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Fall for the Book 2019

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10:00am EDT

Hyper Bole Johnson Center, George Mason UniversitySplit This Rock

10:30am EDT

Let’s Pretend! A Poetry Workshop for Kids Old Town HallElizabeth Steinglass (Un)Real: Shaping Memory & Identity Merten Hall, Room 1203André Alexis • Tope Folarin Uncovering the Real Lolita Merten Hall, Room 1201Art Taylor • Sarah Weinman Teach Them Well & Let Them Lead: Writing Better Stories for Children Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Merten Lawn TentKiara Brown • Maria Ribbing Cornell • Michael D. Gatson • Keosha Sath Diverging Roads: Teenagers Face Choices and Consequences Merten Hall, Room 1202Anna Bright • Chris Tebbetts • Mia García

11:30am EDT

CANCELLED: Ticketed Event: First Words for Young Writers Merten Hall, Room 2500Katy Upperman • Christina June

11:45am EDT

Exploring with Your Imagination! Old Town HallRussell Ginns Love and Loss in the Caribbean Merten Hall, Room 1203Curdella Forbes • Katia D. Ulysse Politics & Pretend: Reality Meets Fiction Merten Hall, Room 1202Henry G. Brinton • Christina Dalcher • Raima Larter Sweet Little Lies: How Secrets Can Shape a Story Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Merten Lawn TentG.M. Malliet • John Gilstrap • Laurie Loewenstein • Erica Wright Let’s Get in Formation: Preventing Future Charlottesvilles Merten Hall, Room 1201Governor Terry McAuliffe • Steve Kettmann

12:00pm EDT

A Celebration of 20 Years of Kid Pan Alley Harris Theater, George Mason UniversityPaul Reisler

1:00pm EDT

Flowers and Fishes, Oh My! Old Town HallSusan Stockdale I Will Survive: Exploring the Human Condition in the Face of Chaos Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Merten Lawn TentRyan Chapman • Adam Nemett • Jason Gray Dead Rabbits Podcast: Uncertain Futures with Atia Abawi Merten Hall, Room 1203Atia Abawi • Brian Birnbaum Now I Long For Yesterday: Searching for Truth Merten Hall, Room 1202Rion Amilcar Scott • Susan Richards Shreve • Helon Habila A League to Bring their Husbands Home Merten Hall, Room 1201Heath Hardage Lee

1:30pm EDT

CANCELLED: Ticketed Event: Learn to Write Poetry with Mark Fitzgerald Merten Hall, Room 2500Mark Fitzgerald

2:15pm EDT

Only the Lonely: Desire and Obsession to Belong Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Merten Lawn TentMona Awad • Laura Sims Surreal Space Age Stories Merten Hall, Room 1201Erika Swyler • Zach Powers Bringing Ancient Stories to Life! A Live Drawing Old Town HallGareth Hinds Red Truck Bakery: Southern Recipes and Samples to Share Merten Hall, Room 1203Brian Noyes The Hurdles and Highs of Teenhood Merten Hall, Room 1202Lauren Morrill • Sarvenaz Tash • Olivia Hinebaugh • Christina June

3:30pm EDT

You Can Be a Leader, Too Old Town HallJanet Howell • Theresa Howell Where the Crawdads Sing: A Conversation with Delia Owens Harris Theater, George Mason UniversityDelia Owens One Giant Leap For Mankind Merten Hall, Room 1201James Donovan Mason’s Creative Nonfiction Alumni Reading Merten Hall, Room 1202Jessie Szalay • Emily Heiden • Rajpreet Heir • Kerry Folan A Year of Poetry Daily: Panel, Reading, and Reception Merten Hall, Room 1203Brian Teare • Yona Harvey • Amaud Jamaul Johnson

5:00pm EDT

Killers of the Flower Moon: David Grann on Murder and the FBI Harris Theater, George Mason UniversityDavid Grann

8:00pm EDT

Literary Death Match Harris Theater, George Mason UniversityZach Powers • Kasha Patel • Rion Amilcar Scott • Tayla Burney • Christina Dalcher • Randon Billings Noble • Amaud Jamaul Johnson • Adrian Todd Zuniga