Way Out West Texas Book Festival

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

                 Mike Blakely

                 David Carlton

                 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

                 Benjamin Saenz

                 Larry Thomas

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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

                 Sharon Spinks

                 Mike Cox

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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

                 James Evans

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3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

BORDER PUBLISHING Publishing Without Perishing

Moderator - Liz Rogers

Panelists - Lee Merrill Byrd

                   Bobby 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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