Program Schedule

10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.

• Opening Ceremonies with First Lady Frances Strickland
• Recognition and presentation - Ohioana Robert Fox Awards for Young Writers and the Ohio Center for the Book "Letters from Literature" Awards

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

• Special Presentation — Our First Family's Home
  First Lady Frances Strickland with Ian Adams, Dianne McElwain, Mary Alice Marirose
• Panel - The Writing Life
  Marilou Suszko, Sharon Draper
• Readings - Will Hillenbrand, Michael Duffy

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

• Panel - Children's Literature: Writing for the Young Audience
  Tim Bowers, Andrea Cheng, Asma Mobin-Udin; Floyd C. Dickman, moderator
• Panel - Literary Influences: The Book That Changed My Life
  Will Hillenbrand, Marilyn Nelson
• Readings - Mary Doria Russell
  American Splendor: A Conversation with Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner

12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

• Special Presentation - Readings by the winners of the Ohioana Robert Fox Awards for Young Writers and the Ohio Center for the Book "Letters from Literature" Awards
  Sharon Draper, moderator
• Musical entertainment by Arnett Howard

1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

• Panel - Stay on the Right Side: Copyright Law and Publishing
  Edward Lee, David Mould; Rick Huard, moderator
• Panel - Creating Fiction: The Process
  Karen Harper, Zakes Mda; Lee Martin, moderator
• Readings - Marily Nelson, Marilou Suszko

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

• Panel - The Publishing Game: From the Inside Out
  Marcy Hawley, Vickie M. Stringer; David Sanders, moderator
• Panel - People, Politics, Power & Prose
  Michael Duffy, Connie Schultz
• Readings - Sharon Draper, Zakes Mda

3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

• Panel - Reviewing in the Internet Age: Part II
  Bill Eichenberger, Kassie Rose
• Panel - Transmuting Life into Art
  Harvey Pekar, Mary Doria Russell
• Readings - Karen Harper, Connie Schultz

3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Final book signings

4:30 p.m.

• Event ends

THROUGHOUT THE DAY:

• Book Fair in East Bay Area
• Book Fair Authors readings in High Bay Area (see below)
• Barnes & Noble Book Store and Starbucks Café in Front Lobby
• Food vendors outside State Library

BOOK FAIR AUTHOR READINGS
(every 10 minutes beggining at 10:30 a.m.

William Zink
Richard Wirick
Catherynne M. Valente
Ann Townsend
Vickie M. Stringer
Linda Stanek
Lucy Snyder
Nathan Singer
Kaira Sturdivant Rouda
Jerry Roscoe
Donald Ray Pollock
Robert Olmstead
Pat Mullen
Asma Mobin-Udin
Paula McLain
Craig McDonald
Lee Martin
Michael London
Gene Logsdon
Rosemary Laurey
Nikki Jenkins
Gary Harwood
Ann Hagedorn
Brian Groh
D. G. Fulford
Zee Edgell
Robin Davis
Andrea Cheng
Gary Braunbeck
Kellie Bean
Christopher Barzak
David Baker