LA Times Festival of Books April 20 & 21

One of the country’s greatest book festivals, and my favorite, is the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. They’ve just announced their 2013 schedule – the full program is here.

Marisa Silver will be on the panel Fiction: The Social Novel with Rachel Kushner and Jonathan Lethem, moderated by David Ulin on Saturday April 20th at noon.

Matthew Specktor will be on the panel Fiction: Inside Hollywood on Sunday, April 21st at Noon with Nina Revoyr, Adam Braver and Alex Espinoza.

Molly Ringwald will read on the LA Times Main Stage Saturday at 12:10pm and she’ll also be in a conversation with Maria Semple, moderated by Carolyn Kellogg, at Noon on Sunday.

And a shout out for former client, eternal favorite person, Bernard Cooper who will be on the panel Why Did the Writer Cross the Genre, on Saturday at 1:30pm with Luis Alfaro and Sandra Tsing Loh.

The full line up, including location details, is here.

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