Schedule By Day

AuthorViews: Filming Author Interviews

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AuthorViews will film individual authors speaking about their work. At the Saturday Book Fair in the Omni Hotel. Authors should sign up for a 1/2 block filming time. Information: steve.okeefe@authorviews.com.

Hosted by AuthorViews.

Saturday Book Fair

9 a.m. - 4 p.m. -- Visit more than 30 publishers, authors, and book-related vendors in the Omni Hotel Atrium during the streams of Crime Wave and Publishing Day programming. Coffee will be served, and admission to the fair is free.

Annual StoryFest!

10 am to 4 pm in the Downtown Charlottesville Area. More than a dozen events for children and families. See specific program listings marked as "A StoryFest Event" throughout the Saturday schedule.

Hosted by Virginia Foundation Center for the Book.

Sponsored by Harris Teeter, with additional support from AlbemarleFamily.com; Charlottesville Parks and Recreation; LexisNexis; Village School; Virginia Discovery Museum; WHTJ Charlottesville PBS.

A Peaceful Journey to Eternity

Matthew Binkiewicz (Peaceful Journey: A Hospice Chaplain's Guide to End of Life) examines the lives of ordinary people and their families as they face extra-ordinary events, including the role spiritual care plays as the end of life approaches.

Hosted by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church.

Moderator: Rev. Robert Holet

All Governments Lie--and Journalists Who Told the Truth

Myra MacPherson (All Governments Lie: The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I. F. Stone ) and Dorothy Fall (Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar), discuss two journalists unafraid to tell the truth.

Moderator: Tico Braun

Altered State(s): American Culture Now

Join authors Hal Crowther (Gather by the River), Daniel Mendelsohn (The Lost: The Search for Six of Six Million), and Dahlia Lithwick (legal analyst, Slate) for a discussion of cultural criticism today.

Moderator: Katherine McNamara

Become a Philosopher with Marietta McCarty - Children and Youth

A StoryFest Event.  Marietta McCarty (Little Big Minds) engages children K-8 in a philosophical dialogue and artist Beryl Solla works with them to create philosophy journals. In order to ensure that sufficient art supplies are in hand for this program, the organizers ask that you RSVP to 961-5382 or email sjohnston@pvcc.edu with the number of children you are bringing.

Hosted by Piedmont Virginia Community College.

Moderator: Mary Jane King

Book Publicity Basics

Independent publicists Elizabeth Shreve, Gene Taft, Callie Oettinger, and Lauren Cerand talk about what it takes to make a book stand out in today's crowded marketplace.

Hosted by Book Promotion 101.

Moderator: Bella Stander

Closing the Distances: A Poetry Reading

A tour of the heart's geography with Stephen Cushman (Heart Island), Gary Geddes (Skaldance), and Elizabeth Seydel Morgan (Without a Philosophy).

Sponsored by the Library of Virginia in celebration of the Virginia Literary Awards.

Moderator: Debra Nystrom

Murder in the Mid-Atlantic: Crime Wave

Mystery writers Raymond Austin (Your Turn to Die), John Billheimer (Stonewall Jackson's Elbow), Ellen Crosby (The Merlot Murders), John Lamb (The Mournful Teddy), and Vicki Lane (Art's Blood) discuss their fiction set in this region.

Moderator: David Montgomery

Poetry in the Papers

Explore poetry as a historical public force with Jonathan Gross (Thomas Jefferson's Scrapbooks: Poems of Nation, Family, and Romantic Love) and James Basker (Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems About Slavery, 1660-1810).

Moderator: Robert Vaughan

The Mystery's in the History: Crime Wave

Frankie Bailey (You Should Have Died on Monday), Louis Bayard (The Pale Blue Eye), Cordelia Biddle (The Conjurer), Dana Cameron (Ashes and Bones), and Jane Cleland (Consigned to Death) discuss their mysteries with historical aspects.

Moderator: Karen Wikander

WHTJ Charlottesville PBS Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Celebration

A StoryFest event. Come see the next generation of writers and illustrators and hear their stories from the 2007 Reading Rainbow Contest.

Storybook Dance

A StoryFest Event. Help bring your favorite story to life! Children ages 2-6, accompanied by adults, can become their favorite storybook characters while developing gross motor skills and physical awareness. Repeated at 11:30 a.m.; 2:30 p.m.; and 3:30 p.m.

Hosted by Virginia Discovery Museum.

12th Annual Kid's Book Swap

A StoryFest Event. Kids bring books to Oakley's Gently Used Books and trade for "new to you" books. 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Hosted by Oakley's Gently Used Books.

Moderator: Chris Oakley

From Soup to Giants: A Story Feast for All

A StoryFest Event. Paul Dubois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender read and sing from a selection of their work, including the Pete Seegar classic, Abiyoyo Returns.

Sponsored by The Virginia Foundation Center for the Book.

Storybook Dance

See 10:30 am listing

Hosted by Virginia Discovery Museum.

Honoring the 2007 Poster Art Contest Winners

Prior to March 24, visit the special exhibit of the posters at the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, Central Branch.

Sponsored by Altrusa International of Charlottesville.

A Woman's World: Travel, Career, and Loving Life

Authors Marybeth Bond (50 Best Girlfriends Getaways in North America), Connally Gilliam (Revelations of a Single Woman: loving the life i didn't expect), and Melissa Kirsch (The Girl's Guide to Absolutely Everything) explore multiple aspects of women's worlds.

Moderator: Barbara Noe

Caroline Weber: Reception, Booksigning for Queen of Fashion

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Caroline Weber will discuss and sign her book, Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution. The signing will include a reception. 12 noon-3 p.m.

Hosted by Lynne Goldman Studio.

Crime Wave Luncheon: Lee Child

Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series (most recently, The Hard Way) will speak. Tickets $45, ROOM CURRENTLY AT CAPACITY. See waitlist instructions.

Moderator: Willetta Heising

IMPORTANT - This is a ticketed event. You must purchase tickets in order to attend.

Here's the Pitch: Book Publicity

Sam Horn (POP!: Stand Out In Any Crowd) shows how to create a compelling tagline that elicits “Tell me more!” from agents and editors. Six audience members will be coached on how to make their pitches more enticing.

Hosted by Book Promotion 101.

Moderator: Bella Stander

Late Bloomers: Women Novelists Over 40

This event has been moved to the Visitors Center

Meet novelists who started their writing careers together and in middle age: Darnell Arnoult (Sufficient Grace), Lynn York (The Sweet Life), and Pam Duncan (The Big Beautiful).

Moderator: Virginia Boyd

Literary Editors

With editors David Lynn (The Kenyon Review), R.T. Smith (Shenandoah), Mary Flinn (Blackbird), and Ted Genoways (Virginia Quarterly Review).

Moderator: Susan Williamson

Meet Sonia Manzano, "Maria" of Sesame Street

A StoryFest Event. Sonia Manzano, who portays Maria on Sesame Street, shares her books No Dogs Allowed and A Box Full of Kittens and talks about life on Sesame Street.

Sponsored by The Virginia Foundation Center for the Book.

New Voices in African American Literature

With Ravi Howard (Like Trees, Walking), Sonnie Beverly (Saved Folk in the House), Eugene Williams, Jr (I Am the Darker Brother), and Kendra Hamilton (The Goddess of Gumbo).

Moderator: Tamyra Turner

Stanza Break: When Poets Commit Prose

Poets Michael Chitwood (Finishing Touches: Selected Essays and Fiction) and Michael McFee (The Napkin Manuscripts: Selected Essays and an Interview) weigh in on what drives them to prose and how it's different from writing poetry.

Sponsored by Charlottesville Writing Center.

Moderator: Heather Burns

Subjects of History: Virginia Indians Speak Out

Virginia Indian tribal leaders Anne Richardson (Rappahannock Tribe), Stephen Adkins (Chickahominy Tribe), George Whitewolf (Monacan Nation) and Wayne Adkins (Chickahominy Tribe) respond to books written about them, past and present, examining colonialism and cross-cultural understanding.

Hosted by Virginia Council on Indians.

Moderator: Karenne Wood

Booksigning with Childrens Books Creators Joseph Patrick Anthony and Cris Arbo

A StoryFest event. Meet the author and illustrator team of Joseph Patrick Anthony and Cris Arbo ( All Around Me I See, The Dandelion Seed and In A Nutshell). They will be signing books from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.

A Winner's Walk with Service Dogs!

A StoryFest event. Author Nancy Ruth Patterson shares with families stories about dogs who inspired her book The Winner's Walk. Enjoy a visit with some special dogs from Service Dogs of Virginia.

Sponsored by Piedmont Council of the Arts, Charlottesville Parks & Recreation Svs; Service Dogs of Virginia; Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA.

Buzz Your Book

A session on self-starting your book publicity with author M. J. Rose. Bring your book along to the program... bring your book, several titles will be selected for on-the-spot brainstorming.

Moderator: Mayapriya Long

Flock Together: Books for Bird Enthusiasts

Jonathan Alderfer and Jon L. Dunn (co-authors, National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America), Grayson Chesser (Making Decoys the Century-Old Way), and Peter Cashwell (The Verb 'To Bird') share from their works.

Moderator: Barbara Levitt

Small Towns are Murder: Crime Wave

With mystery writers Marcia Talley (Through the Darkness), Sharon Short (Murder Unfolds), Heather Webber (A Hoe Lot of Trouble), Denise Swanson (Murder of a Botoxed Blonde), and J.B. Stanley (A Fatal Appraisal).

Moderator: Molly Weston

The Annual Keenan Lecture: Writing The Wire

David Simon, head writer for the award-winning HBO series, The Wire, and George Pelecanos, novelist and screenwriter, will discuss writing drama for television. Interviewed by Laura Lippman.

Sponsored by UVA Department of Drama.

Moderator: Doug Grissom

The Trials of Lenny Bruce

Ronald Collins, co-author, The Trials of Lenny Bruce,  and attorney Robert Corn-Revere will discuss the free speech trials of comedian Lenny Bruce, including their successful effort to earn Bruce the first posthumous pardon granted by the State of New York.

Hosted by Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression.

Moderator: Robert O'Neil

There Ought to Be a Law: Crime Wave

John Hart (The King of Lies), David Rosenfelt (Dead Center), Kermit Roosevelt (In the Shadow of the Law), Tess Gerritsen (Body Double)and Twist Phelan (False Fortune) discuss their crime novels.

Moderator: Willetta Heising

Women's Voices Re-envisioned: A Poetry Reading

Poets Hilary Holladay (The Dreams of Mary Rowlandson) and Judith Hall (Three Trios) imagine the hidden meanings and possibilities within a 1682 Indian captivity narrative and the apocryphal Book of Judith.

Moderator: Sarah Kennedy

Storybook Dance

See 10:30 am listing

Hosted by Virginia Discovery Museum.

Fiesta!

A StoryFest event in English and Spanish. Join Zona Latina TV artists in recreating the Spanish folk tale, The Bossy Gallito. Enjoy dancing by the Children's Dance Troop from the Church of the Incarnation. Participate in a traditional piñata breaking. Sing a song with Sonia Manzano (Maria from Sesame Street.

Storybook Dance

See 10:30 am listing

Hosted by Virginia Discovery Museum.

Agents' Roundtable

A publishing day discussion with agents Simon Lipskar (Writers' House), Sloan Harris (International Creative Management), Deborah Grosvenor (Grosvenor Literary Agency) and Jeff Kleinman (Folio Literary Management).

Moderator: Robert Friedman

Comfort Food: Specialty Cookbooks

Sure-fire get-together recipes with Kendra Bailey Morris (White Trash Gatherings), Virginia Lee (An Eyeful of Trifle), Mollie Cox Bryan (Mrs. Rowe's Restaurant Cookbook: A Lifetime of Recipes from the Shenandoah Valley), and Lonnette Parks (Sisler)(The Mason Jar Cookie Cookbook).

Moderator: Martha Stafford

Immigration: Where Are We Going?

Originally scheduled author Michele Wucker can no longer participate.

A discussion with Luis Alberto Urrea (The Devil's Highway), Hiroshi Motomura (Americans in Waiting) and Charles Bowden (Down By the River).

Moderator: David Martin

New Asian American Poetry

Kundiman presents American Book Award winner Kimiko Hahn (The Narrow Flight to the Interior) and 2005 Agha Shahid Ali Prize winner Bino Realuyo (The Gods We Worship Live Next Door).

Hosted by Kundiman.

Moderator: Sylvia Chong

Sex, Lies, and Violence: Crime Wave

With mystery and thriller writers Barry Eisler (The Last Assassin), Matthew F. Jones (Boot Tracks), Lisa Unger (Twice), M.J. Rose (The Venus Fix), and Robert Walker (City for Ransom).

Moderator: David Montgomery

Why Write About Nature?

Janisse Ray (Ecology of a Cracker Childhood) and John Lane (Chattooga: Descending into the Myth of Deliverance River) talk about the power of the written word to reverse environmental destruction and restore natural landscapes in the South, reading highlights from the Southern Environmental Law Center's annual writing award.

Hosted by Southern Environmental Law Center (20th Anniversary Year).

Moderator: Cat McCue

Writing Novels for Tweens and Teens

Agent Laura Rennert joins authors Doris Gwaltney (Homefront), Sara Lewis Holmes (Letters from Rapunzel), and Paula Chase (So Not the Drama) to discuss writing and publishing middle-grade and young adult fiction.

Hosted by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Mid-Atlantic Region.

Moderator: Anne Marie Pace

You're Killing Me...with Laughter: Crime Wave

Bob Morris (Bermuda Schwartz), Elaine Viets (Murder Unleashed), Donna Andrews (No Nest for the Wicket), J.D. Rhoades (Good Day in Hell), and Linwood Barclay (Bad Move) discuss their humorous mysteries.

Moderator: Molly Weston

Authors' Reception

Join us for wine and hors d'oeuvres at the home of the President of the University of Virginia, hosted by authors Lee Smith, Hal Crowther, and Earl Hamner. All participating authors invited.

Sponsored by the Library of Virginia in celebration of the Virginia Literary Awards, UVa Bookstore.

IMPORTANT - This is a ticketed event. You must purchase tickets in order to attend.

Intimate Strangers: How Photo Narratives Tell New Stories

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Panel presentation featuring narrative photographers William A. Allard and Ellis L. Marsalis, III, on the use of candid and intimate photography and prose to tell stories from sectors of American cities unfamiliar to most. Participants will discuss and screen their most resonant work in narrative photography.

Forty Million Dollar Slaves: Sports and the Black Athlete

A conversation with William C. Rhoden (Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete) and M. Rick Turner, PhD., President, Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP.

Moderator: M. Rick Turner, PhD.

Transformations: An Evening of Fiction

Novelists Howard Norman (Devotion), Lee Smith (On Agate Hill), and Luis Alberto Urrea (The Hummingbird's Daughter) share their recent works.

Sponsored by the Library of Virginia in celebration of the Virginia Literary Awards.

Moderator: Robert Vaughan