Program Schedule
Location
The 2025 SJV BookFest will be held in the beautiful and historic Fresno City College Old Administration Building. The address is:
1101 E. University Avenue
Fresno, CA 93741
Programs
Stage One (Theater)
9:00 a.m.
Bushel and Peck Panel: David Miles, G. R. Boden, Angelica Shirley Carpenter, Kelly Hollman, Joan Schoettler, Johan Twiss
10:00 a.m.
Pam Muñoz Ryan
11:00 a.m.
Noon
Keynote: California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick
1:00 p.m.
Julia Dahl
2:00 p.m.
Tim Z. Hernandez
3:00 p.m.
Brynn Saito
4:00 p.m.
Venita Blackburn
Stage Two (Room 271)
9:00 a.m.
Nicholas Belardes
10:00 a.m.
Queer Lit Panel: Steven Sanchez, Diamond Simone
11:00 a.m.
Young Persons Picture Book Panel: Rebecca Langston-George, Dorina Lazo Gilmore Young, Jessica Kulekjian, Merry Miller-Gass
Noon
break
1:00 p.m.
Margarita Engle
2:00 p.m.
David Mas Masumoto and Nikiko Masumoto
3:00 p.m.
Middle Grade/YA Fiction Panel: Maria Petropulos, Steven Banbury, Stephen Mooser, Kasie West
4:00 p.m.
Ethan Chatagnier
Stage Three (Room 188)
9:00 a.m.
Dixie Salazar
10:00 a.m.
Bonnie Hearn Hill, Armen Bacon, David Borofka, Jim De La Vega
11:00 a.m.
“What We Wished We’d Known About Publishing” – Hearn Hill, Bacon, Borofka, De La Vega
Noon
break
1:00 p.m.
“Adventures and Inspiration from the Sierra” – Lalit Kumar, Marek Warszawski, Carmen Kohlruss, Mike Cole
2:00 p.m.
“The Armenian Series of The Press at Fresno State” – Barlow Der Mugrdechian
3:00 p.m.
Young Persons Books en español: Yecenia Mariscal, Cecilia Madueña-Young
4:00 p.m.
Adult Books en español: Fabiana Sandoval, Gabriela Valencia
Pop-up Bookstore (East Courtyard)
All Day
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