The AJC Decatur Book Festival, September 3-5, 2010
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Saturday Schedule!

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Schedule subject to change.

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We Llove Llama Llama
10:00 - 10:30

Dinosaur Vs. Potty!
11:00 - 11:30

Ferdinand por Farruca!
11:30 - 12:00

N.E.R.D.S and Sisters Grimm
12:30 - 1:00

Making the Historical Magical
1:00 - 1:30

Folk Tales Turned Fantastic
1:30 - 2:00

Walk Like an Egyptian: Cleopatra Rules!
2:00 - 2:30

You Won't Believe the Whole Nother Story
2:30 - 3:00

Peter Pan, Kingdom Keepers, and Other Cool Characters
3:00 - 3:30

The Celestial Globe: The Kronos Chronicles: Book II
4:00 - 4:30

Teen Poetry Slam
5:00 - 6:30

Pity the Poor Reader! (Working on Your Writing)
11:00 - 11:45

A Visit to Echo Falls
12:00 - 12:45

Romantic Realism, Realistic Romance
1:00 - 1:45

Method Behind the Magic: How to Create a Fantastical World
2:00 - 2:45

Zombies v. Vampires Smackdown
3:00 - 3:45

Real Issues in an Unreal World
4:00 - 4:45

Break in Case of Emergency: This Book Could Save Your Life
5:00 - 5:45

Fiction From the Hip
10:00 - 10:45

The Good Daughters
11:15 - 12:00

Influenced by Dunces (How The Confederacy of Dunces Affected Writing)
12:30 - 1:15

Adapting the Dunces
1:45 - 2:45

Poets in Conversation
3:15 - 4:30

Of Mikes and Men: A Lifetime of Braves Baseball
10:00 - 10:45

The First Risk
11:15 - 12:00

Low Country Cookin'
12:30 - 1:15

Tell It Again
3:00 - 3:45

Persistent Voices: An Anthology of Poets Lost to AIDS
10:00 - 10:45

Making Social Networking Work
11:15 - 12:00

The Influence of Flannery O'Connor and other Insights
12:30 - 1:15

Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical Miracle
1:45 - 2:30

Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees: Honey Production, Pollination, Health
3:00 - 3:45

What I Learned about Writing from Listening to Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis: an Interactive Adventure in Language, Music, and Dance
4:15 - 5:00

The Chet and Bernie Mysteries
5:30 - 6:15

The Art of Syntax
10:00 - 10:45

Killing Time: An 18-year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom
11:15 - 12:00

Perfect Peace
12:30 - 1:15

The Colony
1:45 - 2:30

Blue Boy
3:00 - 3:45

Making Self-Publishing Work For You
5:30 - 6:15

Beneath the Sands of Egypt
10:00 - 10:45

Poetry Showcase
11:15 - 12:00

Knitting Socks TWO at a Time!
12:30 - 1:15

Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone, the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League
1:45 - 2:30

The Perfect Love Song: A Holiday Story
3:00 - 3:45

The Moth
4:15 - 5:45

Celebrating Eudora
8:00 - 10:00

Crime and Punishment
10:00 - 10:45

Creating Mandalas
11:15 - 12:00

The Double Victory of the Tuskegee Airmen
12:30 - 1:15

Books for Gentlemen (and Dudes too)
1:45 - 2:30

5 Years From Katrina: Revisiting the Gulf Coast
5:30 - 6:15

Where Do I Go From Here? : Getting Your Book Noticed
10:00 - 10:45

Poetry Showcase
12:30 - 1:15

Come Back, Como: Winning the Heart of a Reluctant Dog
1:45 - 2:30

Unmasking my Gullah Heritage: A Sense of Self and Place
3:00 - 3:45

Last Dog On the Hill: The Extraordinary Life of Lou
4:15 - 5:00

The Allure of Historical Fiction
10:00 - 10:45

Walk the Walk: The #1 Rule for Real Leaders
12:30 - 1:15

When Death Does Us Part
1:45 - 2:30

This Is Thriller
3:00 - 3:45

Seriously Funny
5:30 - 7:00

The Heart of the Matter
11:15 - 12:00

In Harm's Way and Other Adventures
12:30 - 1:15

The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive)
3:00 - 3:45

Managing Brand You
4:15 - 5:00

Four Word Self Help
10:00 - 10:45

The Backyard Homestead
11:15 - 12:00

A Storytelling Conversation
1:45 - 2:30

All Things Outlander
3:00 - 3:45

Recipes from the Root Cellar
11:00 - 12:00

The World in Your Teacup: Celebrating Tea Traditions Near and Far
1:00 - 2:00

Cooking with Kessler
3:00 - 4:00

Alice L. Teeter
10:00 - 10:15

Shawn Delgado
10:15 - 10:30

Jason Myers
10:30 - 10:45

Brent Taylor
10:45 - 11:00

Sylvia Cross
11:00 - 11:15

Kodac Harrison
11:15 - 11:30

Julia Ewen
11:30 - 11:45

Lori Guarisco
11:45 - 12:00

Memye Curtis Tucker
12:00 - 12:15

Ginger Murchison
12:15 - 12:30

Lee Passarella
12:30 - 12:45

Lynn Alexander
12:45 - 1:00

Megan Sexton
1:00 - 1:15

Maudelle Driskell
1:15 - 1:30

Dan Veach
1:30 - 1:45

Debbie Hiers
1:45 - 2:00

Megan Volpert
2:00 - 2:15

James Sanders
2:15 - 2:30

Jessica Hand
2:30 - 2:45

Heather Christle
2:45 - 3:00

Bruce Covey
3:00 - 3:15

Maurice Turcotte
3:15 - 3:30

Michelle Rozga
3:30 - 3:45

Alita Terry
3:45 - 4:00

Marissa McNamara
4:00 - 4:15

Michael Diebert
4:15 - 4:30

Amena Brown
4:30 - 4:45

Rupert Fike
4:45 - 5:00

Karen G
5:00 - 5:15

Malika
5:15 - 5:30

Darnell
5:30 - 5:45

AP & Theresa Davis
5:45 - 6:00

Invitational Poetry Slam
8:00 - 10:00

Jenny Helderman
12:00 - 12:15

Mark All
12:15 - 12:30

Linda Miller
12:30 - 12:45

Steven Beeber
12:45 - 1:00

Peggy Allen
1:00 - 1:15

David Barnes
1:15 - 1:30

Elliot Mackle
1:30 - 1:45

Dana Kuebler
1:45 - 2:00

Linda Niemann
2:00 - 2:15

Jean Alexander
2:15 - 2:30

Nora McFarland
2:30 - 2:45

Brenda Stockdale
2:45 - 3:00

Mary Jane Mahan
3:00 - 3:15

Ed Gandia
3:15 - 3:30

Nefertari Baraka
3:30 - 3:45

Stacey Covington-Lee
3:45 - 4:00

Tracy Nicole
4:00 - 4:15

Donna Ball
4:15 - 4:30

Frank Cox
4:30 - 4:45

Jan Durham
4:45 - 5:00

Jennifer Bouani
5:00 - 5:15

Isaac Baroi
5:15 - 5:30

Nancy Floyd
5:30 - 5:45

Erika Tracy
5:45 - 6:00

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