Program - VABook! 2006

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Saturday, March 25

9 a.m.

Pub Day Plenary

A survey of publishing today, with Nick Wier Williams (Publisher, Consultant, author of the forthcoming Encyclopedia Idiotica)
Omni Hotel Ballroom A
235 W. Main Street

10 a.m.

“The Virtuous Republic”: A Civic Conversation

A discussion of the Founders, their view of an informed electorate, ordinary people vs. elites, and fears of the concentration of power. Panel: Barbara Clark Smith (Smithsonian), Mark McGarvie, and a third guest. (Archipelago.org)
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street

Keeping Up Appearances: Cozy Mysteries

Nancy Martin (Have Your Cake and Kill Him, Too), Laura Durham (For Better or Hearse), Susan McBride (The Lone Star Lonely Hearts Club), Emyl Jenkins (Stealing with Style), and Ellen Byerrum (Hostile Makeover). Moderated by book reviewer David Montgomery.
Omni Hotel James Monroe
235 W. Main Street

Turning Up Dead: Crime Wave Panel

Investigating homicides with Ian Smith (The Blackbird Papers), Bob Morris (Jamaica Me Dead), Andy Straka (Cold Quarry) and Marcia Talley (This Enemy Town). Moderated by Willetta Heising.
Omni Hotel Preston Room
235 W. Main Street

From Manuscript to Cash Register: Publishing Panel

What really happens to a book once a manuscript is chosen? What decisions inform how it will be marketed and sold? With agent Simon Lipskar, W.W. Norton editor-in-chief Starling Lawrence, VP & Associate Publisher of Putnam Riverhead Catharine Lynch, and bookseller Robert Gray. Moderated by Bella Stander.
Omni Hotel Ballroom A
235 W. Main Street

Children, Imagination and Education

With E.D. Hirsch, Jr. (The Knowledge Deficit) and Ellen Handler Spitz (The Brightening Glance).
McIntire Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street

Disparate Housewives: Fiction Panel

Complex and coping female characters with Sharon Baldacci (A Sundog Moment), Mary Guterson (We Are All Fine Here), and Melanie Lynne Hauser (Confessions of Super Mom).
New Dominion Bookshop
404 E. Main Street

Little Nemo in Comicsland

Jeet Heer, editor of Arguing Comics, will present on the influence of early comic artist Winsor McCay--particularly on Art Spiegelman. A retrospective of Spiegelman's print work will be on display on the exhibit hall outside the auditorium. (Virginia Quarterly Review, UVa Harrison Institute)
UVa Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library Auditorium
UVa Central Grounds

Looking for Love: Fiction

Lynn Isenberg (The Funeral Planner), Judi McCoy (Wanted: One Sexy Night), Cassandra Darden Bell (Mississippi Blues), and Cheri Paris Edwards (Plenty Good Room).
Barnes & Noble
1035A Emmet Street, Barracks Road Shopping Center

Noon

A Change in the Weather: Climate Issues

With Tim Flannery (The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth), Elizabeth Kolbert (Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change) and William Ruddiman (Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate).
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street

19th Century Women: Biography Panel

Louise Knight (Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy) and Megan Marshall (The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism).
New Dominion
404 E. Main Street

Crime Wave Luncheon: Michael Connelly

Featuring the author of the Harry Bosch detective series (Black Echo, The Closers) discussing his latest book, The Lincoln Lawyer. NOTE: TICKETED EVENT, SOLD OUT.
Omni Hotel Ballroom BC
235 W. Main Street

Who's Reading and How? Publishing Panel

Identifying who exactly is the reading public, what's changing, and how technology is influencing the way people read. With Ron Hogan (Beatrice.com), David Kipen (NEA Director of Literature), David Montgomery (reviewer, Chicago Sun Times), and Gene Schwartz (ForeWord magazine). Moderated by Carol Fitzgerald (thebookreportnetwork.com)
Omni Hotel Ballroom A
235 W. Main Street

Plotting Your Career: Publishing Panel

You crafted your book's plot with care, why stop there? Three authors and a literary agent tell you how to write the rest of your publishing success story, with Lynn Isenberg (The Funeral Planner), Julian Rubinstein (The Whiskey Robber), N. M. Kelby (Whale Season) and agent Jeff Kleinman. Moderated by Bella Stander.
Omni Hotel Preston Room
235 W. Main Street

New Voices: Fiction Reading

A sampler of recent fiction by African American writers Brandon Massey (Within the Shadows), Cassandra Darden Bell (Mississippi Blues), and Cheri Paris Edwards (Plenty Good Room).
McIntire Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street

Poetry Voices: First Book Award Winners

Reading with Eliot Khalil Wilson (The Saint of Letting Small Fish Go), Karen Garthe (Frayed escort), Chad Davidson (Consolation Miracle), including a discussion of first book contests. Moderated by Heather Burns. (Charlottesville Writing Center)
UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds

Deaf Artists in America: Colonial to Contemporary

Deborah Meranski Sonnenstrahl (author of Deaf Artists in America) will discuss the unique visions of selected deaf artists. (Annual ASL/Deaf Culture Lecture Series)
UVa Wilson Hall Auditorium (Room 402)
UVa Central Grounds

Writing Fiction for Young Adults

Kevin Brockmeier (City of Names; Grooves: A Kind of Mystery) , David Ives (Scrib and Monsieur Eek) and co-authors Brad Barkley and Heather Hepler (Scrambled Eggs at Midnight) discuss their young adult fiction.
Barnes & Noble
1035A Emmet Street, Barracks Road Shopping Center

2 p.m.

Journalism Then and Now

With Digby Diehl (Soapsuds), Stephen Farnsworth (The Mediated Presidency: Television News and Presidential Governance), Margo Jefferson (On Michael Jackson), and Victor Navasky (A Matter of Opinion). Moderated by Bella Stander.
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street

In the Details: Crime and Forensics

Jeffery Deaver (The Twelfth Card), Jon Jefferson and William Bass (Carved in Bone), John J. Lamb (Echoes of the Lost Order), with Benjamin Schutz (Mary, Mary, Shut the Door and Other Stories)
Omni Hotel Ballroom A
235 W. Main Street

Murderous Times, Murderous Settings

Joseph Kanon (Alibi), Peter Quinn (Hour of the Cat), Steve Berry (The Third Secret), andKatherine Neville (The Eight). Moderated by Tom Nolan.
Omni Hotel James Monroe
235 W. Main Street

Buzz Your Book: Publishing Panel

Bring your books up to the "brainstorm table" and author M.J. Rose will select books and strategize publicity for them. Learn by listening to others' strategies--and maybe glean tips for your own.
Omni Hotel Preston Room
235 W. Main Street

Careers in Publishing: A Panel

With agent James Fitzgerald, acquisitions editor Boyd Zenner (UVa Press), editor Mary Ann Hall (Rockport Publishers), book designer Mayapriya Long (Bookwrights), and Nick Weir Williams (publisher, consultant).
Gravity Lounge
103 S. First Street

What Poetry Suspends

Natasha Trethewey (Native Guard), Patrick Phillips (Chattahoochee), Charlotte Matthews (Green Stars), and Dan Albergotti (Charon's Manifest) present a reading of their work and discussion of poetry's capacity to "suspend"--to stop time, to elevate, to forestall disbelief. (Virginia Quarterly Review)
McGuffey Art Center
201 Second Street NW

Elias Khoury: A Reading and Conversation

Elias Khoury speaks about Gate of the Sun and his experiences as a former member of the Fatah (Palestinian National Liberation Movement), his life as a scholar of Mideast studies, and his ideas and opinions about the current cultural climate in the Mideast. (UVa Politics)
UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds

Reclaiming Desire

Andrew Goldstein, M.D., and Marianne Brandon, Ph.D., discuss the biological, spiritual, emotional, and intellectual components of female sex drive as explored in their book, Reclaiming Desire: 4 Keys to Finding Your Lost Libido. (UVa Women's Center)
UVa Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library Auditorium
UVa Central Grounds

Living Your Best Life: Unraveling the Mystery of a Healthy Lifestyle

Author, physician and celebrity fitness guru Dr. Ian Smith speaks about getting off the yo-yo ride of dieting and exercising effectively as explained in his book, The Take Control Diet: A Life Plan for Thinking People. (Living Your Best Life)
Burley Middle School
901 Rose Hill Drive

Flexing Your Soul

Co-authors Jalieh Milani and Alessandra Shepard, Ph.D. (Flexing Your Soul) discuss the body as a physical expression of the individual soul, demonstrating how personal emotional history creates the individual body type.
Live Arts
123 East Water Street

4 p.m.

After the Apple. Women in the Bible-Timeless stories of Lust, Love and Longing

Author Naomi Harris Rosenblatt (After the Apple) conducts a conversation about fourteen women-courageous, intelligent risk takers through a contemporary lens from her perspective as a Biblical Scholar and psychotherapist. (UVa Women's Center)
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street

The Time is Right: Historical Fiction

Stories that step back in time with Susann Cokal (Breath and Bones), Starling LawrenceThe Lightning Keeper), and Joseph Kanon (Alibi).
New Dominion
404 E. Main Street

Agents Roundtable

With Faith Childs (Faith Childs Literary Agency), Deborah C. Grosvenor (Grosvenor Literary Agency), Jeff Kleinman (Folio Literary Management), and Simon Lipskar (Writers House).
Omni Hotel Ballroom BC
235 W. Main Street

The Investigator Next Door: Crime Wave

John Lescroart (The Hunt Club), M.J. Rose (The Delilah Complex), J. M. Redmann (Lost Daughters), Austin Camacho (Damaged Goods), and Greg Herren (Mardi Gras Mambo). Moderated by Tom Nolan.
Omni Hotel Ballroom A
235 W. Main Street

Pressing Charges: Crime Wave Panel

Official investigations with Paula L. Woods (Strange Bedfellows), Pat MacEnulty (Time to Say Goodbye), Michele Martinez (The Finishing School), and Karin Slaughter (Faithless). Moderated by book reviewer David Montgomery.
Omni Hotel James Monroe
235 W. Main Street

Landing Your First Children's Book Deal

Picture book authors Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen (Tightrope Poppy), Jennifer Elvgren (Josias, Hold the Book), and Mara Rockliff (Pieces of Another World) give the inside scoop on breaking into children's publishing. (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators-Mid-Atlantic Chapter)
Charlottesville Ice Park
230 W. Main Street

Afterwords: A Poetry Reading

Spiritual and mystical meditations on love, loss, and grief with poets Jane Hirshfield (After) and Gregory Orr (Concerning the Book That Is the Body of the Beloved). (UVa Creative Writing Dept. and the Virginia Quarterly Review)
UVa Wilson Hall Auditorium (Room 402)
UVa Central Grounds

The New Yorker and The Economist: Hertzberg and Wooldridge

Join two of America's top political commentators for an open discussion of current affairs: Hendrik Hertzberg (Senior Editor, The New Yorker) magazine and Adrian Wooldridge (Washington Bureau Chief, The Economist). (Sorensen Institute of Political Leadership)
UVa Campbell Hall, School of Architecture
UVa Central Grounds

Scholarly Publishing in the Popular Realm: Merging Academic and "Big Bookstore" Publishing Dreams

Carole Sargent, Ph.D., founder of A Word in Time consulting agency, offers information on how to open doors at the best literary agencies and with elegant trade publishers. (UVa Harrison Institute)
UVa Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library Auditorium
UVa Central Grounds

The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double Dutch to Hip-Hop.

Kyra Gaunt talks about her book and demonstrates Double Dutch Jumping. Audience Participation is encouraged. Bring your jump ropes!
StoryFest.
Herman Key Recreation Center
800 E. Market St

6 p.m.

Authors' Reception

With David Baldacci (The Camel Club) and Sharon Baldacci (A Sundog Moment: A Novel of Hope). Enjoy wine and hors d'oeuvres with invited festival participants at the home of the UVa President. Tickets for the public are $25, call 434-924-3296 to reserve.
UVa Carr's Hill
UVa Central Grounds

7 p.m.

Gravity Lounge: Livingston Taylor Live

Tickets available: http://gravity-lounge.com/store/
Gravity Lounge
103 S. First Street

8 p.m.

Art Spiegelman: Comix 101

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the graphic novel Maus gives his own idiosyncratic history of the comic medium in the 20th century with a slide presentation of important artists and writers. A live interview with art critic Lawrence Weschler will follow. PLEASE NOTE: The speaker will be smoking at this event. (Virginia Quarterly Review)
Culbreth Theatre
UVa Central Grounds
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Open Mic: Hosted by Hilda Ward

Join local poet and television host Hilda Ward for an evening of spoken word. Signups begin at 7:30 p.m.
Charlottesville Ice Park
230 W. Main Street

Terri Allard Hosts Songwriters in the Round

Music and songwriting discussion with Terri Allard, David Bailey, Tom Prasada Rao, and Jan Smith. $12 Advance tickets, call PVCC Box Office, 434-961-5376. $15 at the door (Box Office open two hours before showtime).
V. Earl Dickinson Building, Piedmont Virginia Community College
501 College Drive

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