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None Festival of Books 2013 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, CA Ticket Information Ticket Type Price Fee Quantity Festival of Books pre-paid Valet Parking – Saturday Pre-paid pass for Valet parking at the Festival of Books - limited quantity available $20.00 $0.00 Festival of Books pre-paid Valet Parking – Sunday Pre-paid pass for Valet parking at the Festival of Books - limited quantity available $20.00 $0.00 Conversation 1011 - Saturday, 11:00 AM, Hancock Foundation History: American Arguments $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1012 - Saturday, 12:30 PM, Hancock Foundation History: The Long Green View $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1013 - Saturday, 2:00 PM, Hancock Foundation Nonfiction: Violence on the Page $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1014 - Saturday, 3:30 PM, Hancock Foundation From the Front Lines of the Culture Wars $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1021 - Saturday, 10:30 AM, Hoffman Hall, presented by USC The Body and the Brain: Food Health and Self-Care $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1022 - Saturday, 12:00 PM, Hoffman Hall, presented by USC Does Race Matter? Publishing as a Writer of Color $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1023 - Saturday, 1:30 PM, Hoffman Hall, presented by USC Why Did the Writer Cross the Genre? $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1024 - Saturday, 3:00 PM, Hoffman Hall, presented by USC The Role of the Political Cartoon $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1025 - Saturday, 4:30 PM, Hoffman Hall, presented by USC Plants, Maps and Lesbians: Explorations in Early Modern Culture $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1031 - Saturday, 10:30 AM, Andrus Gerontology Center Poetry in the Moment $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1032 - Saturday, 12:00 PM, Andrus Gerontology Center Fiction: Dysfunction Junction $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1033 - Saturday, 1:30 PM, Andrus Gerontology Center Nonfiction: A Singular Passion $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1034 - Saturday, 3:00 PM, Andrus Gerontology Center Crime Fiction: Don't Say a Word $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1035 - Saturday, 4:30 PM, Andrus Gerontology Center Fiction: The Family You Choose $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1041 - Saturday, 11:00 AM, Salvatori Computer Science Center 101 Publishing from Soup to Nuts $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1042 - Saturday, 12:30 PM, Salvatori Computer Science Center 101 Crime Fiction: What We Can't Tell You $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1043 - Saturday, 2:00 PM, Salvatori Computer Science Center 101 Graphic Novels: Drawing the Story $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1044 - Saturday, 3:30 PM, Salvatori Computer Science Center 101 Feathers & Fur: Cute Animal Tails $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1045 - Saturday, 5:00 PM, Salvatori Computer Science Center 101 Publishing: Fresh Blood $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1051 - Saturday, 11:00 AM, Bovard Auditorium Margaret Atwood in Conversation with Michael Silverblatt $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1052 - Saturday, 1:00 PM, Bovard Auditorium Carol Burnett in Conversation with Mary McNamara $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1053 - Saturday, 3:00 PM, Bovard Auditorium Mortal Instruments on Page & Screen: Cassandra Clare & Harald Zwart Interviewed by Nicole Sperling $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1061 - Saturday, 10:30 AM, Ronald Tutor Campus Center Sands of Strife: The Changing Middle East $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1062 - Saturday, 12:00 PM, Ronald Tutor Campus Center Chris Columbus & Ned Vizzini, authors of House of Secrets, in Conversation with Rebecca Keegan $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1063 - Saturday, 1:30 PM, Ronald Tutor Campus Center Orson Scott Card in Conversation with Aaron Johnston $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1064 - Saturday, 3:00 PM, Ronald Tutor Campus Center Inner Self: Faith & Gay Identity $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1065 - Saturday, 4:30 PM, Ronald Tutor Campus Center Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom in Conversation with Robin Abcarian $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1071 - Saturday, 11:00 AM, Seeley G. Mudd 123 Fiction: Cultural Coming of Age $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1072 - Saturday, 12:30 PM, Seeley G. Mudd 123 Fiction From the 22nd Century $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1073 - Saturday, 2:00 PM, Seeley G. Mudd 123 The State of the Plate: Out of the Factory, Into the Field $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1074 - Saturday, 3:30 PM, Seeley G. Mudd 123 Fiction: With a Sideways Glance $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1081 - Saturday, 10:30 AM, Seeley G. Mudd 124 Big Science $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1082 - Saturday, 12:00 PM, Seeley G. Mudd 124 Fiction: The Social Novel $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1083 - Saturday, 1:30 PM, Seeley G. Mudd 124 Fiction: Looking for Trouble $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1084 - Saturday, 3:00 PM, Seeley G. Mudd 124 Children's Books: Words, Wit & Pics $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1085 - Saturday, 4:30 PM, Seeley G. Mudd 124 Holocaust Lives $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1091 - Saturday, 10:30 AM, Norris Theater Fiction: Setting & Story $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1092 - Saturday, 12:30 PM, Norris Theater Biography: American Icons, Complicated Heroes $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1093 - Saturday, 2:30 PM, Norris Theater History: Telling Hollywood Tales $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1094 - Saturday, 4:00 PM, Norris Theater Young Adult Fiction: The Outer Limits $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1111 - Saturday, 11:00 AM, Annenberg Auditorium Science: Behave-Your-Self $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1112 - Saturday, 12:30 PM, Annenberg Auditorium Poetry Matters: Public Sorry and Private Grief $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1113 - Saturday, 2:00 PM, Annenberg Auditorium Writing for Teens & Tweens: Sagas & Series $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1114 - Saturday, 3:30 PM, Annenberg Auditorium Fiction: The Home Front $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1122 - Saturday, 12:00 PM, Taper Hall 101 Current Events: American Disunion $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1123 - Saturday, 1:30 PM, Taper Hall 101 Ed Bacon in Conversation with Patt Morrison $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1124 - Saturday, 3:00 PM, Taper Hall 101 William Freidkin in Conversation with Christopher Goffard $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1125 - Saturday, 4:30 PM, Taper Hall 101 Fiction: The Ties that Bind $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1131 - Saturday, 11:00 AM, Taper Hall 201 Young Adult Fiction: Danger & Determination $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1132 - Saturday, 12:30 PM, Taper Hall 201 Serious Science: Stunning Stories $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1133 - Saturday, 2:00 PM, Taper Hall 201 Memoir: Close to the Bone $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1134 - Saturday, 3:30 PM, Taper Hall 201 Writing American Identity $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1142 - Saturday, 12:00 PM, Davidson Continuing Education Center Kevin Starr in Conversation with William Deverell $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1144 - Saturday, 3:00 PM, Davidson Continuing Education Center Humor: Vastly Inappropriate $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 1145 - Saturday, 4:30 PM, Davidson Continuing Education Center The Story Behind the Story: The L.A. Times & Accountability Journalism $1.00 $0.00 Screening 1151 - Saturday, 12:30 PM, School of Cinematic Arts, Ray Stark Family Theatre Highlights from the new series "Orange is the New Black" presented by Netflix Q & A to follow with series creator Jenji Kohan, author Piper Kerman, and stars Taylor Schilling and Danielle Brooks $1.00 $0.00 Screening 1152 - Saturday, 2:30 PM, School of Cinematic Arts, Ray Stark Family Theatre All-new episode "Summertime Blues" from "Littlest Pet Shop" presented by The Hub Network. Q & A to follow with Julie McNally Cahill and Tim Cahill. $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2011 - Sunday, 11:00 AM, Hancock Foundation History: The Cold War - Hollywood & Beyond $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2012 - Sunday, 12:30 PM, Hancock Foundation The Politics of Parenting $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2013 - Sunday, 2:00 PM, Hancock Foundation Nonfiction: Landscapes Real & Imagined $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2014 - Sunday, 3:30 PM, Hancock Foundation Current Events: Legalizing Mary Jane $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2021 - Sunday, 10:30 AM, Hoffman Hall, presented by USC Poetry and Place in the 21st Century $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2022 - Sunday, 12:00 PM, Hoffman Hall, presented by USC Sustainability in a Global Economy $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2023 - Sunday, 1:30 PM, Hoffman Hall, presented by USC Living and Writing Los Angeles $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2024 - Sunday, 3:00 PM, Hoffman Hall, presented by USC Gender, Sex and the Politics of Pop Culture $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2031 - Sunday, 11:00 AM, Andrus Gerontology Center Poetry: The Art of the Line $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2032 - Sunday, 12:30 PM, Andrus Gerontology Center Crime Fiction: Secrets & Spies $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2033 - Sunday, 2:00 PM, Andrus Gerontology Center The Politics of Poetry $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2034 - Sunday, 3:30 PM, Andrus Gerontology Center Fiction: Immigrant Stories $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2041 - Sunday, 10:30 AM, Salvatori Computer Science Center 101 Middle Grade Fiction: The Beauty in the Everyday $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2042 - Sunday, 12:00 PM, Salvatori Computer Science Center 101 Fiction: Novel Narrators $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2043 - Sunday, 1:30 PM, Salvatori Computer Science Center 101 Crime Fiction: And Another Thing - Stories in Series $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2044 - Sunday, 3:00 PM, Salvatori Computer Science Center 101 Publishing: The Technological Frontier $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2051 - Sunday, 11:00 AM, Bovard Auditorium Joyce Carol Oates in Conversation with Patt Morrison $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2052 - Sunday, 1:00 PM, Bovard Auditorium Anna Quindlen in Conversation with Karen Grigsby Bates $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2053 - Sunday, 3:00 PM, Bovard Auditorium TBD with Steve Lopez $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2061 - Sunday, 10:30 AM, Ronald Tutor Campus Center Current Events: Guns in America $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2062 - Sunday, 12:00 PM, Ronald Tutor Campus Center Current Events: Today's Dangerous World $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2063 - Sunday, 1:30 PM, Ronald Tutor Campus Center Young Adult Fiction: Love & Vengeance, Real & Unreal $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2064 - Sunday, 3:00 PM, Ronald Tutor Campus Center John Scalzi in Conversation with Richard Kadrey $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2071 - Sunday, 10:30 AM, Seeley G. Mudd 123 Nonfiction: Reporting the Story $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2072 - Sunday, 12:00 PM, Seeley G. Mudd 123 Young Adult Fiction: Call Me, Maybe? $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2073 - Sunday, 1:30 PM, Seeley G. Mudd 123 Nonfiction: The Culture of Culture $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2074 - Sunday, 3:00 PM, Seeley G. Mudd 123 Fiction: Unheard Stories $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2081 - Sunday, 11:00 AM, Seeley G. Mudd 124 Fiction: Fantastical Visions $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2082 - Sunday, 12:30 PM, Seeley G. Mudd 124 Children's Books: Dynamically Drawn Stories $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2083 - Sunday, 2:00 PM, Seeley G. Mudd 124 Pictures on the Page: The Art of the Children's Book $1.00 $0.00 Conversation 2084 - Sunday 3:30 PM, Seeley G. 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Share Festival of Books 2013 Share Tweet Event Details Spend a fun-filled weekend at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on April 20 and 21 at USC. Get to know famous authors and celebrities, see culinary greats create their latest recipes, catch screenings and live music, enjoy cultural entertainment and much more.



April 20-21, 2013



Sat., 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Sun., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.



The Festival of Books will be held at:

University of Southern California at the intersection of Exposition Boulevard and South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089.

General attendance is free! All outdoor stages and activities are free. Only indoor Conversations require tickets. Online ticket sales for Festival of Books Conversations end at 6:00 AM on the day of the Conversation. Additional tickets for Conversations are available on the day of the Conversation at the Festival of Books ticketing booth # 464, up to 30 minutes before each Conversation while supplies last. Saturday Conversation tickets can only be picked up on Saturday, and Sunday Conversation ticktes can only be picked up on Sunday.



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