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Boston Book Festival 2017

Jennifer Dachtler Woodward

10:30am EDT

Readings: Short Stories BPL Newsfeed CafeMarjan Kamali • Noy Holland • Edie Meidav • KL Pereira

10:45am EDT

Kids' Keynote Old South Church SanctuaryLemony Snicket

11:00am EDT

The Shakespeare Time-Traveling Speakeasy Berklee StageMarlon Carey • Regie Gibson 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 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

11:30am EDT

Readings: Coming of Age BPL Newsfeed CafeWhitney Scharer • Kelly J. Ford • Gabe Habash • Simeon Marsalis

12:00pm EDT

BBF Unbound: Literary Never Have I Ever Boston Common Hotel HancockStephanie Gayle • Ann Collette • Mackenzi Lee • Timothy Mudie • B. A. Shapiro Boston By Foot Tour BPL Civic Table Good Leaders Trinity ForumAnthony Brooks • Nancy Koehn • Anthony Tjan

12:15pm EDT

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

12:30pm EDT

BBF Unbound: Defining Diversity BPL Orientation RoomTeja Arboleda • Jessica Lander • Carla Duran • Monineth Hang • Jackson Kokeh • Onotse Omoyeni • Sam Ramsden • Stephane Silva 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

1:00pm EDT

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

This Is the Place: Women Writing about Home Trinity ForumMargot Kahn • Sonya Chung • Jennifer De Leon • Kelly McMasters

2:00pm EDT

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 Boston By Foot Tour BPL Civic Table YA: Fantasy Worlds BPL Teen CentralLana Popović • Libba Bray • Julie C. Dao • Tochi Onyebuchi

2:45pm EDT

Racism in America: It's a Crime Trinity SanctuaryKim McLarin • Carol Anderson • Chris Hayes • James Forman Jr.

3:00pm EDT

Boston By Foot Tour BPL Civic Table

3:15pm EDT

Keep Us in Suspense Old South Church SanctuaryAmy MacKinnon • Malin Persson Giolito • Dennis Lehane • Peter Swanson

3:30pm EDT

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

4:45pm EDT

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