Santa Barbara Book and Author Festival Saturday September 29, 2007-10:00 am - 5:00 pm-Santa Barbara Central Public Library --ALL EVENTS ARE FREE!
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Friday, September 28, 2007

8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Ross Macdonald Award presented to T.C. Boyle
Victoria Hall Theater - Free Event

Saturday, September 29, 2007

10:30 - 11:15 a.m. A Woman and Herself
County Planning Commission Room – County Administration Building –
105 E.  Anapamu Street
Mara Purl

 

10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Success in Self-publishing – The Story of Silver Tongue
County Supervisor's Meeting Room – County Administration Building –
105 E.  Anapamu Street
Stephen & Larry Crandell

 

11:00 - 12:00 a.m. Pet Prose With a Purpose
Townley Room – Santa Barbara Public Library

 

11:30 a.m. - 12:20
(family program)
500 Presents for Penelope Potts
a reading and presentation.
County Planning Commission Room – County Administration Building –
Lisa Yaldezian

 

11:00 a.m. - 12:20 Media: What’s Next for Newspapers?
County Courthouse – Mural Room

 

11:30 a.m. - 12:50 Mystery : Crime Waves
Faulkner Gallery - Santa Barbara Public Library
12:00 noon - 12:50 Young Adult: Your Space: Young Adult Writers
County Supervisors Meeting Room – County Administration Building

 

12:00 - 12:50 p.m. Speaking of Stories
Townley Room - Santa Barbara Public Library

 

12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
Where did He Get That Idea?
County Planning Commission Room – County Administration Building
Leigh Rubin


12:30 - 1:50 p.m Memoir: Where Memory Meets Imagination
County Courthouse – Mural Room
1:00 - 1:50 p.m. T. C. Boyle Reading
Faulkner Gallery - Santa Barbara Public Library


1:00 - 1:50 p.m. Women: Chix Mix: Frankly Funny Females
County Supervisors Meeting Room – County Administration Building
2:00 - 2:50 p.m. Motivational: Selling Success
County Supervisors Commission Room – County Administration Building

 

2:00 - 2:50 p.m. The Gospel Of Cesar Chavez
Faulkner Gallery - Santa Barbara Public Library

 

4:00 p.m
The Stuff of Thought – Language as a Window into Human Nature
An illustrated lecture by Steven Pinker
Victoria Hall Theater
Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures
Borders will sell books at event. Author signing

 

8:00 p.m. The Shock Doctrine - The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
An illustrated lecture by Naomi Klein
Victoria Hall Theater
Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and the UCSB Women’s Center
Borders will sell books at event. Author signing

All readings at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art

 

10:00 a.m.

Santa Barbara Poets

11:00 a.m.

Recipient of the 2007 Glenna Luschei Distinguished Poet Fellowship
Al Young
Poet Laureate of California Introduced by Glenna Luschei

 

12:00 p.m.

Open Mic Readings I
Hosted by Sojourner K. Rolle

 

12:45 p.m.

Ventura County Poets

1:30 p.m.

UCSB Poets

2:15 p.m.

Serious Play

3:15 p.m.

Los Angeles Poets

4:15 p.m.

Open Mic Readings II
Hosted by Sojourner K. Rolle