Thursday, October 21, 2004
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Schedule of events

Thursday, Oct. 21

Paseo Verde Library Conference Room

Noon-1:15 p.m.: Marketing Yourself and Your Writing, Brian Rouff

1:30-2:45 p.m.: Finding and Working with an Agent, Jay MacLarty

3-5 p.m.: Muse on the Run: How to Make Writing a Part of Your Life--and Still Get Everything Done, workshop leader Terri Farley

Paseo Verde Library Reading Room

Meet the Press, rotating readings and book signings by local authors who are published by Stephens Press

11 a.m.: Stephen Nasser, My Brother's Voice

Noon: Mike Miller, Tomas the Tortoise series

1 p.m.: H. Lee Barnes, Talk to Me, James Dean

2 p.m.: Deborah Wall, Great Hikes

3 p.m.: Jack Sheehan, Skin City

4 p.m.: Norm Clarke, Vegas Confidential

Evening Program at Winchester Community Center

7:30-9 p.m.: Like a Running Dog: Multimedia presentation by Michael Blake. Accompanied by guitarist Tony Gilkyson, introduction by Bob Benedetto. Book signing to follow

Friday, Oct. 22

Paseo Verde Library Conference Room

10:30-11:45 a.m.: Get Published Today, Penny Sansevieri

Noon-1:15 p.m.: Savvy Self-Promotion, Penny Sansieveri

1:30-2:45 p.m.: So You Want to be in Pictures: Keys to Writing for Film and TV, discussion with Peter Elbling and Thomas Perry

3-4:30 p.m.: You Can Write a Mystery, Gillian Roberts and Cara Black

Paseo Verde Library Reading Room

10:30-11:45 a.m.: Mysteries--From the Historical to the Hysterical, readings by Rhys Bowen and Peter Elbling

Noon-1:15 p.m.: Journalists Turned Novelists, discussion with Al Martinez and Charles Fleming

1:30-2:45 p.m.: Foreign Intrigue, readings and discussion with Lisa See and Cara Black about their books set in France and China

3-4:30 p.m.: An Examined Life: The Art and Craft of Memoirs, Carolyn See, Al Martinez

Art Institute of Las Vegas

1-2:30 p.m.: Semi-Conscious Cartoonists, Keith Knight

3-4:30 p.m.: You Could Win a Rabbit, Chip Kidd

Evening Program at Sam's Town Live!

7 p.m.: Keynote address, Walter Mosley. Book signing to follow

Saturday, Oct. 23

Paseo Verde Library Reading Room

10-10:30 a.m.: Michael Blake

10:30-11:45 a.m.: The Suspense Is Killing Me!, conversation with best-selling writer Thomas Perry. Moderated by Tod Goldberg

Noon-1:15 p.m.: Just Don't Call It Chick Lit, reading and discussion with Diana Wagman, Elizabeth Crane, April Henry

1:30-2:45 p.m.: Making a Literary Life: Writing as Craft and Calling, Carolyn See

3-4:15 p.m.: A Foot in Two Worlds: Writing from an International Perspective, readings and discussion with Doug Unger and Aimee Phan

Paseo Verde Library Children's Story Room

10-10:45 a.m.: Jayne Shelton

11-11:45 a.m.: Young Chautauqua presentations

Noon-12:45 p.m.: Mike Miller

1-1:45 p.m.: Lisa Kopelke

2-2:45 p.m.: Terri Farley

3-3:45 p.m.: Sharleen Collicott

Paseo Verde Library Conference Room

10:30-11:45 a.m.: Fear of a Black Marker, Keith Knight

Noon-1:15 p.m.: Black Images in Comics, Charles Johnson

1:30-2:45 p.m.: You Could Win a Rabbit, Chip Kidd

3-5 p.m.: Panel: When Books "Go Hollywood": Adapting Literature to Stage and Screen, Diana Wagman, Peter Elbling, Lisa See. Moderated by Sean Clark

Henderson Multi-Generational Center, Rooms A/B

10:30-11:45 a.m.: Set in Las Vegas: What Happens Here, Stays...on the Page, Charles Fleming, David Corbett, Lee Barnes. Moderated by Geoff Schumacher

Noon-1:15 p.m.: Dangerous Thrills: Modern Noir, David Corbett, Sean Doolittle, Jay MacLarty. Moderated by Tod Goldberg

1:30-2:45 p.m.: Writing What You Know: Police Officers and Crime Writing, Dennis Griffin, Charlotte Salyer, Cathy Scott. Moderated by Burl Barer

3-5 p.m.: Sisters in Crime, panel discussion with Rhys Bowen, April Henry, Gillian Roberts, Cara Black. Moderated by Robyn Carr

Henderson Pavilion

11 a.m.-Noon: Coyote Tales, Dallas Children's Theater

7-8 p.m.: Coyote Tales repeat performance, Dallas Children's Theater

Henderson Promenade (plaza in front of the Pavilion)

10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Outdoor book fair

10 a.m.: Musical performance by Monk Riot

1:30 p.m.: Musical performance by Blues SchoolHouse Band, courtesy of International House of Blues Foundation

Evening program at Winchester Community Center

7-8 p.m.: Charles Johnson closing keynote address. Book signing follows

Program locations

Paseo Verde Library, Henderson (280 S. Green Valley Pkwy.)

Henderson Multi-Generational Center (250 S. Green Valley Pkwy.)

Henderson Pavilion and Promenade (200 S. Green Valley Pkwy.)

The Art Institute of Las Vegas (2380 Corporate Circle)

Sam's Town Live! (5111 Boulder Highway)

Winchester Community Center (3130 S. McLeod Drive)