Author Program Schedule
All programs during the day are free and open to the public
The author programs will be held on Saturday, August 9, beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 4:00 p.m. The programs will be held on the second floor of the Espino Conference Center in rooms A & B, on the Sul Ross State University campus, Alpine, Texas.
You may purchase books from the various vendors that will have tables set up in the mezzanine on the second floor outside of conference rooms A & B, or from the authors themselves.
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
Welcome and opening remarks - Arlene Griffis
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Denise Chavez
Make Tacos not War
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10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
WESTERN FICTION WRITERS - Write'em Cowboy
Moderator - Ira Blanton
Authors - Elmer Kelton
Bob Kinford
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11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m..
WILLIE NELSON: AN EPIC LIFE - "The road goes on forever and the party never ends."
Moderator - Drew Stuart
Author - Joe Nick Patoski
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Noon - 1:00 p.m. - LUNCH BREAK
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1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
THE WRITTEN HUMOR OF SARAH BIRD - Virgin of the Rodeo?
Moderator - Arlene Griffis
Author - Sarah Bird
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1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
POETRY
Moderator - Tom Michael
Authors - Bobby Byrd
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2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
TEXAS RANGERS - From Horseback to Cars, You Can Trust the Man Who Wears the Star
Moderator - Steve Griffis
Authors - Joaquin Jackson
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2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
THE BIG BEND - People, Places, and Things
Moderator - David Elkowitz
Authors - William MacLeod
Roy Morey
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3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
BORDER PUBLISHING Publishing Without Perishing
Moderator - Liz Rogers
Panelists - Lee Merrill Byrd
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3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
CHILDREN'S PROGRAM - Baxter Barrett Brown's Bass Fiddle Comes to Big Bend
Moderator - Arlene Griffis
Author/Performer - Tim McKenzie
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