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Boston Book Festival 2017

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10:00am EDT

Story Time with Susanna Chapman BPL Children's LibrarySusanna Chapman History of Halloween BPL Guastavino HallCultured Kids Writer Idol Boston Common Hotel HancockChristopher Castellani • Ann Collette • Amaryah Orenstein • Esmond Harmsworth Hubbub at the BBF BPL Guastavino HallCandlewick Press Join the Search for Waldo! BPL Guastavino HallCandlewick Press

10:30am EDT

Appearance by Nutbrown Hare BPL Guastavino Hall Readings: Short Stories BPL Newsfeed CafeMarjan Kamali • Noy Holland • Edie Meidav • KL Pereira Shadow Puppet Playground BPL Rey RoomPuppet Showplace Theater

10:45am EDT

Kids' Keynote Old South Church SanctuaryLemony Snicket BBF Unbound: The Joys and Realities of Small Press Publishing Boston Common Hotel CarverCatherine Parnell • Olivia Kate Cerrone • Jennifer Crystal • Courtney McDermott • Enzo Silon Surin BBF Unbound: You Are a Writer BPL ExchangeLouise Miller

11:00am EDT

Story Time with Gaia Cornwall BPL Children's LibraryGaia Cornwall The Shakespeare Time-Traveling Speakeasy Berklee StageMarlon Carey • Regie Gibson Middle Grade: Solving Problems BPL Teen CentralJennifer De Leon • Rob Buyea • Michelle Cuevas • Barbara Dee • Ellen Wittlinger Discover the Magic of Children's Book Making Old South Mary Norton HallMira Bartók • Ekua Holmes • Karen Lotz • Chris Paul • Matt Tavares • Candlewick Press The Beatles Church of the CovenantShira Springer • Adam Gopnik • Alan Light • Rob Sheffield • Touré The Biker, the Baker, and the Dumpling Maker BPL Rabb HallSteve Holt • Karen Akunowicz • Joanne Chang • Stella Parks YA: Truth and Consequences Emmanuel SanctuaryLauren Rizzuto • Kristin Cashore • Malinda Lo • E. Lockhart • Simmons College The Safe House French Cultural CenterCôme de la Bouillerie • Christophe Boltanski • French Cultural Center • French Embassy in the U.S. Where We Find Ourselves: Record Your Story BPL Civic TableThe Drum Literary Magazine Passport to Imagination Copley Park Lawn

11:15am EDT

The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve Trinity SanctuaryMartha Minow • Stephen Greenblatt • Plymouth Rock

11:30am EDT

Appearance by Olivia BPL Guastavino Hall Readings: Coming of Age BPL Newsfeed CafeWhitney Scharer • Kelly J. Ford • Gabe Habash • Simeon Marsalis Memoir Keynote Emmanuel Parish HallDavid Leonard • Eileen Myles

11:45am EDT

One Land, Two Peoples: The Kingdom of Olives and Ash Old South Guild RoomLibby Lenkinski • Geraldine Brooks • Ayelet Waldman • Jacqueline Woodson

12:00pm EDT

Ammi-Joan Paquette book signing BPL Guastavino HallAmmi-Joan Paquette • Candlewick Press Story Time with Matt de la Peña BPL Children's LibraryMatt de la Peña Nativa Berklee StageNativa Boston By Foot Tour BPL Civic Table BBF Unbound: Literary Never Have I Ever Boston Common Hotel HancockStephanie Gayle • Ann Collette • Mackenzi Lee • Timothy Mudie • B. A. Shapiro Fiction: Strangers in a Strange Land Old South Church SanctuarySimón Rios • Hala Alyan • Lisa Ko • Jonny Sun The Magic of Pop-Up Books BPL Rey RoomDenise Price Good Leaders Trinity ForumAnthony Brooks • Nancy Koehn • Anthony Tjan Blinkie Paper a Favorite Book Scene: Family Paper Electronics! BPL Guastavino HallSouth End Technology Center

12:15pm EDT

BBF Unbound: The How and Why of Feminist Romance BPL ExchangeJackie C. Horne • Aya De Leon

12:30pm EDT

Appearance by Maisy BPL Guastavino Hall Readings: Past and Present BPL Newsfeed CafeRobin Kall • Ellen Herrick • Julie Lekstrom Himes • Crystal King BBF Unbound: Defining Diversity BPL Orientation RoomTeja Arboleda • Jessica Lander • Carla Duran • Monineth Hang • Jackson Kokeh • Onotse Omoyeni • Sam Ramsden • Stephane Silva Middle Grade: Reimagination BPL Teen CentralElissa Gershowitz • Elizabeth Eulberg • Kekla Magoon • Karuna Riazi Memoir and True Crime: The Prison of the Self Emmanuel SanctuaryEthan Gilsdorf • Danielle Allen • Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich • Sarah Perry Atlas Obscura BPL Rabb HallZeninjor Enwemeka • Ella Morton • Boston Public Library Geopolitics Church of the CovenantNicholas Burns • Graham Allison • Meghan L. O'Sullivan Our Digital Future BPL Commonwealth SalonAsma Khalid • Jeff Howe • Andrew McAfee • Nicholas Negroponte Vegas: Architecture, Urbanism and the American Dream Old South Mary Norton HallLauren Jacobi • Stefan Al • Aron Vinegar • Robert Wiesenberger Reading Like a Writer: Poetry Boston Common Hotel CarverAlicia Anstead • Stephanie Burt • Myronn Hardy • Erika L. Sánchez

12:45pm EDT

The End of Eddy French Cultural CenterBruno Perreau • Édouard Louis • French Cultural Center • French Embassy in the U.S.

1:00pm EDT

Jamie Harper book signing BPL Guastavino HallJamie Harper • Candlewick Press Story Time with Aram Kim BPL Children's LibraryAram Kim Maro Berklee StageMaro Boston By Foot Tour BPL Civic Table Politics: Where We Find Ourselves Trinity SanctuaryTom Ashbrook • Maureen Dowd • Jared Yates Sexton YA Keynote Emmanuel Parish HallCathryn Mercier • M. T. Anderson

1:15pm EDT

Gumshoes to Cyber Sleuths Old South Guild RoomMo Walsh • Peter Abrahams • Ray Anderson • Hallie Ephron • Edith Maxwell • Joanna Schaffhausen • Dave Zeltserman • Mystery Writers of America-New England

1:30pm EDT

Appearance by Elephant and Piggie BPL Guastavino Hall Readings: Relationships BPL Newsfeed CafeRobin Kall • Sylvia Brownrigg • Joshua Max Feldman • Sarah Healy Reading Like a Writer: Perspective Boston Common Hotel HancockDawn Tripp • Rachel Kadish • Brendan Mathews • Paul Yoon Find Your Story, Draw Your Story BPL Rey RoomRaúl the Third This Is the Place: Women Writing about Home Trinity ForumMargot Kahn • Sonya Chung • Jennifer De Leon • Kelly McMasters

1:45pm EDT

BBF Unbound: Ecological Writing BPL ExchangeKatie Mather • Tamara Ellis Smith Memoir: Arrivals and Departures Old South Church SanctuaryMeghna Chakrabarti • Adam Gopnik • Kristen Radtke

2:00pm EDT

Kids Groove Copley Park LawnUrbanity Dance Scott Magoon book signing BPL Guastavino HallScott Magoon • Candlewick Press Story Time with Bryan Collier BPL Children's LibraryBryan Collier Tyson Jackson Berklee StageTyson Jackson Boston By Foot Tour BPL Civic Table BBF Unbound: Rhyme Time BPL Orientation RoomMichele Simos • Oliver "SydeSho" Arias Fiction: The Naughty Bits Emmanuel SanctuaryEloisa James • Daniel Handler • Alissa Nutting • Tom Perrotta Fiction: War and the Home Front BPL Commonwealth SalonCatherine Parnell • Laura Harrington • Stephen P. Kiernan • Jessica Shattuck Reading Like a Writer: Debuts Boston Common Hotel CarverHenriette Lazaridis • Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg • Annie Hartnett • Weike Wang Bosch, Bruegel, and the Depiction of Extreme Conditions BPL Rabb HallPeter Sacks • Jorie Graham • Joseph Leo Koerner YA: Fantasy Worlds BPL Teen CentralLana Popović • Libba Bray • Julie C. Dao • Tochi Onyebuchi

2:15pm EDT

Fiction Keynote Church of the CovenantSari Edelstein • Claire Messud • Jacqueline Woodson Natural and Unnatural History Old South Mary Norton HallVicki Croke • Ben Mezrich • Kathryn Miles Incest French Cultural CenterAnnabel Kim • Christine Angot • French Cultural Center • French Embassy in the U.S.

2:30pm EDT

Appearance by Waldo BPL Guastavino Hall Readings: Memoir BPL Newsfeed CafeChristine Mastrangelo • Mindy Fried • Jessica Berger Gross • Tova Mirvis Memoir: Strange Journeys Emmanuel Parish HallMaria Garcia • Holly FitzGerald • Andrew Forsthoefel • Leland Melvin • Ayelet Waldman Identity Crowns and Shields BPL Guastavino HallWee the People

2:45pm EDT

The Secret Chord Old South Guild RoomChristopher Lydon • Geraldine Brooks • Massachusetts Center for the Book Racism in America: It's a Crime Trinity SanctuaryKim McLarin • Carol Anderson • Chris Hayes • James Forman Jr.

3:00pm EDT

Peter H. Reynolds book signing BPL Guastavino HallPeter H. Reynolds • Candlewick Press Story Time with Javaka Steptoe BPL Children's LibraryJavaka Steptoe Mayah Dyson Berklee StageMayah Dyson Boston By Foot Tour BPL Civic Table Voices of America: The Immigrant Experience Through a Writer’s Eyes Trinity ForumSimon Montlake • Ha Jin • Marjan Kamali • Grace Talusan • Christian Science Monitor Dinosaurs Alive BPL Rey RoomAbby Howard

3:15pm EDT

Keep Us in Suspense Old South Church SanctuaryAmy MacKinnon • Malin Persson Giolito • Dennis Lehane • Peter Swanson Reading Like a Writer: Setting Boston Common Hotel HancockHenriette Lazaridis • Brunonia Barry • Jessie Chaffee • Erica Ferencik Hush/Shut Up/Please Be Quiet BPL ExchangeMargot Livesey

3:30pm EDT

Music with Ms. Wyndy BPL Guastavino HallGwyndolyn Jones Readings: Essays and Musings BPL Newsfeed CafeAnjali Mitter Duva • Will Dowd • Minna Zallman Proctor • Leslie Stein BBF Unbound: Writing from Privilege Boston Common Hotel CarverKaitlin Solimine • Laura van den Berg • Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich • Shuchi Saraswat • Hasanthika Sirisena Welcome to Night Vale: It Devours! Emmanuel SanctuaryVirginia Prescott • Jeffrey Cranor • Joseph Fink #LookItUP: Knowledge Matters BPL Commonwealth SalonAmy Brand • Brian Halley • Marilynn Johnson • Tom Nichols YA: It's Getting Real BPL Teen CentralLaura Koenig • Dick Lehr • Daniel José Older • Nic Stone • Erika L. Sánchez

3:45pm EDT

Fiction: Missed Connections BPL Rabb HallDawn Tripp • Eshkol Nevo • Celeste Ng • Lily Tuck One City One Story Old South Mary Norton HallAlicia Anstead • Daphne Kalotay • BookBub Memoir: Ties that Bind Church of the CovenantLeslie Gilbert-Lurie • Amy Dickinson • Melissa Febos • Dani Shapiro

4:00pm EDT

Story Time with Julia Denos and E.B. Goodale BPL Children's LibraryJulia Denos • E.B. Goodale Martin Tamisier Berklee StageMartin Tamisier Muhammad Ali: Conscience of a Fighter Emmanuel Parish HallBill Littlefield • Jonathan Eig • Leigh Montville BBF Unbound: Writing in Paris French Cultural CenterKelly MacFarland • Marcia DeSanctis • Lauren Grodstein • Stacey Resnikoff

4:15pm EDT

Freeman's: The Future of New Writing Old South Guild RoomJohn Freeman • Garnette Cadogan • Tania James • Édouard Louis

4:45pm EDT

The State of Affairs Old South Church SanctuaryRobin Young • Esther Perel

5:30pm EDT

Poems and Pints XHALERebecca Morgan Frank • Krysten Hill • Natalie Shapero