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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Faulkner Gallery

Faulkner Gallery



11:00 am – 12:15 pm

More Letters from the Heart

"Opening the Heart, Opening the World: Literature and its Lessons"

Third in a series: Celebrating Sisterhood Series Panel Discussion:
Joan Esposito

Esther Lopez-Mulnix

Anna DiStefano
Moderator Marcia Meier



12:30 – 1:30

Evan Handler

It's Only Temporary:The Good News & The Good News of Being Alive!



2:00 - 3:00

"The Life and Legacy of Father Virgil Cordano"

(Panel Discussion)

Mario Garcia - Moderator

Fr. Jack Clark Robinson

Harriet Miller

Professor Juan Campo

Alice MacDonald

Perie Longo



3:30 – 4:30

Luis Leal Award Presentation – Patricia Mora



Mural Room



11:15 – 12:15

"Josh Conviser: In Conversation with Selden Edwards"

The Little Book - Edwards

Empyre - Conviser



12:30 – 1:45

"Variety is the Mystery of Life"

(Panel Discussion) Gayle Lynds

Peter Balaskas

Robert Gregory Browne

Moderator – Michael Mehas



Book Lover's Tent



11:00 – 12:30

Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature

Alex Espinosa

Reyna Grande

Sandra Obriant

Moderator - Melinda Palacio



1:00 – 2:00

W. Bruce Cameron

8 Simple Rules for Marrying my Daughter



3:00 – 4:00

Mara Purl & Josh Conviser

"Deciphering the Code: Gender Wars in Fiction"



Townley Room



11:00 – 12:00

"Journaling Workout for Teens"

(Workshop)

Diana Raab



12:00 – 12:30

"Father Gander"

Storytelling

Girls Inc. & Advocacy Press

Sponsored by Santa Barbara Bank & Trust



12:30 – 1:30

Choices & Challenges

Girls Inc. Workshop for Teens

Joan Bowman – Advocacy Press



2:00 – 2:30

"Mother Goose"

Storytelling

Girls Inc. & Advocacy Press

Sponsored by Santa Barbara Bank & Trust



3:00 – 4:00

"Fantastical Tales in the Townley"

(Panel)

Mary Hershey – Moderator

John Roshell

Lynn Montgomery

Barbara Hart



4:00 – 4:30

"Nature's World in Rhyme"

Storytelling

Girls Inc. & Advocacy Press

Sponsored by Santa Barbara Bank & Trust



Victoria Theatre



4:00 pm

Mark Juergensmeyer
Global Rebellion – Religious Challenges to the Secular State, from Christian Militias to al Qaeda



7:00 pm

Brian Fagan

The Great Warming – Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations (illustrated)



Museum of Art



10:00 - Open Mic
10:30 - Kathy Roxby
10:40 - Paul Willis
10:50 - Mary Brown
11:00 - Chella Courington
11:10 - Pam Davis
11:20 - Alyssa Ogi
11:30 - Polly Bee
11:40 - Carol DeCanio
11:50 - Enid Osborn
12:00 - David Starkey
12:10 - Chryss Yost
12:20 - Phil Taggart
12:30 - Marsha De la O
12:40 - Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
12:50 - A J Ford
1:00 - Glenna Luschei Poetry Fellowship Award
to Gerald Locklin
2:10 - Lois Klein
2:20 - Beth Taylor-Schott
2:30 - Christine Kravetz
2:40 - Open Mic
2:50 - Suzanne Frost
3:00 - Barry Spacks
3:10 - Melinda Palacio
3:20 - Steve Beisner
3:30 - John Ridland
3:40 - Jackson Wheeler
3:50 - Perie Longo
4:00 - Open Mic