The festival is delighted to welcome Phyllis Wachob, Shelley Evans, and Anke Hodenpijl who are making the trip north (presumably not by camel).
The Speaker Schedule
9-9:15 Welcome
9:15-9:45 Christopher Platt "What I've Been Reading"
9:45-10:15 Clifford Davis "To be or not to be: Hamlet's Infinit[iv]e Possibilities"
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11 Debate/Discussion "Do Books Matter?" (David Carle & Jennifer Crittenden)
11-12 Art Books Panel (Jeff Gabriel, Robert Joki, Sandy Powell)
12-1 Lunch
1-1:30 Joe Reidhead "Publishing Standards, Trends, and Options in 2021"
1:30-2:15 Audiobooks Panel (Debbie Boucher, Jennifer Crittenden, Lucas Dutton)
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3 R.D. Kardon "Novel v Memoir: Write Your Story Your Way"
3-3:30 Terry Pierce "10 Things to Know About Writing for Children"
3:30-3:45 Remembrance of Heather Wolf & Richard Mallard / Sponsor Slot
4-6 Authors Variety Show / Meet the Authors
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Mono County Library System Director Christopher Platt will open the festival as he has for the past three years with a talk entitled "What I've Been Reading." Don't miss this time-saving and insightful review of recent books. He speaks at 9 a.m. [Photo by Don Chambers]
We are honored that David Carle will return to the festival to mock-debate Jennifer Crittenden about "Do Books Matter?" Longtime ranger at Mono Lake, David is the author of many important books about earth, water, and fire in California. The second edition of his book about fire will come out in August.
Joe Reidhead of Reidhead Publishing will talk about "Publishing Standards, Trends, and Options in 2021." This talk will save you hours of research if you want to know what's happening in the publishing and author services world. Joe has helped produce some very fine books by local authors in the last few years.
R.D. Kardon will speak about aspects of "Memoir v Novel: Tell Your Story Your Way," especially in the context of her personal experiences as a commercial pilot in a male-dominated industry and how she turned that into two thrilling novels.
FOR KIDS
Free booklets, stickers, bookmarks
Lawn games
Free kids books
BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS!
We have rescued a tremendous number of books over the past year which will be offered at a discount at the festival.
Fiction, children's books, beautiful biographies, and many books about the West and California. Humor, non-fiction, and some rare books.
But really. A lot of books.
The Authors Variety Show will run from 4 to 6
Authors engaging with their books:
speaking, presenting, dancing, singing,
or whatever highlights their particular talent or book
- in quick succession, on stage -
before heading over to the book sales tables to meet their fans
and sign books.
LAST CALL FOR AUTHORS...
Sign up to participate in the Eastern Sierra Book Festival. We will introduce you to the audience and sell your books.
Entrance, participation in the Authors Variety Show, selling your books, and promoting you on social media are FREE.
Click here to sign up. Watch that space for other author-oriented information, including lodging advice.
WHAT ABOUT DRINKS AND FOOD?
Coffee and pastries
Mimosas and Bloody Marys
Bagel sandwiches, snacks, or
venture over to Dos Alas for some Cuban fare
We thank our drink sponsor!
How to cool off
The book fairy has brought us some volunteers. We are so appreciative for Lei Udell, Mike Sharkey, Christine and Dave Bourgeois. Thank you so much. We are going to have a wonderful event thanks to you!
BOOKS AVAILABLE AT THE FESTIVAL
HERE ARE SOME OF THE AUTHORS YOU CAN MEET AT THE FESTIVAL AND THEIR BOOKS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AND TO BE AUTOGRAPHED.
Not ready to give up your mask? No problem! Come in costume.
“If you're an artist, you try to keep an ear to the ground and an ear to your heart."
~ Bruce Springsteen
Richard Mallard passed away earlier this year. He was the author of this extraordinarily well-researched and moving account of a tragic day when several boys, teachers, and first responders all lost their lives under the ice at Convict Lake. We will be honoring his work and book at the festival.
Here is the link to the 2020 Eastern Sierra Book Festival livestream event in case you missed it.
