin & the Moon: Musical Performance |
| Hoy Stage |
| 11:00 am | Natural History Museum |
| 12:00 pm |
Mariachi Cielo Nuevo Musical Performance |
| 1:00 pm |
Warner Bros. Presents: Scooby-Doo! Storytime Come listen and be a part of the story as your favorite mystery-solving dog’s adventures are read by a storyteller with a special appearance by Scooby-Doo himself! |
| 2:00 pm |
Folklorico Dance Performance |
| 3:00 pm | TBD |
| 4:00 pm | Latino Books into Movies Awards |
| 5:00 pm |
“Empowering Parents Now” Panel Discussion |
| Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123) |
| 10:30 am | California Literature: The Big Picture (Panel 1011) | ||
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Ralph Lewin Tom Lutz Carol Muske-Dukes |
Moderator: Oscar Villalon | ||
| 12:00 pm | Nonfiction: The Legendary Filmmakers (Panel 1012) | ||
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Richard Schickel George Stevens Sam Wasson |
Moderator: Eric Lax | ||
| 1:30 pm | Memoir: Over the Edge (Panel 1013) | ||
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Emma Forrest Dinah Lenney Charles Shaw Cheryl Strayed |
Moderator: Amy Wallen | ||
| 3:00 pm | Nonfiction: The Food Chain (Panel 1014) | ||
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Kathleen Flinn Julie Guthman Tracie McMillan |
Moderator: Russ Parsons | ||
| 4:30 pm | Publishing: Nuts & Bolts (Panel 1015) | ||
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Betsy Amster George Gibson John Tayman Robert Weil |
Moderator: Patrick Brown | ||
| Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 124) |
| 11:00 am | Fiction: Lives Interrupted (Panel 1021) | ||
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Peter Cameron Eric Jerome Dickey Jillian Lauren Luanne Rice |
Moderator: Amy Alkon | ||
| 12:30 pm | Crime Fiction: A Haze of Mystery (Panel 1022) | ||
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Cara Hoffman Alice LaPlante Scott O'Connor |
Moderator: Donna Rifkind | ||
| 2:00 pm | Crime Fiction: Tangled Webs (Panel 1023) | ||
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Dan Barden Miles Corwin T. Jefferson Parker Denise Mina |
Moderator: Dick Lochte | ||
| 3:30 pm | Crime Fiction: Out of the Box (Panel 1024) | ||
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Nelson George Gary Phillips P.G. Sturges Paul Tremblay |
Moderator: Celeste Fremon | ||
| Andrus Gerontology Center |
| 10:30 am | Page and Screen (Panel 1031) | ||
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April Smith Jerry Stahl Ned Vizzini |
Moderator: John Sacret Young | ||
| 12:00 pm | Biography: That's Entertainment (Panel 1032) | ||
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James Curtis Emily Leider M.G. Lord |
Moderator: Cari Beauchamp | ||
| 1:30 pm | Fiction: Family Ties (Panel 1033) | ||
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Janet Fitch Julie Otsuka Christopher Tilghman |
Moderator: John Freeman | ||
| 3:00 pm | Who Says? Habits, Fear & Why We Think the Way We Do (Panel 1034) | ||
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Patricia Cohen Charles Duhigg Barry Glassner |
Moderator: Nick Owchar | ||
| 4:30 pm | Crime Fiction: Catch Them If You Can (Panel 1035) | ||
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Barry Eisler Tom Epperson Stuart Woods |
Moderator: Tom Nolan | ||
| Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL 101) |
| 11:00 am | Fiction: Seeing the Light (Panel 1041) | ||
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Matt Ruff Alex Shakar James Wallenstein |
Moderator: Mary Otis | ||
| 12:30 pm | Childrens Books: Painting the Picture (Panel 1042) | ||
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Marla Frazee Kadir Nelson Bob Staake |
Moderator: Allyn Johnston | ||
| 2:00 pm | Fiction: To the Point (Panel 1043) | ||
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Dan Chaon Tod Goldberg Adam Levin Elissa Schappell |
Moderator: Matthew Specktor | ||
| 3:30 pm | Graphic Novel: Mythic Stories (Panel 1044) | ||
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Ed Brubaker Sam Humphries Adam Mansbach Douglas McGowan |
Moderator: Leslie S. Klinger | ||
| Norris Theater |
| 10:30 am | Memoir: The Ties That Bind (Panel 1051) | ||
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Benjamin Busch Claire Bidwell Smith Alexandra Styron Mark Whitaker |
Moderator: Samantha Dunn | ||
| 12:00 pm | Science: Finding the Thread (Panel 1052) | ||
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Brian Fagan Timothy Ferris Holly Tucker |
Moderator: Thomas Curwen | ||
| 1:30 pm | Memoir: Fame Inside Out (Panel 1053) | ||
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Ben Fong-Torres Michael Lindsay-Hogg Vicky Tiel |
Moderator: Mark Rozzo | ||
| 3:00 pm | Nonfiction: Creativity & Imagination (Panel 1054) | ||
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Tom Bissell Mark Dery David Bellos |
Moderator: Louise Steinman | ||
| 4:30 pm | Narrative in a Digital Age (Panel 1055) | ||
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Mark Bryant Jay Caspian Kang Jacob Lewis Evan Ratliff |
Moderator: David L. Ulin | ||
| Annenberg Auditorium |
| 10:30 am | Poetry: Saying More in Fewer Words (Panel 1061) | ||
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Henri Cole Linda Norton Carl Phillips Bruce Smith |
Moderator: Dana Gioia | ||
| 12:00 pm | Fiction: At Loose Ends (Panel 1062) | ||
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Seth Greenland Eleanor Henderson Josh Rolnick Jervey Tervalon |
Moderator: Rachel Resnick | ||
| 1:30 pm | Fiction: Form & Function (Panel 1063) | ||
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Ismet Prcic T.M. Wolf Elizabeth Crane |
Moderator: Chris Daley | ||
| 3:00 pm | Fiction: Alienated Voices (Panel 1064) | ||
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Anne-Marie Kinney Diana Wagman Irvin Yalom |
Moderator: Morgan Macgregor | ||
| 4:30 pm | Young Adult Fiction: The Real in the Unreal (Panel 1065) | ||
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Jack Gantos Ransom Riggs Thane Rosenbaum |
Moderator: Nick Owchar | ||
| Bing Theater |
| 11:00 am | Terror: 9/11 and Beyond (Panel 1071) | ||
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Brian Michael Jenkins Anatol Lieven Terry McDermott Eric Schmitt |
Moderator: Scott Kraft | ||
| 12:30 pm | Anne Perry in Conversation with Denise Hamilton (Panel 1072) | ||
| Anne Perry | Interviewer: Denise Hamilton | ||
| 2:00 pm | South of the Border: The Drug Trade (Panel 1073) | ||
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Hipolito Acosta Ioan Grillo Charles Bowden |
Moderator: Davan Maharaj | ||
| 3:30 pm | Joseph Wambaugh in Conversation with Lee Goldberg (Panel 1074) | ||
| Joseph Wambaugh | Interviewer: Lee Goldberg | ||
| School for Cinematic Arts |
| 1:00 pm |
DC Entertainment Presents: Watchmen -- It’s Not the End, It’s the Beginning. A Conversation with Steve Niles, Jim Lee and Dan Didio, moderated by Geoff Boucher (Panel 1151) |
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Jim Lee Dan DiDio |
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| 2:00 pm |
Watchmen (Panel 1152) Screening |
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| Davidson Continuing Education Center |
| 10:30 am | Nonfiction: The Speed of Thought (Panel 1081) | ||
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Reza Aslan David Bellos Daniel Kahneman |
Moderator: Elizabeth Taylor | ||
| 12:00 pm | Young Adult Friction: Writing YA (Panel 1082) | ||
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Robin Benway Libba Bray Pete Hautman |
Moderator: Angelina Benedetti | ||
| 1:30 pm | Young Adult Fiction: On the Brink (Panel 1083) | ||
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Patrick Ness Mal Peet John Corey Whaley |
Moderator: Cindy Dobrez | ||
| 3:00 pm | Cultural Visions: Blackness Now & Then (Panel 1084) | ||
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Adilifu Nama Rebecca Walker Kevin Young |
Moderator: Erin Aubry Kaplan | ||
| 4:30 pm | Science: At Warp Speed (Panel 1085) | ||
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David Baltimore Sean M. Carroll Margaret Wertheim |
Moderator: TBD | ||
| Bovard Auditorium |
| 10:30 am | John Green in Conversation with Lev Grossman (Panel 1091) | ||
| John Green | Interviewer: Lev Grossman | ||
| 12:30 pm | Susan Orlean in Conversation with Michael Silverblatt (Panel 1092) | ||
| Susan Orlean | Interviewer: Michael Silverblatt | ||
| 2:30 pm | Judy Blume in Conversation with Mary McNamara (Panel 1093) | ||
| Judy Blume | Interviewer: Mary McNamara | ||
| 4:30 pm | The Boys on the Bus: Covering Decision 2012 (Panel 1094) | ||
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Eric Alterman Ronald Brownstein Adam Nagourney John Powers |
Moderator: Mark Z. Barabak | ||
| Taper Hall (THH 101) |
| 10:30 am | Fiction: The Big Picture (Panel 1111) | ||
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Jonathan Evison Anthony Giardina Lauren Groff Chad Harbach |
Moderator: Laurie Muchnick | ||
| 12:00 pm | Go the F**k to Sleep (Panel 1112) | ||
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Ricardo Cortes Adam Mansbach |
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| 1:30 pm | Graphic Novel: Drawing outside the Lines (Panel 1113) | ||
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Joseph Lambert Carla Speed McNeil Jim Woodring |
Moderator: Deborah Vankin | ||
| 3:00 pm | Fiction: Echoes of Korea (Panel 1114) | ||
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Leonard Chang Krys Lee Samuel Park |
Moderator: Patt Morrison | ||
| 4:30 pm | Nonfiction: E Cannibis Unum (Panel 1115) | ||
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Heather Donahue Paul Krassner Mark Haskell Smith |
Moderator: Dean Kuipers | ||
| Ronald Tutor Campus Center |
| 10:30 am | Robert Kirkman in Conversation with Geoff Boucher (Panel 1121) | ||
| Robert Kirkman | Interviewer: Geoff Boucher | ||
| 12:30 pm | Rodney King in Conversation with Patt Morrison (Panel 1122) | ||
| Rodney King | Interviewer: Patt Morrison | ||
| 2:30 pm | Current Interest: Decision 2012 (Panel 1123) | ||
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Mike Murphy Bill Carrick Michael Genovese Dan Schnur |
Moderator: Doyle McManus | ||
| 4:30 pm | T.C. Boyle with an Introduction by Ralph Lewin (Panel 1124) | ||
| T.C. Boyle | Introducer: Ralph Lewin | ||
| Hancock Foundation |
| 11:00 am | History: War & Remembrance (Panel 1131) | ||
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Adam Goodheart Adam Hochschild Andrew Nagorski |
Moderator: Diane Smith | ||
| 12:30 pm | Biography: The American Century (Panel 1132) | ||
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John A Farrell Jim Newton Richard Reeves |
Moderator: A. Scott Berg | ||
| 2:00 pm | Nonfiction: Narrating Disaster (Panel 1133) | ||
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Joel Achenbach Robert Scheer Amy Wilentz |
Moderator: Barry Siegel | ||
| 3:30 pm | Nonfiction: Visions of the West (Panel 1134) | ||
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Daniel Arnold Deanne Stillman Susan Suntree |
Moderator: Jonathan Kirsch | ||
| Hoffman Hall, Presented by USC |
| 10:45 am | The End of Illness: A Conversation with David Agus (Panel 1141) | ||
| David Agus | Interviewer: Michael Quick | ||
| 12:00 pm | Queer L.A.: Culture, Art and Activism (Panel 1142) | ||
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Jeanne Cordova Joseph Hawkins Karen Tongson |
Moderator: Chris Freeman | ||
| 1:30 pm | Fairy Tales (Panel 1143) | ||
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Aimee Bender Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Trinie Dalton |
Moderator: Nan Cohen | ||
| 3:00 pm | Mystery and Magic in Mind and Matter (Panel 1144) | ||
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K.C. Cole Deborah Harkness Tim Page |
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| 4:30 pm | Kick-Ass Women (Panel 1145) | ||
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Allison Engel Karen Karbo M.G. Lord |
Moderator: Dinah Lenney | ||
Sunday
| Target Children’s Stage |
| 10:00 am |
The Squeegees, Meet The Squeegees Musical Act |
| 10:35 am | Tom Lichtenheld, E-mergency |
| 10:55 am | Tad Hills, How Rocket Learned to Read |
| 11:15 am | Nancy Tillman, The Crown on Your Head |
| 11:35 am | Doreen Cronin, M.O.M. (Mom Operating Manual) |
| 12:00 pm |
Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band, Oh Lucky Day Musical Act |
| 12:35 pm | Laura Numeroff, Jelly Beans and the Big Art Adventure |
| 12:55 pm | Julie Andrews, The Very Fairy Princess Here Comes the Flower Girl |
| 1:15 pm | Lin Oliver, Ghost Buddy #1: Zero to Hero |
| 1:40 pm |
Disney Junior’s Choo-Choo Soul with Genevieve, Choo-Choo Soul Musical Act |
| 2:15 pm | Shane W. Evans, Chocolate Me! |
| 2:35 pm | Antonio Sacre, A Mango in the Hand |
| 2:55 pm | Shawn Thomas Odyssey, The Wizard of Dark Street |
| 3:20 pm |
José-Luis Orozco, Caramba Kids Musical Act |
| 3:55 pm | Tim Green, Pinch Hit |
| 4:15 pm | Kareem Abdul Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld, What Color is My World? |
| 4:40 pm |
Roger Day, Why Does Gray Matter? Musical Act |
| Los Angeles Times Stage |
| 11:00 am | Bethenny Frankel, author of “Skinnydipping: A Novel” |
| 12:10 pm |
Florence Henderson, author of “Life Is Not a Stage: From Broadway Baby to a Lovely Lady and Beyond,” interviewed by Fritz Coleman |
| 1:20 pm | Betty White, Author of “Betty and Friends: My Life at the Zoo,” Interviewed by Karen Grigsby Bates |
| 2:30 pm |
Michael Ian Black, author of “You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations” |
| 3:40 pm |
Mayim Bialik, author of “Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way” |
| Los Angeles Times Booth (No Tickets Required) |
| 10:30 am | Jacob Lewis, Founder of Figment, Book Critic David L. Ulin talks with our 2011 Book Prizes “Innovator’s Award” recipient |
| 11:45 pm |
Signing by artist Bob Staake *, The creator of our 2012 festival artwork signs merchandise, books and more * There is a limit of three signings per person. |
| 1:15 pm | Chris Reynolds presents Titanic, 100 years later, Our travel journalist journeyed to both New York and Halifax to learn more |
| 2:30 pm | Columnist Chris Erskine, “In Conversation with Himself” |
| 3:45 pm | Columnist Sandy Banks |
| USC Stage |
| 10:00 am | The Trojan Marching Band |
| 11:40 am |
Bravo High School Latin Jazz Band Latin Jazz Performance |
| 12:50 pm |
The Trojan Men A Cappella Performance |
| 2:00 pm |
Caitlin Notey Popular Music Performance |
| 3:10 pm |
Javon Johnson Spoken Word Performance |
| 4:20 pm |
Cinematic Guitar Ensemble Jazz Guitar Performance |
| Cooking Stage |
| 11:00 am | Josiah Citrin, author of “In Pursuit of Excellence,” Gives a Cooking Demonstration |
| 12:30 pm | Chris Cosentino, author of “Beginnings: My Way To Start a Meal,” Gives a Cooking Demonstration |
| 2:00 pm | Debbie Lee, author of “Seoultown Kitchen,” Gives a Cooking Demonstration |
| 3:30 pm | Alice Medrich, author of “Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts” Gives a Cooking Demonstration |
| YA Stage |
| 10:30 am | In the Middle: Tweenage Fantasy | ||
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Cornelia Funke Alyson Noel John Stephens |
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler | ||
| 12:00 pm | Young Adult Fiction: Humor & Hormones | ||
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Tristan Bancks Aaron Karo Abby McDonald |
Moderator: Cecil Castellucci | ||
| 1:30 pm | The Young & the Restless: Writing Today's Teens | ||
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Deb Caletti Heather Cocks Jessica Morgan Joanna Philbin |
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler | ||
| 3:30 pm | Young Adult Fiction: Future Tense | ||
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Cecil Castelluci Marie Lu Lissa Price |
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler | ||
| Poetry Stage |
| 10:00 am |
James Ragan reads from “Too Long a Solitude” Dana Gioia reads from “Pity the Beautiful” |
| 10:30 am |
Douglas Kearney reads from “The Black Automaton” Holaday Mason reads from “Dissolve” |
| 11:00 am |
Matthew Zapruder reads from “Come All You Ghosts” Eric Gudas reads from “Best Western and Other Poems” |
| 11:30 am | Carol Muske-Dukes reads from “Twin Cities” |
| 12:00 pm | Brendan Constantine reads from “Calamity Joe” and Other Works |
| 12:30 pm | Gail Wronsky reads from “So Quick Bright Things” |
| 1:00 pm | Cyrus Cassells reads from “The Crossed-Out Swastika” |
| 1:30 pm | Readings from “The Forbidden: Poems from Iran and its Exiles” by Shideh Etaat, Sheida Mohamadi, Partow Nooriala, Chad Sweeney & Sholeh Wolpé |
| 2:00 pm | David Hernandez reads from “Hoodwinked” |
| 2:30 pm | Dawn Lundy-Martin reads from “Discipline” |
| 3:00 pm |
David St. John reads from “The Auroras: New Poems” Anna Journey reads from “If Birds Gather Your Hair for Nesting” |
| 3:30 pm |
Kim Dower reads from “Air Kissing on Mars” Charles Harper Webb reads from “Shadow Ball: New and Selected Poems” |
| 4:00 pm |
Lory Bedikian reads from “The Book of Lamenting” Carroll Kearley reads from “The Plain Above the River” |
| 4:30 pm | Poetic Performances by the Get Lit Players Teen Poetry Troupe |
| Etc. Stage |
| 10:00 am | WriteGirl: A Celebration of Words, Women & Girls |
| 11:00 am |
Foshay Jazz Ensemble Musical Performance |
| 12:00 pm |
The Sound of Music Family Scrapbook: Memories from the Film from the “von Trapp Kids” |
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Nicholas Hammond Heather Menzies Duane Chase Kym Karath |
Moderator: Rebecca Keegan | ||
| 1:00 pm |
Culture Clash Improv Group |
| 2:00 pm |
John Bryan and Verdugo City String Band Musical Performance |
| 3:00 pm |
Andrew Allan-Bentley Band Musical Performance |
| 4:00 pm | Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Avetisyan, presented by the Republic of Armenia |
| Hoy Stage |
| 12:00 pm |
Warner Bros. Presents: Scooby-Doo! Storytime “Come listen and be a part of the story as your favorite mystery-solving dog’s adventures are read by a storyteller with a special appearance by Scooby-Doo himself!"” |
| 2:00 pm |
Folklorico Dance Performance |
| 3:00 pm |
Mariachi Cielo Nuevo Musical performance |
| 4:00 pm | TBD |
| Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123) |
| 10:00 am | Fiction: Ladies Who Lit (Panel 2011) | ||
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Jane Green Liza Palmer Maria Semple Carol Wolper |
Moderator: Darcy Cosper | ||
| 11:30 am | History: City of Angels (Panel 2012) | ||
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Leo Braudy John Buntin Steven J. Ross D.J. Waldie |
Moderator: Richard Rayner | ||
| 1:00 pm | Fiction: California Dreamin' (Panel 2013) | ||
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Steve Erickson Hari Kunzru Dana Spiotta |
Moderator: David L. Ulin | ||
| 2:30 pm | Fiction: The Faults They Had (Panel 2014) | ||
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Tayari Jones Susan Straight Luis Alberto Urrea |
Moderator: Karen Grigsby Bates | ||
| 4:00 pm | Publishing A - Z (Panel 2015) | ||
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Miwa Messer Bonnie Nadell Dan Smetanka |
Moderator: Sara Nelson | ||
| Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 124) |
| 11:00 am | Crime Fiction: Buried Secrets (Panel 2021) | ||
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Denise Hamilton Gregg Hurwitz Thomas Perry Dan Pyne |
Moderator: Tod Goldberg | ||
| 12:30 pm | Crime Fiction: California Noir (Panel 2022) | ||
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Joel Engel Gar Anthony Haywood Bart Schneider Kelli Stanley |
Moderator: Susan Kandel | ||
| 2:00 pm | Publishing: Finding New Voices (Panel 2023) | ||
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Laura Cogan John Freeman Rebecca Friedman Ethan Nosowsky |
Moderator: Johnny Temple | ||
| 3:30 pm | Crime Fiction: Listening In (Panel 2024) | ||
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Joseph Kanon Philip Kerr Olen Steinhauer |
Moderator: Paula L. Woods | ||
| Andrus Gerontology Center |
| 11:00 am | Publishing: Rewriting the Rules (Panel 2031) | ||
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Ken Baumann Sumanth Prabhaker Rob Spillman |
Moderator: Margaret Wappler | ||
| 12:30 pm | Fiction: Over the Edge (Panel 2032) | ||
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Joseph Mattson Joshua Mohr Rob Roberge Terese Svoboda |
Moderator: Jim Ruland | ||
| 2:00 pm | Fiction: The Literature of Obsession (Panel 2033) | ||
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Matt Bondurant Judith Freeman Ellen Ullman |
Moderator: Brighde Mullins | ||
| 3:30 pm | Fiction: Pushing the Envelope (Panel 2034) | ||
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Brian DeLeeuw Dianne Dixon Hillary Jordan David Vann |
Moderator: Barbara Bogaev | ||
| Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL 101) |
| 10:30 am | Nonfiction: Olympic Stories (Panel 2041) | ||
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David Davis David Clay Large |
Moderator: Chris Erskine | ||
| 12:00 pm | Fiction: Whimsical Visions (Panel 2042) | ||
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Amelia Gray Etgar Keret Sara Levine Ben Loory |
Moderator: Carolyn Kellogg | ||
| 1:30 pm | Fiction: Visionary Eyes (Panel 2043) | ||
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Aimee Bender Elizabeth Crane Ben Ehrenreich Mark Leyner |
Moderator: Edan Lepucki | ||
| 3:00 pm | Fiction: Writing Across the Globe (Panel 2044) | ||
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Ramona Ausubel Naomi Benaron Anne Cherian |
Moderator: Andrew Losowsky | ||
| Norris Theater |
| 10:30 am | Memoir: You Make Me Crazy (Panel 2051) | ||
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Sarah Colonna Jeanne Darst Dan Fante |
Moderator: Erika Schickel | ||
| 12:00 pm | Nonfiction: The Art of Immersion (Panel 2052) | ||
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Tom Bissell Mark Haskell Smith David Treuer |
Moderator: Patrick Brown | ||
| 1:30 pm | Science: The Adventure of the Mind (Panel 2053) | ||
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Leonard Mlodinow Dean Buonomano |
Moderator: Jennifer Ouellette | ||
| 3:00 pm | Love: American Style (Panel 2054) | ||
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Diane Farr Nura Maznavi Ryan Van Meter |
Moderator: Meghan Daum | ||
| Annenberg Auditorium |
| 11:00 am | DIY Revolution (Panel 2061) | ||
|
Mark Frauenfelder Erik Knutzen David Rees |
Moderator: Alissa Walker | ||
| 12:30 pm | Poetry: Thoughts That Breathe; Words That Burn (Panel 2062) | ||
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Douglas Kearney David St. John Dawn Lundy Martin Matthew Zapruder |
Moderator: Harryette Mullen | ||
| 2:00 pm | Fiction: Love, Actually (Panel 2063) | ||
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DeAnna Cameron Tessa Dare Jill Sorenson |
Moderator: Dee J. Adams | ||
| 3:30 pm | Fiction: Conflicting Identities (Panel 2064) | ||
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Dana Johnson Laila Lalami Nina Revoyr Antoine Wilson |
Moderator: David Kipen | ||
| Bing Theater |
| 10:30 am | Fiction: The Dream Deferred (Panel 2071) | ||
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Ayad Akhtar Mona Simpson Hector Tobar Jesmyn Ward |
Moderator: Joy Press | ||
| 12:00 pm | Nonfiction: The Elbow of Justice (Panel 2072) | ||
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Sarah Burns Lisa Davis Christopher Goffard |
Moderator: Donna Wares | ||
| 1:30 pm | Robert Crais in Conversation with Kenneth Turan (Panel 2073) | ||
| Robert Crais | Interviewer: Kenneth Turan | ||
| 3:00 pm | Current Interest: American Breakdown (Panel 2074) | ||
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John Nichols Laurie Sandell David Willman Tom Zoellner |
Moderator: Scott Kraft | ||
| School for Cinematic Arts |
| 11:00 am |
“With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story,” presented by EPIX Located in the Ray Stark Theater (Panel 2151) Screening |
| 1:00 pm |
“With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story,” presented by EPIX (Panel 2151-A) Located in the Ray Stark Theater |
| 1:00 pm |
“Read it and Weep” Episode of “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” presented by The Hub TV Network Q & A to follow with showrunner Meghan McCarthy and actor Tara Strong, voice of Twilight Sparkle, Interviewed by Dawn C. Chmielewski (Panel 2152) Located in the Broccoli Theater Screening |
| 3:00 pm |
“With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story,” presented by EPIX” (Panel 2153) Located in the Ray Stark Theater Screening |
| Davidson Continuing Education Center |
| 10:00 am | Fiction: World Building (Panel 2081) | ||
|
Frank Beddor Lev Grossman John Scalzi |
Moderator: Charles Yu | ||
| 11:30 am | Fiction: Bump in the Night (Panel 2082) | ||
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Melissa de la Cruz Seth Grahame-Smith Deborah Harkness Richard Kadrey |
Moderator: Paul Tremblay | ||
| 1:00 pm | History: The American Dream (Panel 2083) | ||
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Michael Hiltzik Robert Morgan Miriam Pawel Richard White |
Moderator: William Deverell | ||
| 2:30 pm | Does This Book Make Me Look Fat: Laughter on the Page (Panel 2084) | ||
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Merrill Markoe Dani Klein Modisett Jill Soloway |
Moderator: Tod Goldberg | ||
| 4:00 pm | Final Choices: Extending Life or Prolonging Death? (Panel 2085) | ||
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Judy Citko Gene Dorio Susan Enguidanos Neil Wenger |
Moderator: Steve Lopez | ||
| Bovard Auditorium |
| 11:00 am | Los Angeles 20 Years After the Rodney King Verdict (Panel 2091) | ||
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Gil Garcetti Jim Newton Connie Rice |
Moderator: Warren Olney | ||
| 1:00 pm | Anne Rice in Conversation with Scott Timberg (Panel 2092) | ||
| Anne Rice | Interviewer: Scott Timberg | ||
| 3:00 pm | The Nerds Shall Inherit the Earth. (Panel 2093) | ||
|
Maureen Johnson Pamela Ribon John Scalzi |
Interviewer: Amber Benson | ||
| Taper Hall (THH 101) |
| 11:00 am | Fiction & Fantasy: Otherworldly Adventures (Panel 2111) | ||
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Greg Bear Raymond E. Feist Boyd Morrison |
Moderator: Rob Latham | ||
| 12:30 pm | Fiction: Destinations & Detours (Panel 2112) | ||
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Karl Taro Greenfeld Pam Houston Tara Ison |
Moderator: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett | ||
| 2:00 pm | Nonfiction: We Built This City (Panel 2113) | ||
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Bill Boyarsky Scott Martelle Rebecca Solnit |
Moderator: Jon Thurber | ||
| 3:30 pm | Fiction: Up Close & Far Away (Panel 2114) | ||
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Rachel Kushner Victoria Patterson Marisa Silver |
Moderator: Michelle Meyering | ||
| Ronald Tutor Campus Center |
| 10:30 am | Current Interest: The Changing Faces of the Right (Panel 2121) | ||
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Nancy Cohen Sally Denton Elizabeth Price Foley Katrina vanden Heuvel |
Moderator: James Rainey | ||
| 12:30 pm | Young Adult Fiction: The Wide Lens (Panel 2122) | ||
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Maureen Johnson Lauren Myracle Maggie Stiefvater Jacqueline Woodson |
Moderator: Susan Carpenter | ||
| 2:30 pm | Food Writing: American Potluck (Panel 2123) | ||
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Gustavo Arellano Aaron Bobrow-Strain Jennifer 8. Lee |
Moderator: Jonathan Gold | ||
| Hancock Foundation |
| 11:00 am | Nonfiction: Reporting the Arts (Panel 2131) | ||
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Anne-Marie O'Connor RJ Smith Joe Woodward |
Moderator: Orli Low | ||
| 12:30 pm | Disposable Nation: Trash & Consequences (Panel 2132) | ||
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Edward Humes Kendra Pierre-Louis Anna Sklar |
Moderator: Madeleine Brand | ||
| 2:00 pm | Nonfiction: Surveillance & Secrets (Panel 2133) | ||
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Lori Andrews Annie Jacobsen Michael Shermer |
Moderator: Richard Rayner | ||
| 3:30 pm | The Port Huron Statement: 50 Years Later (Panel 2134) | ||
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Tom Hayden Abe Peck Robert Scheer |
Moderator: Jon Wiener | ||
| Hoffman Hall, Presented by USC |
| 10:00 am | New Paradigms for Leadership in a Global Economy (Panel 2141) | ||
|
Jolanta Aritz Dave Logan Kirk Snyder |
Moderator: Robyn Walker | ||
| 11:25 am | Future Books: Media in the Digital Age (Panel 2142) | ||
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Steve Anderson Anne Balsamo Catherine Quinlan |
Moderator: Holly Willis | ||
| 12:45 pm | The Politics of Popular Music (Panel 2143) | ||
|
Inna Arzumanova Alice Echols Josh Kun Shana Redmond |
Moderator: Karen Tongson | ||
| 2:15 pm | Writing the Sports Biography (Panel 2144) | ||
|
Madelyn Cain Steven Travers |
Moderator: Daniel T. Durbin | ||
| 3:45 pm | Writings from the Asian Diaspora (Panel 2145) | ||
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Prince Gomolvilas Velina Hasu Houston Catherine Liu |
Moderator: Sunyoung Lee | ||
