Sunday Stages

Listed by Stage

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Target Children’s Stage
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10:00 AM
  • Disney Junior’s Choo-Choo Soul with Genevive
  • Choo-Choo Soul
10:35 AM
  • Maia Haag
  • Author of My Very Own Name
10:55 AM
  • Mo Willems
  • Author and Illustrator of Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator!
11:15 AM
  • Bob Logan
  • Author and Illustrator of Rocket Town
11:35 AM
  • John Bemelmans Marciano
  • Author of Madeline at the White House
12:00 PM
  • Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players
  • Jungle Gym 
12:35 PM
  • Mark Teague
  • Author and Illustrator of LaRue Across America: Postcards from the Vacation
12:55 PM
  • Susie Bazil & Shawn McCann
  • Author and Illustrator of The Sick Bug Goes to School
1:15 PM
  • Pam Muñoz Ryan
  • Author of Tony Baloney
1:40 PM
  • Moona Luna
  • Piñata Party
2:15 PM
  • Melodee Strong
  • Illustrator of Colorful World & You Are Important Series
2:35 PM
  • Alan Katz
  • Author of Mosquitoes Are Ruining My Summer!: And Other Silly Dilly Camp Songs
2:55 PM
  • Daniel Kirk
  • Author and Illustrator of Library Mouse A World to Explore
3:20 PM
  • The Okee Dokee Brothers
  • Take It Outside
3:55 PM
  • Laura Numeroff
  • Author of The Jelly Beans and The Big Camp Kickoff
4:15 PM
  • Ellen Sabin
  • Author of The Giving Book: Open the Door to a Lifetime of Giving
4:40 PM
  • Hip Hop Harry
  • Party Jams

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Los Angeles Times Stage
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11:00 AM
  • Patton Oswalt
  • Author of Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
12:10 PM
  • Barbara Eden, Interviewed by Mary McNamara
  • Author of Jeannie Out of the Bottle
1:20 PM
  • Rick Springfield, Interviewed by Alex Cohen
  • Author of Late, Late at Night
2:30 PM
  • Demetri Martin
  • Author of This Is a Book
3:40 PM
  • Alison Sweeney, Interviewed by Rene Lynch
  • Author of The Mommy Diet

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USC Stage
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10:00 AM
  • Foshay High School Jazz Ensemble
  • Jazz Performance
11:40 PM
  • USC Drama Club Presents Prequels to Classic Plays
  • Theatrical Performance
12:50 PM
  • SoCal Vocals
  • A Cappella Performance
2:00 PM
  • Javon Johnson
  • Spoken Word Performance
3:10 PM
  • Sweet Temptations: Fotonovelas and Health, Hosted by Mel Baron
  • Theatrical Performance
4:20 PM
  • Sam Hirsh Quartet
  • Jazz Performance

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Cooking Stage
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11:00 AM
  • Kathy Freston & Tal Ronnen, Authors of Veganist & The Conscious Cook
  • Cooking Demonstrations
12:30 PM
  • Thomas Keller, In Conversation with Russ Parsons
  • Author of Ad Hoc at Home
2:00 PM
  • Duff Goldman, Author of Ace of Cakes: Inside the World of Charm City Cakes
  • Talk and Q&A
3:30 PM
  • Fabio Viviani, Author of Café Firenze Cookbook
  • Cooking Demonstration

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YA Stage
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10:30 AM
  • Powerful Pairs: Co-Writing Young Adult Fantasy
  • Panelists: Margaret Stohl, Kami Garcia, Garth Nix, Sean Williams
  • Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
12:00 PM
  • Believe in Yesterday: Historical Young Adult Fiction
  • Panelists: Judy M, Blundell, Sherry Shahan, Sherri L. Smith
  • Moderator: Cecil Castellucci
1:30 PM
  • Hard Truths: Writing Addiction for Teens
  • Panelists: Ned Vizzini, Blake Nelson, Lauren Strasnick
  • Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
3:00 PM
  • Perfectly Paranormal: Writing the Fantastic
  • Panelists: Lisa McMann, Alyson Noel, DJ MacHale, Neal Shusterman
  • Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
4:00 PM
  • LAYAPALOOZA!
  • A live game show for lovers of books for teens & tweens

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Poetry Stage
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10:00 AM
  • Karen An-hwei Lee & Stephanie Brown read from Ardor and Domestic Interior
10:30 AM
  • Peter Campion reads from The Lions
11:00 AM
  • Nick Flynn reads from The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands
11:30 AM
  • Kurt Brown reads from No Other Paradise , Future Ship and Other Works
12:00 PM
  • Laurel Ann Bogen reads from Washing a Language
12:30 PM
  • Douglas Kearney reads from The Black Automaton and Other Works
1:00 PM
  • Arther Vogelsang reads from Expedition: New & Selected Poems
1:30 PM
  • Matthew Shenoda & Cecilia Woloch read from Seasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone and Carpathia
2:00 PM
  • Yehoshua November reads from God’s Optimism
2:30 PM
  • Anna Journey & David St. John read from If Birds Gather Your Hair for Nesting and The Face: A Novella in Verse
3:00 PM
  • Matthew Zapruder reads from Come on All You Ghosts
3:30 PM
  • John Fitzgerald & Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo read from The Mind and Unlike Shiny Hollywood Fantasies: Images from the Other L.A.
4:00 PM
  • Kim Dower reads from Air Kissing on Mars
4:30 PM
  • Les Figues Press
  • Sound Poetry Performance by Vanessa Place, Mathew Timmons & Christine Wertheim

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Etc. Stage
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10:00 AM
  • Korea Presents Eagle Taekwondo
  • Martial Arts Performance
11:00 AM
  • Bravo Latin Jazz Band
  • Musical Performance
12:00 PM
  • Pitchapalooza
  • Pitch YOUR BOOK to the Book Doctors!
1:00 PM
  • WriteGirl
  • A Celebration of Words, Women & Girls
2:00 PM
  • The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles
  • Musical Performance
3:00 PM
  • Reduced Shakespeare: The Complete Guide for the Attention-Impaired (abridged)
  • Completely Hollywood (abridged)
4:00 PM
  • Brand X LA Unheard Presents Hi Ho Silver Oh
  • Musical Performance

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Discover the World
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11:00 AM
  • Irish Writers Thomas McCarthy and Joe Woods
  • Poetry Readings
12:00 PM
  • Korea Presents Eagle Taekwondo
  • Martial Arts Performance
2:00 PM
  • Irish Writers Nuala Ni Chonchuir and Kevin Power
  • Fiction Readings
3:00 PM
  • Korea Presents Kim Eung Hwa Dance Academy
  • Traditional Korean Dance Performance
4:00 PM
  • Los Angeles Times Presents Michael Robinson Chavez
  • Dateline Earth: Photographing a World in Transition

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Hoy Stage
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10:00 AM
  • STAR Program
  • Dance Performance
11:00 AM
  • EDUCATE
  • Panel Discussion
12:00 PM
  • Mariachi Cielo Nuevo
  • Musical Performance
1:00 PM
  • Meet a “Live” Juvenile T. Rex!
  • Presented by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
2:00 PM
  • Afro-Latino Rhythms
  • Drum Line Dancers
3:00 PM
  • Cesar Brizuela
  • Regional Mexican Musical Performance
4:00 PM
  • Spanish Spelling Bee Finals
  • Category 2

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