The AJC Decatur Book Festival Presented By DeKalb Medical 2009 Schedule
Friday
Maclean Auditorium in Presser Hall
3:00-4:00: Writers Conference Keynote featuring Kaylie Jones
Presser Hall
8:00-9:00: The Vital Future of the Printed Word featuring Sir Harold Evans
Saturday
City Hall Stage
10:00-10:45: All Roads Lead to...: The Journey in Southern Fiction featuring Amanda Gable and Jim Grimsley 11:15-12:00: Latino Immigrants in the U.S. South featuring James Johnson, Mary Odem and Elaine Lacy 12:30-1:15: How to Move a Body, and Other Useful Skills featuring Stephanie Bond 1:45-2:30: Art Comics featuring Eleanor Davis and Brian Ralph 3:00-3:45: Environmental History and the American South featuring Albert Way, Claire Strom and Christopher Manganiello 4:15-5:00: The Lazy Environmentalist featuring Josh Dorfman 5:30-6:15: A Sultry Afternoon (18+) featuring Selena Montgomery, Fiona Zedde and Skyy
Cooks Warehouse Stage
11:00-1:00: Cooking in the South featuring Johnnie Gabriel 1:00-2:30: Bakewise featuring Shirley Corriher 3:00-4:30: Tea with a Twist featuring Lisa Boalt Richardson
Decatur Conference Center Stage
10:00-10:45: Morning Poetry featuring Laurel Blossom and Lytton Smith 11:15-12:00: Putting Jesus on a Dollar Bill featuring Zachary Steele 12:30-1:00: Fresh Victories featuring C. Dale Young and James Hall 1:45-2:30: Three Debut Novels featuring Shawn Stewart Ruff, Collin Kelley and Z Egloff 3:00-3:45: The Real Doc Hollywood featuring Neil Shulman 4:15-5:00: Moving Forward and Looking Back featuring Jessica Handler and Kaylie Jones 5:30-6:15: Teaching Graphic Novels featuring Hester Lee Furey and Julie Kubala
Decatur Library Stage
10:00-10:45: Mostly Online News featuring Patrik Jonsson and Mary Wiltenburg 11:15-12:00: Screening a Lynching featuring Matthew Bernstein 12:30-1:15: Glimpses of Eudora featuring Pearl McHaney 1:45-2:30: Obama, So Far featuring Niall Stanage 3:00-3:45: Bold Strokes featuring J.M. Redmann, Radclyffe and Kim Baldwin 4:15-5:00: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta featuring Marc Wortman 5:30-6:15: Big Fish, Half-Mammals, Magicians, and Madmen: Two Guys Talk About Writing featuring George Singleton and Daniel Wallace
Decatur Presbyterian Sanctuary Stage
10:00-10:45: Fixing Up the Lake House featuring Haywood Smith and Mary Kay Andrews 11:15-12:00: Words of South Asia featuring Ruby Lal, Sohrab Homi Fracis and Shilpa Agarwal 12:30-1:15: Outlander featuring Diana Gabaldon 1:45-2:30: Four Corners of the Sky featuring Michael Malone 3:00-3:45: New Voices of the South featuring Susan Rebecca White, Kathryn Stockett and Todd Johnson 4:15-5:00: Outcasts United featuring Warren St. John 5:30-6:15: The Pulpwood Queen on Book Clubs featuring Kathy Patrick
Eddie's Attic Stage
12:00-12:45: Driving Music City featuring Diane Durrett 1:15-2:00: Ghosts in the Crawl Space featuring Gino Brogdon and Julius Thompson 2:30-3:15: A Sign From God featuring David Olney 3:45-4:30: Life, Music, and Love in New Orleans featuring Paul Sanchez 5:00-5:45: The Million Dollar Demise featuring RM Johnson 8:00-10:00: David Olney, Paul Sanchez, and Diane Durrett in Concert featuring Paul Sanchez, Diane Durrett and David Olney
Emerging Authors Stage
10:00-10:15: Rose Shackelford 10:15-10:30: Larry Corse 10:30-10:45: Michelle & Deana Easley 10:45-11:00: Leann Marshall 11:00-11:15: Mary Jane Holt (Emerging Authors Stage) 11:15-11:30: Sarah Blanton 11:30-11:45: Drake Highlander 11:45-12:00: Ingrid Landis-Davis 12:00-12:15: Peter Bourke (Emerging Authors Stage) 12:15-12:30: Stacey Covington-Lee 12:30-12:45: G. Lee Ramsey, Jr. 12:45-1:00: Brooks C. Mendell 1:00-1:15: Kelli B. Ritter, Ph.D. 1:15-1:30: Nancy Treu Klotz 1:30-1:45: Julie Parker 1:45-2:00: Tim J. Link 2:00-2:15: Marie Klein Dunkle 2:15-2:30: Evelyn Sweet-Hurd (Emerging Authors Stage) 2:30-2:45: Kathleen Hamilton Allen 2:45-3:00: Ned White 3:00-3:15: Aerle Taree 3:15-3:30: Lorraine Tate 3:30-3:45: Lynda T. Young 3:45-4:00: Dianna Love (Emerging Authors Stage) 4:00-4:15: Jonathan C. Akin 4:15-4:30: Jonathan Maxwell (Emerging Authors Stage) 4:30-4:45: Branden & Margaret Lisi 4:30-4:45: Branden & Margaret Lisi
Emerging Authors Table
10:00-10:15: Kelli B. Ritter, Ph.D. 10:00-10:15: Melanie Magruder 10:20-10:35: Whit Perry (Emerging Authors Stage) 10:40-10:55: Milton Davis (Emerging Authors Stage) 11:00-11:15: Candi Dugas 11:20-11:35: Linda Sands 11:40-11:55: Deborah Robinson 12:00-12:15: Tango R. Hill, Ph.D. 12:20-12:35: Dr. Delores Barnes 12:40-12:55: Brian McClellan 1:00-1:15: Gary Unger 1:20-1:35: Carol Fulwiler Jones, M. A. 1:40-1:55: Jeanette Jimenez 2:00-2:15: Mike Warriner 2:20-2:35: Madeline Hatter 2:40-2:55: Harold W. Haddle, Jr., Ph.D. 3:00-3:15: Scott Nyman
First Baptist Decatur Chapel Stage
10:00-10:45: River Jordan featuring River Jordan 11:15-12:00: Writing Covertly About Faith featuring Joshilyn Jackson 12:30-1:15: Stories From Georgia featuring Lise Funderburg and Tina McElroy Ansa 1:45-2:30: House Husbands, Mad Mommas, and a 40-Something Kindergartner featuring Ad Hudler, Robin Hemley and Shellie Tomlinson 3:00-3:45: Very Fine Fiction featuring Marc Fitten, Kevin Wilson and Sang Pak 4:15-5:00: Carolina Clay featuring Leonard Todd 5:30-6:15: Brooklyn Breeder Style featuring Amy Sohn
First Baptist Decatur Sanctuary Stage
10:00-10:45: Vampires! (True-Blooded and Bloodborne), Presented by Dragon*Con featuring Chelsea Yarbro and Charlaine Harris 11:15-12:00: Heart of a Student Athlete featuring Karl Mecklenburg 12:30-1:15: Poetry of the Gulf Coast featuring Jericho Brown and Natasha Trethewey 1:45-2:30: Sara Gruen's Menagerie featuring Karen Abbott and Sara Gruen 3:00-3:45: Slavery by Another Name featuring Douglas Blackmon 4:15-5:00: Gone Tomorrow featuring Lee Child 5:30-6:15: Saturday Afternoon Poetry featuring Travis Wayne Denton, Jeffrey McDaniel and Patricia Smith
Local Poetry Stage
10:00-10:15: Jimmy Lo 10:15-10:30: Michele Rozga 10:30-10:45: Dawn Pendergast 10:45-11:00: Alita Brielle Terry 11:30-11:45: Sylvia Cross 11:45-12:00: Kodac Harrison 12:00-12:15: Ruth Windham 12:15-12:30: Tony Harrington 12:30-12:45: Eugene Ellis 12:45-1:00: Memye Curtis Tucker 1:00-1:15: Megan Sexton 1:15-1:30: Lee Passarella 1:30-1:45: Stephen Bluestone 1:45-2:00: Dan Veach 2:00-2:15: Megan Volpert 2:15-2:30: James Sanders 2:30-2:45: Ashley VanDoorn 2:45-3:00: Randy Prunty 3:00-3:15: Brigitte Byrd 3:15-3:30: Roger Pippin 3:30-3:45: Jessica Hand 3:45-4:00: Bruce Covey 4:00-4:15: Ann Lynn 4:15-4:30: Jason Myers 4:30-4:45: Celeste Miller 4:45-5:00: Rupert Fike 5:00-5:15: Theresa Davis 5:15-5:30: Alice Lovelace 5:30-5:45: Gypsee Yo 5:45-6:00: AP
Local Prose Stage
12:00-12:15: Tim Link 12:15-12:30: Joe Mitchell 12:30-12:45: Perry Binder 12:45-1:00: Jamie Iredell 1:00-1:15: Peter Bourke 1:15-1:30: Judith Kolberg 1:30-1:45: Peter Wallace 1:45-2:00: Nancy Treu Klotz 2:00-2:15: Brooks Mendell 2:15-2:30: Jennifer Bouani 2:30-2:45: G. Lee Ramsey Jr. 2:45-3:00: Dee Thompson 3:00-3:15: Evelyn Sweet-Hurd 3:15-3:30: Holly McClure 3:30-3:45: Susan May 3:45-4:00: Allyson Brandt 4:00-4:15: Donnell Duncan 4:15-4:30: Tracie Howard 4:30-4:45: Ivan Arias 4:45-5:00: Kathleen Allen 5:00-5:15: James Silver 5:15-5:30: Milton Davis 5:30-5:45: Dianna Love 5:45-6:00: Reginald Beal
Old Courthouse Stage
10:00-10:45: In Cheap We Trust featuring Lauren Weber 11:15-12:00: Conspiracy Theories featuring Phillip DePoy, Mitchell Graham and Robert Greer 12:30-1:15: Trailer Trashed featuring Hollis Gillespie 1:45-2:30: Glass Table Collective Reading featuring Karen Kevorkian, Chuck Rosenthal, Gail Wronsky, Katharine Haake and Kevin Cantwell 3:00-3:45: A Travel Guide to Reckless Hearts featuring N.M. Kelby 4:15-5:00: Hot Thrills (18+ Event) featuring Mary B (aka HoneyB) Morrison, Marissa (aka Pynk) Monteilh and Eric Jerome Dickey 5:30-6:30: Storyville (18+) featuring David Fulmer
Presser Hall
8:00-10:00: Celebrating Eudora featuring Mary Chapin Carpenter, Claire Holley, Kate Campbell and Caroline Herring
Target Children's Stage
10:00-10:30: Otis featuring Loren Long 10:30-11:00: Peter McCarty featuring Peter McCarty 11:00-11:30: Laura Seeger featuring Laura Seeger 12:00-12:30: Our Children Can Soar: Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change featuring Charlotte Riley-Webb and Frank Morrison 12:30-1:00: Nathaniel Lachenmeyer + Melissa Conroy featuring Nathaniel Lachenmeyer and Melissa Conroy 1:00-1:30: Kate DiCamillo featuring Kate DiCamillo 2:00-2:30: Hester Bass + E.B. Lewis featuring Hester Bass and E. B. Lewis 2:30-3:00: Jessica Burkhart featuring Jessica Burkhart 3:30-4:00: Art Roche featuring Art Roche 4:00-4:30: Davis, Krosoczka, Vernon featuring Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Eleanor Davis and Ursula Vernon 4:30-5:00: Tim Byrd + David Lubar featuring David Lubar and Tim Byrd 5:00-5:30: John Hulme + Michael Wexler featuring Michael Wexler and John Hulme
The Escape
12:00-12:30: Minicomics Masterpieces featuring Chris Schweizer and Eleanor Davis 12:30-1:00: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover featuring Ally Carter 1:30-2:00: Smells Like Teen Spirit featuring Terra Elan McVoy and Lauren Myracle 2:00-2:30: If You Broke His Heart, Would He Bleed? Falling In Love With a Supernatural featuring Aimee Friedman and Jackson Pearce 2:30-3:00: Vampires vs. Werewolves Smackdown featuring Richelle Mead and Maggie Stiefvater 3:00-3:30: Guys Read featuring Jon Scieszka 3:30-4:00: Pretty Little Liars featuring Sara Shepard 4:00-4:30: The Infinite Playlist featuring David Levithan 4:30-5:00: Break in Case of Emergency: This Book Could Save Your Life featuring Robert Olen Butler, Marc Fitten, Michael Malone, Hollis Gillespie and Laurel Snyder
Wrestling Ring
3:00-4:00: Literary Death Match featuring Michael Muhammad Knight
Sunday
Books Again
2:00-4:00: Modern Sustainable Residential Design featuring William Carpenter
City Hall Stage
12:00-12:45: Fear of a Black Marker: Race, Humor, Politics and Cartooning featuring Keith Knight 1:15-2:00: Samuel Johnson: A Biography featuring Peter Martin 2:30-3:15: God, Sex, and Coming of Age featuring Carlene Bauer, Robert Leleux and James Hannaham 3:45-4:30: The Making of Modern South Carolina featuring W. Scott Poole and Jack Bass 5:00-5:45: The Healthy Skeptic featuring Robert Davis
Cooks Warehouse Stage
12:00-2:00: Shrimp and Grits featuring Nathalie Dupree 2:00-3:30: Eat Like There’s No Tomorrow featuring Hans Rueffert
Decatur Community Bandstand
6:30-8:00: Concert on the Square featuring Sweet AlizAbeth
Decatur Conference Center Stage
12:00-12:45: Poetry at High Noon featuring Chad Davidson, Stacey Lynn Brown and Barbara Hamby 1:15-2:00: New Musings From Old Friends featuring Sharon Sanders and Franklin Abbott 2:30-3:15: The Armchair Birder featuring John Yow 3:45-4:30: BlazeVOX Attitude featuring Megan Volpert and Amy King 5:00-5:45: Sunday Afternoon Poetry featuring Greg Fraser, Leigh Anne Couch and Stuart Dischell
Decatur Library Stage
12:00-12:45: Obama: The Prequel featuring Kent Germany, Brett Gadsden, Joe Crespino and Devin Fergus 1:15-2:00: Hell! featuring Robert Olen Butler 2:30-3:15: Lillian Smith Book Awards featuring Constance Curry, Ariela J. Gross and Bob Zellner 3:45-4:30: Unparalleled Belles featuring Patti Callahan Henry and Janna McMahan 5:00-5:45: A Wayward Guide to the South featuring Don O'Briant and George Singleton
Decatur Presbyterian Sanctuary Stage
12:00-12:45: Sublime Southern Stories featuring Brian Ray, Philip Lee Williams and Jack Riggs 1:15-2:00: The Big Dirt Nap featuring Rosemary Harris 2:30-3:15: An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith featuring Barbara Brown Taylor 3:45-4:30: Who Wrote the Bible featuring Richard Friedman 5:00-5:45: The Future of Newspapers featuring Hank Klibanoff, Leonard Witt and Leon Levitt
Eddie's Attic Stage
12:00-12:45: Mysteries: Meredith Cole and Megan Abbott featuring Meredith Cole and Megan Abbott 1:15-2:00: The Future of the Book featuring Richard Nash and John McLeod 2:30-3:15: Fantasy Freaks & Gaming Geeks featuring Ethan Gilsdorf 3:45-4:30: Mental Floss Quiz Show featuring Will Pearson 5:00-5:45: Kenyan Black-Eyed Peas and Mexican Potlikker: Exploring Atlanta's Edible International Cultures featuring John T. Edge, Warren St. John, Christiane Lauterbach and Nassima Neighbors 7:30-8:15: 2 Good 2 Be 4 Gotten featuring Marshall Chapman and Jill McCorkle
El Tesoro
10:30-12:00: Skippyjon Jones Mariachi Brunch featuring Judy Schachner
Emerging Authors Stage
12:00-12:15: Daisy Byrd 12:15-12:30: Dee Thompson (Emerging Authors Stage) 12:30-12:45: Donnell Duncan (Emerging Authors Stage) 12:45-1:00: Melissa & Arden Baila 12:45-1:00: Melissa & Arden Baila 1:00-1:15: Xanthe Jolanda Johnson (Emerging Authors Stage) 1:15-1:30: Kevin Prochaska 1:30-1:45: Philip Paul Sacco 1:45-2:00: Dana Evan Kaplan (Emerging Authors Stage) 2:00-2:15: Jay Starkman (Emerging Authors Stage) 2:15-2:30: Randy Cox 2:30-2:45: Diane Cuttino 2:45-3:00: Sy Alexander 3:00-3:15: Peter Wallace (Emerging Authors Stage) 3:15-3:30: Mary Jane Mahan (Emerging Authors Stage)
Emerging Authors Table
12:00-12:15: Linda Sands
First Baptist Decatur Carreker Hall Stage
1:15-2:00: My Jesus Year featuring Benyamin Cohen 2:30-3:15: A Life of Flannery O'Connor featuring Brad Gooch 3:45-4:30: Holistic Parenting featuring Bob Lancer
First Baptist Decatur Sanctuary Stage
1:15-2:00: The DeKalb Medical Story featuring Susan Parry and Wytch Stubbs Jr. 2:30-3:15: 206 Bones featuring Kathy Reichs 3:45-4:30: Books, Bourbon, 'Bama featuring Rick Bragg and Sonny Brewer 5:00-5:45: Walk the Walk featuring Alan Deutschman
Local Poetry Stage
12:00-12:15: Marjory Wentworth 12:15-12:30: Joe Milford 12:30-12:45: Robert and Arianna Soloway 12:30-12:45: Robert and Arianna Soloway 12:45-1:00: Alice Shapiro 1:00-1:15: Alice Teeter 1:15-1:30: Anne Webster 1:30-1:45: Deborah Bailey 1:45-2:00: Rosemary Daniell 2:15-2:30: Robert E. Wood 2:30-2:45: Christine Swint 2:45-3:00: Blake Leland 3:00-3:15: Julie Bloemeke 3:15-3:30: Franklin Abbott 3:30-3:45: Guerin Asante 3:45-4:00: Karen Head 4:00-4:15: Collin Kelley 4:15-4:30: Amy Pence 4:30-4:45: Dustin Brookshire 4:45-5:00: Lisa Allender 5:00-5:15: Cleo Creech 5:15-5:30: Ginger Murchinson 5:30-5:45: Katie Chaple 5:45-6:00: Sharan Strange 8:00-10:00: Java Monkey Speaks
Local Prose Stage
12:00-12:15: Jay Starkman 12:15-12:30: Marie Dunkle 12:30-12:45: Jennifer Shannon 12:45-1:00: Jonathan Maxwell 1:00-1:15: Debbie Unterman 1:15-1:30: Nefertari Imani Baraka 1:30-1:45: Tony Burton 1:45-2:00: Mary Jane Mahan 2:00-2:15: Carol Fulwiler Jones 2:15-2:30: Mary Jane Holt 2:30-2:45: Tripp Bowden 2:45-3:00: Whit Perry 3:00-3:15: Xanthe Jolanda Johnson 3:15-3:30: Arden Baila 3:30-3:45: Jim Simpson 3:45-4:00: Dana Evan Kaplan 4:00-4:15: Ciara Anderson 4:15-4:30: Mark Ellingsen 4:30-4:45: Jabari Williams 4:45-5:00: Forrest Smith 5:00-5:15: Evil Ways 5:15-5:30: Rudy Waldner 5:30-5:45: At the End of the Bus Ride 5:45-6:00: T. S. Jones
Old Courthouse Stage
12:00-12:45: Blows Against the Empire: Publishing After the Fall of the Giants featuring Gail Wronsky, Katharine Haake, Kevin Cantwell, Karen Kevorkian and Chuck Rosenthal 1:15-2:00: How to Read a Poem featuring Edward Hirsch and Thomas Lux 2:30-3:15: The Enigma of Iran: Faith, Fundamentalism, and Fiction featuring Gina Nahai 3:45-4:30: Exit to Freedom featuring Calvin Johnson 5:00-5:45: Women & The New South featuring Janis Owens, Masha Hamilton and Cassandra King
Target Children's Stage
12:00-12:30: Elizabeth Dulemba featuring Elizabeth Dulemba 12:30-1:00: Judy Schachner featuring Judy Schachner 1:30-2:00: Jon Scieszka featuring Jon Scieszka 2:00-2:30: Robyn Hood Black + Donna Bowman featuring Donna Bowman and Robyn Hood Black 2:30-3:00: Ted Dunagan and Adrian Fogelin featuring Ted Dunagan and Adrian Fogelin 3:00-3:30: Alan Gratz featuring Alan Gratz 3:30-4:00: Katie Davis, Donny Seagraves, Laurel Snyder featuring Katie Davis, Donny Seagraves and Laurel Snyder 5:00-5:30: All Hail the Lunch Lady featuring Jarrett J. Krosoczka 5:30-6:00: Pete The Cat: I Love My White Shoes featuring Eric Litwin and James Dean
