I'm just back (with a terrible migraine!) and must leave again soon for the LA Times Book Prizes this evening - I'll be back late tonight with updates on the winners and who wore what. (How many vapid lovelies will be in tow?)
In the meantime, here's my tentative Saturday schedule for the LA Times Festival of Books (yes, it's ambitious!):
PANEL 1091
10:00 AM
Fiction: The Long & Short of It
Moderator Mr. Tod Goldberg
Ms. Sylvia Brownrigg
Mr. Brock Clarke
Ms. Tara Ison
Ms. Susan Straight
PANEL 1102
Fiction: Grace Under Pressure
Moderator Ms. Barbara Isenberg
Mr. Bruce Bauman
Ms. Gina Nahai
Mr. Andrew O'Hagan
Mr. Arthur Phillips
PANEL 1093
1:00 PM
Fiction: Novel Lives
Moderator Mr. Robert Roper
Ms. Jill Bialosky
Mr. Nicholas Delbanco
Mr. Brian Hall
Ms. Marianne Wiggins
PANEL 1074
2:30 PM
Fiction: Not So Ordinary People
Moderator Ms. Laila Lalami
Mr. Tony Earley
Mr. Dinaw Mengestu
Mr. Stewart O'Nan
Ms. Ann Packer
PANEL 1095
4:00 PM
First Fiction: New Voices
Moderator Ms. Carolyn Kellogg
Ms. Antonia Arslan
Ms. Rebecca Curtis
Ms. Pamela Erens
Ms. Ellen Litman
Where will you be headed tomorrow? I'll have full reports each night so check back!