The schedule for the 2009 Festival of Books will be posted in early April, 2009. This list below is of panels that took place at the 2008 Festival.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Please note: Participants and panel times may change. Please come back to see updates.
Dodd 147
PANEL 1011
10:00 AM
Mystery: Laughing in the Face of Death
Moderator Ms. Donna Rifkind
Ms. Susan Kandel
Ms. Lisa Lutz
Ms. Mary McNamara
PANEL 1012
11:30 AM
Mystery: The Literary Detective
Moderator Ms. Sarah Weinman
Mr. Leslie Klinger
Mr. Peter Robinson
Ms. April Smith
PANEL 1013
1:00 PM
Mystery: Death in Another Land
Moderator Ms. Paula L. Woods
Mr. Ake Edwardson
Ms. Tana French
Ms. Jan Costin Wagner
PANEL 1014
2:30 PM
Women of Slipstream
Moderator Mr. Rob Spillman
Ms. Aimee Bender
Ms. Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
Ms. Kelly Link
Ms. Miranda Mellis
PANEL 1015
4:00 PM
Mystery: Cruel & Unusual
Moderator Ms. Donna Rifkind
Mr. Dan Fesperman
Mr. Eli Gottlieb
Mr. Christopher Rice
Mr. Stuart Woods
Rolfe 1200
PANEL 1021
10:30 AM
Literature & Technology: Breaking the Mold
Moderator Mr. David Kipen
Ms. Shelley Jackson
Mr. James Marcus
Mr. Lee Siegel
PANEL 1022
12:00 PM
Young Adult: Fantastic Fiction
Moderator Mr. Jonathan Hunt
Ms. Francesca Lia Block
Ms. Geraldine McCaughrean
Mr. Neal Shusterman
PANEL 1023
1:30 PM
Science & Culture
Moderator Ms. M.G. Lord
Mr. Brian Fagan
Mr. Douglas Hofstadter
Mr. Gino Segre
Ms. Dava Sobel
PANEL 1024
3:00 PM
West Coast Publishing: Rethinking the Model
Moderator Mr. David L. Ulin
Mr. Eli Horowitz
Ms. Elaine Katzenberger
Ms. Lee Montgomery
Mr. Charlie Winton
Schoenberg Hall
PANEL 1031
10:00 AM
Robert Crais & T. Jefferson Parker in Conversation
Mr. Robert Crais
Mr. T. Jefferson Parker
PANEL 1032
11:30 AM
Gay Talese In Conversation with Tim Rutten
Interviewer Mr. Tim Rutten
Mr. Gay Talese
PANEL 1033
1:00 PM
Maxine Hong Kingston in Conversation with David L. Ulin
Interviewer Mr. David L. Ulin
Ms. Maxine Hong Kingston
PANEL 1034
2:30 PM
Joseph Wambaugh in Conversation with Michael Connelly
Interviewer Mr. Michael Connelly
Mr. Joseph Wambaugh
PANEL 1035
4:00 PM
Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark in Conversation with Fran Halpern
Interviewer Ms. Fran Halpern
Ms. Mary Higgins Clark
Ms. Carol Higgins Clark
Haines 39
PANEL 1041
11:00 AM
History: Crisis Points
Moderator Ms. Elizabeth Taylor
Ms. Patricia Goldstone
Ms. Lynne Olson
Mr. Anthony Pagden
PANEL 1042
12:30 PM
Biography: Infamous Lives
Moderator Mr. A. Scott Berg
Mr. Kenneth D. Ackerman
Ms. Nancy Isenberg
Mr. Michael J. Neufeld
PANEL 1043
2:00 PM
A History of Violence
Moderator Mr. Leo Braudy
Mr. David A. Bell
Mr. Mark Kurlansky
Mr. Scott Martelle
Mr. Andrew Nagorski
PANEL 1044
3:30 PM
Current Interest: Lessons from the 20th Century
Moderator Mr. Tim Naftali
Mr. David Goodman
Ms. Elizabeth D. Samet
Mr. Clancy Sigal
Royce Hall
PANEL 1051
10:30 AM
Tommy Lasorda in Conversation with Mark Langill
Interviewer Mr. Mark Langill
Mr. Tommy Lasorda
PANEL 1052
12:30 PM
Gore Vidal in Conversation with Jane Smiley
Interviewer Jane Smiley
Mr. Gore Vidal
PANEL 1053
2:30 PM
Current Interest: Right & Left
Moderator Mr. Jim Newton
Mr. Eric Alterman
Mr. David Frum
Ms. Arianna Huffington
Mr. Dan Schnur
PANEL 1054
4:30 PM
Ray Bradbury with an Introduction from Sid Stebel
Introducer Mr. Sid Stebel
Mr. Ray Bradbury
Young Hall CS 24
PANEL 1081
10:30 AM
Poetry: Walking the Line
Moderator Mr. David St. John
Mr. Marvin Bell
Ms. Elaine Equi
Ms. Jean Valentine
PANEL 1082
12:00 PM
Smile: Is Happiness Overrated?
Moderator Ms. Amy Alkon
Ms. Beth Lisick
Ms. Sonja Lyubomirsky
Mr. Eric Weiner
PANEL 1083
1:30 PM
Biography: The Explorers
Moderator Mr. Robert Weil
Mr. Tim Jeal
Mr. Robert Morgan
Mr. Richard Reeves
PANEL 1084
3:00 PM
The Critics Voice
Moderator Mr. David Kipen
Mr. Nicholas Basbanes
Mr. Albert Mobilio
Mr. Alex Ross
Mr. Richard Schickel
Young Hall CS 50
PANEL 1091
10:00 AM
Fiction: The Long & Short of It
Moderator Mr. Tod Goldberg
Ms. Sylvia Brownrigg
Mr. Brock Clarke
Ms. Tara Ison
Ms. Susan Straight
PANEL 1092
11:30 AM
Nonfiction: Blurring Boundaries
Moderator Mr. Thomas Curwen
Mr. Tony Cohan
Mr. Bill Holm
Mr. Pico Iyer
Ms. Jenny Price
PANEL 1093
1:00 PM
Fiction: Novel Lives
Moderator Mr. Robert Roper
Ms. Jill Bialosky
Mr. Nicholas Delbanco
Mr. Brian Hall
Ms. Marianne Wiggins
PANEL 1094
2:30 PM
Publishing: Where We Go From Here
Moderator Ms. Barbara DeMarco Barrett
Mr. James Atlas
Mr. George Gibson
Mr. Johnny Temple
Ms. Susan Weinberg
PANEL 1095
4:00 PM
First Fiction: New Voices
Moderator Ms. Carolyn Kellogg
Ms. Antonia Arslan
Ms. Rebecca Curtis
Ms. Pamela Erens
Ms. Ellen Litman
Moore 100
PANEL 1101
10:00 AM
Nonfiction From the Streets
Moderator Ms. Jill Leovy
Mr. Miles Corwin
Ms. Celeste Fremon
Mr. Dashaun Morris
PANEL 1102
11:30 AM
Fiction: Grace Under Pressure
Moderator Ms. Barbara Isenberg
Mr. Bruce Bauman
Ms. Gina Nahai
Mr. Andrew O'Hagan
Mr. Arthur Phillips
PANEL 1103
1:00 PM
Reinventing Hollywood: The 1960's and Beyond
Moderator Mr. Leonard Maltin
Mr. Peter Biskind
Mr. Mark Harris
Mr. Kenneth Turan
PANEL 1104
2:30 PM
Harlan Coben & Denise Hamilton in Conversation
Mr. Harlan Coben
Ms. Denise Hamilton
PANEL 1105
4:00 PM
Immigration Beyond the Border
Moderator Mr. Marcos McPeek Villatoro
Mr. Gustavo Arellano
Ms. Ana Castillo
Mr. Juan Felipe Herrera
Ackerman Grand Ballroom
PANEL 1121
10:00 AM
Comics: Superheroes of the Page & Screen
Moderator Mr. Geoff Boucher
Mr. Jeph Loeb
Mr. Mike Mignola
Mr. Steve Niles
PANEL 1122
12:00 PM
Current Interest: Defining American Character
Moderator Mr. Jon Wiener
Mr. Howard Fineman
Ms. Amy Goodman
Mr. Tom Hayden
Mr. Hugh Hewitt
PANEL 1123
2:00 PM
Current Interest: New World Disorder
Moderator Mr. Terry McDermott
Mr. Bob Drogin
Ms. Nina Hachigan
Mr. Kevin Phillips
Dr. Michael Shermer
PANEL 1124
4:00 PM
Dr. Laura Schlessinger with an Introduction from Amy Alkon
Introducer Ms. Amy Alkon
Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Korn Hall
PANEL 1071
10:00 AM
Willie L. Brown in Conversation with Bill Boyarsky
Interviewer Mr. Bill Boyarsky
Mr. Willie L. Brown, Jr.
PANEL 1072
11:30 AM
Tween Series Writing: Other Worlds
Moderator Ms. Sonja Bolle
Ms. Cornelia Funke
Ms. Erin Hunter
Mr. Rick Riordan
PANEL 1073
1:00 PM
Religion: Crises of Faith
Moderator Mr. Zachary Karabell
Mr. Paul M. Barrett
Mr. Chris Hedges
Mr. Jonathan Kirsch
Mr. John Marks
PANEL 1074
2:30 PM
Fiction: Not So Ordinary People
Moderator Ms. Laila Lalami
Mr. Tony Earley
Mr. Dinaw Mengestu
Mr. Stewart O'Nan
Ms. Ann Packer
PANEL 1075
4:00 PM
Fiction: Lives on the Page
Moderator Ms. Amy Wallen
Ms. Elizabeth Berg
Ms. Anne Taylor Fleming
Ms. Joanne Harris
Ms. Elizabeth Strout
Fowler Museum Lenart Auditorium
PANEL 1061
10:30 AM
Fiction: Urban Renewal
Moderator Mr. Scott Timberg
Mr. Charles Bock
Ms. Janet Fitch
Mr. Richard Price
Mr. Scott Simon
PANEL 1062
12:00 PM
L.A. Fiction: City of Neighborhoods
Moderator Mr. Richard Rayner
Mr. Paul Beatty
Mr. Seth Greenland
Mr. Richard Lange
Ms. Diana Wagman
PANEL 1063
1:30 PM
Memoir: Spirit & Substance
Moderator Ms. Karen Stabiner
Mr. Andrew Bridge
Ms. Samantha Dunn
Ms. Patricia Hampl
Ms. Heather King
PANEL 1064
3:00 PM
California: The Great Experiment
Moderator Mr. Kevin Roderick
Mr. William Deverell
Mr. Matthew Jaffe
Mr. D.J. Waldie
Humanities A51
PANEL 1111
10:30 AM
Science: Mind Matters
Moderator Ms. K.C. Cole
Mr. Matt Blakeslee
Ms. Sandra Blakeslee
Ms. Christine Kenneally
Mr. Daniel Lord Smail
PANEL 1112
12:00 PM
Fiction: Stories of the Far East
Moderator Ms. Ellen Slezak
Ms. Anchee Min
Ms. Nicole Mones
Mr. John Burnham Schwartz
PANEL 1113
1:30 PM
The Poet's Voice
Moderator Ms. Eloise Klein Healy
Mr. Mark Doty
Ms. Amy Gerstler
Mr. Albert Goldbarth
PANEL 1114
3:00 PM
Reading Manga: A Japanese Phenomenon Comes to America
Moderator Mr. Charles Solomon
Ms. Liza Coppola
Ms. Lillian M. Diaz Przybyl
Mr. Frederik Schodt
