WEST HOLLYWOOD BOOK FAIR PROGRAM

SCREENPLAYLAB WORKSHOP IMPROV SCREENWRITING 3:00-4:30pm Facilitated by Robin Rowe, ScreenplayLab co-founder, screenwriter, journalist and host Fun! Exciting! Amazing! Break out of writer's block! Discover how to write a good screenplay fast Participants will write entertaining scenes for a comedy screenplay with a plot and characters that the group invents on the spot Exhilarating for first-time writers Stimulating for experienced screenwriters Robin's WeHo class was packed last year This year will be even better with more new techniques WeHo Book Fair - Sept. 30th, 2007 At The Writers Room (classrom) 40 seats. FREE! No RSVP. First come, first serve. THE WRITING ROOM SCRIPT WRITING WORKSHOP (10:30am-Noon) Facilitated by Che’Rae Adams WRITING FOR MULTIPLE MARKETS: (Noon-1:30pm) FROM NEW YORK TO HOLLYWOOD Facilitated by Jann Robbins ‘ZINE WRITING WORKSHOP (1:30-3:00pm) Facilitated by Tess Lotta SCREENPLAYLAB WORKSHOP 3:00-4:30pm IMPROV SCREENWRITING Facilitated by Robin Rowe THE WRITERS’ PAVILION TO BLOG OR NOT TO BLOG (11:00am-Noon) Margo Candela, Laila Lalami, Kevin Roderick, Mark Sarvas, Nichelle Tramble Moderator: Daniel Olivas CREATING PEACE IN OUR LIVES (12:00-1:00pm) Petra Eiko, Betty Kovacs, Judie O’Neill, Mark Waller Moderator: Tina Carey Signing @ Mystic Sisters FOLLOW YOUR DREAM (1:00-1:45pm) PREPARE FOR PUBLISHING THE PROFESSIONAL WAY Christopher Meeks, Joyce Faulkner, June Casagrande Moderator: Carolyn Howard- Johnson Signing @Carolyn’s booth THE WRITING LIFE:(2:00-2:45pm) STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN YOUR WRITING AND ANYTHING THAT GETS IN THE WAY Presented by UCLA Writers Extention Program Cecilia Brainard, Lisa Teasley, Mary Yukari Waters Modearator: Mary Otis HOW TO MAKE A BOOK (3:00-3:45pm) Betsy Amster, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Bella Stander Moderator: Kim Dower TAKING CHARGE (4:00-4:45pm) THE INS & OUTS OF INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING Moderator: Nick Nolan   FICTION PAVILION AT LAST: FIRST FICTION (11:00am-Noon) Alex Espinoza, Jeff Hobbs, Karen Mack, Jennifer Kaufman, Andrea Portes Moderator: Eduardo Santiago Signing@Book Soup booth THE LIVES OF OTHERS (12:15-1:15pm) RESEARCH AND IMAGINATION IN HISTORICAL FICTION Maggie Anton, Carlos Mock, Mark Frost, Kathleen McGowan Moderator: Stacy Bierlein Signing@Book Soup booth AROUND THE WORLD: FICTION IN FOREIGN LANDS (1:15-2:15pm) David Francis, Lisa Fugard, Gina Nahai, Ngugi Wa’Thiongo Moderator: Greg Bills Signing@Book Soup booth DORKS, GEEKS, DWEEBS & FREAKS (2:30-3:30pm) WRITING FOR TEENS AND TWEENS Cecil Castellucci, Kerry Madden, Amy Goldman Koss, Mark L. William, Lisa Yee Moderator: Sally Nemeth Signing@Book Soup booth L.A. STORIES (3:30-4:30pm) FICTITIOUS LIVES IN THE MYTHIC CITY Noel Alumit, Will Beall, Gregory Hinton, Tara Ison Moderator: Holly Bailey-Hoffman Signing @ Book Soup booth

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT PAVILION HOLLYWOODLAND (11:00am-Noon) FICTION, FACT AND IN BETWEEN Lori Culwell, Anna David, Dito Montiel Moderator: Kara Hoppe SUNSET STRIPPED (Noon-1:00pm) THE MUSIC THAT SHAPED CULTURE AND LIFE IN THE 60s Moderator: Domenic Priore OUR LIPS UNSEALED (1:00-1:45pm) HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP PAST & PRESENT Sam Bernstein, Janet Charlton, John Gilmore, Perez Hilton Moderator: Dennis Hensley Signing @Circus of Books booth SPOTLIGHTS & SHADOWS (2:00-3:00pm) LIFE STORIES ON AND OFF STAGES & SCREENS Bruce Dern, Dinah Lenney, Chuck Panozzo, Victoria Rowell Moderator: Beverly Gray CRACKING UP (3:15-4:15pm) WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF LAUGHTER Meghan Daum, Beth Lapides, Erika Schickel, Paula Poundstone Moderator: Hilary Carlip THE PEOPLE, PLACES & POLITICS PAVILION BODHI TREE HEALERS PANEL (11:00am-Noon) Rhobbin Alexis, Judith Lukomski, Dr. David Y. Wong, MD Moderator: Ron Kato Signing @ Bodhi Tree booth WHO I AM?: WRITING THE MEMOIR (Noon-1:00pm) Jerry Heller, Aaron Raz Link, Emily Rapp, Neile McQueen Toffel (aka Neile Adams) Modearator: Samantha Dunn DEFEND NEW ORLEANS (1:15-2:00pm) ON PROTECTING, SERVING, PRESERVING AND SAVING A GREAT AMERICAN CITY Mark Broyard, Loraine Despres Eastlake, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Grady Thirkill, Joann Thirkill Moderator: Jervey Tervelon THE ADVENTURES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (2:15-3:00pm) Ann & Farley Olander, Scott Pinotroski, Elizabeth Pomeroy Moderator: Tina Carey Signing @ Mystic Sisters booth   THE QUEER, HOT AND AVANT GUARDE PAVILION GAY & LESBIAN URBAN HISTORY Jeanne Cordova, Felice Picano Moderator: Stuart Timmons Signing @ A Different Light booth GAY PUBLISHING (1:00-1:45pm) STATE OF EMERGENCY Charles Flowers, Patricia Nell Warren Moderator: Christopher Rice Signing @ A Different Light booth L.A. AVANTE GUARDE UNDERGROUND LITERATURE Panelists and Moderators TBA LITERARY FOREMOTHERS A LESBIAN TRADITION Fiona Zedde Moderator: TBA Signing @ A Different Light booth FICTIONAL SEX THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE NEVER TO BE DONE AGAIN Jenoyne Adams, Midori Moderator: Christine Louise Berry Signing @ Christine’s booth LGBT SPIRITUALITY PANEL Moderator: Reva Solomon Signing @ A Different Light booth Children's Stage, Robertson Theater and Robertson Coffee House TBA

COMICS/SCIENCE FICTION PAVILION HORROR IN SHORT BURSTS (2:45-3:45pm) CRAFTING STORIES FOR THE HORROR ANTHOLOGY Jeff Gelb, Lisa Morton Moderator: Del Howison Signing @ Dark Delicacies booth TOKYOPOP’S MANGA PANEL Signing @ Tokyo Pop booth COMIC BOOKS PANEL Signing @ Golden Apple booth GOLDEN APPLE PANEL Signing @ Golden Apple booth MYSTERIOUS GALAXY PANEL Signing @ Mysterious Galaxy booth THE MYSTERY & SUSPENCE PAVILION LA NOIR (11:00am-Noon) CRIME FICTION CLOSE TO HOME Naomi Hirahara, Emory Holmes II, Jim Pascoe, Diana Wagman Moderator: Sam Quinones DARK PAST: (12:15-1:15pm) THE HISTORICAL CRIME NOVEL Aileen G. Baron, Cordelia Frances Biddle, Gay Kinman, Michael Mallory Moderator: James Lincoln Warren MURDER MOST COZY (1:30-2:30pm) CRIME ON THE LIGHTER SIDE Joanne Fluke, Linda O. Johnston, Susan Kandel, Linda Palmer Moderator: Sue Ann Jaffarian KILLER TIPS FOR WRITING CRIME NOVELS (2:30-3:30pm) Susan Diamond, Gar Anthony Haywood, Paul Levine, April Smith Moderator: John Morgan Wilson WHEN FACT MEETS FICTION (3:45-4:45pm) RESEARCH AND AUTHENTICITY IN THE CRIME NOVEL Marissa Batt, Gregg Hurwitz, Doug Lyle, MD, Christopher Rice Moderator: Sheila Lowe IN CONVERSATION PAVILION NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS (11:00-11:45am) CYNTHIA KADOHATA (2005) & SUSAN PATRON (2007) IN CONVERSATION WITH DAVID ULIN MARK SALZMAN (12:00-12:45pm) IN CONVERSATION WITH LESLIE SCHWARTZ Signing@Book Soup REZA ASLAN & JONATHAN KIRSCH (1:00-1:45pm) IN CONVERSATION GUSTAVO ARELLANO & SAM QUINONES (2:00-2:45pm) TALK IMMIGRATION TALES HEALTHY LIVING (3:00-3:45pm) WITH MARIEL HEMINGWAY AND DR. KEITH MUMBY JONATHAN GOLD & MICHELLE HUNEVEN (4:00-4:45pm) IN CONVERSATION ROBERTSON SALON (10:30am-12:45pm) PEN….in the Classroom (45 min.) PEN….Emerging Voices (45 min.) PEN….Readings from Banned Books (45 min.) No Signing POETRY SALON (1:00-2:15pm) Noah Blaustein, Ramon Garcia, Susan McCabe, Lynne Thompson, Terry Wolverton, Gail Wronsky Moderator – Elena Karina Byrne Signing @ Poetry Salon table QUEER RENEGADES (2:30-3:30pm) Perry Brass, Aaron Raz Link Moderator: Michael Kearns THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FACT (3:30-4:15pm) LITERARY NONFICTION READINGS Moderator – Michael Datcher READINGS FROM SKID ROW WOMEN (4:15-5:00pm) No Signing STORYTIME WITH WAYNE HENDRICKSON (5:00-5:45pm) No Signing