Stone’s latest is “Dear Justcye,” a sequel to “Dear Martin,” and Elle’s debut YA book is the best selling fantasy “Wings of Ebony.” Moderated by Jordan Ifueko. Elle: Both writers have made a splash in YA. “Get Me Out of Here: Fiction About Families Stuck on Vacation Together”: Amanda Eyre Ward will talk about her book “The Jetsetters,” and Grant Ginder will talk about his, “The People We Hate at the Wedding,” which is in development for a feature film. “Come as You Are: The Complexities of Queer Life”: Jen Silverman, author of “We Play Ourselves,” and Zak Salih, author of “Let’s Get Back to the Party,” talk about their books, which landed on O: The Oprah Magazine’s list of LGBTQ Books That Will Change the Literary Landscape in 2021. “Sandra Cisneros Presents”: Cisneros will chat with four writers she’d like to put on readers’ radars: Christine Granados, author of “Fight Like a Man and Other Stories We Tell Our Children” John Olivares Espinoza, author of “The Date Fruit Elegies” Diana Marie Delgado, author of “Tracing the Horse” and Joe Jiménez, author of “Rattlesnake Allegory.” 10 a.m. “Bloody Knuckles: Politics in Texas”: Bill Minutaglio, author of “A Single Star and Bloody Knuckles,” and Gregg Cantrell, author of “The People’s Revolt,” talk about the state’s power dynamics. There are 100 sessions taking place throughout the weekend, including: and two chats at 9 p.m.: “America: Ripe for Satire,” featuring “Interior Chinatown” writer Charles Yu and “Black Buck” writer Mateo Askaripour and “Notes from the Bathroom: A Conversation withe the Funniest Women in Comedy,” which is pegged to a new anthology and features Catherine Cohen, Tien Tran and Samantha Irby. The options include the ticketed discussion with Jeff VanderMeer at 8 p.m. To take part, festival attendees must be at least 21 and must register for the demo and one other Lit Crawl event.

It begins with a cocktail-making demo at 7:30 p.m. debut of popular concet that combines a bar crawl with book readings will be virtual, too. And Isabel Allende will talk about “The Soul of a Woman” with writer and journalist Anjanette Delgado at 3:30 p.m.

Kristin Hannah will talk about “The Four Winds” with author Meg Wolitzer at 12:30 p.m. Jeff VanderMeer will talk about “Hummingbird Salamander” with author Silvia Moreno-Garcia at 8 p.m. Walter Isaacson will discuss “The Code Breaker” with science journalist Shradda Chakradhar at noon Friday it costs $41.51. Fees cover the cost of the book being discussed. Ticketed events: There are four ticketed events. After registering, scan the schedule click “Bookmark” on the sessions you want to attend and you’re good to go. Sessions will stream on the book festival site, .Ĭost: Most sessions are free. Where: This year’s festival is entirely online.

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