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Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

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10:00am PDT

Laurel Ann Bogen, Reading from 'Psychosis in the Produce Department' Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5 The Nick & Jen Show Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7

10:15am PDT

The Trojan Marching Band USC Stage

10:20am PDT

Phillip B. Williams, Reading from 'Thief in the Interior' Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5

10:30am PDT

Claire Keane, Illustrator of "Love Is" Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7 Nonfiction: Hooray for Classic Hollywood, Conversation 2051 Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 2 Nonfiction: Pop Goes the World, Conversation 2091 Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4 California Dreams: A Tribute to Kevin Starr, Conversation 2141 Wallis Annenberg Hall, Presented by USC, Signing Area 10 More Than Strip Malls: The Artchitecture of Iconic Los Angeles, Conversation 2081 Annenberg Auditorium, Signing Area 3 Drawing the Lines: Political Cartoons, Conversation 2131 Norris Theater, Signing Area 5 Environment: Surviving the Future?, Conversation 2011 Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1 Nonfiction: Police, Prisons & Justice, Conversation 2031 Town & Gown, Signing Area 1

10:40am PDT

Morgan Parker, Reading from 'There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce' Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5

10:45am PDT

Street Smart Tips Every Traveler Should Know Travel & Wellness Stage, Signing Area 9

11:00am PDT

Robyn Schiff, Reading from 'A Woman of Property' Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5 Salina Yoon, Author of 'My Kite is Stuck! and Other Stories' Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7 Clinton Kelly, Author of 'I Hate Everyone, Except You,' in Conversation with Yvonne Villarreal Los Angeles Times Main Stage, Signing Area 8 Storytelling in the Age of Trump LA Times Central Maria Del Pilar (music performance) LA Sound Stage Marcela Valladolid, author of 'Casa Marcela', Cooking Demonstration Cooking Stage, Signing Area 4 Fiction: Rebel Rousers, Conversation 2021 Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1 Viet Thanh Nguyen and Laila Lalami in Conversation, Conversation 2111 Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4 Middle Grade Fiction: Growing Up the Hard Way, Conversation 2121 Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5 Young Adult Fiction: There is No Emoji For This YA Stage, Signing Area 9 Nonfiction: Silicon Valley's Disrupters, Conversation 2071 Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3 Fiction: Disappearing Acts, Conversation 2041 Andrus Gerontology Center, Signing Area 2

11:20am PDT

Sholeh Wolpe, Reading from "The Conference of the Birds" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5

11:30am PDT

Jon Agee, author of 'Life on Mars' Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7 Fact or Fiction: Activism for Kids in a New Political Era Hoy Stage, Signing Area 6

11:40am PDT

Monica Youn, Reading From "Blackacre: Poems" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5 J. VEN: R&B/Pop Musical Performance USC Stage

12:00pm PDT

David St. John, Reading from "The Last Troubadour: New and Selected Poems" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5 Javaka Steptoe, Author of "Radiant Child" Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7 Strange Travels Travel & Wellness Stage, Signing Area 9 Scott Simon in Conversation with Todd Martens, Conversation 2132 Norris Theater, Signing Area 5 Nonfiction: Lost Stories of the West, Conversation 2012 Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1 Fiction: Slightly Surreal, Conversation 2092 Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4 Fiction: The New New Narrative, Conversation 2052 Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 2 Nonfiction: The Home DIY Revolution, Conversation 2082 Annenberg Auditorium, Signing Area 3 Writing Across Genres: Humanizing Conflict, Conversation 2032 Town & Gown, Signing Area 1 Living Long or Living Well: Can We Do Both?, Conversation 2142 Wallis Annenberg Hall, Presented by USC, Signing Area 10

12:10pm PDT

Matthew Espinosa, Author of "More Than Me," in Conversation with Jessica Roy Los Angeles Times Main Stage, Signing Area 8 Steve Lopez and Michael Hiltzik in Conversation LA Times Central

12:30pm PDT

Amor Al Aire: Conversation with Omar, Argelia and Tommy Calle Hoy Stage, Signing Area 6 Andrew Wessels, Reading from "A Turkish Directory" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5 Elena Karina Byrne, Reading from "Squander" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5 Memoir: Live Through This, Conversation 2042 Andrus Gerontology Center, Signing Area 2 Shalane Flanagan & Elyse Kopecky, authors of 'Run Fast. Eat Slow', Cooking Demonstration Cooking Stage, Signing Area 4 Fiction with a Funny Side, Conversation 2122 Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5 Fiction: Roads Less Traveled, Conversation 2022 Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1 Fiction: Writing Short Stories, Conversation 2112 Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4 Marlon James in Conversation with Davan Maharaj, Conversation 2072 Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3 Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction: Reaching Readers YA Stage, Signing Area 9 Chris Hayes in Conversation with Christina Bellantoni, Conversation 2062 Bovard Auditorium, Signing Area 3

12:50pm PDT

Trio Ellas : Latin Musical Performance USC Stage

1:00pm PDT

Anna Journey, Reading from 'The Atheist Wore Goat Silk' Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5 Gennifer Choldenko & Dan Santat, Author & Illustrator of 'Dad and the Dinosaur' Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7 Pair of Arrows (music performance) LA Sound Stage

1:15pm PDT

The Educational Travel Boom Travel & Wellness Stage, Signing Area 9

1:20pm PDT

Jane Mead, Reading from 'World of Made and Unmade' Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5 Stephen Tobolowsky, Author of 'My Adventures with God,' in Conversation with Sarah Rodman Los Angeles Times Main Stage, Signing Area 8 Politics: The View from California LA Times Central

1:30pm PDT

Danica McKellar, author of 'Goodnight, Numbers' Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7 Sin Color Musical Performance Hoy Stage, Signing Area 6 Memoir: Exploring the World, Conversation 2093 Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4 Jonathan Lethem in Conversation with Charles Yu, Conversation 2133 Norris Theater, Signing Area 5 Romance: I'm Too Sexy for this Book, Conversation 2083 Annenberg Auditorium, Signing Area 3 Is This Goodbye, NEA? Addressing Our Fears - and Hopes -for the Arts and Humanities, Conversation 2143 Wallis Annenberg Hall, Presented by USC, Signing Area 10 Nonfiction: Cults & Cultures, Conversation 2013 Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1 John Scalzi & Cory Doctorow in Conversation, Conversation 2033 Town & Gown, Signing Area 1 Crime Fiction: Trust No One, Conversation 2053 Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 2

1:40pm PDT

Bruce Willard, Reading from "Violent Blues" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5

2:00pm PDT

Amy Uyematsu, Reading from "Basic Vocabulary" With Bass Accompaniment by Taiji Miyagawa Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5 Adam Rex, Illustrator of 'The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors' Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7 Anna Dellaria: R&B/Pop Musical Performance USC Stage Jessica Koslow, author of 'Everything I Want to Eat', Cooking Demonstration Cooking Stage, Signing Area 4 Fiction: Culture & Identity, Conversation 2023 Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1 Fiction: Exceptions and Expectations, Conversation 2043 Andrus Gerontology Center, Signing Area 2 Middle Grade Fiction: Storytelling in Series YA Stage, Signing Area 9 Young Adult Fantasy: Wars in New Worlds, Conversation 2123 Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5 Nonfiction: The Courts & the Constitution, Conversation 2073 Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3 Crime Fiction: The Hunters & the Hunted, Conversation 2113 Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4

2:20pm PDT

Michael Miller, Reading from "The First Thing Mastered" & "Angels in Seven" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5

2:30pm PDT

Laurie Berkner, Author of 'We Are the Dinosaurs' Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7 The Most Beautiful: A Conversation with Mayte Garcia Hoy Stage, Signing Area 6 Cheech Marin, Author of 'Cheech is Not My Real Name' Los Angeles Times Main Stage, Signing Area 8 How to Navigate Education in California LA Times Central CANCELLED due to illness: Robb Wolf – Turn Off Cravings, Rewire Your Appetite for Weight Loss, and Determine the Foods That Work for You Travel & Wellness Stage, Signing Area 9 The Handmaid's Tale from Page to Screen: Margaret Atwood & Bruce Miller in Conversation with Mary McNamara, Conversation 2063 Bovard Auditorium, Signing Area 3

2:40pm PDT

Kim Dower, Reading from "Last Train to the Missing Planet" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5

3:00pm PDT

Eduardo Cholula in conversation with Manuel Benitez Hoy Stage, Signing Area 6 James Meetze, Reading from 'Phantom Hour' Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5 James Burks, Author of "Pigs and a Blanket" Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7 Breakestra (music performance) LA Sound Stage From Page to Screen to Page: Writing in Hollywood, Conversation 2054 Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 2 Nonfiction: California's Hidden Poor, Conversation 2034 Town & Gown, Signing Area 1 Ngugi Wa Thiong'o in Conversation with Rebecca Carroll, Conversation 2134 Norris Theater, Signing Area 5 I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore: Poetry and the Present Moment, Conversation 2084 Annenberg Auditorium, Signing Area 3 From Protest to Action to Justice: Politics, Media and the Law, Conversation 2144 Wallis Annenberg Hall, Presented by USC, Signing Area 10 Nonfiction: Tragedies of Our Past, Conversation 2014 Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1 Crime Fiction: Walking the Line, Conversation 2094 Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4

3:10pm PDT

Third Bird: Jazz Musical Performance USC Stage

3:20pm PDT

Sarah Vap, Reading from 'Viability' Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5

3:30pm PDT

LeUyen Pham, Author of 'The Bear Who Wasn't There' Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7 Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States Hoy Stage, Signing Area 6 More Than Words: The New Coffee Table Book, Conversation 2114 Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4 Nonfiction: The Culture of Southern California, Conversation 2124 Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5 Advice Experts: Go Ahead - Ask Me Anything, Conversation 2044 Andrus Gerontology Center, Signing Area 2 Nguyen Tran, of Starry Kitchen, gives a Cooking Demo & Food Bowl Preview Cooking Stage, Signing Area 4 Young Adult Fiction: L.A. Stories YA Stage, Signing Area 9 Young Adult Fiction: Pieces of Me, Conversation 2024 Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1 Nonfiction: What's Up with America?, Conversation 2074 Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3

3:40pm PDT

Michelle Bitting, Reading from 'The Couple Who Fell To Earth' Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5 Diversity in Hollywood LA Times Central Steve Jones, Author of 'Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol,' in Conversation with Mikael Wood, presented by KLOS Los Angeles Times Main Stage, Signing Area 8

4:00pm PDT

Rickey Laurentiis, Reading from 'Boy with Thorn' Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5

4:15pm PDT

La Chamba Cumbia Chicha: Musical Performance Hoy Stage, Signing Area 6

4:20pm PDT

Carol V. Davis, Reading from "Because I Cannot Leave This Body" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5

4:30pm PDT

Exploding Flowers: Psychedelic/Guitar Pop Musical Performance USC Stage The Nick & Jen Show Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7

4:40pm PDT

Yuyutsu Sharma, Reading from 'Quaking Cantos: Nepal Earthquake Poems' Poetry Stage, Signing Area 5