The 2019 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is a two-day book fair this coming April13-14 at the University of Southern California University Park near downtown Los Angeles. It is the largest book festival in the country.
Date: April 14, 2019
Time: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Location: University of Southern California / Los Angeles, California
Estimated Crowd: 200,000
On the second day of the 2019 LA Times Festival of Books, the University of Southern California will be hosting the following talks and workshops:
Programs and Panels:
- 10:00 am
- LA Librería: Bilingual Storytime with Ms. Angel **Bilingual Programming
- Dystopian Fiction: It’s the End of the World As We Know It |Mark Haskell Smith, Ben H. Winters, Ling Ma, and Adam Nemett
- 10:15 am
- LA Librería: Bilingual Storytime with Ms. Angel **Bilingual Programming
- Dystopian Fiction: It’s the End of the World As We Know It |Mark Haskell Smith, Ben H. Winters, Ling Ma, and Adam Nemett
- 10:30 am
- Cultural Preservation through Writing, Curated by Marty Preciado | Yeiry Guevara, Yesika Salgado, and Karla T. Vasquez
- Biography: The Lives of Legendary African Americans | Marcus Anthony Hunter, Raymond Arsenault, David W. Blight, Ron Rapoport, and Jeffrey C. Stewart
- Young Adult Fiction: Who Am I Anyway? | Elissa Sussman, Kayla Cagan, Brandy Colbert, Sarah Enni, and Sandhya Menon, Aje, Kay Benjamin, Bridgette Bianca, Sequoia Mercier, El Rivera, S Pearl Sharp, Jaha Zainabu, V. Kali
- 11:00 am
- The Right Recipe: What Makes a Great Cookbook | Amy Scattergood, Genevieve Ko, and Ben Mims
- 11:15 am
- “Here No One Gives Up” | Dacia Arcaráz
- 11:30 am
- “Say Something” | Peter H. Reynolds
- 11:40 am
- “¡VAMOS! Let’s go to the Market!” Raúl Gonzalez
- A Lens to the Past: Historical Young Adult Fiction | Sharon Levin, Julie Berry, Tonya Bolden, and Melissa de la Cruz
- Evolution of the Game Grid, from Tron to eSports | Arash Markazi, Susie Kim, Mike Bonifer, and Jerry Rees
- 12:01 pm
- California and the 2020 Campaign: Political Correspondents Brace for the Horse Race | Mark Z. Barabak, Melanie Mason, and Eli Stokols
- 12:30 pm
- “Tiny T. Rex and the impossible Hug” | Jonathan Stutzman
- 12:45 pm
- REACH: Democratizing Technology, Tools, and Distribution to Empower XR Storytellers | Nonny de la Peña
- 01:00 pm
- Storytime with Dr. Gladys Felix, Reading from “Tito Puente, mambo King” by Monica Brown & “La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya **Bilingual Programming
- Illustrator of “No More Problems” | Dan Santat
- 01:20 pm
- What is a Data Desk?: How the Spreadsheet has Joined the telephone, Notepad, and Camera Among the Essential Tools for Practicing Journalism | Ben Welsh, Sonali Kohli, Iris Lee and Priya Krishnakumar
- 01:30 pm
- “The Chupacabras of the Rio Grande” | Co-authors Adam Gidwitz & David Bowles
- Storytime with Susie Jaramillo, Creator of “Canticos” **Bilingual Programming
- Middle Grade Fiction: Grown Up Challenges | Brandy Colbert, Marie Cruz, Meg Medina, Karyn Parsons, and Lisa Ramee
- 02:00 pm
- av Akyüz, Illustrator of “Bear Moves” Sav Akyüz
- 02:30 pm
- “Gloria Takes a Stand | Author & Illustrator Jessica Rinker & Daria Peoples-Riley
- ANew Era of Power in Sacramento: Covering Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Challenges of California
- 03:00 pm
- Rosana Sullivan, Author of “Mommy Sayang” Rosana Sullivan
- In My Feelings: Young Adult Rom Coms
- 03:40 pm
- Los Angeles: The Sports Capital of the World | Angel Rodriguez, Bill Plaschke, Dylan Hernandez, Helene Elliott, and Gary Klein
- 04:00 pm
- Eva Chen & Derek Desierto, Author & Illustrator of “Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes” |Derek Desierto & Eva Chen
- 04:30 pm
- LA Librería: ZIG ZAG, ¡Un ABECÉ, en dos idiomas a la vez! ABC’s, in two languages, please! **Bilingual Programming Rochelle Newman & Alonso Nùñez
Conversations & Interviews
Gabriel Union talks about her book, We’re Going to Need More Wine, during last year’s LA Times Festival of Books.
- 10:30 am
- Never Shut Up: The Life, Opinions, and Unexpected Adventures of an NFL Outlier by Author Marcellus Wiley | Interview by Angel Rodriguez
- Joyce Carol Oates, Author of “Hazards of Time Travel”
- Laila Lalami, Author of “The Other Americans”
- Connections and Consequences: Young Adult Fiction
- Notes From The ‘Ovary Office’: A Celebration of Wombin
- Creating Safe Spaces: Bullying, Violence, and Safety
- Science Fiction: Worlds Beyond Our Own
- Karamo Brown, Author of “My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope | Interview by Yvonne Villarreal
- SPHERES: The Songs of the Cosmos In Virtual Reality | Eliza McNitt
- Fiction: Calamity and Chaos
- 11:00 am
- Bret Easton Ellis, Author of “White”
- Trade Memoirs: Searching For Serenity
- Young Adult Fiction: writing The Real World
- Walter Mosley, Author of “Down the River Unto the Sea”
- CNN en Español’s Juan Carlos Lopez & Mario Gonzalez Conversation with Authors Reyna Grande & Julissa Arce (Spanish)
- Funny With a Twist: Putting the Personal in Pop Culture
- Bret Easton Ellis, Author of “White”
- Trade Memoirs: Searching For Serenity
- Young Adult Fiction: writing The Real World
- Walter Mosley, Author of “Down the River Unto the Sea”
- CNN en Español’s Juan Carlos Lopez & Mario Gonzalez Conversation with Authors Reyna Grande & Julissa Arce (Spanish)
- Funny With a Twist: Putting the Personal in Pop Culture
- Memoir: Exploring Life in Small Passages
- Memoir: Voices of the Black American Experience
- Music and Emotion: Sonic storytelling using Tactile Audio technology
- Aren’t We American? Race, Class, Immigration, and Citizenship
- History: Terror on the Home Front
- Books: What It Means to Be a Reader
- Amber Tamblyn, Author of “Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution | Interview by Mariel Garza
- Girls to the Front: Women Breaking Barriers
- Fiction: Versions of California
- Literary Endings: Death in the Novel
- Chelsea Clinton, Author of “Don’t Let Them Disappear”
- Freedom of the Press: Reporting in the Age of Trump
- 12:30 pm
- Amber Tamblyn, Author of “Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution | Interview by Mariel Garza
- Girls to the Front: Women Breaking Barriers
- Fiction: Versions of California
- Literary Endings: Death in the Novel
- Chelsea Clinton, Author of “Don’t Let Them Disappear”
- Freedom of the Press: Reporting in the Age of Trump
- 01:00 pm
- Essays and Memoir: Living Our Best Lives
- 01:30 pm
- Janet Napolitano, Author of “How Safe Are We: Homeland Security Since 9/11 | Interview by Scott Kraft
- Earth, Air, Fire, Water: The Environment in Crisis
- Leigh Bardugo, Author of “King of Scars”
- Blow ‘Em Up: Writing the High Octane Thriller
- Sound Trip: An Immersive Experience
- Chernobyl As Told On Page and Screen
- Where Do We Go From Here? Contextualizing This American Moment
- Food Justice for All? Food Security in L.A.
- 2:00 pm
- Jen Sincero, Author of “You Are a Badass Every Day,”
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Author of “Minutes of Glory,”
- Off the Record: Contemporary Political Fiction
- T.C. Boyle, Author of “Outside Looking In,”
- Rebel Radio Podcast
- 2:30 pm
- Justine Bateman, Author of “Fame: The Hijacking of Reality,” interviewed by Deborah Vankin Deborah Vankin & Justine Bateman
- In Conversation: Pepe Garza, Luciano Luna, & Abraham Vazquez Interviewed by Camilo Egaña
- Memoir: Queer Coming-of-Age
- 3:00 pm
- Marion Ross, Author of “My Days: Happy and Otherwise,” interviewed by Patt Morrison
- Outside the Bubble: the Politics of Citizenship Across America
- Story Craft: Writing Short Ficiton
- Music Storytelling Unplugged with Linda Perry, Beatie Wolfe, Jason Flom and Kerry Brown
- A Singular Focus: Chasing The Hidden Story
- Day to Day: Finding A Way to a Better Self
- 3:45 pm
- In Conversation: LA Librería Presents the Challenges of Biliteracy
- 4:00 pm
- Writing & Publishing: Inside Stories of the Book Business
Readings
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- 10:00 am
- Reading from “How to Love a Country” | Richard Blanco
- 10:20 am
- Reading from “Sunbathing on Tyrone Power’s Grave” | Kim Dower
- 10:40 am
- Reading from “Bright Stain” | Francesca Bell
- 11:00 am
- Reading from “Do Not Open This Math Book” | Danica McKellar
- 11:15 am
- “Here No One Gives Up” | Dacia Arcaráz
- Reading from “Every Ravening Thing” | Marsha de la O
- 11:40 am
- Reading from “Rattlesnake Allegory” | Joe Jiménez
- 12:30 pm
- Reading from “Rattlesnake Allegory” | Joe Jiménez
- 12:45 pm
- Reading from “House of McQueen” | Valerie Wallace
- Reading from “bury it” |Sam Sax
- Reading from “Broken Kingdom” | Michelle Bitting
- 01:40 pm
- Reading from “These Many Rooms” | Laure-Anne Bosselaar
- 02:00 pm
- eading from “Swift: New and Selected Poems” | David Baker
- 02:20 pm
- Reading from “The Thin Wall” | Martha Rhodes
- 02:40 pm
- Reading from “Birnam Wood” | Hélène Cardona
- 03:40 pm
- Reading from “After Party” | Noah Blaustein
- 04:00 pm
- Reading from “A Portrait of the Self as Nation” | Marilyn Chin
- 04:20 pm
- Reading from “Open Late” | Rex Wilder
- 04:40 pm
- Reading from “The War Chamber Ministry” | Michael C. Ford
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