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Schedule of Events

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

SUNDAY / MARCH 14
Time	Event	Location
2-4:30 PM (1:30 doors)	special pre-eventS for alumni only Story Workshop® Alumni mini-classes: Gary Johnson, Betty Shiflett, John Schultz	Dance Center Chicago
5-6:30 PM	Alumni Reception* For Alumni and CCC Fiction Writing students *Co-sponsor: Office of Alumni Relations	Martyrs' (Ages 18+)
7 PM (6:30 doors)	Open to the Public 2nd Story, a personal narrative performance dedicated to bringing people together through story Storytellers: Randall Albers, Kim Morris, Sam Weller, Jessica Young. / Music: DJ White Russian and Seeking Wonderland / Hosts: Amanda Delheimer, Megan Stielstra	Martyrs' (Ages 18+)

Monday / March 15
Time	Event	Location
11 AM	Adjunct Faculty Genre Reading/Open Mic Tina Jens, Laurie Lawlor, Patricia Rosemoor Host: Tina Jens	Columbia College Chicago Film Row
2:30 PM	Joyce Carol Oates Q&A/Signing* Host: Gavin Cologne-Brookes, Dark Eyes on America: The Novels of Joyce Carol Oates	Harold Washington Library
6 PM	Joyce Carol Oates Reading/Conversation/Signing* The literary icon reads and discusses her work with Donna Seaman, Booklist, Chicago Public Radio *Co-sponsor: Critical Encounters: Fact & Faith	Harold Washington Library
9:30 PM	Down and Dirty Grad Reading With Jeff Jacobson, Foodchain and J. Adams Oaks, Why I Fight / Hosts: Chris DeGuire, Alexis Pride	Sheffield’s

Tuesday / March 16
Time	Event	Location
11 AM	New Faces of Fiction Undergrad Reading/Open Mic Hosts: Kristen Fiore and the Student Board	CCC Film Row
2:30 PM	Full-Time Fiction Writing Faculty Reading Host: Betty Shiflett	CCC Film Row
6 PM	Genres from Afar Reading/Conversation/Signing Achy Obejas, Ruins; Aleksandar Hemon, Love and Obstacles; John Dale, Leaving Suzie Pye / Host: Patricia Ann McNair	Harold Washington Library

Wednesday / March 17
Time	Event	Location
11 AM	From Page to Stage Scenes from Student Playwrights Hosts: Lisa Schlesinger, Tom Mula	CCC Film Row
1 PM	Conversation: Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage Host: Ann Hemenway	CCC Film Row
2:30 PM	Panel: Genre Bending– The Faces of Fiction Mort Castle, On Writing Horror; Maggie Estep, Ruby Murphy mystery series; David Morrell, First Blood; Kevin Nance, Poets & Writers / Host: Joe Meno, The Great Perhaps	Harold Washington Library
6 PM	Reading: Genre Bending– The Faces of Fiction Mort Castle, The Strangers; Maggie Estep, Alice Fantastic; David Morrell, The Shimmer Cantastoria Performance: Peter Schumann Founder, Bread & Puppet Theater / Host: Sam Weller, The Bradbury Chronicles	Harold Washington Library

THURSDAY / March 18
Time	Event	Location
11 AM	Publishing Panel: Books Under Pressure with Donna Seaman, Booklist associate editor, Chicago Public Radio book critic; Michelle Brower, agent, Folio Literary Management; Linda Bubon, bookstore co-owner, Women & Children First; John Dale, author, Leaving Suzie Pye; Johnny Temple, publisher, Akashic Books	Harold Washington Library
2:30 PM	Conversation: The Successful Novelist, Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing Writer Marcus Sakey, The Amateurs, interviews his mentor, David Morrell, The Successful Novelist	CCC Film Row
6 PM	Literary Rock & Roll: Rock the Genre Reading/Signings:Aleksandar Hemon, Love and Obstacles; Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage Marcus Sakey, The Amateurs; Special Performance: Bread and Puppet Theater Music: DJs Joe Shanahan and Don De Grazia, American Skin	Metro (all ages)

FridaY / March 19
Time	Event	Location
7 PM	Story Showcase with Rick Kogan Chicago Tribune journalist and WGN radio host, Rick Kogan, introduces Columbia College Fiction Writing Department authors reading from recent books. Honored Guest Phyllis Eisenstein, Sorcerer's Son Mike Black, Hostile Takeovers Sean Chercover, Big City, Bad Blood Stephanie Kuehnert, Ballads of Suburbia Marc Paoletti, Scorch Earl Sewell, Have Mercy	Smart Bar (Ages 21+)