Panels & Workshops Stage Schedule
10-10:45 a.m. Festival announcements
11 a.m. Historical Writing: Bill Yenne, Sitting Bull, Michael Pritchett, The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis, Diane Glancy. Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea. Moderator: to be announced
Noon Sportswriters and Broadcasters: Matt Fulks, More than the Score; Denny Matthews, Tales from the Royals Dugout; Moderator: Danny Clinkscale, Sports Radio 810 WHB
1 p.m. Getting Published (Publishing Industry): Kirsty Melville, Andrews McMeel Universal; Greg Michalson, Unbridled Books, Cyndi Hughes, executive director of the Writers' League of Texas Moderator: Kathleen Leighton
2 p.m. Getting Published (Writers): Jeffrey Hantover, The Jewel Trader of Pegu, Joel Goldman, Deadlock, Matthew Eck, The Farther Shore, Moderator: Brian Shawver, The Cuban Prospect, Larry Kirwan, Green Suede Shoes
3 p.m. Best of Scholars Series: Ernest Hemingway in Letters, Literature and Life. Linda Patterson Miller, Penn State Abington. Introduced by Steve Paul, Hemingway Society/ KC STAR Senior Writer and Editor "Best of Scholars Series" is sponsored by Rockhurst University, Center for Arts and Letters and the Carolyn Benton Cockefair Chair in Continuing Education at UMKC.
4 p.m. UMKC Creative Writing Program Authors: Whitney Terrell, Michelle Boisseau, Robert Stewart, Michael Pritchett, Christie Hodgen, Hadara Bar-Nadav
5 p.m. Blogging: Rita Arens, editor of Sleep Is for the Weak: The Best of the Mommybloggers, author of Surrender, Dorothy (www.surrenderdorothyblog.com) and contributing editor for BlogHer (www.blogher.com); Mike Lundgren of VML, corporate blogging consultant;
6 p.m. Best of Scholars Series: Desiderius Erasmus in the 21st Century: Our Satirical Guide to Civility and Humanity. Charles Kovich, Rockhurst University, Center for Arts and Letters. Introduced by Patricia Cleary Miller, editor-in-chief of the Rockhurst Review at Rockhurst University
7 p.m. Non-Fiction Writing: Deborah Rodriguez, Kabul Beauty School; Larry Kirwan, Green Suede Shoes; Moderator: To Be Announced
7:30 p.m. Stanley Lombardo, University of Kansas, discussing classical literature with
Kelly Fast
Stage authors and times are subject to change. Please check back for any changes.
