Michael Gelb, author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, speaks on "Thinking Creatively in Tough Times." A pioneer on creative thinking, accelerated learning, and innovative leadership, he is a Batten Fellow at the UVa Darden School this spring.

Hosted by The Virginia Foundation Center for the Book and the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Sponsored by the Batten Institute of the Darden Business School, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, with Media Sponsor WHTJ Charlottesville PBS.

Moderated by: Robert Vaughan

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

Featuring:
Michael Gelb

Michael Davis, author of Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street, discusses the cultural and political significance of this ground-breaking children's series, now celebrating its fortieth year on public television.

Hosted by The Miller Center and WVPT -- Your Source for PBS and More!.

Moderated by: George Gilliam

Featuring:
Michael Davis

Jennifer Burns (Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right) and Melvin Urofsky (Louis D. Brandeis: A Life) discuss two vastly different figures who influenced thought in the twentieth century.

Moderated by: Jerome Handler

Featuring:
Jennifer Burns, Melvin Urofsky

Join us for a ceremonial start to the book festival. Remarks by author Margaret Edds, proclamations from the City and County, the announcement of The Hook contest winners, and readings from the state winners of the Letters about Literature contest.

Hosted by Jefferson-Madison Regional Library.

Sponsored by The Big Read in Virginia and the VFH Center for the Book.

Moderated by: Robert Vaughan

Featuring:
Margaret E. Edds

Fady Joudah (The Earth in the Attic), Palestinian-American physician and poet, practices internal medicine in the U.S. and abroad. In lyric poems, he explores themes of identity, war, religion, and grave national dilemmas.

Sponsored by The Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, UVa School of Medicine.

Moderated by: Daniel M. Becker MD MPH MFA

Featuring:
Fady Joudah

Jane White (Once Upon a Time: A Cemetery Story) and Robert Poole (On Hallowed Ground) describe how cemeteries are repositories of history.

Moderated by: Rick Britton

Featuring:
Robert Poole, Jane Baber White

Herman Schwartz (Subprime Nation: American Power, Global Capital, and the Housing Bubble)  and Hunter Lewis (Where Keynes Went Wrong: And Why World Governments Keep Creating Inflation, Bubbles, and Busts) discuss our current financial crisis.

Moderated by: Ronald Wilcox

Featuring:
Hunter Lewis, Herman M. Schwartz

The overwhelming consensus among scientists and philosophers is that the brain produces consciousness, and when the brain dies, so does the person. The panelists discuss phenomena, especially near-death experiences, undermining this view

Moderated by: Bruce Greyson

Featuring:
Bruce Greyson, Michael Grosso, Emily Williams Kelly, Edward F. Kelly

Novelists Ed Falco, (Saint John of the Five Boroughs) , Michael Mewshaw (Lying with the Dead), and John Pritchard (The Yazoo Blues) write of families, religion and politics.

Moderated by: Paul Shepherd

Featuring:
Edward Falco, Michael Mewshaw, John Pritchard

With memoirs by Margaret Edds (Finding Sara: A Daughter's Journey), David Donovan (Murphy's Station), and Earl C. Dudley (An Interested Life).

Moderated by: Burton Zisk

Featuring:
David Donovan, Earl C. Dudley, Jr., Margaret E. Edds

Non-fiction and poetry writing, featuring Gina Welch, (In the Land of Believers: An Outsider's Extraordinary Journey into the Heart of the Evangelical Church) , Andrew Mulvania (Also in Arcadia), Mary Beth Keane (The Walking People), Mary Ann Samyn (Purr).

Hosted by UVa Creative Writing Program.

Moderated by: Jeb Livingood

Featuring:
Mary Beth Keane, Andrew Mulvania, Mary Ann Samyn, Gina Welch

Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren shares her book Josias, Hold the Book, a story about a young boy in rural Haiti. Free with admission or membership. Recommended for ages 4-8.

Featuring:
Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren

Featuring Annette Dunlap (Frank: The Story of Frances Folsom Cleveland, America's Youngest First Lady), Lawrence Johnson (Reclamation), Julius Thompson ( Philly Style and Philly Profile),( John Trippel (Japan Remembered), and John Wills (Gripped by Fear).

Hosted by Piedmont Council of the Arts and Charlottesville Parks & Therapeutic Recreation.

Moderated by: Stephen Pfleiderer

Featuring:
Annette Dunlap, Lawrence Ernest Johnson, Julius Thompson, John Trippel, John M. Wills

Leslie Truex (The Work at Home Success Bible) and Christine Louise Hohlbaum (The Power of Slow) talk about the interconnections of organizing your work, your time, and your life.

Moderated by: Virginia Daugherty

Featuring:
Christine Louise Hohlbaum, Leslie Truex

Featuring Winn Collier (Holy Curiosity: Encountering Jesus' Provocative Questions) and Kristin Swenson (Bible Babel: Making Sense of the Most Talked About Book of All Time)

Moderated by: David Bearinger

Featuring:
Winn Collier, Kristin Swenson

Greg Dawson (Hiding in the Spotlight: A Musical Prodigy's Story of Survival, 1941-1946), David Newsom (Witness to a Changing World) [presented by Jean Newsom], Stefan Waydenfeld (The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom) [presented by his daughter Alice Faintich], and Ken Gorrell, Editor (Soldier of the Press).

Hosted by Piedmont Council of the Arts and Charlottesville Parks & Therapeutic Recreation.

Moderated by: Art Beltrone

Featuring:
Greg Dawson, Alice Faintich, Kenneth Gorrell, David Newsom

Author Warren St. John shares his experiences in writing about the Fugees Soccer Team of Clarkston, GA and chronicling the effects of the IRC refugee resettlement on a Southern American suburb.

Featuring:
Warren St. John

With Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg, authors of The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity,Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs, which won the 2009 James Beard Book award for Best Reference and Scholarship.

Hosted by The Charlottesville Cooking School and The Happy Cook.

Moderated by: Martha Stafford

Featuring:
Andrew Dornenburg, Karen Page

Peter Wallenstein (The Civil War in Virginia), and Robert Poole (On Hallowed Ground:The Story of the Arlington National Cemetery) .

Moderated by: William Freehling

Featuring:
Robert Poole, Peter Wallenstein

Michael Gelb (Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking), a leader in creative thinking, leads a wine tasting combined with a poetry writing exercise. Bill Curtis of Tastings will offer two flights of wine (one flight of red and one of white) and accompanying food lovingly prepared to complement the fine wine. Tickets are $85, which includes Mr. Gelb's new book, wine, and food.

Moderated by: Andrew Wyndham

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

Featuring:
Michael Gelb

Lois Shepherd (If That Ever Happens to Me: Making Life and Death Decisions after Terri Schiavo) and Paul Shepherd (More Like Not Running Away: A Novel) share their compatibilities as writers of very different genres in the same family.

Moderated by: Sandy Hausman

Featuring:
Paul Shepherd, Lois Shepherd

Illustrator and author John Trippel leads youth in creating their own Paper Bag Art based on two children's books about Jackie Robinson: Testing the Ice by Sharon Robinson, daughter of Jackie Robinson, and The Value of Courage by Spencer Johnson.

Sponsored by Piedmont Council of the Arts, C/A District VSA Arts and Charlottesville Parks and Recreation.

Featuring:
John Trippel

Dr. James Gordon, Director of The Center of Mind-Body Medicine, discusses the strategies for healing from depression, presented in his book Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression.

Sponsored by The Women's Initiative.

Moderated by: Kerry Day

Featuring:
James D. Gordon

Betty DeRamus (Freedom By Any Means) and Deborah A. Lee (Honoring Their Paths) discuss African-Americans before, during, and following the Civil War in the South and along the Hallowed Ground Trail.

Moderated by: Theodore DeLaney

Featuring:
Betty DeRamus, Deborah Lee

Memoirists and novelists Lucinda Franks (My Father's Secret War), Dara Horn (All Other Nights), and Kaylie Jones (Lies My Mother Never Told Me) discuss family secrets real and fictional. NOTE: Ticket required pre-sale via Culbreth Box Office or free while they last the day of the event. Details here.

Sponsored by Peters Rushton Fund.

Moderated by: Caroline Rody

Featuring:
Lucinda Franks, Dara Horn, Kaylie Jones

Marshall Faintich (A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Wintergreen)shows images and discusses his book on birds of Central Virginia.

Featuring:
Marshall Faintich

Graphic Designer Noah Scalin (A Skull a Day) and steampunk novelist Nick Valentino (Thomas Riley) explore creativity in "visual literacy" with talk and images from their work.

Moderated by: Trey Mitchell

Featuring:
Noah Scalin, Nick Valentino