SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2026

9 THE FESTIVAL OPENS — Vendor Booths, Used and New Books for Sale!

10 Welcome – Jennifer Crittenden & Robert Joki / A Word from Our Sponsor, Stellar Brew / Welcome to the Mammoth Museum

10:15 Ceanne Faustini – Mono County Library – Read for Pleasure

10:45 Suzanne Morgan Williams “Ice & Sage: Rugged Landscapes Shape Resilient Characters”

11:15 Panel: “Anthologies: A Quilting Bee for Authors” – Stacey Powells, Donna McCrohan Rosenthal, Lina Myers Lambert, Jennifer Crittenden

12 Bridey Thelen-Heidel “Who Gets To Tell the Story? Memoir, Truth and Permission”

12:45 Panel: “Writing the Remote: Finding Narrative in Far-Flung Landscapes” – Kayla Anderson, Keith Merson, Danny Nielsen, Bruce Rettig

1:30 Bonnie Henderson – Nellie Bly O’Bryan and the Upside-Down House

1:45 Tyler Childress – Bryce Whitmore and Whitewater Rafting

2 Author Variety Show begins

4 THE FESTIVAL CLOSES

AUTHOR VARIETY SHOW / MEET THE AUTHORS FROM 2 P.M.

Authors will take the stages for about 5 minutes each to talk about their books, do a reading, sing a song or whatever floats their boat.

Booths include:  Sierra Forever, Whistling Rabbit Press, Tahoe Writers Works, Ridge Writers of Ridgecrest, Robert Marks, Nicola Italia, Lori Polydoros and J. Butler Kyle, Lina Lambert & Stacey Powells, Bridey Thelen-Heidel, Ty Childress, Ken Amster, Bonnie Henderson & Allyson Tapley,and more!

Book sales benefit the Mammoth Museum at the Hayden Cabin and the Eastern Sierra Book Festival.

Hosted by the Southern Mono Historical Society. Sponsored by Whistling Rabbit Press and Stellar Brew.