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ACADIANA BOOK FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

8 a.m. Doors Open

9 a.m. to 10 a.m.BLACK BOX THEATREWriting Outside the BoxCarey Weeks blogger, http://unarrator.blogspot.com/Cyril Vetter, multi-media,Dirtdobber BluesModerated by Carla Hostetter, Goals for a Sinner

CAF Coffee, donuts and water availableA conversation with novelist Ernest Hill, Family TiesModerated by Cher Coen,Magics in the Bag

MAIN THEATREAnimal TalesTheresa Singleton, Grandfather Lee and the BeesRosemary Smith,Lizzie Walks On The Wild SideJackie Hirshberg, Nicky the Swamp DogPatricia Veazey Alvarado, Publisher of Piggy Press BooksModerated by Bruce Coen, Bayou Storytellers Guild

10 a.m. to 10:30Booksignings and break

10 a.m.Childrens Museum of Acadiana Storytime:Terri Hoover Dunham, The Legend of Papa Noel: A Cajun Christmas StoryJulie Lamana, Three Little Bayou Fishermen

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.BLACK BOX THEATREWriting, it's a MysteryJune Shaw, Killer CousinsDB Grady,Red Planet NoirBrandon Hebert,My Own Worst EnemyModerated byBarbara Colley,Dusted to Death

CAF Coffee, donuts and water availableSelf-Publishing Your BookJim Booksh,My Life With RitaMorena J. Caleb, The Louisiana Sharecroppers, Memories of a Sharecropper's DaughterMary Langford, Songs in a Strange LandModerated by Christee Atwood,InCelebration of Elastic Waistbands

MAIN THEATREWriting About The Bayou StateMary Gelham, publisher, Margaret Media Press

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Tom Aswell,Louisiana Rocks!Ann Dobie, Civil Changes: Civil Service in Louisiana, 58 Days in the Cajundome ShelterWoody Falgout, The Miracle of St. Genevieve, Cajun MarinersMark F. DeWitt, Cajun and Zydeco Dance Music in Northern California: Modern Pleasures in aPostmodern WorldModerated by David Cheramie, CODOFIL

10:30 a.m. -11:30 p.m.Childrens Museum of Acadiana Storytime:Rose Anne St. Romain,Moons Cloud BlanketPat Veazey Alvarado, publisher of Piggy Press and author

11:30 p.m. to NoonBooksignings and break

11:30 a.m.Childrens Museum of Acadiana Storytime:Rosemary Smith,Lizzie Walks On The Wild Side

Noon to 1:30: Lunch

Noon-1:30 p.m.Childrens Museum of Acadiana Storytime:Pam Kaster, Molly the Pony

1:30 p.m.Childrens Museum of Acadiana Storytime:Rose Anne St. Romain,Moons Cloud Blanket

1 p.m.Childrens Museum of Acadiana Storytime:Theresa Singleton, Grandfather Lee and the Bees

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.BLACK BOX THEATRESpotlight on Childrens BooksRose Anne St. Romain,Moons Cloud BlanketSheila Hebert Collins,Jacques Et La Canne A Sucre : A Cajun Jack and the BeanstalkTerri Hoover Dunham, The Legend of Papa Noel: A Cajun Christmas StoryPam Kaster, Molly the PonyModerated by Beverly Vidrine,Halloween Alphabet

CAF Coffee, donuts and water availableCooking up the Perfect CookbookCarolyn Shelton,Zydeco Blues n GumboMarcelle Bienvenu, Whos Your Mama, Are You Catholic and Can You Make a Roux?, CookingUp a Storm, Stir the Pot: The History of Cajun CuisineCher Coen, Cooking in Cajun CountryModerated by Jeanette Poole

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MAIN THEATRESpotlight on University of Louisiana at Lafayette PressAnne Butler,Louisiana Hwy. 1; Louisiana Swamp ToursHenry Cancienne,Louisiana Hwy. 1; Louisiana Swamp ToursGreg Guirrard,Atchafalaya Autumn II,Inherit the AtchafalayaDon Davis, Washed Away?

Carl Brasseaux, Stir the Pot:The History of Cajun Cuisine, Acadian to Cajun, Creoles of Colorin the Bayou Country, The Founding of New AcadiaModerated by James Wilson, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press

2:30-3 p.m.Booksignings and break

2:30 p.m.Childrens Museum of Acadiana Storytime:Jackie Hirshberg, Nicky the Swamp Dog

3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

BLACK BOX THEATREChristee AtwoodsInCelebration of Elastic Waistbands show in connection with her bookrelease.Introduced by Cher Coen,Magics in the BagCAF Coffee, donuts and water availableA Novel IdeaChrista Allen, Walking on Broken GlassErin Osborne, Spy RecruitDon Stafford, Southern Kingdom HarvestGeorge Bishop,Letter to My DaughterModerated by Sudie Landry

MAIN THEATREConversations with Darrell Bourque and Ava Leavell HaymonDarrell Bourque,In Ordinary Light: New and Selected PoemsAva LeavellHaymon, Why The House is Made of GingerbreadModerated by Patrice Melnick, Turning Up the Volume

3 p.m.Childrens Museum of Acadiana Storytime:Sheila Hebert,Les Trois Cochons, Cendrillon: A Cajun Cinderella, Jean-Paul Hbert Was There

4-4:30 p.m.Booksignings and break

4 p.m.Childrens Museum of Acadiana Storytime:Beverly Vidrine,Halloween Alphabet

5 p.m. Festival Concludes