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2012 UCF BOOK FESTIVAL
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
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| TIME |
FESTIVAL ZONE |
AUTHOR ZONE |
CHILDREN'S ZONE
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| 9:00am |
 Exhibit Hall opens!
UCF Student Zone opens in Exhibit Hall
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Scholastic Book Fair
Roaming book characters & books galore!
Nemours Children's Hospital
Read aloud, crafts & early literacy screenings
WUCF TV Presents the Cat in the Hat
*Read aloud, meet, greet & photo |
| 10:00 |
Teen Zone (TZ)
opens in lobby |
Session 1:
Author Panels
Imperfect Justice with Jeff Ashton
I'll Never Grow Up: Children's Literature (Caffery, Escue, Crane, & Leedy)
Social Studies of the Civil War: Library of Congress (Belohlavek, Emerson, & Leonard) |
UCF Theatre for Young Audiences in partnership with Orlando Repertory presents Writes of Spring 2012 |
| 11:00 |
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Session 2:
Author Panels
Keynote Author:
James McBride
The Liberal Arts Life: From Jazz to Journalism to Novel to Script
Poetry In and Out of Bounds (Kesler, Riegel, & Witek)
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Author Read Alouds
Meet and listen to Loreen Leedy, Carol Crane, Suzie Caffery & Diahn Escue
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| 12:00pm |
Frosting, Piping, and More with the Yum Yum Cupcake Truck (Stage)
Authors Chat with Jessica Martinez, Ty Roth, and Allan Wolf (TZ) |
Session 3:
Authors Panels
The Ballad of Tom Dooley with Sharyn McCrumb
Who Put the Thrill in Thriller (Graham, Anderson)
Writing Place: New Fiction from the South (Reid, Jackson)
Imperfect Justice with Jeff Ashton: Discussion with UCF Students |
Living Shoreline Restoration with UCF Biology Students
Participate in the creation of oyster reef restoration mats
Restoration with UCF Biology Students |
| 1:00 |
Reading with Nelson George
Readings with Ted Dekker & Tosca Lee
Teen Space |
Session 4:
Author Panels
Keeping Murder in the Family with Michael and Daniel Palmer
Stories from the Ladies of the South (Hauck, Jordan, Whalen, & Wingate)
Contemporary Voices: Literary Fiction for the 21st Century (Groff, Neal, & Griffith)
This Life and the One After: Popular Reading (White, Hite, & Hopkins) |
Gentle Carousel Therapy Horses
*Meet, greet, photo opportunities and read alouds with miniature horses
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| 2:00 |
Italian Cooking with Isabella Morgia di Vicari (Stage)
Picture This with
Graphic Novels (TZ) |
Session 5:
Author Panels
The Beauty and Power of Hip Hop (George, King)
Killing People in Exotic Places (Cohen, Morris, & Plakcy)
Tragedy and Triumph: Celebrating Nonfiction (Cohn, Poole, & Wolf)
Stories through Art (Mason, Tolbert, & Whyte) |
Yum! Yum! Cupcake Truck
"Cupcake" read alouds with cupcake treats!
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| 3:00 |
Readings with Lauren Groff, Terri Witek, and Allan Wolf (Stage)
Picture This, Too with Graphic Novels (TZ) |
Session 6:
Author
Panels
Florida Politics: From the Golden Age and Beyond (Clark, Dyckman, Foglesong, & Graham)
Embracing Imperfections through Young Adult Literature (Hopkins, Martinez, & Roth)
Southern Cooking at its Best: Biscuits, Sweet Potatoes and more (Dupree, Tyson)
Forbidden with Ted Dekker & Tosca Lee (Dekker, Lee) |
Star Wars Characters |
| 4:00 |
Festival ends at 4:30pm |
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Star Wars Characters |
| NOTE: All Children's Events and Activities are located at the rear of the Arena floor. |
