The premier literary event in the nation, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, kicks off April 26th & 27th on the campus of the University of Southern California...and we'll be there! In fact, in honor of the event's 30th anniversary, the Low Residency MFA @ UCR is proud to be one of the sponsors of this year's festival. Celebrating both the written word and the indomitable spirit of the region's literary culture are hallmarks of what we do in this program and the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is a true gathering of the best writers in the world, including a slew of our faculty and alumni -- below is a list of where you can find our people on official panels and signing events. And don't forget to come see us in booth 134 all weekend long. 

Alex Espinoza
The F Words: Family, Fame, and [Mis] Fortune in Contemporary Fiction - Tickets Required
Ray Stark Family Theatre

Saturday, Apr 26

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

David Ulin
Saturday, Apr 26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
The Literary Life: Connecting the Creative, Critical, and Personal - Tickets Required

Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC

Saturday, Apr 26, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Griffin Dunne, author of 'The Friday Afternoon Club' and Matthew Specktor, author of 'The Golden Hour,' in conversation with David L. Ulin - Tickets Required

Town and Gown

Saturday, Apr 26, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
LET'S GET LIT: 30th Anniversary Roundtable Celebration - Tickets Required

Taper Hall 101

Elizabeth Crane

Saturday, Apr 26, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Finding the Words: Loss, Grief, and Memoir - Tickets Required

Norris Theatre

Francesca Lia Block

Sunday April 27, 10:00am-11:00am

Signing, Antioch Booth #206

Sunday April 27, 12:00pm-1:00pm

Signing, UCLA Extension Booth #156

Gina Frangello

Saturday, Apr 26, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Self-Portrait of the Artist: Existential Memoirs of Womanhood - Tickets Required

Taper Hall 201

Ivy Pochoda

Saturday, April 26, 12:00-1pm

Signing, Mystery Writers of America Booth #363 

Saturday, Apr 26, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Don't Touch That: Magical Objects, Mysterious Portals in Fiction - Tickets Required

Taper Hall 101

Jesenia Chavez

Saturday, April 26, 1:00-2:00pm

Signing, Alegria Books, Booth #028

Sunday, April 27, 3:00-4:00pm

Signing, Alegria Books, Booth #028

Liska Jacobs

Saturday, Apr 26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
I'm the Problem, It's Me: Heroes and Antiheroes in Fiction - Tickets Required

Taper Hall 201

Saturday, Aprl 26, 12:00-1pm

Signing, Orphan Books #280

Mark Haskell Smith

Saturday, Apr 26, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Exit Stage Left: Memoirs from Before and After the Cameras are Rolling - Tickets Required

Town and Gown

Natashia Deon

Saturday, Apr 26, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Both/And: Standing Out, Fitting In, and Coming of Age in Contemporary Fiction - Tickets Required

Hoffman Hall, Edison Auditorium

Rob Roberge

Sunday, Apr 27, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mixed Media: When Visual Art Meets the Written Word - Tickets Required

Hoffman Hall, Edison Auditorium

Tod Goldberg

Saturday, April 26th, 12:00-1pm

Signing, Mystery Writers of America Booth #363

Sunday, Apr 27, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Once Upon a Nightmare: Suspense, Noir, and Crime in Short Stories - Tickets Required

Annenberg Auditorium

To view the full list of participants, including a great many of our previous guest faculty, click here.