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Narratives in a Digital Age

Los Angeles Times Book Festival at USC This Weekend

Panels to attend related to our discussions:

SATURDAY:

• 4:30 p.m. in Norris Theater: “Narrative in a Digital Age” (Panel 1055): With Mark Bryant, Jay Caspian King, Jacob Lewis, Evan Ratliff. Moderated by David Ulin.

SUNDAY:

• 11:25 a.m. in Hoffman Hall: “Future Books: Media in the Digital Age” (Panel 2142): With Steve Anderson, Anne Balsamo, and Catherine Quinlan, moderated by Holly Willis.

Other panels related to publishing, narrative nonfiction/literary journalism (just to name a few!):

SATURDAY:

• 12:30 p.m. “Susan Orlean in Conversation with Michael Silverblatt 
• 2 p.m. “Nonfiction: Narrating Disaster: With Joel Achenbach, Robert Scheer, Amy Wilentz (of UC Irvine Literary Journalism Program), moderated by Barry Siegel (director of UC Irvine Literary Journalism Program).
• 4:30 p.m. “Publishing Nuts & Bolts” 

SUNDAY:

• 11 a.m. “Nonfiction: Reporting the Arts”
• 12 p.m. “Nonfiction: The Art of Immerson” 
• 12 p.m. “Nonfiction: The Elbow of Justice” 
• 1 p.m. “History: The American Dream” 
• 2 p.m. “Publishing: Rewriting the Rules” 
• 2 p.m. “Nonfiction: We Built This City”
• 2 p.m. “Nonfiction: Surveillance & Secrets”
• 4 p.m. “Publishing A-Z” 

*Full program schedule here.

Dates: April 21-22, 2012

Times: Sat 10 AM – 6 PM & Sun 10 AM – 5 PM

Location: University of Southern California

Click here for map.

Tickets & Admission

General attendance is free

Parking at the USC campus is $10.

Please go to the Getting There page for a detailed map.

I’ll be taking my “little sister” mentee to this. She loves the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series. She’s already looking forward to purchasing the “make it yourself” book, which apparently guides you in making your own diary. I love it!