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Saturday, Oct 24 and 25, 2020
Location: TheBookFest.com
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Presented by Black Chateau and Books That Make You.
Schedule (Pacific Time)
Saturday
| 10:00am | Welcome — Desiree Duffy |
| 10:10am | Opening Keynote – Sharon Koifman |
| 10:30am | Danny Trejo Reads from Trejo’s Tacos |
| 10:50am | BREAK |
| 11:00am | Panel One – Self-Help Books When We Need Them Most |
| 11:55am | BREAK |
| 12:00pm | Panel Two – Masters of the Macabre |
| 12:45pm | BREAK |
| 1:00pm | Panel Three — Books and Education During Covid |
| 1:55pm | BREAK |
| 2:00pm | Panel Four – Books, Authors and Genres Reemerging |
| 2:55pm | BREAK |
| 3:00pm | Panel Five – Words Matter |
| 3:55pm | BREAK |
| 4:00pm | Panel Six – Why We Love Stories |
| 4:55pm | BREAK |
| 5:00pm | Panel Seven – Young Adult Fiction in a Time of Tumult |
| 5:55pm | BREAK |
| 6:00pm | After Party |
Sunday
| 12:00pm | Welcome — Desiree Duffy |
| 12:15pm | Panel One — Wickedly Creative |
| 1:30pm | Panel Two — My Precious |
| 2:45pm | Panel Three — The World Sucks |
| 4:00pm | Panel Four — Conversation with the Hudsons |
Saturday
| Time | Ask An Author Chat | Ask Me About… |
| 1:00p | Ora Nadrich | Ask me about mindfulness. |
| 1:15p | Kevin Groh | Ask me about gaming. |
| 1:30p | Michelle Silverthorn | Ask me about authenticity in the workplace. |
| 1:45p | Ann O’Brien | Ask me about conscious love and awareness practice. |
| 2:00p | Sara Winokur | Ask me anything about Iceland. |
| 2:15p | Andy Davidson | Ask me about witches. |
| 2:30p | Sean Conley | Ask me about football, yoga, and meditation. |
| 2:45p | Steven Joseph | Ask me about embracing your crankiness. |
| 3:00p | BREAK | |
| 3:15p | Dr. Janet Brill | Ask me anything about intermittent fasting. |
| 3:30p | Adrienne Monson | Ask me about vampires. |
| 3:45p | Edgar Scott | Ask me my thoughts on the economy after the election. |
| 4:00p | Bill McCormick | Ask me about the Multi-verse. |
| 4:15p | Lon Varnadore | Ask me about clones of the future. |
| 4:30p | Sheryl Benko | Ask me about the 1200 human bones they found in Ben Franklin’s old house. |
| 4:45p | AmyLea Murphy | Ask me about the best way to help teens in need. |
| 5:00p | James Rollins | Ask me about weaving science and adventure into storytelling. |
| 5:15p | William Craig Reed | How a Russian submarine propeled Putin to power. |
| 5:30p | Jonathan Maberry | Ask me about surviging a zombie attack. |