Sunday, April 30th
Please note that this schedule is subject to change. Please come back and re-check the site as the Festival approaches, to see updates and changes.

10:00 AM - Animation: New Frontiers in the Art & Medium
Young Hall CS 50 PANEL 2091
Moderator Mr. Charles Solomon
Mr. Amid Amidi
Mr. Daniel Goldmark
Mr. Norman Klein
Mr. Mark Cotta Vaz

10:00 AM - Defining Ourselves: Women, Feminism, & Identity
Korn Convocation Hall PANEL 2071
Moderator Ms. Anne Taylor Fleming
Ms. Hope Edelman
Ms. Karenna Gore-Schiff
Ms. Karen Stabiner

10:00 AM - First Fiction: Finding A Voice
Moore 100 PANEL 2101
Moderator Mr. Mark Rozzo
Ms. Lisa Fugard
Mr. Marlon James
Ms. Laila Lalami
Ms. Adrienne Sharp

10:00 AM - Mystery: The Los Angeles Influence
Dodd 147 PANEL 2011
Moderator Mr. Tod Goldberg
Ms. Denise Hamilton
Mr. T. Jefferson Parker
Mr. Gary Phillips

10:00 AM - Teri Garr in Conversation with Leonard Maltin
Schoenberg Hall PANEL 2031
Interviewer Mr. Leonard Maltin
Ms. Teri Garr

10:30 AM - Against the Grain: Literary Lives
Franz 1178 PANEL 2111
Moderator Mr. James Atlas
Mr. Tony Arthur
Mr. Lewis M. Dabney
Ms. Marion Elizabeth Rodgers

10:30 AM - Creative Nonfiction: Shading the Truth
Ackerman Grand Ballroom PANEL 2121
Moderator Mr. David L. Ulin
Ms. Vivian Gornick
Ms. Louise Steinman
Mr. Gay Talese

10:30 AM - Famous Last Words: The Art of the Obituary
Young Hall CS 24 PANEL 2081
Moderator Ms. Mary Rourke
Mr. Miles Corwin
Ms. Marilyn Johnson
Mr. Porter Shreve

10:30 AM - Fiction: Building A World
Rolfe 1200 PANEL 2021
Moderator Ms. Amy Wilentz
Mr. Chris Abani
Ms. Emily Barton
Ms. Judith Freeman

10:30 AM - History: The Old World in the New World
Haines 39 PANEL 2041
Moderator Mr. Steve Wasserman
Ms. Joyce Appleby
Mr. Martin Dugard
Mr. Sean Wilentz

10:30 AM - No Boundaries: Media and the Freedom of Ideas
Royce Hall PANEL 2051
Moderator Ms. Karen Grigsby Bates
Ms. Arianna Huffington
Mr. Chris Mooney
Ms. Catherine Seipp
Mr. Jules Witcover

10:30 AM - Science Writing: Physics and Metaphysics
Fowler Museum Lenart Auditorium PANEL 2061
Moderator Ms. Margaret Wertheim
Ms. Sandra Blakeslee
Ms. K.C. Cole
Mr. Rudy Rucker

11:30 AM - Mystery: Hip Chicks Packing Heat
Dodd 147 PANEL 2012
Moderator Ms. Emily Green
Ms. Susan Kandel
Ms. Harley Jane Kozak
Ms. Patricia Smiley

11:30 AM - The Los Angeles Times 125th Anniversary Presents: The Sunday Funnies
Schoenberg Hall PANEL 2032
Moderator Ms. Elayne Boosler
Mr. Lalo Alcaraz
Mr. Berkeley Breathed
Ms. Cathy Guisewite
Mr. Jerry Scott

11:30 AM - Parallel Worlds: Fantasy & Time Travel
Young Hall CS 50 PANEL 2092
Moderator Ms. M.G. Lord
Ms. Kage Baker
Ms. Diana Gabaldon
Mr. Harry Turtledove

11:30 AM - Reading: The Pleasures of the Text
Moore 100 PANEL 2102
Moderator Ms. Susan Salter Reynolds
Mr. Dana Gioia
Ms. Sara Nelson
Mr. Gregory Rabassa
Ms. Jane Smiley

11:30 AM - To the Point: Short Stories
Korn Convocation Hall PANEL 2072
Moderator Mr. Scott Timberg
Mr. Gary Amdahl
Ms. Aimee Bender
Ms. Dana Johnson
Mr. Eric Puchner

12:00 PM - Current Interest: The Global Becomes Personal
Haines 39 PANEL 2042
Moderator Mr. Nick Owchar
Ms. Norma Barzman
Mr. Tony Cohan
Mr. Peter Hessler
Mr. Kevin McKiernan

12:00 PM - Dig In: Food Writing
Rolfe 1200 PANEL 2022
Moderator Ms. Leslie Brenner
Mr. Roy Finamore
Mr. Russ Parsons
Mr. Michael Ruhlman

12:00 PM - Memoir: They Shaped My Life
Fowler Museum Lenart Auditorium PANEL 2062
Moderator Ms. Carolyn See
Mr. J.R. Moehringer
Mr. Clancy Sigal
Ms. Louise Steinman

12:00 PM - Poetry: Seasons in Verse
Young Hall CS 24 PANEL 2082
Moderator Mr. Douglas Messerli
Ms. Eloise Klein Healy
Ms. Alice Quinn
Ms. Kay Ryan
Mr. Timothy Steele

12:00 PM - Testing the Boundaries: Young Adult Fiction
Franz 1178 PANEL 2112
Moderator Ms. Kitty Felde
Ms. Cynthia Kadohata
Mr. Mike Lupica
Ms. Michele Serros

12:30 PM - Larry Flynt in Conversation with Robert Scheer
Ackerman Grand Ballroom PANEL 2122
Interviewer Mr. Robert Scheer
Mr. Larry Flynt

1:00 PM - Carl Reiner in Conversation with Patt Morrison
Royce Hall PANEL 2052
Interviewer Ms. Patt Morrison
Mr. Carl Reiner

1:00 PM - City Limits: Rethinking Our Sense of Place
Young Hall CS 50 PANEL 2093
Moderator Mr. David L. Ulin
Mr. Michael Dear
Mr. Norman Klein
Mr. Joel Kotkin
Ms. Rebecca Solnit

1:00 PM - Dean Baquet in Conversation with Kevin Roderick
Schoenberg Hall PANEL 2033
Interviewer Mr. Kevin Roderick
Mr. Dean Baquet

1:00 PM - Fiction: Heroic Storytelling
Korn Convocation Hall PANEL 2073
Moderator Ms. Fran Halpern
Ms. Julia Alvarez
Mr. Ben Ehrenreich
Ms. Yxta Maya Murray

1:00 PM - Mystery: The Detective Had a Familiar Face
Dodd 147 PANEL 2013
Moderator Ms. Connie Martinson
Mr. Stephen J. Cannell
Ms. J.A. Jance
Ms. Rochelle Krich

1:00 PM - From Page to Screen
Moore 100 PANEL 2103
Moderator Ms. Robin Abcarian
Mr. Robert Crais
Mr. Mark Frost
Mr. Joe Keenan
Ms. Karen McCullah Lutz

1:30 PM - Anne Taylor Fleming & Karl Fleming: Writers in the House
Rolfe 1200 PANEL 2023
Interviewer Mr. Kit Rachlis
Mr. Karl Fleming
Ms. Anne Taylor Fleming

1:30 PM - Fiction: Latitudes & Attitudes
Franz 1178 PANEL 2113
Moderator Ms. Gina Nahai
Ms. Martha McPhee
Ms. Yannick Murphy
Mr. Richard Rayner

1:30 PM - In War Time: Personal Stories From Iraq
Haines 39 PANEL 2043
Moderator Mr. Doug Smith
Mr. John Crawford
Mr. Paul Rieckhoff
Mr. Evan Wright

1:30 PM - Outdoors in LA
Fowler Museum Lenart Auditorium PANEL 2063
Moderator Mr. John Balzar
Ms. Katharine Haake
Ms. Jenny Price
Mr. D. J. Waldie

1:30 PM - Publishing: Finding the Next Big Thing
Young Hall CS 24 PANEL 2083
Moderator Mr. Josh Getlin
Mr. Johnny Temple
Ms. Mus White
Mr. Stephen White
Mr. Charlie Winton

2:30 PM - Around the World in 60 Minutes: Travel Writing
Moore 100 PANEL 2104
Moderator Ms. Catharine Hamm
Mr. Don George
Mr. Elliott Hester
Ms. Catherine Watson

2:30 PM - Larger than Life: Writing the Sports Hero
Korn Convocation Hall PANEL 2074
Moderator Ms. Diane Pucin
Mr. Allen Barra
Mr. Martin Dugard
Mr. David Maraniss

2:30 PM - Mike Mignola in Conversation with Nick Owchar
Young Hall CS 50 PANEL 2094
Interviewer Mr. Nick Owchar
Mr. Mike Mignola

2:30 PM - Mystery: Page Turners
Dodd 147 PANEL 2014
Moderator Mr. Miles Corwin
Mr. Harlan Coben
Ms. Lisa Scottoline
Mr. Stuart Woods

2:30 PM - T.C. Boyle with an Introduction from Sandra Tsing Loh
Schoenberg Hall PANEL 2034
Introducer Ms. Sandra Tsing Loh
Mr. T.C. Boyle

2:30 PM - Under a Crescent Moon: The Changing Shape of the Middle East
Ackerman Grand Ballroom PANEL 2123
Moderator Mr. Zachary Karabell
Mr. Reza Aslan
Mr. Ilan Berman
Mr. Mark Bowden
Mr. Kevin McKiernan

3:00 PM - Faith in Fiction
Rolfe 1200 PANEL 2024
Moderator Ms. Bernadette Murphy
Mr. Joshua Braff
Mr. Tony Hendra
Mr. Thane Rosenbaum
Ms. Mary Rourke

3:00 PM - Fiction: L.A. Lit
Fowler Museum Lenart Auditorium PANEL 2064
Moderator Ms. Janet Fitch
Mr. Chris Abani
Mr. Steve Erickson
Ms. Michelle Huneven
Mr. Jim Krusoe

3:00 PM - The Outsiders: Independent Film Today
Franz 1178 PANEL 2114
Moderator Mr. Rocky Lang
Mr. Peter Biskind
Mr. Marshall Fine
Mr. David Kipen
Mr. Kenneth Turan

3:00 PM - Red, White, & Global: Envisioning America's Future
Haines 39 PANEL 2044
Moderator Mr. Barry Siegel
Mr. Tom Hamburger
Mr. Matthew Miller
Mr. Peter Wallsten

3:00 PM - Sarah Vowell & David Rakoff in Conversation with Tod Goldberg
Royce Hall PANEL 2053
Interviewer Mr. Tod Goldberg
Mr. David Rakoff
Ms. Sarah Vowell

3:00 PM - Young Minds, Young Eyes: The Picture Book
Young Hall CS 24 PANEL 2084
Moderator Ms. Mary Ellen Walker
Mr. Eric Drachman
Ms. Rachel Victoria Rodriguez
Ms. Paula Yoo

5:00 PM - Film Screening “The Peaceful Warrior”
Royce Hall PANEL 2054
Mr. Dan Millman

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