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Saturday, November 8th – Festival Friend Sessions

12:15 – 1:00 PM
Spellbinding Speculative Fiction: Witches, Demons and Interstellar Intrigue
Authors: John Scalzi, Martha Wells
Books: The Shattering Peace, Queen Demon
Moderator: Daniel Oppenheimer
Location: Central Presbyterian Church

1:30 – 2:15 PM
Searching for Truth & Accountability in the Digital Age
Authors: Bruce Holsinger, Sara Sligar
Books: Culpability, Vantage Point
Moderator: Michelle Diggs
Location: Central Presbyterian Church

2:45 – 3:30 PM
Jen Hatmaker in Conversation about Awake
Author: Jen Hatmaker
Book: Awake: A Memoir
Moderator: Simone Talma Flowers
Location: Central Presbyterian Church

3:00 – 3:45 PM
Humanities Texas Presents: Ada Limón in Conversation about Startlement: New and Selected Poems
Author: Ada Limón
Book: Startlement: New and Selected Poems
Moderator: Carrie Fountain
Location: Capitol Auditorium

3:45 – 4:30 PM
Nathan Hale Presents Bones and Berserkers
Author: Nathan Hale
Book: Bones and Berserkers
Location: First United Methodist Church (FUMC)

Sunday, November 9th – Festival Friend Sessions

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Vacation-Ready Reads: Love, Lies and a Little Luggage
Authors: Katherine Center, Amanda Eyre Ward
Books: The Love Haters, Lovers and Liars
Moderator: Allison Hunter
Location: State Theatre

12:00 – 12:45 PM
Lawrence Wright in Conversation about The Human Scale
Author: Lawrence Wright
Book: The Human Scale
Moderator: Lois Kim
Location: Capitol Auditorium

1:00 – 1:45 PM
Imani Perry in Conversation about Black in Blues
Author: Imani Perry
Book: Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Moderator: Colette Pierce Burnette
Location: Capitol Auditorium 

1:45 – 2:30 PM
Ghosts of the American Past: Horror Meets History
Authors: Stephen Graham Jones, Dan Chaon
Books: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, One of Us
Moderator: Bret Anthony Johnston
Location: First United Methodist Church (FUMC) 

2:45 – 3:30 PM
A Light in the Dark: Singular Stories of Survival
Authors:  Maria Reva
Books: Endling
Moderator: Tom Beer
Location: Central Presbyterian Church