From Steampunk to Poetry in 2 days.
The Big Orange Book Festival at Chapman University: A festival for wordies, film buffs and artists in the heart of Orange County.
Oct 11-13, 2013
Chapman University Orange, CA
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Festival Schedule
Browse our exciting lineup of speakers and authors at the Big Orange Book Festival. Festival exhibitors will be present between 1pm-6pm on Friday and 9am-6pm on Saturday, but speakers go until the evening. See below for times.
- California Voices
California authors, or those who write about the California experience
- Outside the Box(es)
Writers of SciFi, Fantasy, Steampunk, and Creature Features
- From the Book
Films made from books / Books written about film or TV
- Mystery, Mayhem & Romance
Writers of mystery, crime and passion—sometimes in the same book!
- Chapters & Verse
Authors of Poetry, Essays or Creative Non-fiction
Friday
September 21st
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1:00pm
Deanna Cameron
Mystery, Mayhem & Romance
Speaker – Author of two historical novels, The Belly Dancer and Dancing at the Chance. Learn more about DeAnna Cameron
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Mark Axelrod
Based on the Book
Speaker – Author of Borges Travel, Hemingway’s Garage, I Read it at the Movies will discuss the art of screenwriting.
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Martin Smith
Chapters & Verse
Speaker – Veteran journalist, novelist, and magazine editor who just released his latest book, The Wild Duck Chase, about the Federal Duck Stamp Contest and the strange and wonderful world of competitive duck painting.
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Rafael Luevano
California Voices
Speaker – Author of Woman Killing in Juarez. Learn more about Rafael Luevano
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Ryan Gattis
Out of the Box
Speaker – Author of novels Roo Kickkick & the Big Bad Blimp and Kung Fu High School.
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2:30pm
Mark Levin
Chapters & Verse
Keynote Speaker – Author of Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America
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Southern California Poets
Chapters & Verse
Readings from local poets Allison Benis White, Charles Jensen, and Karen An-hwei Lee. Learn more about:
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4:00pm
Panel: Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
Based on the Book
Panel Discussion with Dodge faculty Ross Brown, Barbara Doyle, Paul Seydor, and Emily Carman (moderator). Learn more about:
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Phil Brigandi
California Voices
Local author Phil Brigandi will speak on Around Our Town: Glimpses of Old Orange
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Tom Zoellner
Chapters & Verse
Speaker – Author of four nonfiction books, including A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and Life in America.
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Wanda Coleman
California Voices
Speaker – Los Angeles poet Wanda Coleman, known for her electrifying presentations, writes powerful poems about life and love in the American underclass. Learn more about Wanda Coleman
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5:30pm
Lindy Hudis
Mystery, Mayhem & Romance
Speaker – Actress, filmmaker and author of romantic murder mystery, Weekends.
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Panel: Chapman Alumni Authors
California Voices
Panel Discussion with published alumni from the Chapman University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program. Featuring authors Garrett Calcaterra, Melinda Combs, Josh Wood, Paul Hughes and James Blaylock (moderator). Learn more about:
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Tony Barnstone
Out of the Box
Musical / Poetry Performance – Tony Barnstone’s Tongue of War poetry preformed by the musical group Genuine Brandish.
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7:00pm
Mary Badham
Based on the Book
Keynote Speaker & Film Screening- On the 50th anniversary of the release of the film To Kill a Mockingbird the actress who played Scout, Mary Badham, will talk about her experience filming the movie. This will be followed by a screening of the film.
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Saturday
September 22nd
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9:00am
Edward Humes
Chapters & Verse
Speaker – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair With Trash.
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Nancy Holder
Based on the Book
Speaker – New York Times best-selling and multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Teen Wolf: On Fire will discuss writing TV spinoff novels. She has written tie-in material for “universes” such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville, and many others, and recently won the Scribe Award for Saving Grace: Tough Love, based on the show by the same name. Her new nonfiction book, Buffy: The Make of a Slayer, will be released in October from Titan.
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Panel: Sequels and Adaptations
Mystery, Mayhem & Romance
Jane Austen and Friends: Sequels and Adaptations of Beloved Authors – A panel discussion with contemporary authors Syrie James, Sharon Lathan and Lynda Hall on how to make classic authors relevant to the 21st century reader. Learn more about:
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10:30am
Sapphire
California Voices
Keynote Speaker – Author of Push, the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning movie Precious, and more recently The Kid.
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noon
Jess Haines
Out of the Box
Speaker – author of urban fantasy and paranormal romance about vampires, werewolves, and other bitey creatures of the night, including Stalking the Others, book four in a series.
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Leslie S. Klinger
Mystery, Mayhem & Romance
Speaker – One of the world’s foremost authorities on Sherlock Holmes and Dracula. Learn more about Leslie S. Klinger
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Panel: Debut Novelists
California Voices
Panel Discussion with first-time novelists Nina Berry, Peggy Hesketh, Dana Johnson and Lugene Rosen (moderator). Learn more about:
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1:30pm
Bill Desowitz
Based on the Book
Speaker – Author of James Bond Unmasked featuring interviews with all six Bond actors and chronicling the 50-year evolution of 007 on screen. Learn more about Bill Desowitz
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Gustavo Arellano
California Voices
Speaker - Editor of OC Weekly, and author of Orange County: A Personal History and “¡Ask a Mexican!,” a nationally syndicated column in which he answers any and all questions about America’s spiciest and largest minority, Arellano will discuss his new book Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America. Learn more about Gustavo Arellano
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Richard Bausch and Friends
Chapters & Verse
Discussion between award winning authors Richard Bausch, twin brother Robert Bausch, and Allen Wier. Learn more about:
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3:00pm
Lizz Winstead
Chapters & Verse
Speaker – Co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show and one of the co-founders of Air America Radio, Winstead discusses her new book, Lizz Free or Die. Learn more about Lizz Winstead
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Panel: Mystery Writers
Mystery, Mayhem & Romance
Panel Discussion with mystery writers Aileen Baron (moderator), Sue Ann Jaffarian and Darrell James. Learn more about:
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4:00pm
Phil Brigandi
California Voices
Local author Phil Brigandi will speak on Around Our Town: Glimpses of Old Orange
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4:30pm
Conversation with Director David Anspaugh
Based on the Book
Author and Chapman faculty member Mark Axelrod discusses films and filmmaking with David Anspaugh, director of Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, Miami Vice, Hoosiers, and Rudy, and Johnny E. Jensen, ASC., Cinematographer of Rambling Rose, Grumpy Old Men, Lost in Yonkers and more. Learn more about:
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Panel: Steampunk Authors
Out of the Box
Panel Discussion with steampunk aficionados Jim Blaylock, Nancy Holder (moderator), Suzanne Lazear, and Tim Powers. Learn more about:
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Smoky Trudeau Zeidel
California Voices
Speaker – Author of novels The Storytellers Bracelet, The Cabin, and On the Choptank Shores; and two books of nonfiction: Smoky’s Writer’s Workshop Combo Set, and Observations of an Earth Mage. Learn more about Smoky Trudeau Zeidel
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7:00pm
Alice Sebold
California Voices
Keynote Speaker – Author of The Lovely Bones, Lucky and The Almost Moon speaks about “Writing LOVE”.
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