Texas Book Festival 2015

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Texas Book Festival Benefiting Libraries and Literacy The Texas Book Festival (TBF) is a non-profit organization that celebrates authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas, and imagination. Thanks to the generosity of supporters, the TBF is able to provide the annual Festival free of charge as well as meaningful literary and literacy programs across Texas.

TEX AS LIBRARY GRANTS In our 20-year history, the TBF has given more than $2.7 million through 1033 grants to Texas public libraries.

READING ROCK STARS LITERACY PROGRAM Reading Rock Stars brings notable children’s authors to socioeconomically disadvantaged children in Title I elementary schools. Authors present their works, and the TBF gives an autographed copy of the author’s book to every child in the school. The TBF has given more than 65,000 books to children since Reading Rock Stars began in 2001.

SUPPORT THE TEX AS BOOK FESTIVAL Help keep our annual Festival and outreach programs strong! When you donate $100 or more, we thank you with a Festival Friends Pass that allows you and one guest priority session and signing line access at designated Friends Pass sessions.

DONATE • Online at texasbookfestival.org • At the Festival: • Texas Book Festival Store (11th Street, east of Congress) • At Barnes & Noble and TBF Store registers • Donations boxes around the Festival THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING LIBRARIES, LITERACY, AND LITERATURE IN TEX AS!

CAPITOL RULES The Texas Book Festival’s presence in the Capitol is a privilege. Attendees must respect all Capitol and House Chamber rules, or the Book Festival’s use may be put at risk.

• No food or drink. Keep all food and drink tucked away in your purse or backpack.

• Absolutely nothing (purses, backpacks, books, pens, feet, etc.) may be placed on top of the Representatives’ desks on the House Chamber floor. Violators will be escorted out immediately by a DPS officer, no exceptions.

• Limit photography and video throughout the Capitol and in the House Chamber.

• Absolutely no flash photography.

SESSIONS Seating at the Texas Book Festival is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Festival Friends Pass holders have priority session and signing line access for Friends Pass-designated sessions. Venues will be cleared between sessions.

In addition to Capitol and outdoor program tent venues, presentations will also be held at: • • • • • •

The Paramount Theatre (713 Congress Ave.) Stateside at the Paramount (719 Congress Ave.) The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center (700 Congress Ave.) Central Presbyterian Church (208 E. 8th St.) First United Methodist Church Sanctuary (1201 Lavaca St., enter from Lavaca St.) Please note: this year, the Festival is NOT using the First United Methodist Church Family Life Center (1300 Lavaca St.)

Saturday night Lit Crawl times and venues are listed on page 25.

AUTHOR BOOK SALES & SIGNINGS Book Sales Books by participating Festival authors are sold in the Festival’s Book Sales Tents, operated by Barnes & Noble: • • • •

Adult and Young Adult titles – Main Book Sales Tent (Congress Ave. at 11th Street) Children’s titles – Children’s Book Sales & Signing Tent (Congress Ave. at 10th Street) Central Market Cooking Tent titles – Cookbook Sales/Signing Tent (11th Street in front of the Capitol) New! Pop-up Book Sales –Close-by book sales for sessions on the NW and South ends of the Festival (titles will also be available in the Main Book Sales Tent):

o Featured book titles from sessions in the FUMC Sanctuary, the Kirkus Reviews Tent, and the ¡Ahora Sí!

Tent will be on sale in the BN pop-up tent at Colorado & 13th Streets.

o Featured book titles from sessions in the Paramount, Stateside, The Contemporary Austin, and the Texas Tent will be on sale in the BN pop-up tent on Congress next to the Texas Tent.

Book Signings Authors will sign books immediately following the end of their session. We encourage you to buy books you want signed in advance of the session.

Book Signing Policy Proceeds from Festival Weekend book sales help keep the Festival free to the public and help fund our outreach programs. To be signed, books must be purchased from Festival Book Sales Tents, with the exception of one pre-owned book that may be brought for signing. Please be ready to show your receipt. We ask attendees to respect and follow the policy. Thank you for your support and understanding. Book dealers are not allowed to bring books into the Book Signing Tents. Dealers with rolling carts and/or wagons are not allowed on the Festival grounds.

ENJOY THE BOOK FESTIVAL AND SMILE… Attendees give the Texas Book Festival or its designee permission to use their voice, image, or likeness, as it appears, in any photographic or audio recording, manner in all media, in perpetuity.

INFORMATION CENTERS General information, Lost & Found, and directional assistance will be available at the Information Tent located at 11th and Colorado Streets. First aid is available at the Medical Tent located at 11th and Colorado Streets next to the Information Tent.

DISABILITY SERVICES If you require special accommodations, please contact the Texas Book Festival prior to your visit at (512) 4774055. Sign language interpreters will be available on a limited basis. If you need an interpreter, go to the ASL Interpreter Tent located next to Volunteer Check-in at 11th and Colorado Streets at least thirty minutes before your requested session to check for availability.

SPECIAL THANKS The Texas Book Festival at the State Capitol would not be possible without the state representatives who have supported our event for 20 years! We thank House Representative John Otto (District 18) for this year’s sponsorship.

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2015 FRIENDS PASS SESSIONS It’s not too late to donate $100 or more and get a Festival Friends Pass!

Get priority session and signing access to Festival Friends Pass sessions when you donate to the Texas Book Festival.

Donate online at texasbookfestival.org or pick up your Festival Friends Pass at the Texas Book Festival store on 11th Street in front of the Capitol.

SATURDAY

HOUSE CHAMBER • Margaret Atwood Goes First on The Heart Goes Last • The Road to Happiness is Always Under Construction (Linda Gray) • The 2015 Texas Writer Award: Pat Mora • Mixed Me! Taye Diggs with Shane Evans • Wendell Pierce, The Wind in the Reeds 2 0 1 5 T E X A S B O O K F E S T I VA L P O S T E R A R T I S T • F E E D T H E E N E M Y, 2 0 1 5

CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH • Can 140 Characters Describe a Single Life (Scott Simon)

FATIMA RONQUILLO

FUMC SANCTUARY • Talk of the Town (Jonathan Lethem and Adrian Tomine) • The O. Henry Prize Stories 2015

“Fatima’s work fascinates the intellectual and the aesthetic mind. Through her incredible layering, symbolism and rich coloring, angelic yet curious characters emerge and reach between centuries, whispering a narrative that finds life within the viewer’s mind. Each piece is truly a treasure, full of history and sparkle.”

PARAMOUNT THEATRE • This is a Very Fortunate Panel (Lemony Snicket) • The Chuck Palaniuk Show • Everything but the Kitchen Sink (Daniel Handler, Amelia Gray) SUNDAY

HOUSE CHAMBER • The TBF and The AJBF Present Joseph Skibell and Bob Morris • The Beauty of Books (Azar Nafisi and Ilan Stavans) • Grant Park (Leonard Pitts, Jr.) • Me, Myself, and Awesome (Tavi Gevinson)

–RACHEL STEPHENS, PARTNER, WALLY WORKMAN GALLERY Fatima Ronquillo fuses classical techniques with folk art naiveté to create dramatic and playful paintings. The underlying narratives found in her works echo inner worlds where art history meets with imagined characters from literature, theatre and opera. Fatima’s widely collected work has been featured in American Art Collector, American Arts Quarterly, and Southwest Art and is exhibited in galleries throughout the United States.

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20 YEAR TIMELINE

1998 THE TEXAS WRITER AWARD The Texas Book Festival presents the first Bookend Awards, given to Texas Writers who have demonstrated outstanding literary achievement, celebrating the careers of Américo Paredes and A.C. Greene.

1996 CHAPTER ONE The inaugural Texas Book Festival spotlights Texas authors at the State Capitol.

1995 THE LIGHTBULB MOMENT Laura W. Bush, Mary Margaret Farabee, and a group of dedicated volunteers establish the Texas Book Festival.

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IGNITE YOUR IMAGINATION

BON APPETIT, Y’ALL

A tradition established the first year to honor the work of a Texas artist in the official Festival poster, the Festival features painter Julie Speed’s work in an array of Festival materials.

The Festival becomes a premier destination for chefs and continues to grow in size and prominence.

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2010 QUINCEAÑERA Lance Letscher is commissioned to create 15th anniversary poster. Laura Bush thrills loyal Festival attendees with a reading from her memoir, Spoken from the Heart.

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CELEBRATING 20 YEARS

2001 LIBRARY OF THE IMAGINATION The Festival amps up its outreach, awarding the first Youth Fiction Contest winners, launching the Reading Rock Stars program, and surpassing the $1 million mark in grants to Texas public libraries.

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PAGE-TURNERS, POLITICOS, AND PERFORMERS

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT 2008

Then Senator Barack Obama speaks movingly in the House Chamber, and the lineup now includes more than 200 authors.

People camp out to meet author and former President Bill Clinton. Book Church features gospel singers on the steps of the Capitol, proving that books are a religion to Festival fans.

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OUR STARS SHINE BRIGHT Reading Rock Stars expands to the Rio Grande Valley.

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2014 2013

IT AIN’T BRAGGIN’ IF IT’S TRUE

SHELF IMPROVEMENT

The largest Festival to date. Reading Rock Stars expands to Houston. The TBF adds the Texas Teen Book Festival to its program offerings.

Texas Book Festival surpasses 50,000 books donated through the Reading Rock Stars program.

SEE THE WHOLE TIMELINE AT THE FESTIVAL!

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Festival Highlights KIRKUS REVIEWS TENT In a new location anchoring the NW side of the Festival, the Kirkus Reviews tent features many literary and nonfiction stars.

THE CHILDREN’S CHAPTER AREA SPONSORED BY H-E-B

New location! Congress Avenue, 9th to 10th Streets A family favorite, the Read Me a Story Tent features Festival children’s authors presenting their new picture books every 30 minutes. Performances in the Children’s Entertainment Tent and activities in the Children’s Activity Tent and the H-E-B Children’s Tent make this one of the most popular areas at the Festival.

GET TO THE FEST WITH OUR PARTNER UBER THIS YEAR First ride free up to $20 with the Uber app. Sign up with the code TXBOOKFEST. Uber will donate a percentage of proceeds to the TBF! COOKING TENT

READING LOUNGE & FUTURE LAB

SPONSORED BY CENTRAL MARKET

SPONSORED BY THE TEXAS COLLEGE SAVINGS PLAN

Congress Avenue at 10th Street

You can’t come to Austin without learning more about good food. The Cooking Tent is your opportunity not only to meet amazing chefs in person, but to see them demonstrate their skills. From chili and enchiladas, to gluten-free cooking and New Mexican dishes, to Texas vegetarians and original Austin recipes, there will be something for every palate.

Kick back, peruse your newly acquired book treasures and imagine your future self in the new family-friendly reading lounge and Future Lab next to the Children’s Area on Congress Ave. While the kids are engaged, chat with Texas College Savings Plan staff about how to start saving for your child’s future today.

ANNUAL FICTION CONTEST AWARDS Hosted jointly this year by the Texas Book Festival and UT’s Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, the Youth Fiction Contest Awards session features our middle- and high school winners discussing their stories and strategies in their very own official Texas Book Festival session. Saturday, Capitol Extension 2.014, 10 - 10:45 am.

FESTIVAL STORIES To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Festival, we have been collecting stories from throughout the years. Authors, kids, librarians, vendors, and people involved in every facet of the Festival contributed. Check out our 20 Stories for 20 Years blog post on the website, and visit the Timeline on Congress (between the Main Book Sales and Book Signing tent) to share your own favorite memory!

DOWNLOAD THE MOBILE APP When you are in the Wi-Fi challenged areas of the Capitol Extension, the mobile app will save you. Download the free mobile app in the iTunes or Android store, and plan out your best Festival ever!

AUTHOR SESSIONS On the following pages, with our biggest lineup ever (we seem to say that every year), you’ll find dozens of your favorite authors and scores of new names we encourage you to explore. Please note: a few changes are likely to happen after this schedule has gone to press. Always check our website: • texasbookfestival.org/festival-schedule – for the most up-to-date schedule • texasbookfestival.org/updates – for the list of schedule changes

and cancellations.

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Central Presbyterian Church (CPC)

SATURDAY

10:30-11:15

A Conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea

House Chamber 10:00-10:45

Margaret Atwood Goes First on The Heart Goes Last

Join acclaimed author Margaret Atwood as she discusses her dark new novel, The Heart Goes Last.

Atwood’s latest addition to the Positron series is as spellbinding and dystopic as its predecessors.

AUTHOR Margaret Atwood MODERATOR Kelly Luce 11:30-12:15 The Road to Happiness is Always

Under Construction

Linda Gray, former star of television’s Dallas, offers a look into her life beyond the camera in her memoir, The Road to Happiness is Always Under Construction. Gray exposes her life before, during, and after Hollywood, sharing how she got through it all and managed to find her own happiness.

AUTHOR Linda Gray MODERATOR Kathy Blackwell 1:00-1:45

The 2015 Texas Writer Award: Pat Mora

Award-winning poet, author, and founder of El día de los ninos, el día de los libros, Pat Mora sits down with the Festival’s executive director to discuss her literary career and pioneering work as a bilingual literacy advocate.

AUTHOR Pat Mora MODERATOR Lois Kim

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Mixed Me! With Taye Diggs and Shane Evans A session for the whole family to learn about the power of diversity, love, and self-confidence in the upbeat children’s book Mixed Me! written by stage and screen star Taye Diggs and illustrator Shane Evans.

AUTHORS Taye Diggs and Shane Evans INTRO Steph Opitz 4:00-4:45

Wendell Pierce, The Wind in the Reeds

With moving recollections of his family, childhood, and artistic journey, Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme) relates the story of his mission to rebuild his beloved New Orleans neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina in The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken.

AUTHOR Wendell Pierce MODERATOR Greg Vincent

Master storyteller Luis Alberto Urrea discusses his latest collection of sometimes gloomy, sometimes hopeful, and always bracingly honest short stories in The Water Museum. Borders and boundaries, water and the West, music and cultural identity are all themes Urrea takes up in stories with surprising twists and deep humanity.

AUTHORS Luis Alberto Urrea MODERATOR Antonio Ruiz-Camacho 11:45-12:30 Blackout: Remembering the

Things I Drank to Forget

Discover one woman’s adventures to sobriety with Sarah Hepola as she talks about her New York Times bestseller Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget.

After realizing that the very thing she thought was fueling her creativity and happiness was actually hindering her ability to live life, Hepola makes a change.

AUTHOR Sarah Hepola MODERATOR Angela Ledgerwood 12:45-1:30 Can 140

Characters Describe a Single Life?

When your character count limit is 140, your thoughts must be concise, to the point. When a loved one is dying, your thoughts are anything but short and simple. Join Scott Simon as he discusses his emotional journey from his mother’s bedside and how social media became his outlet for reminiscing and celebrating her life.

AUTHOR Scott Simon MODERATOR Dave Shaw

4:00-4:45 The Thought Catalog Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg and celebrated neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry journalist, Casey Schwartz, come together to talk about the history and mysteries of thought. From the interior workings of the brain to the production of ideas, this conversation will surely get you thinking.

AUTHORS Casey Schwartz and Steven Weinberg MODERATOR Robert Faires

C-SPAN2/Book TV Tent 10:00-10:45 Reagan: The Life In his newest biography, historian H. W. Brands presents Ronald Reagan as one of the most influential presidents of the twentieth century. Brands traces Reagan’s life from humble beginnings to Hollywood actor to his rise as a politician and president.

AUTHORS H. W. Brands MODERATOR Dan Oppenheimer

12:00-12:45 Infectious Madness Is it possible to catch autism or OCD the same way we catch the common cold? Detailing the new germ theory, Harriet A. Washington proposes that bacteria, viruses, and prions do cause mental illness and can therefore be prevented by certain antibiotics and vaccinations.

AUTHOR Harriet A. Washington MODERATOR Moira Muldoon 1:00-1:45 The Republic of Conscience In his thought-provoking book, diplomat, lawyer, and professor Gary Hart contrasts the pure intentions of America’s Founding Fathers to the harsh reality of modern elitist politics. Hart’s expertise in both historical and modern politics allows him to answer the question on America’s mind: Why has our government reached a stalemate?

AUTHORS Gary Hart MODERATOR Mark Updegrove

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Jacksonland

In his latest work, Jacksonland, NPR host and author Steve Inskeep dives deep into an era of change that spanned the country and shaped the future.

The Trail of Tears, the Five Civilized Tribes and the acquisition of Jacksonland are important pieces of American history, all of which have two things in common: Andrew Jackson and John Ross.

AUTHOR Steve Inskeep MODERATOR Brian Sweany

1:45-2:45 On Motivation Moving characters from introduction through climax to resolution is a complicated process, especially when the protagonist is resisting transformation. Jami Attenberg, Sloane Crosley, and Sung J. Woo discuss how they imbue their characters with the motivation to transcend poverty, heartbreak, and other obstacles.

AUTHOR Jami Attenberg, Sloane Crosley, and Sung J. Woo MODERATOR Adrian Todd Zuniga

2:00-2:45 Place and Race Authors Wendy S. Walters and Jason Sokol discuss the dynamic and complicated course of civil rights over the past several decades in America. Racism emerges in unexpected locations, and the ways in which people resist, cope, and consent are not predictable.

AUTHORS Wendy S. Walters and Jason Sokol MODERATOR Leonard Moore

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Every year we like to show authors other sides of Austin: Lady Bird Lake, the green Capitol lawn, and quiet, early morning streets. Congress Avenue Kayaks will be hosting a morning kayak trip for authors Carmiel Banasky, Alexandra Kleeman, Katherine Taylor, and Allyson Hobbs. Practice yoga with authors Neal Pollack, Catherine Lacey, Elisa Albert, and Meera Subramanian as they join a Modo Yoga instructor for a yoga session on the Capitol lawn.

Finally, join the Sunday morning bike ride with B-Cycle and authors H.W. Brands, Lawrence Wright, Steve Harrigan, Lydia Gil, and Thomas McNeely.

Sign up online at www.texasbookfestival.org.

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Texas Book Festival 20th Anniversary Celebrates Sandra Cisneros

From our first year to our 20th Anniversary, Sandra Cisneros has been a steadfast supporter and fan favorite at the Texas Book Festival. We celebrate her latest, most personal work yet, A House of My Own: Stories from My Life, which sees her implement her trademark lyricism to nonfiction short stories.

AUTHOR Sandra Cisneros MODERATOR Leslie Montoya

KAYAK Saturday, October 17 Meet at Congress Avenue Kayaks, 8:00 am (call Congress Avenue Kayaks for rental availability: 512-480-9264)

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YOGA Saturday, October 17 Meet at Congress entrance to the Capitol lawn, 8:00 am

BIKE Sunday, October 18 Meet at B-Cycle stand at Congress and 11th St 8:00 am

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The Jemima Code

Betting the Farm on a Drought

Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks

Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change

BY TONI TIPTON-MARTIN

Showcasing one of the world’s largest private collections of African American cookbooks, ranging from rare nineteenth-century texts to modern classics by Edna Lewis and Vertamae Grosvenor, this lavishly illustrated collection speaks volumes about America’s food culture.

BY SE AMUS MCGR AW

The award-winning author of The End of Country: Dispatches from the Frack Zone offers a lively, thought-provoking overview of climate change from the perspectives of people who are dealing with it on the ground.

We Could Not Fail

Comin’ Right at Ya

The First African Americans in the Space Program

How a Jewish Yankee Hippie Went Country, or, the Often Outrageous History of Asleep at the Wheel

B Y R I CH A R D PAU L AND STEVEN MOSS

Don’t Suck, Don’t Die

B Y R AY B E N S O N, A N D D AV I D M E N C O N I

A who’s who of American popular music fills this lively memoir, in which Ray Benson recalls how a Philadelphia Jewish hippie and his bandmates in Asleep at the Wheel turned on generations of rock and country fans to Bob Wills–style Western swing.

Giving Up Vic Chesnutt

BY KRISTIN HERSH

A haunting ode to a lost friend, this memoir by the acclaimed author of Rat Girl offers the most personal, empathetic look at the creative genius and often-tormented life of singersongwriter Vic Chesnutt that is ever likely to be written.

Eli Reed A Long Walk Home PHOTOGRAPHS BY ELI REED I N T R O D U C T I O N B Y PA U L T H E R O U X

With over 250 images that span the astonishing range of his subjects and his evolution as a photographer, this is the first career retrospective of Eli Reed, one of America’s leading contemporary photojournalists and the first African American member of Magnum Photos.

Freddie Steinmark

university of texas press

BY BOWER YOUSSE

Freddie Steinmark tells the story of a legendary University of Texas football player whose courage on the field and in battling cancer still inspires the Longhorn nation.

BY GARY CART WRIGHT

In this lively, humorous, and often eloquent memoir, a legendary Texas journalist looks back at a career that ranged from sports writing with Bud Shrake, Dan Jenkins, and Blackie Sherrod to a twenty-five-year stint as Senior Editor at Texas Monthly.

Thirty Years of Graphic Design from Texas Monthly to Pentagram

BY DJ STOUT

Strange Pilgrims ORGANIZED BY THE CONTEMPORARY AU S T I N | H E AT H E R PE S A N T I, S E N I O R C U R AT O R | C O N T R I B U T I O N S B Y A N N R E Y N O L DS, L AW R EN CE W E SCHL ER, A N D A LVA N Ö E

Strange Pilgrims is the catalogue accompanying an exhibition at The Contemporary Austin that features fourteen artists whose experiential practices lead viewers on an open-ended journey through strange and unfamiliar spaces.

A N D T H O M A S J. CR YA N

A Memoir

Variations on a Rectangle

With suites of images representing more than two hundred fifty major design projects, Variations on a Rectangle is a career retrospective and design primer by internationally renowned graphic designer and Pentagram partner DJ Stout.

Faith, Family, Football

The Best I Recall

Profiling ten pioneer African American space workers, including technicians, mathematicians, engineers, and an astronaut candidate, this book tells an inspiring, largely unknown story of how the space program served as a launching pad for a more integrated America.

The University of Texas Press is proud to partner with the Texas Book Festival. We invite you to visit these UT Press authors speaking during the Festival on October 17 & 18. And, please be sure to to stop by our booth to browse the Press’ latest titles.

Destiny of Democracy The Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library

BY MARK K. UPDEGROVE

utexaspress.com

Destiny of Democracy is a companion volume to the historic 2014 summit hosted by the LBJ Presidential Library and attended by four presidents to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act

2:00-2:45 The First

SATURDAY 3:00-3:45 Doomed to Succeed Examine Israel’s relationship with Bill Clinton’s former Arab-Israeli peace envoy, Dennis Ross, in Ross’s political history, Doomed to Succeed. From the Eisenhower to Obama administrations, Ross investigates the often turbulent debates between key advisers, the events that formed policy, and the U.S. code that now enforces America’s commitment to Israel’s security.

AUTHOR Dennis Ross MODERATOR Marc Winkleman 4:00-4:45 The Final Frontier: Exploring the

History and Future of American Spaceflight NASA has made many giant leaps for mankind in its past 57 years of existence. Join authors Margaret Lazarus Dean and Steven Moss as they celebrate the historic achievements NASA has made in regards to social change, space discovery, and human exploration despite the uncertain future of American spaceflight.

AUTHORS Margaret Lazarus Dean and Steven Moss MODERATOR Ray Brimble

Kirkus Reviews Tent 10:30-11:30 Meet the Kirkus Prize Finalists With a $50,000 award, the Kirkus Prize is one of the richest literary awards in the world, bestowed annually to three authors in each of three categories: fiction, nonfiction, and young readers’ literature. Meet the finalists today!

MODERATOR Clay Smith 11:45-12:45 The Poets What could be more monumental than a panel with a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet (Gregory Pardlo) , a lyric video pioneer and poetess (Rachel Eliza Griffiths), and a renowned memoirist-poet (Nick Flynn)? Not much!

Join these three celebrated poets as they discuss what it means to be an American in a country that’s become more intricate than simply “the land of the free.”

AUTHORS Nick Flynn, Gregory Pardlo, and Rachel Eliza Griffiths MODERATOR Sasha West

1:00-1:45 B&N Discover Great New Writers Two memoirists from Barnes & Noble’s Great New Writers, Marie Mutsuki Mockett and Damon Tweedy, discuss race, healing, and what it means to overcome the often tragic realities of the past.

AUTHORS Damon Tweedy and Marie Mutsuki Mockett MODERATOR Miwa Messer

Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic

The tables have turned: musician/composer/ producer, writer and former The Go-Go’s bassist, Kathy Valentine, interviews rock critic Jessica Hopper. Join these two rock stars as they talk about everything from the eve of Michael Jackson’s death to Miley Cyrus’s Bangers tour to the importance of fangirls.

AUTHORS Jessica Hopper MODERATOR Kathy Valentine 3:00-3:45 Wade in What Water?

From India’s rapidly accruing environmental challenges to tough environmental scenarios at the global level and the scaringly true story of a small town plagued by industrial pollution, three environmentally-aware writers discuss everything from extreme weather, pollution, and the imminent complication of running out of water.

AUTHORS Meera Subramanian, Seamus McGraw, and Dan Fagin MODERATOR Colin McDonald 4:00- 4:45 The Private Lives of Others They say the first year of marriage is the hardest, but Lauren Groff’s and Helen Phillips’s characters make it look easy . . . until they don’t. Newlyweds in both books struggle to maintain independence, secrecy, and romance. Can they succeed and at what cost?

AUTHORS Lauren Groff and Helen Phillips MODERATOR Ira Silverberg

Texas Tent 10:00-11:00

2:00-2:45 Are We the Dystopia?

Accompany novelist Laura van den Berg and poet Mary Jo Bang on a cross-genre journey through the 21stcentury human psyche as they ask the question, “Are we living the dystopia we write about?”

AUTHORS Laura van den Berg and Mary Jo Bang MODERATOR Emily Bell 3:00-3:45 All About Food52 With incredible resources for all kinds of chefs and home cooks, Food52.com has become the go to source for many.

Meet the chefs and writers behind Food52’s Vegan, Baking, and Genius recipes. Join us for this delicious conversation.

AUTHORS Gena Hamshaw, Kristen Miglore, and Sarah Jampel MODERATOR Tom Philpott 4:15-5:00 Don’t Suck, Don’t Die In 2006, NPR named Vic Chesnutt in the top five of the ten best living songwriters. Singer/songwriter Kristin Hersh, author of Rat Girl, illuminates her friendship with the wickedly funny yet often difficult to be with Chesnutt in her memoir, exploring everything from their casual conversations to his tragic death.

AUTHOR Kristin Hersh MODERATOR Jim Caligiuri

FUMC Sanctuary 10:00- 10:45 You Can’t Bury a Crime When clues and anecdotes don’t answer the burning questions, survivors grapple with the haunting past and the dangerous quest for truth and closure.

Explore the survivor’s perspective following mysterious crimes in a discussion with novelists Lou Berney and Jennifer McMahon.

AUTHORS Lou Berney and Jennifer McMahon MODERATOR Stephen Harrigan

2:15-3:15 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2015 Every year, The O. Henry Prize Stories publishes the 20 best short stories published in U.S. and Canadian literary magazines. Join Elizabeth McCracken, Pulitzer Prizewinning Elizabeth Strout, and O. Henry Prize Stories editor Laura Furman for a discussion about the featured stories and the art of storytelling.

AUTHORS Elizabeth McCracken and Elizabeth Strout MODERATOR Laura Furman 3:45-4:30 Women of Change Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi struggled for her country’s freedom and inspired Burma’s first steps towards democracy, and yet her story is not widely recognized. Journalist Rena Pederson introduces readers to Suu Kyi’s fascinating life, and sheds light on Burma’s turbulent history.

AUTHOR Rena Pederson MODERATOR Heidi Marquez Smith

Paramount Theatre

The History of Franklin’s Barbecue

11:00-12:00

Get hungry for some barbeque with Aaron Franklin and Jordan Mackay as they talk about their new book, Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto.

AUTHORS Aaron Franklin and Jordan Mackay 11:30-12:30 Trouble in Texas Delve into new crime thrillers that travel into the dark heart of Texas’s urban centers. In Pleasantville, Attica Locke (also writer/producer of Empire) brings back Jay Porter from her celebrated first novel, Black Water Rising; in Shadow Boys, Harry Hunsicker continues the story of DEA contractor John Cantrell. Missing kids, race, politics, power, and murder abound.

AUTHORS Attica Locke and Harry Hunsicker MODERATOR Scott Montgomery

12:45-1:45 A Matter of Perception First impressions make everyone nervous. Authors Chip Kidd and Nick Sousanis discuss the accuracy with which your mind first perceives things, why words and impressions are so important, and how we can train ourselves to see beyond monotonous construct.

AUTHORS Nick Sousanis and Chip Kidd MODERATOR Evan Garza

This is a Very Fortunate Panel

11:15-12:15 Talk of the Town Fans! Join two writers who are fans of each other.

Jonathan Lethem and Adrian Tomine as they talk about their new respective collections, Lucky Alan and Killing and Dying, which explore humor, identity, and emotional vulnerability in both realistic and absurd landscapes.

AUTHORS Jonathan Lethem and Adrian Tomine MODERATOR Matt Bucher

1:00-1:45 Amanda Eyre Ward in conversation

with Christina Baker Kline

What does a barbeque dive in Austin and a dangerous trek from Honduras teach us about summoning our own strength? That’s the question Amanda Eyre Ward explores in her novel The Same Sky, a tale about the quest for family deep in the heart of Texas with New York Times’ bestselling author of Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline.

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Lemony Snicket?! In the flesh?! Without a curtain or a veil or a mask?! Join the mysterious author as he talks about the conclusion of the series, why the number 13 is so important, and whether or not Daniel Handler is a real person.

AUTHOR Lemony Snicket 1:00-3:00 The Chuck

Palahniuk Show

Prizes and Beach Balls and Glow Sticks, oh my!

Clear your schedule for a two-hour variety show (a short film, a contest, maybe something about a certain club whose first rule is to not talk about it) featuring Chuck Palahniuk and a special secret guest Lidia Yuknavitch.

AUTHOR Chuck Palahniuk INTRO Todd Doughty

11:15-12:00 Born on Tumblr In this digitally-obsessed age, literary aficionados are pairing their love of reading with the Internet. Tumblr, a blog known for its quirky picture feeds and refreshing anecdotes, is the parent of three new books penned by such AUTHORS join Maris Kreizman, Ryan Chapman, Mary Laura Philpott, and Rachel Fershleiser as they share how Tumblr helped launched their books.

AUTHORS Maris Kreizman, Ryan Chapman, Mary Laura Philpott MODERATOR Rachel Fershleiser 12:30-1:30 The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka-Dot Pants Children’s Panel

THE POETS What could be more monumental than a panel with a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet (Gregory Pardlo), a lyric video pioneer and poetess (Rachel Eliza Griffiths), and a renowned memoirist-poet (Nick Flynn)? Not much! Join these three celebrated poets as they discuss what it means to be an American in a country that’s become more intricate than simply “the land of the free.”

SATURDAY 3:45-4:45 Everything But the Kitchen Sink Amelia Gray and Daniel Handler join forces and bring you conversations whose topics may include (but are not limited to): how tall a story can be before it is no longer considered short, the proper gear needed for cliffhanging, and the correct architecture for a character arc.

AUTHORS Amelia Gray and Daniel Handler MODERATOR Owen Egerton

The Contemporary Austin— Jones Center 11:00-11:45 That Day Join renowned photographer and Texan Laura Wilson as she discusses what it takes to capture the many facets of the unyielding, ever-changing West in her new book That Day: Pictures in the American West.

AUTHOR Laura Wilson MODERATOR Dennis Darling 12:15-1:00 El Paso 120 Join long-time resident of El Paso and award-winning photographer Mark Paulda in a discussion about the unexpected beauties﹘from gorgeous aerial shots﹘of a place many write off as a barren space.

AUTHOR Mark Paulda 1:30-2:15 A Muse and a Maze Appreciate the wordplay behind Peter Turchi’s new book, A Muse and a Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic, in this discussion involving the relationship between writing and puzzle-making.

AUTHOR Peter Turchi MODERATOR Austin Kleon

From Eric Litwin, the author who brought us Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes! comes another amazing story about singing and dancing. With the book’s call-andresponse rhymes you won’t be able to stay in your seat.

And you won’t have to: this is a full musical performance AUTHOR Eric Litwin

The Poets Kirkus Reviews Tent Saturday, Oct 17 11:45am-12:45pm

12:00-12:45 Not Another Teen Fling The choice between what is right, what is right for you, and what is wrong have never been more confusing and intertwined than in today’s world. Authors Emery Lord, Becky Albertalli, and Cammie McGovern are redefining the meaning of coming of age.

AUTHORS Emery Lord, Becky Albertalli, and Cammie McGovern MODERATOR Margo Rabb 1:00-1:45 Twisting History into Fiction Take a look in history’s rearview mirror with Jim Shepard and Viet Thanh Nguyen as they consider the ways in which they twist war and history into fiction in their novels, The Book of Aron and The Sympathizer.

AUTHORS Jim Shepard and Viet Thanh Nguyen MODERATOR Nathan Rostron

2:00-2:45 The Success

of Timmy Failure

2:45-3:30

A Long Walk Home

Eli Reed: A Long Walk Home presents the first career retrospective of Reed’s work. Consisting of over 250 images that span the full range of his subjects and his evolution as a photographer, the photographs are a visual summation of the human condition.

AUTHOR Eli Reed MODERATOR Steven Hoelscher 4:00-4:45 2015 Official Texas Book Festival

Poster Artist

Celebrate the work of Fatima Ronquillo, a self-taught painter whose classical imagery is inspired by literature, theatre, and opera. Moving to San Antonio as a young girl, Ronquillo credits the library for the gift of books that taught her to paint.

MODERATOR: Rachel H. Stephens

He’s the best detective around! Well, sort of. His polar bear assistant is very adept . . . at eating bon bons. Together the dynamic duo are Total Failure and they are here to save the day! Although saving the day comes about in ways no one would expect, one can’t help but admire Timmy for his determination and drive. Disclaimer: this was not typed

by Timmy Failure or any of my his associates. Join Stephan Pastis as he discusses the highs and lows of Timmy’s detective career.

AUTHOR Stephan Pastis INTRO Michael F. Scully 3:15-4:00 Wimmin’s Comix Cartoonists Marisa Acocella Marchetto, Anne Opotowsky, and illustrator Aya Morton discuss the role of women in comics, and the influences on their current works. From the subversive Wimmin’s Comix to Anna Tenna and the Walled City Trilogy, the graphic novel genre proves to be inclusive and provocative.

AUTHORS Marisa Acocella Marchetto, Anne Opotowsky, and Aya Morton MODERATOR Claire Burrows

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Capitol Auditorium (E1.004) 10:00-10:45 Vintage/Anchor Books Presents:

Writers on Reading

An intimate seminar for readers interested in the behind the scenes of being a writer. Katherine Heiny and Ben Marcus will talk about their respective reading and writing habits. Special tote bags with complimentary advanced readers copies will be handed out.

AUTHORS Katherine Heiny and Ben Marcus MODERATOR Kate Runde Sullivan (Director of Publicity at Vintage Books & Anchor Books)

10:30- 11:15 A Cultural Potpourri Essayists and cultural commentators Charles D’Ambrosio and Eduardo Espina engage in a dialogue about their new collections that cover everything from the nuclear family to German pop duo Milli Vanilli to a Pentecostal “hell house.”

AUTHORS Charles D’Ambrosio and Eduardo Espina MODERATOR Julie Buntin

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2:00-2:45 Breaking the Peace Join Robin Beth Schaer and Paul Otremba as they illuminate their new poetry collections, Shipbreaking and Pax Americana, respectively, and the ways in which poetry can stitch or unstitch convention.

AUTHORS Robin Beth Schaer and Paul Otremba MODERATOR Laurie Saurborn 3:00-3:45 The News in Verse In his new collection, The News, Jeffrey Brown explores his professional experience as an anchor for PBS NewsHour through a series of introspective and intimate poems. Join him and the Head of the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress Rob Casper for a discussion of Brown’s new book.

AUTHORS Jeffrey Brown MODERATOR Rob Casper 4:00-4:45 Groupies Listen to authors Shanna Mahin and Caroline Zancan in a conversation about our celebrity- obsessed culture.

Whether it’s a young woman working in Hollywood struggling to balance her dreams with those of her mother, a forgotten actress, or three recent high school grads who encounter a famous young actor the night before he dies, maybe it’s not so great keeping up with the Joneses.

AUTHORS Shanna Mahin and Caroline Zancan MODERATOR Sofia Sokolove

SATURDAY Extension 2.010 10:00-11:00

In Search of Shakespeare’s Archives

Andrea Mays’ The Millionaire and the Bard is the literary detective story that crosses the Atlantic. From Gilded Age New York to Jacobean London, follow American industrialist Henry Folger’s epic search for the most valuable book in the world: William Shakespeare’s First Folio.

AUTHORS Andrea Mays MODERATOR Brook Wilensky-Lanford 11:30-12:30 The Arctic(s) For this cross-genre panel, join two writers who have gone to to the opposite ends of the world, literally, and the work that came out of their experiences. Debut novelist Rebecca Dinerstein and poet Jynne Dilling Martin will have a chilly talk about their work.

AUTHORS Jynne Dilling Martin, Rebecca Dinerstein MODERATOR Karan Mahajan 1:00-2:00 In Search of a New Home(land) Authors Mia Alvar and Antonio Ruiz-Camacho talk about their diasporic collections, one focusing on Filipino emigratory tales and the other on Mexican violence. In both collections, immigrants from all over the world are trying to find a new place to call home.

AUTHORS Mia Alvar, Antonio Ruiz-Camacho MODERATOR Laurie Muchnick 4:00-5:00

A Portrait of a Critic as A Young Man

Join the “Dean of American Rock Critics” Robert Christgau as he dives headfirst into the inspiration behind his new book, a memoir which is equal parts love story and tribute to New York and the metamorphic power of art.

AUTHORS Robert Christgau MODERATOR Jeff Salamon

Extension 2.012 10:00-10:45 Difficult Conversations If you’re looking for a book to escape reality, look elsewhere-- these women swallow the truth of the world and spit it back out at you. While Elisa Albert’s After Birth hilariously follows the frustrations of newfound motherhood while Carmiel Banasky twists a story of timeless death in The Suicide of Claire Bishop, these women both talk about what no one else will in a way no one else could.

AUTHORS Elisa Albert and Carmiel Banasky MODERATOR Adeena Reitberger

11:00-11:45 Now That We Are Here Join authors Matthew Salesses, Kirstin Valdez Quade and Jennine Capó Crucet as they consider the nature of being an outcast, the struggle between cultural, familial, and personal identity, and the struggle to find oneself and make a home for oneself among so many strangers.

AUTHORS Matthew Salesses, Jennine Capó Crucet, Kirstin Valdez Quade MODERATOR Manuel Martinez

11:00-11:45

On the Edge of Your Seat . . .

From a realm under the sea to a magical world, get ready to fasten your seatbelt as authors Polly Holyoke and Brandon Mull take readers on an action packed adventure.

AUTHORS Brandon Mull and Polly Holyoke MODERATOR Greg Leitich Smith

12:00-12:45 The Many Faces of Texas Poetry A sense of place and home have been inspirations to many artists for centuries. Don’t miss James Hoggard, Gwendolyn Zepeda, and Noel Crook as they celebrate and speculate the ways in which Texas influenced their writing.

AUTHORS James Hoggard, Gwendolyn Zepeda, Noel Crook

2:00-2:45 Star-Crossed Follow the romance of star-crossed lovers who see if love can trump time, space, and vexing political climates in Chaitali Sen’s The Pathless Sky and Chinelo Okparanta’s Under the Udala Trees.

AUTHORS Chaitali Sen and Chinelo Okparanta MODERATOR Natalia Sylvester 3:00-3:45 Werewolves (not) of London Whether you’re a member of a wolfpack or hunter of werewolves, wandering squatters roam the half-empty suburbs of America or are self-exiled to the Scottish Isle of Jura. Sink your teeth into the gritty utopias of Kirk Lynn and Andrew Ervin’s darkly comic novels, Rules for Werewolves and Burning Down George Orwell’s House, respectively.

AUTHORS Kirk Lynn and Andrew Ervin MODERATOR Stacey Swann

3:00-4:00

Same, Same, but Different

Being average is boring, but being different can be really tough. In Phil Bildner and Lynda Mullaly Hunt’s books, characters struggle with dyslexia and autism, learning how to build support systems, find confidence, and have fun.

AUTHORS Lynda Mullaly Hunt and Phil Bildner MODERATOR Sharon O’Neal 12:00-12:45 Reading Between the Lines Whether writing a memoir or a novel, the line between truth and fiction can be blurry. Often novels are called highly autobiographical and memoirs are scrutinized for accuracy. Don’t miss Heidi Julavits and Lily Tuck in a discussion on their individual decisions of how much of oneself should go on the page.

AUTHORS Heidi Julavits, Lily Tuck MODERATOR S. Kirk Walsh 1:00-1:45 Embrace Your Inner Weird Are you part dinosaur? Do you have a tail? Do you enjoy wrangling armadillos? Maybe not, but Sawyer the dinosaur boy and Calpurnia Tate have a lot of weird qualities that make them special, and so do you! Catch Cory Putman Oakes and Jacqueline Kelly as they discuss their weird but super cool characters and celebrate what makes you unique!

AUTHORS Cory Putman Oakes and Jacqueline Kelly MODERATOR Rita Painter

4:00-5:00

Orphans, Troublemakers, and Misfit

Oddballs and adventure addicts welcome. Join these groups of misfits as they time travel, solve mysteries, sail the seas, and discover their own powerful and unusual talents in the adventure books of M. Quint, Kate Hannigan, Lauren Oliver and H.C. Chester.

AUTHORS M. Quint, Kate Hannigan, Lauren Oliver and H.C. Chester MODERATOR Topher Bradfield

Extension 2.016 10:00-10:45 Things I’ll Never Say Who is your secret self? Ann Angel, Varian Johnson, and Cynthia Leitich Smith explore the nature of secrets in the anthology Things I’ll Never Say. Join them as they discuss the effect of secrets, not only on the people who keep them but those left unknowing, and how discovering someone else’s secrets might be the key to accepting your own.

AUTHORS Ann Angel, Varian Johnson, and Cynthia Leitich Smith MODERATOR Ann Angel

4:00-4:45

The Inside Scoop from an Outsider

THE O.HENRY PRIZE STORIES 2015

Show up in style to hear Amy Odell’s account of the fashion world. In her memoir Tales from the Back Row: An Outsider’s View from Inside the Fashion Industry, Odell chronicles her journey working in fashion, from the nosebleeds to the best seat in the house.

AUTHOR Amy Odell MODERATOR Ann Gerhart

Every year, The O. Henry Prize Stories publishes the 20 best short stories published in U.S. and Canadian literary magazines. Join Elizabeth McCracken, with her winning story “Birdsong From the Radio” from Zoetrope: All-Story; Pulitzer Prize-winning Elizabeth Strout, with her winning story “Snow Blind” from Virginia Quarterly Review; and O. Henry Prize Stories editor Laura Furman for a discussion about the featured stories and the art of storytelling.

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The O.Henry Prize Stories 2015 FUMC Sanctuary Saturday, Oct 17 2:15-3:15 pm

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It Happened One Summer panel Oct. 17, 12:30–1:30 p.m.

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SATURDAY

11:45-12:45

The Dystopian Mirror Reflects the Past

Whether the starting place is a reimagining of the Lewis and Clark voyage or a historic Texas War, the future is bleak. Join Benjamin Percy and Zachary Thomas Dodson, two futuristic masterminds, as they unravel the mysteries of the past and the ways in which it predicts our future.

AUTHORS Benjamin Percy and Zachary Thomas Dodson MODERATOR Paul Morris

1:00-1:45 In A World Whether you’re hysteric for Hogwarts or enthralled with ents, fantasy writers A.G. Howard’s, Mari Mancusi’s, and Erin Bow’s books will have you dusting off your wooden stakes and trekking across the darkest parts of the forest on a full moon to hear what they have to say about their latest novels.

AUTHORS A.G. Howard, Mari Mancusi, and Erin Bow MODERATOR P. J. Hoover 2:00-2:45 The Art of Politics Join poets Mark Neely and Juliana Spahr as they discuss their latest collections and address tackling current events through poetry. From terrorism to environmental issues, two poets converse about their eloquent, witty works.

AUTHORS Mark Neely and Juliana Spahr MODERATOR Heather Houser

4:00-4:45 The Mother

of Westernized Yoga

In 1899, the year Indra Devi was born, yoga was practically unknown to anyone living outside of India. By her death in 2002, yoga was being practiced everywhere, from Los Angeles to Quebec to Berlin. Meditate on the story of the woman who brought yoga to the West in New York Times bestselling author Michelle Goldberg’s latest.

AUTHORS Michelle Goldberg MODERATOR Liz Belile

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3:00-3:45

11:00-11:45

Home is where the heart is, but what if your heart is desperate to leave? Authors Renee Watson, Joy Preble, and Heather Demetrios, explore the struggles teenagers face, the influence of one’s environment, and if anyone can truly escape the things that tie them to home.

AUTHORS Renee Watson, Joy Preble, and Heather Demetrios MODERATOR Syed Ali Haider

Don’t judge a book by its cover and don’t judge a character until the end, they may surprise you.

Experience authors Jessica Day George, Rachel Hawkins, and Kathleen Baldwin as they discuss developing characters and plots that surpass expectations, from Pageant girls turned paladin, a society girl scientist, to a not-so-vampirish Dracula family.

AUTHORS Jessica Day George, Rachel Hawkins, and Kathleen Baldwin MODERATOR Mandy Aguilar

Blood’s Thicker Than Water

More Than Meets the Eye

12:00-12:45

Truth and Fun in Fiction

Ready for some fun? Drop in on Margi Preus, Nathan Hale, Adam Mansbach and Alan Zweibel for a blast to the past as they discuss writing historical fiction. Fight with samurais, travel down the Underground Railroad, and send letters to one of America’s most well known founding fathers as you dive into these history-rich books.

AUTHORS Margi Preus, Nathan Hale, Adam Mansbach, and Alan Zweibel MODERATOR Donna Bowman 1:00-1:45

It Happened One Summer

Join authors Bill Konigsberg, Adam Silvera, and Maggie Thrash as they present adventurous summer tales that include spontaneous road trips, the pursuit of selfacceptance, and female self-discovery while at a girls’ camp, and offer a point of view that might feel closer to your own summer than classic tales.

AUTHORS Bill Konigsberg, Adam Silvera, and Maggie Thrash MODERATOR Jen Bigheart

Poetry Readings by THE TEXAS POETS The Poets Laureate and Award-Winning Poets of Texas

Oct. 17 & 18 from 1 to 3 PM Capitol Ext. Rm. E1.016 Open to the Public Sponsored by

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The Texas Institute of Letters

TWISTING HISTORY INTO FICTION

Take a look in history’s rearview mirror with Jim Shepard and Viet Thanh Nguyen as they consider the ways in which they twist war and history into fiction in their novels. The Book of Aron and The Sympathizer. authors Jim Shepard and Viet Thanh Nguyen moderator Nathan Rostron Twisting History into Fiction Capitol Extension 1.026 Saturday, October 17 1:00 – 1:45 pm

3:00-4:00 As Others See Us Austin’s own O. Henry Museum acquired a previously unpublished O.Henry story, “As Others See Us.” Now published as a fine press, limited edition book, hear how it all came together with museum staffer and book producer Michael Hoinski, illustrator Ben Sargent, and Pamalla Anderson of the Book Club of Texas, who copublished the book.

4:15-5:00 Bad Kid Rewind to the 80’s with David Crabb as he discusses growing up both goth and gay in his new memoir, Bad Kid: A Memoir. Join this heartwarmingly humorous author as he discusses his one-of-a-kind coming of age story which weaves its way through everything from boys in the locker room to stringy black hair.

AUTHOR David Crabb MODERATOR Ralph Hardesty

Central Market Cooking Tent 10:00-11:00

SATURDAY

10:30- 11:15

The Bee’s Knees

2:30-3:30 I.R.L. With characters who fight back in very different ways, Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad and The Boys Who Challenged Hitler spotlight real figures from history who did not take their country’s invasions lightly. M.T. Anderson and Phillip Hoose discuss the work required when writing historical fiction and the amazing strength they found in their protagonists.

AUTHORS M. T. Anderson and Phillip Hoose MODERATOR Sean Petrie 4:00-5:00

Keep Calm and Turn the Lights On

Don’t count on being able to sleep through the night after listening to Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski, and April Genevieve Tucholke as they discuss what it is like to write horror that thrills. A selection of gruesome, psychological, and all-too-possible-for-comfort short stories is certain to strike fear in even the bravest of readers.

AUTHORS Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski, and Genevieve Tucholke MODERATOR Richard Santos

Two Centuries of African-American Cookbooks

Extension 2.028 From the biologist and conservationist who brought us A Sting in The Tale, Dave Goulson, comes the story of how, over a decade, he revitalized a farm in rural France.

On his thirty-three acres he not only found a place for bumblebees to thrive, but also so many other creatures.

AUTHOR Dave Goulson MODERATOR Juli Berwald 11: 30-12:15 Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart

Attractive People

Finally, a book that’s not for everyone! If you’re beautiful and intelligent, come and listen to New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee talk about his new book, Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People. He’ll talk about his career, sense of humor, and experience as a cartoonist.

But most importantly, he’ll have you laughing your pants off the entire time.

AUTHOR Matthew Diffee MODERATOR Rebecca Beegle

Come see Toni TiptonMartin discusses recipes and stories from her book, The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks, a comprehensive treasure.

AUTHOR Toni Tipton-Martin MODERATOR Addie Broyles 11:30-12:30 Lighten Up, Y’all Have your sheet cake and eat it too. Virginia Willis demonstrates how to make your food healthier while still enjoying the Southern favorites you love with help from recipes from her book, Lighten Up, Y’all.

AUTHOR Virginia Willis

4:00-5:00 Latin Twist Raise your glass to Vianney Rodriguez as she demonstrates traditional and modern recipes for Latin cocktails from her new cookbook, Latin Twist. ¡Salud!

AUTHOR Vianney Rodriguez

Children’s Read Me A Story Tent 10:00-10:30

Monica Brown

Monica Brown reads from Maya’s Blanket/ La manta de Maya.

INTRODUCED BY Judi Thompson’s 5th Grade students of Zilker Elementary 10:30-11:00 Xavier Garza Xavier Garza reads from The Great and Mighty Nikko.

INTRODUCED BY Monica Champion’s 3rd Grade Students of Becker Elementary 11:00-11:30 Katheryn Russell-Brown Katheryn Russell-Brown reads from Little Melba and Her Big Trombone.

INTRODUCED BY Ne’Leigh Hamilton’s Battle of the Books Team of Popham Elementary 11:30-12:00 Bob Shea Bob Shea reads from Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret.

INTRODUCED BY Stacey Ross’ 2nd Grade Students of Casis Elementary 12:00-12:30 Meg Medina Meg Medina reads from Mango, Abuela, Me. INTRODUCED BY Martha LeBlanc’s 4th Grade Students of Blazier Elementary 12:30-1:00 Bluebonnet Award 1:00-1:30 Kevin Henkes Kevin Henkes reads from Waiting.

INTRODUCED BY Stephanie Kayne’s 4th Grade Students of Brushy Creek Elementary

1:00-2:00 The Chili Cookbook Grab a spoon and dive into this one-pot dish with Robb Walsh and his new book, The Chili Cookbook. Just in time for fall, discover all you need to know about perfecting your own hearty chili recipe AUTHOR Robb Walsh

1:30:-2:00 Joe Cepeda Joe Cepeda reads from Swing Sisters: The Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.

INTRODUCED BY Librarian Randi Sather’s Super Readers of Perez Elementary

2:30-3:30 Enchiladas Learn how to prepare this historic Mexican favorite with a demonstration from Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn.

AUTHOR Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn

Laurie Ann Thompson and Sean Qualls

12:30-1:15

The Best I Recall

Esteemed writer Gary Cartwright traces his career across Texas in his memoir, The Best I Recall.

After working in publishing and journalism for over 60 years, Cartwright has acquired countless by-lines and numerous awards. Join the lively and talented author as he shares his stories.

AUTHOR Gary Cartwright MODERATOR John Spong

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2:00-2:30

Laurie Ann Thompson and Sean Qualls read from Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah.

INTRODUCED BY Andrea Tanner’s Kindergarten Students of NYOS Charter School

SATURDAY 2:30-3:00 Salina Yoon Salina Yoon reads from Penguin’s Big Adventure.

INTRODUCED BY Shannon Henzen’s 1st Grade Students of Forest Creek Elementary 3:00-3:30 John Rocco and Todd Tarpley John Rocco and Todd Tarpley read from Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!

INTRODUCED BY Brennan Cruser’s 2nd Grade Students of Casis Elementary 3:30-4:00 Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford reads from My Tata’s Remedies/Los remedies de mi Tata.

INTRODUCED BY Natacha Jone’s 1st Grade Students of UT Elementary 4:00-4:30 Tad Carpenter Tad Carpenter reads from Arctic Animals (Who’s That?).

INTRODUCED BY Melissa Garcia’s PreK Students of UT Elementary 4:30-5:00 Jonah Winter and Shane Evans Jonah Winter reads, while illustrator Shane Evans presents drawings from Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Right Act of 1965.

INTRODUCED BY Samantha Gladwell’s 3rd Grade Students of NYOS Charter School

SUNDAY House Chamber 11:00-11:45 TBF and AJBF Present Joseph

Skibell and Bob Morris

The Texas Book Festival partners with the Austin Jewish Book Festival to present a personal discussion on family.

Joseph Skibell and Bob Morris join us as two humorous, sentimental, and conflicted but loving sons who navigate family politics in their respective memoirs.

AUTHORS Joseph Skibell and Bob Morris MODERATOR Zoe Miller 12:30-1:15 The Beauty of Books Azar Nafisi (Reading Lolita in Tehran) and Ilan Stavans consider the pivotal importance of fiction in today’s fastpaced culture. Nafisi’s The Republic of Imagination is an energetic call to rediscover America through literature and Stavans’ Quixote: The Novel and the New World explores the enduring impact of Don Quixote.

AUTHORS Azar Nafisi and Ilan Stavans MODERATOR John Trischitti

2:00- 2:45 Grant Park Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Leonard Pitts’ latest novel alternates between 1968, the year of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, and Chicago during the election of 2008. Grant Park showcases his talent for addressing racial tensions that are just as relevant today as they were during the Civil Rights era.

AUTHOR Leonard Pitts, Jr. MODERATOR Ricardo Ainslie

JAN HUGHES VOLUNTEER AWARD WINNERS In honor of Jan Hughes, the Texas Book Festival’s former Board Chair and longtime volunteer, the Jan Hughes Award is presented annually to outstanding TBF volunteers. Jan’s tremendous perseverance, enthusiasm, and contributions to the Texas Book Festival will never be forgotten.

This year’s award recipients are Jill Meyers. Jill founded and co-chairs the wildly popular Saturday Night Lit Crawl. Valerie Anderson ran volunteers for many years and then joined her husband, Eric, in running the golf cart team. They have volunteered for the Festival since 1997.

3:30-4:30 Me, Myself and Awesome Tavi Gevinson, Rebecca Serle, and Julie Murphy discuss what it is to be a young woman in today’s world— whether you’re a sophomore in high school or a famous Hollywood starlet, being a female can sometimes be unjustly hard. It takes strength to keep your head up and your shoulders back.

AUTHORS Tavi Gevinson, Rebecca Serle, and Julie Murphy MODERATOR Sarah Pitre

C-SPAN2/Book TV Tent

3:00-3:45 Silicon Valley ATX In a culture obsessed with new tech, there are notable challenges in being creative, being unique, and the difficult road to new inventions. Join Kevin Ashton as he talks about innovative ideas and people and Ashlee Vance as he talks about the cultural icon behind it all, Elon Musk.

AUTHOR Kevin Ashton and Ashlee Vance

11:00-11:45 ISIS: Dissecting the Islamic State

of Iraq and Syria

ISIS has catapulted itself from a group of weak Iraqi insurgents to one of the most ruthless jihadist armies.

Journalists Michael Weiss and Joby Warrick discuss the violent beginnings of ISIS and the uncertain future of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

AUTHORS Michael Weiss and Joby Warrick MODERATOR Nancy Nusser

MODERATOR Wolfgang Niedart

12:00- 12:45 The Quiet Man As former Chief of Staff, John H. Sununu was privy to the inner workings of George H.W. Bush’s successes and failures. Join Sununu as he illuminates what it was like being on the inside of history, as he shares the significant accomplishments of President Bush.

AUTHORS John H. Sununu MODERATOR Tim Herman

Kirkus Reviews Tent

11:00-11:45 Freeman’s Party Join former Granta editor, and anthologist extraordinaire, John Freeman, as he talks about his latest anthologies, Freeman’s: The Best New Writing on Arrival and Tales of Two Cities: The Best of Times and Worst of Times in Today’s New York with contributors Téa Obreht and Laura van den Berg.

AUTHORS Laura van den Berg and Téa Obreht MODERATOR John Freeman 12:00-12:45

Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed

1:00-1:45 A.I. —Fact or Fiction?

Fiction writer Louisa Hall and Pulitzer-Prize winning science writer John Markoff talk about the complicated relationship between humans and computers as they seek to find where speculative fiction meets factual reality.

Join these authors as they seek to discover the reality and truth behind the development of Artificial Intelligence.

AUTHORS Louisa Hall and John Markoff MODERATOR Dalia Azim

4:00-4:45 Who is “LBJ” to You? Authors Betty Boyd Caroli and Mark K. Updegrove discuss the charisma of Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson. From their White House reign to the legacy of the Civil Rights Act, culminating in the 2014 Civil Rights Summit, the Johnsons were dedicated to publicly defending civil rights and privately upending gender roles.

AUTHORS Betty Boyd Caroli and Mark K. Updegrove MODERATOR David Smith

2:00-2:45

Give Us the Ballot

From the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to present, journalist Ari Berman explores the transformation of America’s elections and the counterrevolution that emerged in attempt to retract these rights. Join the conversation as Berman discusses race, representation, and the struggles of minorities to secure their place in the voting booth.

AUTHOR Ari Berman MODERATOR Alberta Phillips

From the popular anthology Selfish, Shallow, and SelfAbsorbed, contributors Meghan Daum, Geoff Dyer, and Courtney Hodell talk about the pressure to have kids, the balance of successful careers with the standard 2.3 children, and the provocative conviction that having children is not the only path to living a fulfilling life.

AUTHORS Meghan Daum, Geoff Dyer, and Courtney Hodell MODERATOR Courtney Hodell

2:00-2:45 Exercises in Restraint When every word counts, and the text is short on pages but long on skill, you have encountered the meticulously honed short story. This and more will be discussed as authors Lincoln Michel, Padgett Powell, and Jessica Lee Richardson team up to provide this insightful look into the genre.

AUTHORS Lincoln Michel, Padgett Powell, and Jessica Lee Richardson MODERATOR Deb Olin Unferth 3:00-3:45 Not Safe but Sound How can we protect the ones we love? If we fail to protect them, what happens next? Join authors Matt Bell, Skip Horack, and M.O. Walsh as they consider how far people will go to believe they are safe and how blurry the line between dangerous and trustworthy can be.

AUTHORS Matt Bell, Skip Horack, and M.O. Walsh MODERATOR Scott Blackwood

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3:15-4:00 The Texas Lens The connotations of being a Texas writer is constantly changing. Join three writers, Mat Johnson, Thomas H. McNeely, and Sarah McCoy, who reside in Texas but write about topics as wide as the Lone Star State itself.

AUTHORS Mat Johnson, Thomas H. McNeely, and Sarah McCoy MODERATOR Becka Oliver

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4:15-5:00 The TBF and Texas Monthly

present Writers to Watch

The new guard is here. As selected by Texas Monthly, three writers are defining what it means to write about Texas now: Mary Helen Specht, Lisa Sandlin, and Stephen Graham Jones. Join us as we celebrate their work.

AUTHORS Mary Helen Specht, Lisa Sandlin, and Stephen Graham Jones MODERATOR Ben Fountain

The Beauty of Books House Chamber Sunday, October 18 12:30 – 1:15 pm

SUNDAY

Stateside Theatre 11:30-12:15 Old Wolf From Newbery Medalist author Avi with illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Brian Floca, comes a story about hunting and survival. In Colorado, raven Merla and wolf Nashoba’s ordinary routines are rocked when thirteenyear-old bow hunter Casey enters the scene.

AUTHORS Avi and Brian Floca

12:15-1:00

Wild Wild West

MODERATOR Rose Smith

Ride out into the Wild West with New York Times-bestselling author Jeff Guinn’s new novel, Buffalo Trail: A Novel of the American West, a followup to his beloved work Glorious. From Dodge City to the Texas Panhandle, this trek into forbidden lands to hunt buffalo proves to be fierce.

AUTHOR Jeff Guinn MODERATOR Michelle Newby 4:00-4:45 Old New Tales From the Border There is not a one border narrative. Authors Carlos Nicolas Flores, Manuel Ramos, and John Vaillant capture the dynamism of the America-Mexico border in these stories. From the Pancho Villa legend to dangerous border crossings to political escapades, these authors reach far beyond the stories you already know.

AUTHORS Carlos Nicolas Flores, Manuel Ramos, and John Vaillant MODERATOR Maya Perez

1:15-2:00 Texas Stories Unravel the interwoven intricacies of Texas history with Stephen L. Moore, Ron Jackson, and Lee Spencer White. From remembering the Alamo to legendary Texas Rangers who patrolled the western frontier, this session is sure to satisfy Texas history buffs.

AUTHORS Stephen L. Moore, Ron Jackson, and Lee Spencer White MODERATOR Michael Gillette

Texas Tent 11:00-11:45 Invisible in Austin Join editor Javier Auyero and some of his collaborating graduate students, Katherine Jensen and Caitlyn Collins, in discussion about Invisible in Austin, an essential study of the growing gap between wealth and poverty in a dynamic and overall thriving city.

AUTHORS Javier Auyero, Katherine Jensen, and Caitlyn Collins MODERATOR Alfredo Estrada

The Contemporary Austin —Jones Center 12:00-12:45 Strange Pilgrims What does it take to make art that is more than a painting on a wall? Art that is immersive, larger than life, and completely captures the complexities of the imagination? Journey into the minds of the artists behind the Austin Contemporary exhibition and accompanying catalog Strange Pilgrims-- an exhibition that reflects the complicated human journey through strange and unfamiliar spaces.

AUTHORS Strange Pilgrims artists 1:15-2 The Luck Archive: Exploring Belief, Superstition, and Tradition

Artist Mark Menjivar has a unconventional obsession— discovering unique lucky charms. For years, he has compiled The Luck Archive, a photo documentary documenting everything from rainbows, rings, and underwear to horses, pigs, and lottery strategies that served as good luck to people from all over the country. Join Menjivar for his discussion on humanity’s superstitions.

AUTHORS Mark Menjivar MODERATOR Lauren Cerand 2:30-3:15 Unbranded Four friends on a wild mustang (as in horseback) journey over 3,000 miles, from Mexico to Canada. What resulted was a documentary and a gorgeous collection of photos of the vast landscapes. The man behind the whole plan, Ben Masters, is here to tell the tale.

AUTHOR Ben Masters MODERATOR Steven G. Kellman

1:00-2:00 Mac Barnett Pranksters Workshop Want to pull off the best prank, one your friends couldn’t dream of? Attend this one-of-a-kind event hosted by bestselling author Mac Barnett as he inducts you The Secret Order of Disorder as featured in the bestselling book series The Terrible Two, which he wrote with his buddy and pal Jory John.

AUTHOR Mac Barnett 3:00-3:45 Kids VS Nature Anne Bustard, Louis Sachar, and Matt London discover just what happens when kids are face-to-face with the powers of their environment. Whether adventure is on a brand new continent, in Hawaii after a tsunami strikes, or in a dark forest, it’s always just around the corner.

AUTHORS Anne Bustard, Louis Sachar, and Matt London MODERATOR Tim Crow

2:15-3:00 I’m Your Biggest Fan Authors Kelly Link and Edward Carey both dabble in the unconventional, quirky, and sometimes dark, but each in their own distinct style. Join the two as they discuss their own writing, and what they totally love about each other’s work.

AUTHORS Kelly Link and Edward Carey MODERATOR Jill Meyers

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4:00-4:45 Small Victories With more than 6,000 gorgeous full color prints with bibliography and indices, this unique print reference book tells the story of a couple, Texan Dave H. Williams and his wife Reba White, and their journey to amass the world’s greatest collection of American Fine Art prints.

AUTHORS Dave H. Williams MODERATOR Thomas M. Hatfield

Capitol Auditorium (E1.004) 11:15-12:00 My Organic Life Ever wonder how organic food and farm-to-table caught on and become such a staple in American dining? Meet the pioneer and woman who founded the first certified organic restaurant, Nora Pouillon. She’ll discuss her candid and passionate memoir that spans over forty years of her own organic life.

AUTHOR Nora Pouillon MODERATOR Marla Camp

SUNDAY 12:30-1:15 Negroland Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and memoirist Margo Jefferson recounts growing up in a small region of African-American upper class families in Chicago during the civil rights movement and the genesis of feminism. With this point of view, Jefferson discusses race, identity, and American culture, through her own lens.

AUTHOR Margo Jefferson MODERATOR Shirley Thompson 1:45-2:30 Russophiles with Rhythm Jam out while acclaimed authors Anthony Marra and Rebecca Makkai discuss their collections of short stories about Russia (and much, much more). Covering an extraordinary range of characters and circumstance, this conversation is not to miss.

AUTHORS Anthony Marra and Rebecca Makkai MODERATOR Jennifer duBois

3:00-3:45 A New History Join Jeffery Renard Allen and Pulitzer Prize finalist Laila Lalami as they use fiction as a catalyst to explore an alternative history. Though these works may cover unfamiliar grounds to many, these inspiring protagonists tell a different type of slave narrative.

AUTHORS Jeffery Renard Allen and Laila Lalami 4:15-5:00 Asleep at the Wheel Yeehaw with iconic musician Ray Benson and his co-writer David Menconi as they talk about their new book Comin’ Right at Ya: How a Jewish Yankee Hippie Went Country, or, the Often Outrageous History of Asleep at the Wheel.

AUTHORS Ray Benson and David Menconi MODERATOR Doug Freeman

Extension 1.026 11:00- 11:45 Too Rad For Mom and Dad Memoirists Jamie Brickhouse and Harrison Scott Key talk about the heartfelt, humbling, and honest ways in which their relationships with their parents have shaped them.

Parents, you can’t live with ‘em, you can’t live without ‘em.

AUTHORS Jamie Brickhouse, Harrison Scott Key MODERATOR Donna Johnson

12:00-12:45 Let’s do the Genre Warp Again Punk-rock, sci-fi, and acid western?! Walk with Carola Dibbell and Colin Winnette down the trippy paths of their uniquely genre-bending novels, The Only Ones and Haints Stay in what’s bound to be an iconoclastic discussion as these authors explore the ways in which they twist genre to create something fresh.

AUTHORS Carola Dibbell, Colin Winnette MODERATOR Ryan Chapman

Extension 2.010 11:00-11:45 Where I’m From Join author Randy Fritz and Los Angeles Times books critic and authors David L. Ulin and as they talk about the ways in which the evolving landscape, for better or worse, of the places they live (Bastrop and Los Angeles, respectively) shape who they are and who they continue to become.

AUTHORS David L. Ulin, Randy Fritz MODERATOR Jill Christman 12:00-12:45 Telling It Like it Was Debra Monroe and Alex Sheshunoff took the road less traveled in their funny renegade memoirs, My Unsentimental Education and A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise: 9 Steps to Giving up Everything, respectively.

AUTHORS Debra Monroe and Alex Sheshunoff MODERATOR Suzy Spencer

1:00-1:45 Behind the Barrel Veterans Elliot Ackerman and Brandon Caro discuss their war fiction novels. Both novels explore the implications of war on all who are involved, from someone serving behind the front lines to young people forced to confront the war head-on, and question the nature of war and its purpose.

AUTHORS Brandon Caro and Elliot Ackerman MODERATOR Stephanie Noll

1:00-1:45 Big City Binds Join authors Benjamin Markovits and Karen Olsson as they discuss their urban-set novels, both centering on migrations to American cities as escape and opportunity.

From D.C. to Detroit, characters attempt to resolve their personal issues, while facing the issues that come with their surroundings.

AUTHORS Karen Olsson and Benjamin Markovits MODERATOR John Pipkin

2:00-2:45 Year of the Dunk Do you still have the untapped potential to dunk a basketball at age 34? This is the test Asher Price undertakes as he spends a year challenging his body and mind in order to perform the near-impossible dunk. Join Asher and Grantland staff writer, Kirk Goldsberry, as they discuss the desire to dunk.

AUTHOR Asher Price MODERATOR Kirk Goldsberry

2:00-2:45 What’s Your Disguise?

Authors Catherine Lacey and Anakana Schofield delve into the darker layers of the human psyche as they discuss mental deterioration, the masks people put on to hide themselves, and what it means to find one’s “true” identity.

AUTHORS Catherine Lacey and Anakana Schofield MODERATOR Callie Collins

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Neal Pollack and Matt Sumell’s characters try try again.

Join the novelists as they chat about two characters constantly hitting the reset button, albeit for different reasons. Here are two absurdly addictive tales of graceless men gracefully surviving through dire lives.

AUTHORS Neal Pollack and Matt Sumell MODERATOR Wendi Aarons

3:00-3:45

Faust was Here

Was Nixon not only not a crook, but America’s last defense against a supernatural occult?

According to Grossman’s amazingly warped alternative retelling, he might have been. Conspiracy theorists rejoice, this convincing tale will have people giving the moon landing and Watergate the side-eye.

AUTHOR Austin Grossman MODERATOR Joe Gross 4:00-4:45 Her Texas Multicultural, multiethnic, and multidisciplinary, Her Texas includes stories, essays, memoirs, poetry, song lyrics, paintings, and photographs by 60 Texas women. Some of the contributors are here today to talk about her own Texas.

AUTHORS Sarah Cortez, Carmen Tafolla, Mary Guerrero Milligan MODERATOR Katherine D Oldmixon

KIDS VS NATURE Anne Bustard, Louis Sachar, and Matt London discover just what happens when kids are faceto-face with the powers of their environment.

Whether adventure is on a brand new continent, in Hawaii after a tsunami strikes, or in a dark forest, it’s always just around the corner. authors Anne Bustard, Louis Sachar, and Matt London moderator Tim Crow

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Kids VS Nature Stateside Theatre Sunday, Oct 18 3:00-3:45 p.m.

Extension 2.016 12:00-12:45 Survival of the Fittest The protagonists in Nikki Loftin, Nick Courage, and Rebecca Stead’s novels were never supposed to live.

Whether battling cancer, a heart transplant, or surviving a horrific car crash, they’ve defeated impossible odds and are now left to discover themselves, their friends, and find out the reason that they live.

AUTHORS Nikki Loftin, Nick Courage, and Rebecca Stead MODERATOR Carmen Oliver 1:00-1:45

Thrills, Chills, and the Genre Defiance

SELFISH, SHALLOW, AND SELF-ABSORBED Meghan Daum, Geoff Dyer, and Courtney Hodell talk about the pressure to have kids, the balance of successful careers with the standard 2.3 children, and the provocative conviction that having children is not the only path to living a fulfilling life. authors Meghan Daum, Geoff Dyer, and Courtney Hodell moderator Courtney Hodell

SUNDAY

12:30-1:15 Behaving Badly Join authors Karolina Waclawiak and Ottessa Moshfegh for a discussion of their haunting new novels. From a Stepford-like suburbia to the halls of a New England juvenile prison, these two writers explore characters who, whether they like it or not, are not playing nice.

AUTHORS Karolina Waclawiak and Ottessa Moshfegh MODERATOR Amanda Nowlin-O’Banion 1:30 - 2:15 On Bodies In their unique and unsettling novels, authors Sarah Gerard and Alexandra Kleeman criticize American society, examine cult-like obsessions with bodies and food, and explore what it means in this age to be a woman.

AUTHORS Sarah Gerard and Alexandra Kleeman MODERATOR Vincent Scarpa 2:30-3:30 Break Up or Make Up? There’s nothing like a breakup, or the prospect of walking down the aisle, to get a gal thinking. In Cold Feet, Bedside Manners, and Valley Fever, authors Amy FitzHenry, Phoebe Fox, and Katherine Taylor treat the dilemmas of young women at pivotal points in their lives with heart, humor, and compassion.

AUTHORS Amy FitzHenry, Phoebe Fox, and Katherine Taylor MODERATOR Maya Smart

Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed Kirkus Reviews Tent Saturday, Oct 17 12 – 12:45 p.m.

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11:00-11:45 Getting Real Saeed Jones and James Hannaham bring the crucial Black Lives Matter conversation to the forefront.

Join Texas-native Jones and Bronx-born Hannaham in a cross-genre panel as they discuss how race and racism has influenced their respective texts and their poignantly unique perspectives.

MODERATOR Ryan Sharp 12:00-12:45 Jogging Memories If you’ve read either Madame Bovary or The Crucible, these stories are likely seared into your mind (if you haven’t: do!). In the deft hands of Jill Alexander Essbaum’s Hausfrau and Keija Parssinen’s The Unraveling of Mercy Louis, you’ll see glimmers, respectively, of these classics, but you’ll also see something wholly original.

AUTHORS Jill Alexander Essbaum and Keija Parssinen MODERATOR Michael Noll

Discover the compelling works of Gwendolyn Womack, Vu Tran, and Marc Dugain (The Memory Painter, Dragonfish, and The Avenue of the Giants, respectively), crime thrillers that move you with their lyricism, complex characters, and deep engagement with history.

AUTHORS Gwendolyn Womack, Vu Tran, Marc Dugain MODERATOR Geoff Ripps 2:00-2:45

Friendship, an Awfully Big Adventure

When best friends embark on adventures together in books by Lisa Papademetriou, Liz Garton Scanlon, and Nicholas Gannon, it’s evident a good adventure needs a good squad. Find out what strange and unusual circumstances bring these characters together.

AUTHORS Lisa Papademetriou, Liz Garton Scanlon, and Nicholas Gannon MODERATOR Suzanne Wooford

1:15-2:00 HUMANity Humans no longer have the upper hand in any of the worlds created by authors Marie Lu, Amy Tintera and Michael Buckley. Join these fantasy writers as they talk about what it takes to maintain your humanity in a world that is no longer dominated by humans.

AUTHORS Marie Lu, Amy Tintera, and Michael Buckley MODERATOR Mandy Curtis 2:15-3:00

Coming of Age in an Age of Older Ages

Join Steven Mintz as he discusses how the phrases “coming of age” and “settling down” are being used later and later in adult life in The Prime of Life: A History of Modern Adulthood.

AUTHOR Steven Mintz MODERATOR Jessica Grogan

3:00-3:45 Are You Ready for Some Football?

Clear eyes, full hearts can’t lose, and neither can these riveting books about football in the Lone Star State.

Join Bower Yousse, Thomas J. Cryan, and R. Gaines Baty as they discuss inspiring stories from the most beloved sport in America.

AUTHORS Bower Yousse, Thomas J. Cryan, and R. Gaines Baty MODERATOR Michael Sokolove

3:15-4:00 For the Win Mission impossible? Not for these characters. Margaret Stohl, Ryan Graudin, and Renee Ahdieh give us teenagers on a mission to protect those they love, whether it be saving the world from an evil Russian Madman, marrying a murderer prince with plots of revenge, or masquerading in a race across the world to come face to face with the world’s most well-known dictator.

AUTHORS Margaret Stohl, Ryan Graudin, and Renee Ahdieh MODERATOR Jodi Egerton

4:00-4:45 Ink Blots In times of hardship, both of the main characters in Lydia Gil’s Letters from Heaven and K.A. Holt’s House Arrest find comfort in written words. Through these acts of writing, both characters are able to come to peace with their situations that they might not have found otherwise.

AUTHORS Lydia Gil and K.A. Holt

4:15-5:00 Watch Out For Flying Kids!

In her latest nonfiction book, Cynthia Levinson shows how children change their world through circus arts--one acrobat, tumbler and flyer at a time. Watch as black kids and white, Israeli Arabs and Jews, overcome political, personal and physical obstacles.

AUTHOR Cynthia Levinson

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1:00-1:45 Poetry and place Poets Tomas Q. Morin and Major Jackson come together to discuss the process of painting images with poetry.

AUTHORS Tomas Q. Morin and Major Jackson MODERATOR Liliana Valenzuela

12:15-1:00 Standing Out, Blending In Join Allyson Hobbs and James McGrath Morris as they share their investigations into the tumultuous history of racial identity in the U.S. in their respective works, A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life and Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press.

AUTHORS Allyson Hobbs and James McGrath Morris MODERATOR Hopeton Hay

11:00-11:45 Paranormal Activity Whether you are seeking thrills, chills, or a little magic, this paranormal panel is for you. Unravel the mystery of a mystic murder in Nova Ren Suma’s The Walls Around Us, discover the art of magic in Daniel José Older’s Shadowshaper, and prepare to be uncover the sinister schemes of spirits in Paige McKenzie’s The Haunting of Sunshine Girl.

AUTHORS Daniel José Older, Paige McKenzie, and Nova Ren Suma MODERATOR Diane Hernandez

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Extension 2.028 12:00-12:45 Throwing Shade What to do when who you think you are twists and turns your whole world upside down? Join authors Meg Medina, Jessie Ann Foley and I.W. Gregorio as they tackle the difficult topic of staying true to yourself and sticking up for yourself.

AUTHORS Meg Medina, Jessie Ann Foley, and I.W. Gregorio MODERATOR Holly Green 1:00-1:45 Boxing, Cuba, Hemingway Brin-Jonathan Butler discusses how a search to understand the place that produces some of the world’s greatest boxers turned into a journey of self-discovery and an appreciation for a culture more beautiful than he ever imagined.

AUTHOR Brin-Jonathan Butler MODERATOR Lucas Shafer

SUNDAY

2:15-3:00 All American Boys Award-winning authors Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds come together to tell the stories of Rashad and Quinn as an incident at a gas station changes their lives forever. Powerful and honest, All American Boys gives a perspective of recent controversy through the eyes of teenagers.

AUTHORS Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds MODERATOR Vanessa Lee 3:15-4:00 The Train to Crystal City Join Jan Jarboe Russell in a discussion of The Train to Crystal City: FDR’s Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America’s Only Family Internment Camp During World War II, her latest book exploring the secret World War II family internment camps housed in the southern tip of Texas.

AUTHOR Jan Jarboe Russell MODERATOR Carol Dawson

4:15-5:00 Variations on a Rectangle

Enjoy the enchanting images created by DJ Stout as he discusses his career, his Texas heritage and its influence on his work, and, of course, what graphic design signifies in a maze of words on a page in his new illustrative work, Variations on a Rectangle: Thirty years of Graphic Design from Texas Monthly to Pentagram.

AUTHOR DJ Stout MODERATOR Greg Curtis

Central Market Cooking Tent 11:00-12:00

Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry

Come see food preservation expert Cathy Barrow demonstrate recipes and essential preserving techniques from her book, Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry.

AUTHOR Cathy Barrow

12:30-1:30 Toast Come watch as Raquel Pelzel reimagines the “bread and butter” of cuisine and demonstrates recipes from her book, Toast.

AUTHOR Raquel Pelzel 2:00-3:00 Food52 Vegan Recipes Whether you’re an omnivore or vegan, watch and learn how to incorporate plant-based recipes in your everyday routine from Food52’s Gena Hamshaw.

Texas Center for the Book Kick Off Ceremony Sunday, 10/18/ 15 1:00PM 1201 Brazos, Lorenzo De Zavala State Archives and Library Building Join the Texas State Library and Archives Commission for the launch of the Texas Center for the Book featuring children’s author and illustrator Carmen Lomas Garza, local author Sarah Bird, and other special guests Sunday at 1:00 pm.

3:30-4:30 Food52 Genius Recipes Food52’s Genius Recipes will have you rethinking the way you cook. Join Kristen Miglore as she demonstrates why exactly these quirky, innovative recipes are absolutely genius.

AUTHOR Kristen Miglore

1:30-2:00 Young Writers Award 2:00-2:30 Raúl Gonzalez III Raúl Gonzalez III reads from Lowriders in Space (Book 1).

INTRODUCED BY Laura Adams’ 4th Grade Students of Galindo Elementary

Children’s Read Me A Story Tent 11:00-11:30 Patricia Vermillion Patricia Vermillion reads from Hound Dawg.

INTRODUCED BY Tracie Johnson’s 1st Grade Students of Old Town Elementary 11:30-12:00 Jared Chapman Jared Chapman reads from Vegetables in Underwear.

INTRODUCED BY Elexa Antweil’s 2nd Grade Students of Casis Elementary 12:00-12:30 Phil Bildner Phil Bildner reads from Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans.

INTRODUCED BY Librarian Christina Nelson and Students of Odom Elementary 12:30-1:00 Raúl Colón Raúl Colón reads from Draw!

INTRODUCED BY Andrea McIllwain’s PreK Students of Blanton Elementary 1:00-1:30 Emma J. Virján Emma J. Virján reads from What This Story Needs Is A Pig in a Wig (A Pig in a Wig Book).

INTRODUCED BY Angela Holcek’s 2nd Grade Students of England Elementary

NEW THIS YEAR - THE ¡AHORA SI! TENT We invite everyone to join us in the new ¡Ahora Si! Tent, located west of the Capitol on Colorado Street at 12th Street.

This tent offers a diverse set of panels and presentations for the Latin@ and Hispanic members of our community, and anyone with an interest, across all age groups and genres.

Some sessions will be presented in Spanish, such as Invisible y sin fronteras, with authors Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, Javier Auyero, and Ricardo Ainslie, writers tackling issues of race and place through

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2:30-3:00 Jennifer Rustgi and Illustrator Ashley White

Author Jennifer Rustgi and illustrator Ashley White read from A Moon of My Own. INTRODUCED BY Mindy Bass’ 1st Grade Students of Gullett Elementary 3:00-3:30 Joel Nakamura Joel Nakamura reads from Go West!

INTRODUCED BY Lauren Berrong’s 2nd Grade Students of Galindo Elementary 3:30-4:00 Don Tate and Chris Barton Don Tate and Chris Barton read from The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch.

INTRODUCED BY Noelle McBride’s 2nd Grade Students of Brushy Creek Elementary 4:00-4:30 Andy Cotton Andy Cotton reads from A Puppy’s Tale.

INTRODUCED BY Sharon Marroquin’s 1st Grade Students of Becker Elementary

different genres. Bilingual storytellers and illustrators will present fun and interactive presentations for children.

Carmen Tafolla, the poet laureate of Texas, will participate in a Spanish-English poetry panel, and much more!

See the online Texas Book Festival schedule for more session details.

Carpa patrocinada por ¡Ahora Sí! con sesiones bilingües y en español Entrada gratis y abierta a todo el público

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2 PM

MY FATHER’S GUITAR AND OTHER IMAGINARY THINGS

HOW’S YOUR FAITH?

SEARCHING FOR BUBBE FISCHER

JOSEPH SKIBELL BOB MORRIS

DAVID GREGORY

KAREN GOOEN

BOOK LOVERS LUNCHEON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 11:30 AM

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 7 PM

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 6 PM

IT TAKES A LITTLE CRAZY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 7 PM

BLOOD, SWEAT AND MY ROCK ’N’ ROLL YEARS: IS STEVE KATZ A ROCK STAR?

JAMI ATTENBERG

BOBBY WONDERFUL: AN IMPERFECT SON BURIES HIS PARENTS Texas State Capitol, 1300 N. Congress Ave.

STEVE KATZ

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 7 PM DION NISSENBAUM A STREET DIVIDED

ANTHONY DAVID

AN IMPROBABLE FRIENDSHIP

DAFNA MICHAELSON JENET

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 7 PM SAINT MAZIE

LAURA DAVE

EIGHT HUNDRED GRAPES

LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN

SINGLE JEWISH MALE SEEKING SOUL MATE

JENNIFER TEEGE

MY GRANDFATHER WOULD HAVE SHOT ME

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UNCOVERED, HOW I LEFT HASIDIC LIFE AND FINALLY CAME HOME

LIT CRAWL! Lit Crawl Austin is a collaboration between the Texas Book Festival and San Francisco’s Litquake Foundation. Join us for madcap literary adventure on Austin’s East Side the night of Saturday, October 17.

NORTH DOOR

502 BRUSHY ST 7:00–8:00pm

Literary Death Match

Four authors. Three judges. Two finalists. One really epic finale. Judges: Chuck Palahniuk (intangibles), Linda Gray (performance), and Attica Locke (literary merit). contestants David Crabb, Helen Phillips, and Gwendolyn Zepeda.

8:30–9:30pm

Nerd Jeopardy: Booze and Book-Related Trivia

Taking a cue from a certain game show, this event will pit your favorite writers against one another in a test of literary knowledge and general chutzpah. Hosted by Ryan Chapman, author of Conversation Sparks: Trivia Worth Talking About. with Sloane Crosley, Austin Grossman, and Viet Than Nguyen.

10:30pm

Lit Crawl After-Party

GELATERIA GEMELLI

1009 E 6TH ST This venue offers a menu special for Lit Crawl. Ask for it!

7:30–8:15

Balderdash by fields and Deep Vellum

Join Téa Obreht, Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, Mary Helen Specht, Andrew Ervin, and Dan Sheehan for a rousing game of Balderdash, where they’ll attempt to trick you into thinking they know what they’re talking about when it comes to this whole words thing.

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1103 E 6TH ST 7:30–8:15

ABC/Story Department—Fiasco!

Authors bare all with true-to-life tales about a personal fiasco. Want to hear your favorite writer in his most fumbling moment, in the midst of some accidental shenanigans? Now’s your chance. with Brin-Jonathan Butler, Heidi Julavits, Rebecca Makkai, and Manuel Martinez.

CLAYWORKS

8:30–9:15

You Should Know These Poets

1209 E 6TH ST Ongoing Cocktails and Coloring featuring Latin Twist’s own Vianney Rodriguez mixing Tequila 512 drinks and Little, Brown Adult Coloring Books coloring contest.

You’ve been missing something in your life. You tried to fill the hole with a truck, a sweetheart, a breakfast taco.

You know all the bands and all the clubs. Why aren’t you whole yet? Because you’ve never heard these poets.

Come fix that. sponsored by Sasha West and Sorin Oak Review. With Ariana Brown, Tomás Q. Morín, Juliana Spahr, Paul Otremba, and more.

7:30–8:15

Bat City’s Round-Robin

1104 E 6TH ST

Three authors tap in and out of one another’s readings.

Enjoy the juxtaposition and collaboration of this literary mash-up presented by Bat City Review. with Jynne Dilling Martin, Benjamin Percy, and M.O. Walsh.

7:30–8:15

8:30–9:15

This Austin-based reading series features five writers reading on a theme for five minutes apiece. For Lit Crawl, we look westward—to desert and myth, West Texas and Las Vegas, lawlessness, city slickers, hipsters who surf, Will Smith at his ’90s steampunk prime. with Carmiel Banasky, Matt Diffee, Amelia Gray, and Kirstin Valdez Quade.

The future is a raw, beautiful machine, brought to you fast and fabulous by authors Matt Bell, Kelly Link, Lincoln Michel, and Laura van den Berg, and Gulf Coast. Expect words to dazzle and games to delight.

WONDERLAND

Five Things: The Wild, Wild West!

Gulf Coast—Back to the Futurismo

7:30–8:15

Catapult—Writers Catapulting Writers

Every emerging writer needs a strong catapult. Three established authors share short odes to the mentors who propelled their careers forward and then introduce a favorite future lit star. A night of signal-boosting, tequila, and bookish camaraderie. with Geoff Dyer, Sarah Hepola, and Jonathan Lethem.

8:30–9:15

Lit Crawl Against Humanity

This party game for horrible people goes literary. Prepare to be shocked, disgusted, amused, and titillated? Maybe?

Presented by Awst Press and Newfound. with Kendra Fortmeyer, Jessica Hopper, Matt Sumell, and Caroline Zancan.

9:30–10:15

9:30–10:15

Super Fun Party

Flash fiction comes to life in this special collaboration between NANO Fiction writers Kelly Luce, Jessica Richardson, Matthew Salesses, and Vincent Scarpa and classical music composers Russell Podgorsek and Hermes Camacho. Includes very short fiction performed alongside the Cordova Quartet.

1618 1/2 E 6TH ST

NANO SEHR Flash: Fiction Becomes Music

8:30–9:15

American Short Fiction presents Whose Line Is It, Anyway?

Award-winning literary magazine American Short Fiction hosts this game in which writers try to ID hilarious, lovely, shocking, or moving lines from each other’s recent books, and totally fail to recognize their own words.

Winner receives a Texas-themed prize. with Lauren Groff, Skip Horack, Alexandra Kleeman, Benjamin Markovits, and Elizabeth McCracken.

THE LIBERTY

7:30–8:15

7:30–8:15

Austin’s own LQBT storytelling showcase hosted

by Micheal Foulk and Ralphie Hardesty. With Jamie Brickhouse, Saeed Jones, and Maggie Thrash.

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Slice Literary presents a short story stitched together by multiple writers. How the exquisite corpse game works: One person writes the first few paragraphs. We send the final line of those paragraphs to the next writer, who continues the story. Then the writers come together to read their collective tale, without knowing where it began or where it will end. with Sarah McCoy, Keija Parssinen, Neal Pollack, and Sung J. Woo.

Fun Party is an Austin-based reading series where art, literature, and film connect. with Thea Brown, Nick Flynn, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, and Robin Beth Schaer.

TEXAS STATE CEMETERY

909 NAVASOTA ST

9:30–10:15

Slice Literary’s Exquisite Corpse

THE VOLSTEAD

1500 E 6TH ST

Gripping, eerie, and spooky tales from a raft of YA stars. With Jake Halpern, Stephen Graham Jones, Peter Kujawinski, Nova Ren Suma, and April Genevieve Tucholke. This event is for all ages. The cemetery can be dark—bring a flashlight!

SUNSET

CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE In honor of Zachary Thomas Dodson’s debut novel Bats of the Republic 1 million Mexican Free-tailed Bats will emerge from underneath the bridge at dusk. Don’t miss it! (Check out the Lit Crawl program designed by Zachary Thomas Dodson at Lit Crawl venues).

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Greetings from Queer Mountain

8:30–9:15

The Austin Review Presents: You Talkin’ to Me?

Come join us for a night of dialogue as authors read from works that best highlight their gift of the gab. “It’s your move. . . . You talkin’ to me?” with Elisa Albert, Jennine Capó Crucet, Catherine Lacey, and Thomas H. McNeely.

9:30–10:15

Kickstarter Presents: Who Said It?

In this quickfire trivia match, authors must suss out who said these alternatively deep, cryptic, and absurdly hilarious quotes—Elena Ferrante, Karl Ove Knausgaard, or Taylor Swift? with Jami Attenberg, Amy FitzHenry, Daniel José Older, and Karolina Waclawiak.

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Avi..............................................20

Charles D’Ambrosio.................10

Katherine Heiny........................10

John Markoff.............................19

Wendell Pierce............................7

John H. Sununu.........................19

Elliot Ackerman.........................21

Meghan Daum...........................19

Kevin Henkes............................18

Benjamin Markovits............21, 25

Leonard Pitts, Jr........................19

Todd Tarpley...............................19

Renée Ahdieh........................... 22

Margaret Lazarus Dean............. 9

Sarah Hepola........................ 7, 25

Anthony Marra..........................21

Neal Pollack.....................7, 21, 25

Don Tate.................................... 23

Elisa Albert........................7, 11,25

Heather Demetrios.................. 17

Kristin Hersh............................... 9

Ben Masters..............................20

Nora Pouillon............................20

Katherine Taylor....................... 22

Becky Albertalli.........................10

Carola Dibbell.......................... 22

Allyson Hobbs...................... 7, 22

Andrea Mays...............................11

Padgett Powell..........................19

Laurie Ann Thompson..............18

Jeffery Renard Allen.................21

Matthew Diffee................... 18,25

Courtney Hodell...................... 19

Sarah McCoy..................... 20, 25

Joy Preble.................................. 17

Maggie Thrash.....................19, 25

Mia Alvar.....................................11

Taye Diggs....................................7

James Hoggard..........................11

Elizabeth McCracken..... 9, 11, 25

Margi Preus................................ 17

Amy Tintera.............................. 22

M. T. Anderson..........................18

Jynne Dillinvg Martin.......... 11,25

Michael Hoinski.........................18

Cammie McGovern..................10

Asher Price................................21

Toni Tipton-Martin....................18

Ann Angel...................................11

Rebecca Dinerstein...................11

K. A. Holt................................... 22

Seamus McGraw........................ 9

Cory Putman Oakes..................11

Adrian Tomine............................ 9

Kevin Ashton.............................19

Zachary Thomas Dodson.....17,25

Polly Holyoke.............................11

Paige McKenzie........................ 22

Kirstin Valdez Quade.......... 11, 25

Vu Tran....................................... 22

Jami Attenberg.................... 7, 25

Marc Dugain............................. 22

Phillip Hoose.............................18

Jennifer McMahon.................... 9

Sean Qualls................................18

Janee Trasler..................................

Margaret Atwood.......................7

Chris Waters Dunn...................18

Jessica Hopper.....................9, 25

Thomas H. McNeely......7, 20, 25

M. Quint......................................11

April Genevieve Tucholke... 18, 25

Javier Auyero.................... 20, 23

Geoff Dyer...........................19, 25

Skip Horack.........................19, 25

Meg Medina........................ 18, 22

Manuel Ramos..........................20

Lily Tuck.......................................11

Kathleen Baldwin...................... 17

Andrew Ervin....................... 11, 25

A.G. Howard.............................. 17

David Menconi..........................21

Eli Reed......................................10

Peter Turchi...............................10

Carmiel Banasky..............7, 11, 25

Eduardo Espina..........................10

Harry Hunsicker......................... 9

Mark Menjivar..........................20

Jason Reynolds......................... 23

Damon Tweedy........................... 9

Mary Jo Bang.............................. 9

Jill Alexander Essbaum............ 22

Lynda Mullaly Hunt....................11

Lincoln Michel...........................19

Jessica Lee Richardson......19, 25

David L. Ulin...............................21

Mac Barnett..............................20

Shane Evans........................... 7, 19

Steve Inskeep..............................7

Kristen Miglore....................9, 23

Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford......19

Mark K. Updegrove.................7, 9

Cathy Barrow........................... 23

Dan Fagin.................................... 9

Ron Jackson..............................20

Steven Mintz............................. 22

John Rocco................................19

Luis Alberto Urrea......................7

Chris Barton............................. 23

Amy FitzHenry...................22, 25

Major Jackson........................... 22

Marie Mutsuki Mockett............. 9

Vianney Rodriguez............. 18, 25

John Vaillant.............................20

R. Gaines Baty.......................... 22

Brian Floca................................20

Sarah Jampel.............................. 9

Debra Monroe...........................21

Dennis Ross................................ 9

Laura van den Berg........ 9, 19, 25

Matt Bell..............................19, 25

Carlos Nicolas Flores...............20

Margo Jefferson........................21

Stephen L. Moore....................20

Antonio Ruiz-Camacho...7, 11, 25

Ashlee Vance.............................19

Ray Benson................................21

Nick Flynn....................... 9, 10, 25

Katherine Jensen.....................20

Pat Mora......................................7

Jan Jarboe Russell.................... 23

Patricia Vermillion................... 23

Ari Berman.................................19

Jessie Ann Foley....................... 22

Mat Johnson.............................20

Tomás Q. Morín........................ 25

Katheryn Russell-Brown..........18

Emma J. Virján.......................... 23

Lou Berney.................................. 9

Phoebe Fox............................... 22

Varian Johnson...........................11

Bob Morris.................................19

Jennifer Rustgi......................... 23

Karolina Waclawiak............22, 25

Phil Bildner.......................... 11, 23

Aaron Franklin............................ 9

Saeed Jones........................ 22,25

James McGrath Morris........... 22

Louis Sachar........................ 20, 21

Robb Walsh................................18

Erin Bow..................................... 17

John Freeman............................19

Heidi Julavits....................... 11, 25

Aya Morton................................10

Matthew Salesses............... 11, 25

M.O. Walsh...........................19, 25

Betty Boyd Caroli.....................19

Randy Fritz.................................21

Jacqueline Kelly..........................11

Ottessa Moshfegh................... 22

Lisa Sandlin...............................20

Wendy S. Walters........................7

H. W. Brands................................7

Nicholas Gannon...................... 22

Harrison Scott Key...................21

Steven Moss............................... 9

Liz Garton Scanlon................... 22

Amanda Eyre Ward.................... 9

Jamie Brickhouse................21, 25

Xavier Garza...............................18

Chip Kidd.................................... 9

Brandon Mull..............................11

Robin Beth Schaer............. 10, 25

Joby Warrick..............................19

Jeffrey Brown............................10

Jessica Day George.................. 17

Brendan Kiely........................... 23

Julie Murphy..............................19

Anakana Schofield....................21

Harriet A. Washington...............7

Monica Brown...........................18

Sarah Gerard............................ 22

Alexandra Kleeman.........7, 22,25

Azar Nafisi........................... 19, 20

Casey Schwartz...........................7

Renee Watson........................... 17

Michael Buckley....................... 22

Tavi Gevinson............................19

Bill Konigsberg.......................... 17

Joel Nakamura......................... 23

Chaitali Sen.................................11

Steven Weinberg........................7

Anne Bustard...................... 20, 21

Lydia Gil..................................... 22

Maris Kreizman..........................10

Mark Neely................................ 17

Rebecca Serle...........................19

Michael Weiss............................19

Brin-Jonathan Butler.........22, 25

Michelle Goldberg.................... 17

Peter Kujawinski................. 18, 25

Viet Thanh Nguyen.............10, 18

Bob Shea....................................18

Lee Spencer White...................20

Edward Carey...........................20

Raúl Gonzalez III....................... 23

Catherine Lacey...............7, 21,25

Téa Obreht...........................19, 25

Jim Shepard.........................10, 18

Ashley White............................ 23

Brandon Caro............................21

Dave Goulson............................18

Laila Lalami.................................21

Amy Odell...................................11

Alex Sheshunoff........................21

Dave H. Williams......................20

Tad Carpenter...........................19

Ryan Graudin............................ 22

Cappy Lawton...........................18

Chinelo Okparanta....................11

Adam Silvera.............................. 17

Virginia Willis.............................18

Gary Cartwright........................18

Amelia Gray........................ 10, 25

Jonathan Lethem.................9, 25

Daniel José Older..............22, 25

Scott Simon.................................7

Laura Wilson..............................10

Joe Cepeda................................18

Linda Gray............................. 7, 25

Cynthia Levinson..................... 22

Lauren Oliver..............................11

Joseph Skibell............................19

Colin Winnette..........................21

Jared Chapman........................ 23

I.W. Gregorio............................ 22

Kelly Link............................ 20, 25

Karen Olsson.............................21

Cynthia Leitich Smith................11

Jonah Winter.............................19

Ryan Chapman..............10, 21, 25

Rachel Eliza Griffiths..... 9, 10, 25

Eric Litwin..................................10

Anne Opotowsky......................10

Lemony Snicket.......................... 9

Gwendolyn Womack............... 22

H. C. Chester..............................11

Lauren Groff.........................9, 25

Attica Locke..........................9, 25

Paul Otremba..................... 10, 25

Jason Sokol..................................7

Sung J. Woo.......................... 7, 25

Robert Christgau.......................11

Austin Grossman.................21, 25

Nikki Loftin............................... 22

Chuck Palahniuk...................9, 25

Nick Sousanis............................. 9

Salina Yoon.................................19

Sandra Cisneros..........................7

Jeff Guinn.................................20

Matt London....................... 20, 21

Lisa Papademetriou................. 22

Juliana Spahr........................ 17, 25

Bower Yousse........................... 22

Raúl Colón................................ 23

Nathan Hale............................... 17

Emery Lord................................10

Gregory Pardlo.................... 9, 10

Mary Helen Specht........... 20, 25

Caroline Zancan................. 10, 25

Sarah Cortez..............................21

Louisa Hall..................................19

Marie Lu.................................... 22

Keija Parssinen....................22, 25

Ilan Stavans......................... 19, 20

Gwendolyn Zepeda............. 11, 25

Andy Cotton............................. 23

Jake Halpern....................... 18, 25

Kirk Lynn.....................................11

Stephan Pastis...........................10

Rebecca Stead......................... 22

Alan Zweibel.............................. 17

Nick Courage........................... 22

Gena Hamshaw....................9 ,23

Shanna Mahin............................10

Mark Paulda...............................10

Margaret Stohl......................... 22

David Crabb........................ 18, 25

Daniel Handler..................... 9, 10

Rebecca Makkai..................21, 25

Rena Pederson........................... 9

DJ Stout.................................... 23

Noel Crook.................................11

James Hannaham..................... 22

Mari Mancusi............................. 17

Raquel Pelzel............................ 23

Elizabeth Strout.....................9, 11

Sloane Crosley..................... 7, 25

Kate Hannigan............................11

Adam Mansbach........................ 17

Benjamin Percy................... 17, 25

Meera Subramanian................7, 9

Jennine Capó Crucet......... 11, 25

Gary Hart.....................................7

Marisa Acocella Marchetto.....10

Helen Phillips........................9, 25

Nova Ren Suma..................22, 25

Thomas J. Cryan....................... 22

Rachel Hawkins......................... 17

Ben Marcus................................10

Mary Laura Philpott..................10

Matt Sumell.........................21, 25

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2015 TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL PRESENTING SPONSORS H-E-B AT&T MAJOR SPONSORS Brigid Cockrum & Family Kirkus Reviews Texas College Savings Plan/Texas Tuition Promise Fund Texas Monthly Tocker Foundation C-SPAN2/Book TV Buena Vista Foundation St. David’s HealthCare Central Market Pentagram Austin American-Statesman CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS Brenda Thompson Communications Republic National Distributing Company Hillco Partners The Contemporary Austin The Whitley Group Clampitt Paper GOLD LEAF LEVEL Betsy and Hughes Abell/Buena Vista Foundation Laura Bush and the Honorable George W. Bush Kathryn and Donald Counts Eleanor Crook Herbert Simon/Herbert Simon Family Foundation T.L.L. Temple Foundation Sandra and Walter Wilkie AUTHORS’ CIRCLE LEVEL Ruth and Kenneth Altshuler Laura W. Bush and the Honorable George W. Bush Julie Blakeslee and John Spong Kay and Elliot Cattarulla Regan and Billy Gammon Jeanne and Michael L. Klein Doug Pitcock Suzanne and Marc Winkelman Katherine Wright/Wright Family Foundation Mary and Howard Yancy LEATHER BOUND LEVEL Karen and Ray Brimble/One Skye Foundation St. David’s HealthCare Locke Lord LLP Laura and Daniel Boeckman/Boeckman Family Foundation Ana and Alejandro Ruelas/Liz and Duff Stewart HARD COVER LEVEL Alex Albright and Clint Parsley Elizabeth Crook Mary Clare and Stanford Finney Harry Ransom Center Susan Griffith Luci Baines Johnson Mary and Tim Herman/Pam and Boots Willeford Hetta “Peaches” and Harris “Shrub” Kempner/ Kempner Capital Management Luther King Capital Management - Austin Mari and Greg Marchbanks/ The Greg and Mari Marchbanks Family Foundation Michener Center for Writers, The University of Texas at Austin Michele and Brad Moore Amy and Richard Paddock Janna and Steve Paulson Nancy Perot Sarah and Thomas Queen/Mary Clare Matthews/Denise Laurienti University of Texas Libraries University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Bower Yousse SUPPORTERS ($500+) Susan Crews Bailey Becky Beaver and John Duncan Christy Berry Susan Aspinall Block Scarlett Bowden Douglas Box H.W. Brands Susan and Peter Brundage Beth Ann Bryan Cynthia Bryant and Richard Holland

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Laura Bush, Honorary Chair Marc Winkelman, Chair Karen Brimble, Vice Chair Darryl Tocker, Treasurer Julie Blakeslee H.W. Brands Gigi Edwards Bryant Viki Chupik Kathryn O’Connor Counts Mary Herman Regina Montoya Wolfgang Niedert Amy Paddock Janna Paulson Sarah Queen Kate Rogers Ana Ruelas Dave Shaw Jake Silverstein Heidi Marquez Smith Paul Stekler Brian D. Sweany Leslie Ward Katherine Wright

GALA AND AUCTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS Gala Co-chairs Sarah Queen, Mary Clare Matthews, Denise Laurienti Mary Herman Tobin Levy Erin Quinn-Kong Amy Paddock Janna Paulson Ana Ruelas Philippa Rudolph Heidi Smith Brian Sweany Darryl Tocker Marc Winkelman Carol Wagner Leslie Ward Katherine Wright

FOUNDERS Laura Bush, Honorary Chair Mary Margaret Farabee, Founding Chair T.R. Fehrenbach, San Antonio Katy Flato, San Antonio Regan Gammon, Austin Laura Gutierrez-Witt, Austin Steve Harrigan, Austin Peggy Hubble, Austin Cyndi Hughes, Austin Retta B. Kelley, Austin Larry L. King, Washington D.C. Michael R. Levy, Austin Jack Loftis, Houston Sue Brandt McBee, Austin Carolyn & Joe Osborn, Austin Robert Skimin, El Paso Pam Willeford, Austin

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OFFICE STAFF Lois Kim, Executive Director Steph Opitz, Literary Director Kendall Miller, Outreach and Logistics Coordinator Claire Burrows, Operations Coordinator Alex Layman, Volunteer Coordinator Olivia Arredondo, TBF Intern Natalie Cormier, TBF Intern Elizabeth Dubois, TBF Intern Cassidy Kinnett, TBF Intern Jessica O’Shea, TBF Intern Madison O’Shields, TBF Intern Holly Rice, TBF Intern Hillary Sames, TBF Intern FESTIVAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Entertainment Roger Polson, Cash Edwards Exhibitors & Concessions Debra Saleny IT Arturo Castellanos Logistics Jann Girard Photography Bob Daemmrich Photography Public Relations Brenda Thompson PR Turn Key Events Bobby Loyd

VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE CHAIRS Author Guides Lari Bishop, Amber Shantel Hales, Matt Patin Author Transportation Julie Webb ASL Interpreter Tina Pippen-Blackford Barnes & Noble Cathy Lane, Garland Frey-Gardner, Delana Brandon, Deborah Helen Viator Book Signing Tent Jodi Boyer, Lindsey Case C-Span 2/Book TV Tent Jody Henneke, Kelly Lyttle Capitol Monitors Courtney Reid, Curtis Smith, Laramie Stroud Children’s Book Signing Tent Vera Vera Muniz, Brucette Beitz Children’s Activity Tent Mandy Gay, Brynn Cavanaugh Children’s Entertainment Tent Paul Doyle Children’s Read Me a Story Tent Laura Abadiano, Stephanie Kaynes Central Market Cooking Tent Christopher Thibert, Julie Krosting Central Presbyterian Church Elizabeth Stoddard The Contemporary Austin—Jones Center Jessica Bucheler First United Methodist Church Sanctuary Becky Adams Golf Carts Eric & Valerie Anderson Information Molly Dahlstrom Ledbetter, Arianne Thigpen Lit Crawl Jill Meyers Merchandise LaDonna Castanuela, David Stalker School Outreach Mandy Tucker Signs Josh Cano Texas Tent Bill Miller Volunteer Coordinators Ashley Carr, Cathleen Galley, Kristyn Pittman

S A T U R D AY HOUSE CHAMBER

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10-10:45 Margaret Atwood Goes First on The Heart Goes Last, mod Kelly Luce

CENTRAL PRESBY TERIAN CHURCH

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11:30-12:15 The Road to Happiness is Always Under Construction with Linda Gray, mod Kathy Blackwell

10:00-10:45 Reagan: The LIfe with H.W. Brands, mod Dan Oppenheimer

KIRKUS REVIEWS TENT

10:00-11:00 The History of Franklin’s Barbecue with Aaron Franklin and Jordan Mackay

THE S A N C T UA RY AT FIR S T UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

10- 10:45 You Can’t Bury a Crime with Lou Berney and Jennifer McMahon, mod Stephen Harrigan

(1201 L AVAC A , E N T E R F R O M L AVAC A S T.)

11:00-11:45 Jacksonland with Steve Inskeep, mod Brian Sweany

T H E PA R A MO U N T

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11:30-12:30 Trouble in Texas with Harry Hunsicker and Attica Locke, mod Scott Montgomery

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3:00-3:45 Texas Book Festival Celebrates Sandra Cisneros, mod Leslie Montoya

3:00-3:45 Doomed to Succed with Dennis Ross, mod Marc Winkleman

4:00-4:45 The Final Frontier with Margaret Lazarus Dean and Steven Moss, mod Ray Brimble

1:00-1:45 B&N Discvoer Great New Writers with Marie Mutsuki Mockett and Damon Tweedy, mod Miwa Messer

2:00-2:45 The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic with Jessica Hopper, mod Kathy Valentine

3:00-3:45 Wade in What Water? with Dan Fagin, Seamus McGraw, Meera Subramanian, mod Colin McDonald

4:00- 4:45 The Private Lives of Others with Lauren Groff and Helen Philipps, mod Ira Silverberg

3:00-3:45 All About Food52 with Gena Hamshaw, Kristen Miglore, and Sarah Jampel, mod Tom Philpott

1:45-2:30 Are We the Dystopia? With Mary Jo Bang and Laura van den Berg, mod Emily Bell

12:15-1 El Paso 120 with Mark Paulda

4:15-5:00 Don’t Suck, Don’t Die with Kristin Hersh, mod by Jim Caligiuri

2:15-3:15 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2015 with Elizabeth McCracken, Elizabeth Strout, mod Laura Furman

3:45-4:30 Women of Change with Rena Pederson, mod Heidi Marquez Smith

3:45-4:45 Everything But the Kitchen Sink with Amelia Gray and Daniel Handler, mod Owen Edgerton 1:30-2:15 A Muse and a Maze with Peter Turchi, mod Austin Kleon

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4 :15-5:00 The Thought Catalog with Casey Schwartz and Steven Weinberg, mod Robert Faires

2:00-2:45 Place and Race, with Wendy S. Walters and Jason Sokol, mod Leonard Moore

1-3 The Chuck Palahniuk Show

11:00-11:45 That Day with Laura Wilson, Dennis Darling

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4:00-4:45 The Wind in the Reeds with Wendell Pierce, Mod by Greg Vincent

(713 CONGRESS) THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTINJONES CENTER

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2:30-3:15 Mixed Me! with Taye Diggs and Shane Evans, Introduced by Steph Opitz

12:45-1:45 A Matter of Perception with Chip Kidd and Nick Sousanis, mod Evan Garza

11-12 This is a Very Fortunate Panel with Lemony Snicket

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1:00-1:45 Republic of Conscience with Gary Hart, mod Mark Updegrove

1:00-1:45 Amanda Eyre Ward in conversation with Christina Baker Kline

11:15-12:15 Talk of the Town with Jonathan Lethem and Adrian Tomine, mod Matt Bucher

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1:45-2:45 On Motivation with Jami Attenberg, Sloane Crosley, Sung J. Woo, mod Adrian Todd Zuniga

12:45-1:30 Can 140 Characters Describe a Single Life? with Scott Simon, mod Dave Shaw

11:45-12:45 The Poets with Nick Flynn, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Gregory Pardlo, mod Sasha West

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1:00-1:45 The 2015 Texas Writer Award: Pat Mora, mod Lois Kim

12:00-12:45 Infections Madness with Harriet A. Washington, mod Moira Muldoon

10:30-11:30 Meet the Kirkus Prize Finalists, mod Clay Smith

TEXAS TENT

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11:45-12:30 Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget with Sarah Hepola, mod Angela Ledgerwood

10:30-11:15 A Conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea, mod Antonio Ruiz-Camacho

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2:45-3:30 A Long Walk Home with Eli Reed, mod Steven Hoelscher

4-4:45 2015 Official Texas Book Festival Poster Artist Fatima Ronquillo, mod Rachel H. Stephens

( 700 CO N G R E S S) ¡AHORA SÍ!

11:00-11:45 The Sweet Life: Cook, Eat, and Entertain the Latina Way with Vianney Rodriquez

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11:15-12 Born on Tumblr with Maris Kreizman, Ryan Chapman, Mary Laura Philpott, mod Rachel Fershleiser

10-10:45 Vintage/Anchor Books Presents: Writers on Reading with Katherine Heiny, Ben Marcus, mod Kate Runde Sullivan (Director of Publicity at Vintage Books & Anchor Books)

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12:00 – 12:45 Ready, Set, Draw! with Joe Cepeda and Xavier Garza

12:30-1:30 The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka-Dot Pants with Eric Litwin

10:30- 11:15 A Cultural Potpourri with Charles D’Ambrosio and Eduardo Espina, mod Julie Buntin 10:00-10:45 In Search of Shakespeare’s Archives with Andrea May, mod Brook Wilensky-Lanford

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10:00-10:45 Difficult Conversations with Elisa Albert and Carmiel Banasky, mod Adeena Reitberger

11:00-11:45 Now That We Are Here with Matthew Salesses, Kirstin Valdez Quade and Jennine Capó Crucet, mod Manuel Martinez

12:00-12:45 The Many Faces of Texas Poetry with James Hoggard, Gwendolyn Zepeda, Noel Crook

CAPITOL EXTENSION ROOM E2.014

10:00-10:45 Youth Fiction Contest Awards Hosted jointly by the Texas Book Festival and UT’s Division of Diversity and Community Engagement

11:00-11:45 On the Edge of Your Seat . . . with Brandon Mull and Polly Holyoke, mod Greg Leitich Smith

12:00-12:45 Reading Between the Lines with Heidi Julavits and Lily Tuck, mod S. Kirk Walsh

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10:00-10:45 Things I’ll Never Say with Ann Angel, Varian Johnson, and Cynthia Leitich Smith

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10:00-11:00 Two Centuries of African-American Cookbooks with Toni Tipton-Martin, mod Addie Broyles

CHILDREN’S READ ME A STORY TENT

10:00-10:30 Monica Brown, Introduced by Judi Thompson’s 5th grade students of Zilker Elementary

CHILD R E N ’ S E NTE R TA INME NT TENT

10:00-11:00 Magician Kent Cummins

11:00-12:00 Chickies Activity Hour with Janee Trasler

CHILDREN’S ACTIVIT Y TENT

10:00-11:00 Austin Dog Alliance: Meet the Bow Wow Reading Dogs!

11:00- 11:45 Storybook Character Fashion Show Come Dressed as your favorite storybook character and walk the runway!

S U N D AY

10:30-11:00 Xavier Garza, Introduced by Monica Champion’s 3rd Grade Students of Becker Elementary

10:00 A M

MUSIC TENT SATURDAY

10:30 A M

Afrofreque 12:00pm

Manuel “Cowboy” Donley & Sylvia Donley 1:00pm

William Harries Graham & The Painted Redstarts 2:00pm

Los Aztex 3:00pm

Austin Lounge Lizards 4:00pm

Big Cat with Author Mark Proct

SUNDAY

11:00 A M

11:30-12:00 Bob Shea, Introduced by Stacey Ross’ 2nd Grade Students of Casis Elementary

1:00-1:45 It Happened One Summer with Bill Konigsberg, Adam Silvera, and Maggie Thrash, mod Jen Bigheart

12:00-12:30 Meg Medina, Introduced by Martha LeBlanc’s 4th Grade Students of Blazier Elementary

12:30-1:00 Bluebonnet Award

12:00-1:00 Joe McDermott

NOON

11:00-11:45 TBF and AJBF Present Joseph Skibell and Bob Morris, mod Zoe Miller

C-S PA N 2 T E N T / B O O K T V

11:00-11:45 ISIS Joby Warrick and Michael Weiss, mod Nancy Nusser

12:00-12:45 The Quiet Man with John Sununu, mod Tim Herman

KIRKUS REVIEWS TENT

11:00-11:45 Freeman’s Party with Tea Obreht, Laura van den Berg, and John Freeman

12:00-12:45 Selfish, Shallow, and SelfAbsorbed with Meghan Daum, Geoff Dyer, and Courtney Hodell

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11:00-11:45 Invisible in Austin with Javier Auyero, Katherine Jensen, Caitlyn Collins, mod Alfredo Estrada

2:00-2:45 ZACH Theater

1:00 PM

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1:30 PM

1:00pm

12:30-1:15 Negroland with Margo Jefferson, Shirley Thompson

1:45- 2:30 Russophiles with Rhythm with Anthony Marra, Rebecca Makkai, mod Jennifer duBois

1:00-1:45 Big City Binds with Ben Markovits and Karen Olsson, mod John Pipkin

2:00-2:45 What’s Your Disguise? with Catherine Lacey and Anakana Schofield, mod Callie Collins

1:30 - 2:15 On Bodies with Sarah Gerard and Alexandra Kleeman, mod Vincent Scarpa

12:30-1:15 Behaving Badly with Karolina Waclawiak and Ottessa Moshfegh, mod Amanda Nowlin-O’brien

12:00-12:45 Jogging Memories with Jill Alexander Essbaum and Keija Parssinen, mod Michael Noll

1:00-1:45 Poetry and Place with Tomas Q. Morin and Major Jackson, mod Liliana Valenzuela

12:00-12:45 Survival of the Fittest with Nikki Loftin, Nick Courage, and Rebecca Stead, mod Carmen Oliver

1:00-1:45 Thrills, Chills, and the Genre Defiance with Gwendolyn Womack, Vu Tran, Marc Dugain, mod Geoff Ripps

12:15-1:00 Standing Out, Blending In with Allyson Hobbs and James McGrath Morris, mod Hopeton Hay

1:15-2:00 HUMANity with Marie Lu, Amy Tintera, and Michael Buckley, mod Mandy Curtis

2:00pm

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11:00-12:00 Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry with Cathy Barrow

CHILDREN’S READ ME A STORY TENT

11:00-11:30 Patricia Vermillion, Introduced by Tracie Johnson’s 1st Grade Students of Old Town Elementary

CHILD R E N ’ S E NTE R TA INME NT TENT

11:00-12:00 Hand to Mouth Puppet Theatre

12:00-1:00 The Telephone Company

1:00-2:00 Bernadette Nason

CHILDREN’S ACTIVIT Y TENT

11:00-12:00 Austin Dog Alliance: Meet the Bow Wow Reading Dogs!

1:00-2:00 You’re Invited: An African Safari Invitation for Fun, Adventurous Children

1:00-2:00 You’re Invited An African Safari Invitation for Fun, Adventurous Children. Based on the award winning book, Tame Your Manners.

House of Rock and Roll 4:00pm

Greezy Wheels

CORNER OF 11TH AND COLOR ADO

11:30-12:00 Jared Chapman, Introduced by Elexa Antweil’s 2nd Grade Students of Casis Elementary

1:00-1:45 Boxing, Cuba, Hemingway with Brin-Jonathan Butler, mod Lucas Shafer 12:30-1:30 Toast with Raquel Pelzel

12:00-12:30 Phil Bildner, Introduced by Librarian Christina Nelson and Students of Odom Elementary

12:30-1:00 Raúl Colón, Introduced by Andrea McIllwain’s PreK Students of Blanton Elementary

4:30 PM

3:30-4:30 Me, Myself, and Awesome with Tavi Gevinson, Julie Murphy, Rebecca Serle, mod Sarah Pitre

3:15-4:00 The Texas Lens with Mat Johnson, Thomas H. McNeely, Sarah McCoy, mod Becka Oliver

4:15-5 Texas Monthly Writers to Watch with Mary Helen Specht, Lisa Sandlin, Stephen Graham Jones, mod Ben Fountain

4:00-4:45 Small Victories with Dave H Williams, mod Thomas M. Hatfield

2:45-3:30 A New History with Jeffrey Renard Allen and Laila Lalami

12:00-12:45 Telling It Like it Was with Debra Monroe and Alex Sheshunoff, mod Suzy Spencer

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3:00pm

4:00 PM

3:30 PM

3:00-3:4 Kids VS Nature with Anne Bustard, Louis Sachar, Matt London, mod Tim Crow

11:00-11:45 Where I’m From with David Ulin and Randy Fritz, mod Jill Christman

12:00-12:45 Throwing Shade with Meg Medina, Jessie Ann Foley, and I.W. Gregorio, mod Holly Green

3:00 PM

2:30-3:15 Unbranded with Ben Masters, mod Steven G. Kellman

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11:00-11:45 Paranormal Activity with Daniel Jose Older, Paige McKenzie, and Nova Ren Suma, mod Diane Hernandez

4:30-5:00 Jonah Winter and Shane Evans, Introduced by Samantha Gladwell’s 3rd Grade Students of NYOS Charter School

3:30-4:00 Boitumelo: Song and Stories of South Africa

2:15-3:00 I’m Your Biggest Fan with Kelly Link and Edward Carey, mod Jill Meyers

2:00-2:45 Year of the Dunk with Asher Price, mod Kirk Goldsberry

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4:00-4:30 Tad Carpenter, Introduced by Melissa Garcia’s PreK Students of UT Elementary

4:00-4:45 Old New Tales From the Border with Carlos Nicolas Flores, Manuel Ramos, John Valiant, mod Maya Perez

1:00-1:45 Behind the Barrel with Elliot Ackerman and Brandon Caro, mod Stephanie Noll

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3:30-4:00 Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford, Introduced by Natacha Jone’s 1st Grade Students of UT Elementary

3:00-3:45 Not Safe But Sound with Matt Bell, Skip Horack, M.O. Walsh, mod Scott Blackwood

12:00- 12:45 Let’s do the Genre Warp Again with Carola Dibbell and Colin Winnette, mod Ryan Chapman

11:00-11:45 Getting Real with Saeed Jones and James Hannaham, mod Ryan Sharp

4:00-5:00 Latin Twist with Vianney Rodriquez

2:00-2:45 Excercised in Restraint with Lincoln Michel, Padgett Powell, Jessica Lee Richardson, mod Deb Olin Unferth

11:00-11:45 Too Rad For Mom and Dad with Jamie Brickhouse and Harrison Scott Key, mod Donna Johnson

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3:00-3:30 John Rocco and Todd Tarpley, Introduced

by Brennan Cruser’s 2nd Grade Students of Casis Elementary

4:15-5:00 Bad Kid with David Crabb, mod Ralph Hardesty

3:00-3:45 Las Comadres Meetup with Nora Comstock

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11:30-12:15 If At First We Don’t Succeed… with Neal Pollack and Matt Sumell, mod Wendi Aarons

4:00-5:00 Keep Calm and Turn the Lights On with Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski, and Genevieve Tucholke, mod Richard Santos

4:00-4:45 Who is “LBJ “to You? with Betty Boyd Caroli and Mark Updegrove, mod David Smith

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4:00-4:45 The Mother of Westernized Yoga with Michelle Goldberg, mod Liz Belile

3:00-3:45 Silicon Valley ATX with Kevin Ashton and Ashlee Vance, mod Wolfgang Niedart

TBD

Eliza Gilkyson Austin Opera

2:30 PM

1:00-2:00 Mac Barnett and Jory John Pranksters Workshop

11:15- 12:00 My Organic Life with Nora Pouillon, mod Marla Camp

3:00-3:45 Blood’s Thicker Than Water with Renee Watson, Joy Preble, and Heather Demetrios, mod Syed Ali Haider

2:00-2:45 Give Us the Ballot with Ari Berman, mod Alberta Philiips

1:15-2 Texas Stories with Stephen L. Moore, Ron Jackson, Lee Spencer White, mod Michael L. Gillette

12:00pm

Who Do

2:00 PM

1:15-2 :00 The Luck Archive: Exploring Belief, Superstition, and Tradition with Mark Menjivar, mod Lauren Cerand

11:30-12:15 Old Wolf with Avi and Brian Floca, mod Rose Smith

4:00-5:00 Orphans, Troublemakers, and Misfits, with M. Quint, Kate Hannigan, Lauren Oliver and H.C. Chester, mod Topher Bradfield

2:00-2:45 Grank Park with Leonard Pitts Jr., mod Ricardo Ainslie

1:00-1:45 A.I. —Fact or Fiction? with Louisa Hall and John Markoff, mod Dalia Azim

12:15-1:00 Wild Wild West with Jeff Guinn, Michelle Newby

12:00-12:45 Bilingual Storytelling (Spanish-English, for ages 8-12)

2:30-3:00 Salina Yoon, Introduced by Shannon Henzen’s 1st Grade Students of Forest Creek Elementary

1:00-2:00 TLA Presents 2x the Fun Learn how to expand your child’s reading experiences with activities you can both share after reading award-winning 2x2 books!

12:00-12:45 Strange Pilgrims

(719 CONGRESS)

2:00-2:30 Laurie Ann Thompson and Sean Qualls, Introduced

by Andrea Tanner’s Kindergarten Students of NYOS Charter School

2:00-3:00 Joaquin Hancock, Family and Friends

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11:00-11:45 Bilingual Storytelling (SpanishEnglish, for ages 4 – 7)

3:00-3:45 Same, Same, but Different with Lynda Mullaly Hunt and Phil Bildner, mod Sharon O’Neal

2:30-3:30 Enchiladas with Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn

1:00:-2:00 Lucas Miller, The Singing Zoologist

( 700 CO N G R E S S) ¡AHORA SÍ!

1:30:-2:00 Joe Cepeda, Introduced by Librarian Randi Sather’s Super Readers of Perez Elementary

12:30-1:15 The Beauty of Books with Azar Nafisi and Ilan Stavans, mod John Trischitti

THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTINTHE JONES CENTER

4:00-4:45 The Inside Scoop from an Outsider with Amy Odell, mod Ann Gerhart

3:00-4:00 As Others See Us with Michael Hoinski

1:00-1:30 Kevin Henkes, Introduced by Stephanie Kayne’s 4th Grade Students of Brushy Creek Elementary

12:30 PM

3:00-3:45 Werewolves (not) of London with Kirk Lynn and Andrew Ervin, mod Stacey Swann

2:30-3:30 I.R.L with M. T. Anderson and Phillip Hoose, mod Sean Petrie

1:00-2:00 The Chili Cookbook with Robb Walsh

11:00-11:45 Storybook Character Fashion Show: Come Dressed as your favorite storybook character and walk the runway!

11:30 A M

2:00-2:45 The Art of Politics with Mark Neely and Juliana Spahr, mod Heather Houser

12:30-1:15 The Best I Recall with Gary Cartwright mod John Spong

HOUSE CHAMBER

11:00am

1:00-1:45 In A World with A.G. Howard, Mari Mancusi, and Erin Bow, mod P. J. Hoover

11:30-12:30 Lighten Up, Y’all with Virginia Willis 11:00-11:30 Katheryn Russell-Brown, Introduced

by Ne’Leigh Hamilton’s Battle of the Books Team of Popham Elementary

4:00-5:00 A Portrait of a Critic as A Young Man with Robert Christgau, mod Jeff Salamon

1:00-1:45 Embrace Your Inner Weird with Cory Putman Oakes and Jacqueline Kelly, mod Rita Painter

12:00-12:45 Truth and Fun in Fiction with Margi Preus, Nathan Hale, Adam Mansbach, and Alan Zweibel, mod Donna Bowman

11: 30-12:15 Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People with Matthew Diffee, mod Rebecca Beegle

4:00- 4:45 Groupies with Shanna Mahin and Caroline Zancan, mod Sofia Sokolove

2-2:45 Breaking the Peace with Robin Beth Schear and Paul Otembra, mod Laurie Saurborn

2:00-2:45 Star-Crossed with Chaitali Sen and Chinelo Okparanta, mod Natalia Sylvester

11:45-12:45 The Dystopian Mirror Reflects the Past with Benjamin Percy and Zachary Thomas Dodson, mod Paul Morris

10:30- 11:15 The Bee’s Knees with Dave Goulson, mod Juli Berwald

3:15-4:00 Wimmin’s Comix with Marissa Acocella Marchettor, Anne Optoswsky, and Aya Morton, mod Claire Burrows

1:00-1:45 In Search of a New Home(land) with Mia Alvar and Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, Moderatored by Laurie Muchnick

11:30-12:30 The Arctic(s) with Jynne Dilling Martin and Rebecca Dinerstein, mod Karan Mahajan

11:00-11:45 More Than Meets the Eye with Jessica Day George, Rachel Hawkins, and Kathleen Baldwin, mod Mandy Aguilar

3-3:45 Invisible y sin fronteras (this session will be presented in Spanish)

2:00-2:45 The Success of Timmy Failure with Stephan Pastis, Introduced by Michael F. Scully

1-1:45 Twisting History Into Fiction with Jim Shepard and Viet Thanh Nguyen, mod Nathan Rostron

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2:00-2:45 Latinas in Media and Publishing

1:00-1:45 The Right Word: Poetry in Two Languages

1:00-1:30 Emma J. Virján, Introduced by Angela Holcek’s 2nd Grade Students of England Elementary

Sessions are subject to change. The most up-to-date schedule is at www.texasbookfestival.org/festival-schedule. Author cancellations and schedule changes at www.texasbookfestival.org/updates

3-3:45 Faust was Here with Austin Grossman, mod Joe Gross

4:00-4:45 Her Texas with Sarah Cortez, Carmen Tafolla, Mary Guerrero Milligan, mod Katherine D Oldmixon

2:30-3:30 Break Up or Make Up? with Amy FitzHenry, Phoebe Fox, and Katherine Taylor

2:00-2:45 Friendship, an Awfully Big Adventure with Lisa Papademetriou, Liz Garton Scanlon, and Nicholas Gannon, mod Suzanne Wooford

3:00-3:45 Are You Ready for Some Football? with Bower Tousse, Thomas J. Cryan, and R. Gaines Baty, mod Michael Sokolove

2:15-3:00 Coming of Age, Sooner or Later with Steven Mintz, mod Jessica Grogan

3:15-4:00 For the Win with Margaret Stohl, Ryan Graudin, and Renee Ahdieh, mod Jodi Egerton

2:15-3:00 All American Boys with Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds, mod Vanessa Lee

3:15-4:00 The Train to Crystal City with Jan Jarboe Russell, mod Carol Dawson

2:00-3:00 Food 52 Vegan Recipies 1:30-2:00 Young Writers Award

4:15-5 Asleep at the Wheel with Ray Benson and David Menconi, mod Doug Freeman

2:00-2:30 Raúl Gonzalez III, Introduced by Laura Adams’ 4th Grade Students of Galindo Elementary

2:30-3:00 Jennifer Rustgi and illustrator Ashley White, Introduced by Mindy Bass’ 1st Grade Students of Gullett Elementary

4:00-4:45 Ink Blots with Lydia Gil and K.A. Holt

3:30-4:30 Food 52 Genius Recepies 3:00-3:30 Joel Nakamura, Introduced by Lauren Berrong’s 2nd Grade Students of Galindo Elementary

2:00-2:30 ZACH

3:30-4:00 Don Tate and Chris Barton, Introduced by noelle McBride’s 2nd Grade Students of Brushy Creek Elementary

4:00-4:30 Andy Cotton, Introduced by Sharon Marroquin’s 1st Grade Students of Becker Elementary 4:00-5:00 Inside Out Steelband

3:00-4:00 ZACH

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EXHIBITORS PAVILION TENT 3 (300–323) ¡ AHORA SÍ TENT!

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EXHIBITOR TENT 8 (800–807) TYPEWRITER RODEO BN POP-UP BOOK SALES TENT TEXAS TENT

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EXHIBITOR TENT 5 500 BOOK WOMAN 501 Annette Bridges - Chick Lit & Children’s Author 502-503-504 Penguin Random House 505 Malvern Books 506 Enchanted Indie Press 507 Usborne Books & More 508-509-510 University of Texas Press 511 Avian Kingdom 512 Mysteries by Vincent 513-514-515 Penguin Random House

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EXHIBITOR TENT 4 400 Bookforum Magazine 401 Javelina Books 402 Woodgate Publishing 403 Roaming Reindeer 404 David Luck, Author 405 Treaty Oak Publishers 406 Half Price Books, Records, Magazines 407 Celebrate Your Brain 408 San Antonio Book Festival 409 Houston Writers Guild 410 Cinco Puntos Press 411 Divine Canines 412 Texas State Library and Archives Commission 413 University of Texas School of Information 414-415 DeGolyer Library, SMU/Book Club of Texas 416 Waterloo Press / Austin History Center Association 417 Haymarket Books 418 The New School 419 Texas Folklore Society 420 Writers’ League of Texas

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EXHIBITOR TENT 3 300 Sisters in Crime - North Dallas 301 Alamo Bay Press 302 SNHU Low-Residency MFA in Fiction and Nonfiction 303 Sociosights Press 304 Pigsey Art 305 Dinos 3D! 306 DDA Publishing 307 Great Texas Line Press 308 Peter J Story 309 Myra Hargrave McIlvain / Stein House 310 L.A. Starkey & D.E.L. Connor 311 Belinda Vasquez Garcia 312 Hinkle Publishing, L.L.C. 313 Joyce Murdock Feilke & Co. / Bastrop County Animal Advocates 314 AUTHORS.me 315 Awst Press 316 Alvin J. Walters 317 Spider Road Press 318 Texas Bigfoot in My Backyard 319 Vanny Vorng 320 Crime Scene Books 321 Women’s Storybook Project of Texas 322 Systemic Evil Mat Perez v. the FBI 323 Katharine E. Hamilton

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CENTRAL MARKET COOKING TENT

EXHIBITOR TENT 2 200 Black Ink Art 201 Texas Library Association 202 Wings Press Public Studio 203-204 White Bird Publications, LLC 205 Texas Writers of Teen Fiction 206 Silverleaf Resorts 207 She Writes Press 208 Reading Group Choices 209 Arcadia Publishing & The History Press 210 Box Family Advisors, LLC 211 Mystery Writers of America Southwest Chapter 212 The Texas Observer 213 Texas Institute of Letters 214 Deep Vellum Publishing 215 Transformance 216-217 Drop Everything And Read Texas 218 SGI-USA 219 Texas General Land Office 220 Ahmadiyya Muslim Community 221 Kabbalah Publishers

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602 Globe Pequot 603 Useful Wild Plants of Texas 604-605 Texas Tech University Press 606 Austin American-Statesman 607 Austin Opera EXHIBITOR TENT 7 700-710 Texas A&M University Press and the Texas Book Consortium

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EXHIBITOR TENT 8 800 AustinDogAlliance.org 801 BookSpring 802 Bhakti Books 803 The Great Adventures of Rocky Racoon 805 The Hailey Foundation 806 Meem’s Little World 2 807 Barefoot Books EXHIBITOR TENT 8 900 Red Carpet Books

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THANK YOU, SPONSORS PRESENTED BY

2015 TEXAS WRITER AWARD RECIPIENT PAT MORA The Festival’s Texas Writer Award is given annually to a Texas writer in recognition of outstanding literary achievement. The Texas Book Festival is honored to give the 2015 Texas Writer Award to Pat Mora.

Pat has written eight books for adults, two poetry books for teens, and more than thirty books for young readers including Book Fiesta, I Pledge Allegiance, and most recently Water Rolls, Water Rises and The Remembering Day: El Día de los Muertos. In addition to being a prolific children’s book writer and poet, Pat is a dedicated advocate for bilingual literacy, in Texas and beyond. In a wonderful coincidence, while the Texas Book Festival celebrates our 20th Anniversary, Pat is also celebrating the 20th Anniversary of El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), a program she started to celebrate literacy with children of all backgrounds. The recipient of numerous accolades and awards, Pat has received a Pura Belpré Honor Award, International Latino Book Award for Best Children’s Picture Book, Américas Award, and the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award.

TEXAS WRITER AWARD SESSION: PAT MORA SAT, OCT 17, 1:00-1:45PM, HOUSE CHAMBER SIGNING: OCT 17 2:00PM

SUPPORT AUTHORS. BUY THEIR BOOKS. Enjoy the Festival! See your favorite authors, discover new ones, and have fun. A lot goes into bringing 300+ authors here. Do your part and buy their books!

Support authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas, and imagination. Proceeds from Festival Book Sales Tents help keep the Festival free. Get your books signed! Signings follow each author’s session.

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