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Festival Schedule

Book Festival Schedule (as of July 22, 2008)

Author events take place at Courthouse Square and three off-site locations within
walking distance. Click to download a schedule or download a map (requires Adobe Reader).

 

MAIN STAGE

TARGET

UNDER 18s TENT

SR PUBLIC LIBRARY FORUM ROOM

ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY

LITERARY ARTS GUILD BOOTH

CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

Courthouse Square

Courthouse Square

3rd St & E

404 Mendocino Ave

Courthouse Square

100 Santa Rosa Ave

10 AM

Mike Tuggle

Terry Ehret

Dan Bellm

Ruth Stotter

Noelle Oxenhandler

Rose Murphy

Californian Writers Club (Redwood Branch) with Karen Batchelor

WRITING TRUTH:

LOCAL HISTORY WITH GAYE LEBARON

George Rathmell

Tom Kendrick

Mary Lynn Archibald

Lauren Coodley

11 AM

Gillian Wegener

Andrew Demcak

Lynne Knight

Elizabeth Gomez

Cristina Garcia

James Tipton

The Sitting Room with JJ Wilson

THE RIPE STUFF:

WOMEN WRITERS WITH EXPERIENCE

with Susan Swartz

Brenda Kinsel

Adair Lara

 

NOON

THE BIG READ

LUNCH BREAK

LUNCH BREAK

LUNCH BREAK

LUNCH BREAK

LUNCH BREAK

1 PM

 

Jack & Adelle Foley

Ellen Bass

Lee Slonimsky

 

Gianna Marino

Julia Whitty

Peter Orner

Ken Kolsburn and the Peace Symbol

EVERYBODY LOVES A MYSTERY with Shelley Singer

Karen Batchelor

Linda Morganstein

Seth Harwood

2 PM

Judy Grahn & Anne Carol

Robert Sward

Stephen Kessler

 

 

Megan McDonald & Katherine Tillotson

Jonah Raskin

 

 

Toni Mirosovich

NEW WAYS TO GET YOUR BOOK OUT THERE with

Gil Mansergh

Kembell Scott

Seth Harwood

Tom Kendrick

MORE INCONVIENT TRUTHS

with Barbara Baer

Susan Griffin

Lisa Margonelli

3 PM

 

devorah major

Julia B. Levine

David Smith-Ferri

ART & WRITING:

THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS

All previous presenters plus

Thomas Yeates

 

WAR, MEDIA & PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS:

2008 AND BEYOND

Norman Solomon

with Paul Gullixson

TELLING LIES: THE ART OF FICTION

Marianne Ware

Lizann Bassham

Alta Ifland

 

WRITERS TEACHING WRITING with

Dan Coshnear

Jordan Rosenfeld

Becca Lawton

Toni Mirosevich

4 PM

 

 

Karen Paik and Pixar

David Harris

LIFE, WITH THE DULL BITS LEFT OUT: with

Susan Bono

Doris Murphy

Mab Maher

Meredith Norton

Ellen Boneparth

 

THE FAME GAME:

THE FORTUNES & MISFORTUNES OF  SUCCESS with

Jonah Raskin

Noelle Oxenhandler

Ianthe Brautigan

Stephen Kessler

Lauren Coodley


Target
Target
Northern California Independent BooksellersIndependent Booksellers AssociationAssociation
Northern California
Independent Booksellers
Association
Sonoma County Library
Sonoma County Library
KRCB
KRCB
La Voz Bilingual News
La Voz Bilingual News
Clone Digital Print & Copy
Clone Digital Print & Copy
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
The Sitting Room
The Sitting Room
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Paradise Ridge Winery
Paradise Ridge Winery
Press Democrat logo
The Press Democrat
City of Santa Rosa
City of Santa Rosa
Arts Council of Sonoma County
Arts Council of Sonoma County
The Krush 95.9
KRSH
KNOB 96.7
KNOB
Exitos 100.9
KXTS
  Art District
Arts District