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Festival of Books 2012

Los Angeles, CA

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Fee Quantity
Panel 1011 - Saturday, 10:30am, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123)
California Literature: The Big Picture
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1012 - Saturday, 12:00pm, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123)
Nonfiction: The Legendary Filmmakers
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1013 - Saturday, 1:30pm, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123)
Memoir: Over the Edge
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1014 - Saturday, 3:00pm, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123)
Nonfiction: The Food Chain
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1015 - Saturday, 4:30pm, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123)
Publishing: Nuts & Bolts
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1021 - Saturday, 11:00am, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 124)
Fiction: Lives Interrupted
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1022 - Saturday, 12:30pm, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 124)
Crime Fiction: A Haze of Mystery
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1023 - Saturday, 2:00pm, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 124)
Crime Fiction: Tangled Webs
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1024 - Saturday, 3:30pm, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 124)
Crime Fiction: Out of the Box
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1031 - Saturday, 10:30am, Andrus Gerontology Center
Page and Screen
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1032 - Saturday, 12:00pm, Andrus Gerontology Center
Biography: That's Entertainment
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1033 - Saturday, 1:30pm, Andrus Gerontology Center
Fiction: Family Ties
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1034 - Saturday, 3:00pm, Andrus Gerontology Center
Who Says? Habits, Fear & Why We Think the Way We Do
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1035 - Saturday, 4:30pm, Andrus Gerontology Center
Crime Fiction: Catch Them If You Can
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1041 - Saturday, 11:00am, Salvatori Center (SAL 101)
Fiction: Seeing the Light
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1042 - Saturday, 12:30pm, Salvatori Center (SAL 101)
Childrens Books: Painting the Picture
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1043 - Saturday, 2:00pm, Salvatori Center (SAL101)
Fiction: To the Point
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1044 - Saturday, 3:30pm, Salvatori Center (SAL 101)
Graphic Novel: Mythic Stories
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1051 - Saturday, 10:30am, Norris Theater
Memoir: The Ties That Bind
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1052 - Saturday, 12:00pm, Norris Theater
Science: Finding the Thread
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1053 - Saturday, 1:30pm, Norris Theater
Memoir: Fame Inside Out
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1054 - Saturday, 3:00pm, Norris Theater
Nonfiction: Creativity & Imagination
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1055 - Saturday, 4:30pm, Norris Theater
Narrative in a Digital Age
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1061 - Saturday, 10:30am, Annenberg Auditorium
Poetry: Saying More in Fewer Words
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1062 - Saturday, 12:00pm, Annenberg Auditorium
Fiction: At Loose Ends
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1063 - Saturday, 1:30pm, Annenberg Auditorium
Fiction: Form & Function
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1064 - Saturday, 3:00pm, Annenberg Auditorium
Fiction: Alienated Voices
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1065 - Saturday, 4:30pm, Annenberg Auditorium
Young Adult Fiction: The Real in the Unreal
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1071 - Saturday, 11:00am, Bing Theater
Terror: 9/11 and Beyond
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1072 - Saturday, 12:30pm, Bing Theater
Anne Perry in Conversation with Denise Hamilton
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1073 - Saturday, 2:00pm, Bing Theater
South of the Border: The Drug Trade
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1074 - Saturday, 3:30pm, Bing Theater
Joseph Wambaugh in Conversation with Lee Goldberg
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1081 - Saturday, 10:30am, Davidson Education Center
Nonfiction: The Speed of Thought
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1082 - Saturday, 12:00pm, Davidson Education Center
Young Adult Fiction: Writing YA
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1083 - Saturday, 1:30pm, Davidson Education Center
Young Adult Fiction: On the Brink
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1084 - Saturday, 3:00pm, Davidson Education Center
Cultural Visions: Blackness Now & Then
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1085 - Saturday, 4:30pm, Davidson Education Center
Science: At Warp Speed
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1091 - Saturday, 10:30am, Bovard Auditorium
John Green in Conversation with Lev Grossman
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1092 - Saturday, 12:30pm, Bovard Auditorium
Susan Orlean in Conversation with Michael Silverblatt
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1093 - Saturday, 2:30pm, Bovard Auditorium
Judy Blume in Conversation with Mary McNamara
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1094 - Saturday, 4:30pm, Bovard Auditorium
The Boys on the Bus: Covering Decision 2012
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1111 - Saturday, 10:30am, Taper Hall (THH 101)
Fiction: The Big Picture
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1112 - Saturday, 12:00pm, Taper Hall (THH 101)
Go the F**k to Sleep
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1113 - Saturday, 1:30pm, Taper Hall (THH 101)
Graphic Novel: Drawing Outside the Lines
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1114 - Saturday, 3:00pm, Taper Hall (THH 101)
Fiction: Echoes of Korea
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1115 - Saturday, 4:30pm, Taper Hall (THH 101)
Nonfiction: E Cannibis Unum
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1121 - Saturday, 10:30am, Ronald Tutor Campus Center
Robert Kirkman in Conversation with Geoff Boucher
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1122 - Saturday, 12:30pm, Ronald Tutor Campus Center
Rodney King in Conversation with Patt Morrison
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1123 - Saturday, 2:30pm, Ronald Tutor Campus Center
Current Interest: Decision 2012
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1124 - Saturday, 4:30pm, Ronald Tutor Campus Center
T.C. Boyle with an Introduction by Ralph Lewin
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1131 - Saturday, 11:00am, Hancock Foundation
History: War & Remembrance
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1132 - Saturday, 12:30pm, Hancock Foundation
Biography: The American Century
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1133 - Saturday, 2:00pm, Hancock Foundation
Nonfiction: Narrating Disaster
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1134 - Saturday, 3:30pm, Hancock Foundation
Nonfiction: Visions of the West
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1141 - Saturday, 10:45am Hoffman Hall Presented by USC
The End of Illness: A Conversation with David Agus
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1142 - Saturday, 12:00pm Hoffman Hall Presented by USC
Queer L.A.: Culture, Art and Activism
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1143 - Saturday, 1:30pm, Hoffman Hall Presented by USC
Fairy Tales
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1144 - Saturday, 3:00pm, Hoffman Hall Presented by USC
Mystery and Magic in Mind and Matter
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1145 - Saturday, 4:30pm, Hoffman Hall Presented by USC
Kick-Ass Women
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 1151 - Saturday, 1:00pm, School for Cinematic Arts
DC Entertainment Presents: Watchmen -- It’s Not the End, It’s the Beginning. A Conversation with Jim Lee and Dan DiDio, moderated by Geoff Boucher Located in the Ray Stark Theater
$1.00 $0.00
Screening 1152 - Saturday, 2:00pm, School for Cinematic Arts
"Watchmen: Director's Cut" Located in the Ray Stark Theater
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2011 - Sunday, 10:00am, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123)
Fiction: Ladies Who Lit
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2012 - Sunday, 11:30am, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123)
History: City of Angels
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2013 - Sunday, 1:00pm, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123)
Fiction:California Dreamin'
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2014 - Sunday, 2:30pm, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123)
Fiction: The Faults They Had
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2015 - Sunday, 4:00pm, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123)
Publishing A - Z
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2021 - Sunday, 11:00am, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 124)
Crime Fiction: Buried Secrets
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2022 - Sunday, 12:30pm, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 124)
Crime Fiction: California Noir
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2023 - Sunday, 2:00pm, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 124)
Publishing: Finding New Voices
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2024 - Sunday, 3:30pm, Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 124)
Crime Fiction: Listening In
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2031 - Sunday, 11:00am, Andrus Gerontology Center
Publishing: Rewriting the Rules
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2032 - Sunday, 12:30pm, Andrus Gerontology Center
Fiction: Over the Edge
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2033 - Sunday, 2:00pm, Andrus Gerontology Center
Fiction: The Literature of Obsession
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2034 - Sunday, 3:30pm, Andrus Gerontology Center
Fiction: Pushing the Envelope
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2041 - Sunday, 10:30am, Salvatori Center (SAL 101)
Nonfiction: Olympic Stories
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2042 - Sunday, 12:00pm, Salvatori Center (SAL 101)
Fiction: Whimsical Visions
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2043 - Sunday, 1:30pm, Salvatori Center (SAL 101)
Fiction: Visionary Eyes
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2044 - Sunday, 3:00pm, Salvatori Center (SAL 101)
Fiction: Writing Across the Globe
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2051 - Sunday, 10:30am, Norris Theater
Memoir: You Make Me Crazy
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2052 - Sunday, 12:00pm, Norris Theater
Nonfiction: The Art of Immersion
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2053 - Sunday, 1:30pm, Norris Theater
Science: The Adventure of the Mind
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2054 - Sunday, 3:00pm, Norris Theater
Love: American Style
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2061 - Sunday, 11:00am, Annenberg Auditorium
DIY Revolution
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2062 - Sunday, 12:30pm, Annenberg Auditorium
Poetry: Thoughts That Breathe; Words That Burn
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2063 - Sunday, 2:00pm, Annenberg Auditorium
Fiction: Love, Actually
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2064 - Sunday, 3:30pm, Annenberg Auditorium
Fiction: Conflicting Identities
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2071 - Sunday, 10:30am, Bing Theater
Fiction: The Dream Deferred
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2072 - Sunday, 12:00pm, Bing Theater
Nonfiction: The Elbow of Justice
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2073 - Sunday, 1:30pm, Bing Theater
Robert Crais in Conversation with Kenneth Turan
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2074 - Sunday, 3:00pm, Bing Theater
Current Interest: American Breakdown
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2081 - Sunday, 10:00am, Davidson Education Center
Fiction: World Building
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2082 - Sunday, 11:30am, Davidson Education Center
Fiction: Bump in the Night
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2083 - Sunday, 1:00pm, Davidson Education Center
History: The American Dream
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2084 - Sunday, 2:30pm, Davidson Education Center
Does This Book Make Me Look Fat: Laughter on the Page
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2085 - Sunday, 4:00pm, Davidson Education Center
Final Choices: Extending Life or Prolonging Death?
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2091 - Sunday, 11:00am, Bovard Auditorium
Los Angeles 20 Years After the Rodney King Verdict
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2092 - Sunday, 1:00pm, Bovard Auditorium
Anne Rice in Conversation with Scott Timberg
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2093 - Sunday, 3:00pm, Bovard Auditorium
The Nerds Shall Inherit the Earth
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2111 - Sunday, 11:00am, Taper Hall (THH 101)
Fiction & Fantasy: Otherworldly Adventures
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2112 - Sunday, 12:30pm, Taper Hall (THH 101)
Fiction: Destinations & Detours
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2113 - Sunday, 2:00pm, Taper Hall (THH 101)
Nonfiction: We Built This City
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2114 - Sunday, 3:30pm, Taper Hall (THH 101)
Fiction: Up Close & Far Away
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2121 - Sunday, 10:30am, Ronald Tutor Campus Center
Current Interest: The Changing Faces of the Right
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2122 - Sunday, 12:30pm, Ronald Tutor Campus Center
Young Adult Fiction: The Wide Lens
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2123 - Sunday, 2:30pm, Ronald Tutor Campus Center
Food Writing: American Potluck
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2131 - Sunday, 11:00am, Hancock Foundation
Nonfiction: Reporting the Arts
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2132 - Sunday, 12:30pm, Hancock Foundation
Disposable Nation: Trash & Consequences
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2133 - Sunday, 2:00pm, Hancock Foundation
Nonfiction: Surveillance & Secrets
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2134 - Sunday, 3:30pm, Hancock Foundation
The Port Huron Statement: 50 Years Later
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2141 - Sunday, 10:00am, Hoffman Hall Presented by USC
New Paradigms for Leadership in a Global Economy
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2142 - Sunday, 11:25am, Hoffman Hall Presented by USC
Future Books: Media in the Digital Age
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2143 - Sunday, 12:45pm, Hoffman Hall Presented by USC
The Politics of Popular Music
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2144 - Sunday, 2:15pm, Hoffman Hall Presented by USC
Writing the Sports Biography
$1.00 $0.00
Panel 2145 - Sunday, 3:45pm, Hoffman Hall Presented by USC
Writings from the Asian Diaspora
$1.00 $0.00
Screening 2151 - Sunday, 11:00am, School for Cinematic Arts
"With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story" presented by EPIX. Located in the Ray Stark Theater
$1.00 $0.00
Screening 2151-A - Sunday, 1:00pm, School for Cinematic Arts
"With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story" presented by EPIX. Located in the Ray Stark Theater
$1.00 $0.00
Screening 2152 - Sunday, 1:00pm, School for Cinematic Arts
"Read It and Weep" episode from "My Little Pony Friendship is Magic" presented by The Hub TV Network. Q & A to follow with actor Tara Strong, voice of Twilight Sparkle. Located in the Broccoli Theater
$1.00 $0.00
Screening 2153 - Sunday, 3:00pm, School for Cinematic Arts
"With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story" presented by EPIX. Located in the Ray Stark Theater
$1.00 $0.00
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Join us at USC for the 17th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. It’s the largest literary event in the nation.

 

April 21-22, 2012


Sat 10 AM – 6 PM
Sun 10 AM – 5 PM

The Festival of Books will be held at:

University of Southern California at the intersection of Exposition Blvd. and S Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90089

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A LIMIT OF 4 TICKETS PER PANEL AND A LIMIT OF 8 TOTAL TICKETS PER PERSON.  ANY TICKETS RESERVED BY ONE PERSON IN EXCESS OF 8 WILL BE VOIDED.

 

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