The 2008 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival Presented by DeKalb Medical

2008 AJC Decatur Book Festival Schedule Highlights:

The Writers Conference @ DBF, presented by Poets & Writers and Agnes Scott College. Begins Friday, August 29, at 3 p.m. with a keynote address by C. Michael Curtis and Elizabeth Cox. Agnes Scott College. A Critique Group Success Story: Karen Abbott, Joshilyn Jackson, Anna Schachner, Saturday, August 30, 5:15 p.m. at Twain's. Writers Conference Happy Hour, Saturday, August 30, 6-8 p.m. at Twain's.

Keynote Address by Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate and New York Poet Laureate. Friday, August 29, 8 p.m. Agnes Scott College’s Presser Hall.

Madeline Children's Parade, led by Ludwig Bemelman's feisty French character, Madeline, and Bemelman's grandson, John Bemelman's Marciano. Saturday, August 30, line up at 9 a.m. At the corner of Clairemont Ave. and Commerce Dr. Parade begins at 9:30 a.m.

"The Lottery," by Brooks & Company Dance, inspired by the Shirley Jackson short story. Saturday, August 30, 7 p.m., Emory University's Performing Arts Studio.

Closing Concert by Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers, presented by Lenz Music. Sunday, August 31, 7:30 p.m. Downtown Decatur Square.

Signings at the AJC Tent, corner of Clairemont and Ponce de Leon. Olympic runner Jeff Galloway, Saturday, 11 a.m. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Marvin Arrington, Sunday, 1 p.m.

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Friday Schedule

3:00-6:00: Writer's Conference programs at the Alston Building and Evans Hall at Agnes Scott College
- 3:00-3:45: Welcome and Keynote by C. Michael Curtis and Elizabeth Cox
- 4:00-6:00: Writer's Conference Programs Begin
  - Poets & Writers Presents Rant Without Whining: Regie Cabico on the Art of Slam Poetry, for Teens Only
  - Doug Crandell's Olde Thyme Writing Workshoppe and Petting Zoo
  - David Fulmer's Sex & Violence: Writing About Them Without Sounding Like a Virgin Pacifist (18+ only)
  - Cheryl Klein on Writing Children's Books
  - Screenwriting for Animation, by Elliot Blake
  - Bye, Y'all: How to Write an Obituary, by Kay Powell
  - Show Me The Money (Nothing To Do With Jerry Maguire) -- The Art and Craft of Screenwriting, by Philip Nutman

8:00-9:00: Keynote address by Billy Collins at Presser Hall at Agnes Scott College

Saturday Schedule

Decatur Presbyterian Sanctuary Stage presented by the AJC 10:00-10:45 A Family Thing Kathy Reichs Kerry Reichs 11:15-12:00 E(d)ge(rton), the Filibuster John T. Edge Clyde Edgerton John Egerton 12:30-1:15 The Prince of Frogtown Rick Bragg 1:45-2:30 What Looks Like Crazy Pearl Cleage 3:00-3:45 Poetry in the Family Natasha Trethewey Eric Trethewey 4:15-5:00 Love the One You're With Emily Giffin 5:30-6:15 Broken Government John Dean	Old Courthouse Stage presented by DeKalb Medical 10:00-10:45 New Stories from the South Clyde Edgerton ZZ Packer Ron Rash 11:15-12:00 Young Ones to Watch Kevin Anderson Tobias Buckell Cherie Priest John Scalzi 12:30-1:15 Hot Sauce and MoonPies Mary Kay Andrews N. M. Kelby 1:45-2:30 Real Men: Saving the Males and the Pornography of Power Kathleen Parker Robert Scheer 3:00-3:45 The Girl Who Stopped Swimming Joshilyn Jackson 4:15-5:00 Down from the Mountains Ron Rash Lee Smith 5:30-6:15 A Threesome Eric Jerome Dickey Marissa Monteilh Fiona Zedde	Decatur Library Stage presented by Lenz 10:00-10:45 Long Time Leaving Roy Blount Jr. 11:15-12:00 Nothing with Strings Bailey White 12:30-1:15 Tales of the Out and the Gone Amiri Baraka 1:45-2:30 The Perfect Scent Chandler Burr 3:00-3:45 Prohibido Decir Toda la Verdad Raul Benoit Jorge Lawton 4:15-5:00 Blue Dixie Bob Moser 5:30-6:15 Sci Fi and Science Sidney Perkowitz J.P. Telotte	Decatur Conference Auditorium presented by Agnes Scott College 10:00-10:45 Growing Up the Way I Did Hadjii Randa Jarrar 11:15-12:00 Somebody Knows My Name Lawrence Hill 12:30-1:15 Of Hissy Fits and Hairdos Doug Crandell Celia Rivenbark 1:45-2:30 Garden Spells and Sugar Queens Sarah Addison Allen 3:00-3:45 Deviant Behavior Mike Sager 4:15-5:00 Publishing 101 Bram Hsieh 5:30-6:15 What I Did Wrong in a Place Like This Mark King John Weir	City Hall Stage presented by Stone Mountain 10:00-10:45 Slavery by Another Name Douglas A. Blackmon 11:15-12:00 Carbon and Energy Jay Hakes Eric Roston 12:30-1:15 A Conversation with C. Michael Curtis C. Michael Curtis Bram Hsieh 1:45-2:30 The Bible Salesman Clyde Edgerton 3:00-3:45 The Art of Skip Williamson Skip Williamson 4:15-5:00 An Afternoon of Poetry I Dan Albergotti Juliana Gray Paul Guest 5:30-6:15 SIBA Awards SIBA Award Winners	Decatur Presbyterian Chapel Stage presented by Public Broadcasting Atlanta 10:00-10:45 Spirituality for Our Global Community Daniel Helminiak 11:15-12:00 Mommybloggers Kristen Chase Mir Kamin 12:30-1:15 Mr. Sebastian's Secrets Patti Callahan Henry Daniel Wallace 1:45-2:30 Crime, True and Not David Fulmer Ron Stodghill 3:00-3:45 Marrying the Other Side of the Earth Suzanne Kamata Christina Thompson 4:15-5:00 South Carolina Stories Elizabeth Cox 5:30-6:15 I Hate Books Patrick Hughes Library Conference Room 1:45-2:30 Angels, Fireflies... and Buffy. Writing (About) Good TV Rhonda Wilcox 5:30-6:15 Marketing Your Published Book Janna McMahan Sarah Reidy
Target Children’s Stage 10:00-10:30 Madeline and the Cats of Rome John Bemelmans Marciano 10:30-11:15 Pop-Up with Sabuda and Reinhart Matthew Reinhart Robert Sabuda 11:30-12:00 Yo! Yes? Chris Raschka 12:00-1:00 Laughing Pizza in Concert Laughing Pizza 1:00-1:30 Splat the Cat Rob Scotton 1:30-2:00 Frankenstein Takes the Cake Adam Rex 2:00-2:30 Wren's Nest Storytime Wren's Nest Storytellers 2:30-3:00 Forbidden Tales: Sword Da Chen 3:00-3:30 Historic Fiction Kerry Madden Mary Ann Rodman 3:30-4:00 Ghost Stories Mary Downing Hahn 4:00-4:30 The Magic Thief Sarah Prineas 4:30-5:00 The Harry Potter Quiz Show Cheryl Klein 5:00-5:30 Kenny and the Dragon Tony DiTerlizzi 5:30-7:00 Teen Poetry Slam Regie Cabico Chris 'Cocktails' Cornell	Cook’s Warehouse Stage 10:00-11:15 Southern Cakes Nancie McDermott 12:00-1:15 The Thai Table Philippa Kingsley 2:00-3:15 The Art and Craft of Entertaining Kimberly Kennedy 4:00-5:15 Southern Cocktails Denise Gee	The Escape Stage hosted by Several Dancers Core 12:30-1:00 Something Wicked Alan Gratz 1:00-1:30 Hotlanta Denene Millner 1:30-2:15 Open Lunchbox You 2:15-2:45 Graphic Novels Hope Larson Rich Tommaso 2:45-3:15 Fantasy vs. Sci Fi Smackdown Brandon Sanderson 3:30-4:00 Pretty Little Liars Sara Shepard 4:00-4:30 Harry Potter Acoustic Rock Animagus 4:30-5:15 Break In Case of Emergency (This Book Could Save Your Life) Elliot Blake Joshilyn Jackson Jill McCorkle Chris Raschka	Eddie’s Attic Stage 12:00-12:45 Ghost Notes Arthur "Buddy" Edwards 2:30-3:15 Edson Bill Morrissey 8:00-midnight A Night of Singer-Songwriters at Eddie's Attic Arthur "Buddy" Edwards Bill Morrissey	Java Monkey Local Authors Stage 11:00-11:30 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles Randy and Pam Golden 11:30-11:45 Poems by James Davis May James Davis May 11:45-12:00 The Shifting Line Chelsea Rathburn 12:00-12:15 Reaching for the Moon Kodac Harrison 12:15-12:30 The Drifter's Wheel Phillip DePoy 12:30-12:45 Sylvia Cross Sylvia Cross 12:45-1:00 Land O’Goshen Charles McNair 1:00-1:30 After the Poison Collin Kelley 1:30-2:00 Sassing and Shadowboxes Karen Head 2:00-2:15 Face Blindness Megan Volpert 2:15-2:30 Poetry of James Sanders James Sanders 2:30-2:45 An Infinite Variety of Similar Things JS van Buskirk 2:45-3:00 Poetry by Mark Prejsnar Mark Prejsnar 3:00-3:15 Poetry by Jessica Hand Jessica Hand 3:15-3:30 Fish Log Randy Prunty 3:30-3:45 The Dazzling Land Brigitte Byrd 3:45-4:00 Ten Pins, Ten Frames Bruce Covey 4:00-4:15 Poetry by Travis Denton Travis Denton 4:15-4:30 Poetry by Katie Chaple Katie Chaple 4:30-4:45 Slouching in the Path of a Comet Mike Dockins 4:45-5:00 Poetry by Amena Brown Amena Brown 5:00-5:15 Poetry by Beth Gylys Beth Gylys 5:15-5:30 Poetry by Rupert Fike Rupert Fike 5:30-5:45 Writings by Robert E. Wood Robert E. Wood 5:45-6:00 Poetry by JC Reilly JC Reilly 8:00-10:00 Java Monkey Invitational Poetry Slam Regie Cabico Kodac Harrison	Emerging and Exhibiting Authors Stage 10:00-10:20 Interrations Jonathan C. Akin 10:20-10:40 My Soul It Knows His Mercies Nefertari Baraka 10:40-11:00 Counting on Friends Diane Belinfanti 11:00-11:20 For My Beautiful Black Sister Nathan Brooken 11:20-11:40 What I Would Say Claudine Cheatem 11:40-12:00 Diane M. Christiansen Diane M. Christiansen 12:00-12:20 No One Asked to Be? Edwin Clark 12:20-12:40 Conquest of Endless Life Oliver Gann 12:40-1:00 True Confessions of a Former ID Thief Ronald Hemphill 1:00-1:20 Gerald R. Howard Gerald R. Howard 1:20-1:40 Preventing Identity Theft Johnny May 1:40-2:00 Decade of Dish Michele Niesen 2:00-2:20 Patricia Patterson Patricia Patterson 2:20-2:40 Due Process Denied George Ritter 2:40-3:00 Beyond the Blues Ravry Sloan 3:00-3:20 Steppin’ Out of the Darkness Roderick Solomon 3:20-3:40 The Man in the Moon Tom Tancin 3:40-4:00 Poetic Profiles of Faith Tiffany Tolbert 4:00-4:20 Chasing Eden Ashanti White 4:20-4:40 How I Rebuilt My Immune System J. L. Wilson

Sunday Schedule

Decatur Presbyterian Sanctuary Stage presented by the AJC 12:00-12:45 Broken Government and the Pornography of Power John Dean Robert Scheer 1:15-2:00 Good ol' Girls Matraca Berg Marshall Chapman Jill McCorkle Lee Smith 2:30-3:15 Poetry Power Play Coleman Barks Judith Ortiz Cofer Kevin Young 3:45-4:30 The Suspense is Killing Me Mary Jane Clark Karin Slaughter 5:00-5:45 Clubs of Red Hats and Knitting Kate Jacobs Haywood Smith	Old Courthouse Stage presented by DeKalb Medical 12:00-12:45 Literary Mysteries in Place: France and Louisiana Louis Bayard Cara Black David Fulmer Ronald Gauthier 1:15-2:00 Very Fine Fiction Daniel Black Michael Morris Robert Olmstead 2:30-3:15 Down Town Ferrol Sams 3:45-4:30 Gay in the South Dr. Patrick Johnson Kevin Sessums 5:00-5:45 Words from Iraq PushPush Theater	Decatur Library Stage presented by Lenz 12:00-12:45 Fantastic Fantasy Peter S. Beagle Pat Rothfuss 1:15-2:00 Lillian Smith Awards Lillian Smith Award Winners 2:30-3:15 Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle Bill Curry 3:45-4:30 Breach of Faith Jed Horne 5:00-5:45 Graphic Novelists Rich Tommaso Ben Towle Robert Venditti	Decatur Conference Auditorium presented by Agnes Scott College 12:00-12:45 The Origin of the Milky Way Barbara Duncan 1:15-2:00 Writing My Special Child Mary Jane Clark Suzanne Kamata 2:30-3:15 Intercourse Robert Olen Butler 3:45-4:30 Awesome Strays Sheri Joseph Jack Pendarvis 5:00-5:45 The Fireman's Lovely Wife Elizabeth Dewberry Jack Riggs	City Hall Stage presented by Stone Mountain 12:00-12:45 The Dumbest Generation Mark Bauerlein 1:15-2:00 Memories Talk Back Hollis Gillespie 2:30-3:15 Bartram's Trail Revisted Jim Kautz 3:45-4:30 Politics in Georgia Arnold Fleischmann Carol Pierannunzi 5:00-5:45 An Afternoon of Poetry II David Kirby Tony Morris Chad Prevost Jake Adam York	Decatur Library Reading Room Stage 12:00-12:45 Masters of Short Fiction Jeffery Renard Allen Gerald Duff Janna McMahan 1:15-2:00 Family Memoir as Holocaust History: the Next Generation Looks Back Sonya Huber Mimi Schwartz 2:30-3:15 Poor Man's Provence Rheta Grimsley Johnson Decatur Presbyterian Chapel Stage presented by Public Broadcasting Atlanta 3:45-4:30 From Baghdad to America with Lava Jay Kopelman 5:00-5:45 The Words of Jesus Phyllis Tickle
Target Children’s Stage 12:00-12:30 Mutts Fly South Patrick McDonnell 12:30-1:00 Synchronicity Synchronicity 1:00-1:30 Thump, Quack, Moo Doreen Cronin 1:30-2:00 Snakes! Whit Gibbons 2:00-2:30 Owly: A Time to Be Brave Andy Runton 2:30-3:00 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Panel Adam Rex Brandon Sanderson Laurel Snyder 3:00-3:30 American Girl Evelyn Coleman 3:30-4:00 The Aurora County All-Stars Deborah Wiles 4:00-4:30 Picture Books! Babs Bell Diane Shore 4:30-5:00 Rob Cleveland and Friends Rob Cleveland 5:00-5:30 Tim, Sally, Paco, Oscar, and Friends Elizabeth O. Dulemba Grady Thrasher	Cook’s Warehouse Stage 12:00-1:15 Cookwise and Bakewise Shirley Corriher 2:00-3:15 Screen Doors and Sweet Tea Recipes Martha Hall Foose 5:00-5:45 Cornbread Nation Roy Blount Jr. Candice Dyer John T. Edge Kevin Young	The Escape Stage hosted by Several Dancers Core 2:00-5:00 Teen Literary Salon Vernaculars	Eddie's Attic Stage 3:45-4:30 The Lavender Boys and Elsie Tommy Womack 5:00-5:45 Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller Marshall Chapman 8:30-midnight Good ol' Girls in Concert Matraca Berg Marshall Chapman Jill McCorkle Lee Smith	Java Monkey Local Authors Stage 12:30-12:45 Suspense with Walter Sorrells Walter Sorrells 12:45-1:00 Poetry by Bryan Pattillo Bryan Pattillo 1:00-1:15 Soulfood Cafe Tavares Stephens 2:00-2:15 Poetry by Chas Chas 2:15-2:30 Poetry by Ebony Ebony 2:30-2:45 Poetry by Malika Malika 2:45-3:00 Poetry by Karen G Karen G 3:00-3:15 Poetry by Stefen Micko Stefen Micko 3:15-3:30 Poetry by Cambridge Cambridge 3:30-3:45 Poetry by Yolo Yolo 3:45-4:00 Poetry by Theresa Davis Theresa Davis 4:00-4:15 Flowers of Flame Dan Veach 4:15-4:30 Poetry by Memye Tucker Memye Tucker 4:30-4:45 The Geometry of Loneliness Lee Passarella 4:45-5:00 Winter in the Tropics Gene Ellis 5:00-5:15 Hanging Towels at Midnight Lynn Alexander 5:15-5:30 Poetry by Ruth Windham Ruth Windham 5:30-5:45 Poetry by Debbie Hiers Debbie Hiers 8:00-10:00 Java Monkey Speaks Open Mic Kodac Harrison Natasha Trethewey	Emerging and Exhibiting Authors Stage 12:00-12:20 Midnight Hours Vivian Zabel 12:20-12:40 The Ron Brown Scholar Program The Ron Brown Scholar Program 12:40-1:00 An Angry Drum Echoed Pamela Mueller 1:00-1:20 The Ugly Truth About Small Business Ruth King 1:20-1:40 Herren's: An Atlanta Landmark Bill Balzer 1:40-2:00 The Adventures of Lady Iris Pearson 2:00-2:20 Run, Jump, Play Leslie Grant 2:20-2:40 Sisters in Crime Patricia Browning Patricia Sprinkle Fran Stewart 2:40-3:00 Georgia Romance Writers Anna DeStefano Debbie Giusti Berta Platas 3:00-3:20 Pip Jane Harmon 3:20-3:40 Finder's Magic C.M. Fleming 3:40-4:00 Dream Catcher Publishing Dwan Hightower Hodelin Rene Sim Shattuck Anne Shuttleworth