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NYS Albany Book Festival
September 21 @ 10:30 am - 5:00 pm
WHEN: Saturday, September 21, 2024 from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
WHERE: NYS Writers Institute, based at the University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York (see schedule below for specific locations of events)
COST: FREE, registration may be required for some events or workshops. See below for more information!
BUS: #10, 12, 114, 910
Check out the website HERE for more information!
Albany Book Festival Celebrating 7 Years!
Presented by The New York State Writers Institute and University at Albany
Saturday, September 21, 2024
10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Book Festival Events
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Campus Center West
Auditorium, Boardroom
Multi-Purpose Room -
Campus Center Assembly Hall
Author Signings
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Campus Center West Great Hall
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Campus Center Fireside Lounge
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Campus Center West Great Hall
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Campus Center Ballroom
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Online.
Location: Available Online only
Schedule
Campus Center West Auditorium (Book Signings in the Great Hall)
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Girls Coming of Age: Lisa Ko, Aisha Abdel Gawad, and Emily Laydon. Moderated by Elisa Albert
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lincoln and American Immigration: Harold Holzer. Moderated by Hank Greenberg
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
The Latino Spirit: A conversation with Luis A. Miranda and UAlbany President Havidan Rodriguez.
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Reverberations of the Unabomber: A conversation with David Kaczynski. Moderated by Paul Grondahl,
NYSWI Opalka Endowed Director
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Time Travel and Multiverses: Marc Guggenheim and Peng Shepherd. Moderated by Casey Seiler, Times Union VP & Editor
Campus Center West Boardroom (Book Signings in the Great Hall)
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Planet on Fire: Sunil Amtrith and William Bryant Logan. Moderated by Mark Koplik, NYSWI Assistant Director.
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Rethinking God: Sarah McCammon and Shalom Auslander. Moderated by Mark Koplik, NYSWI Assistant Director.
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Queer Childhood: Mike DeSocio and James Frankie Thomas. Moderated by Sof Voet, Editor-in-Chief, Barzakh, PhD Candidate in UAlbany English Department.
2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Thrillers: Armando Lucas Correa and Jahmal Mayfield. Moderated by novelist Elizabeth Brundage
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Discovering New Narratives: Joachim Frank. Dan Wilcox, poet, peace activist and UAlbany alumnus.
Campus Center Assembly Hall (Book Signings in Fireside Lounge)
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Recipes for Cultural Preservation: Marisel Salazar, Taffy Elrod and Alliah Agostini. Moderated by Susie Davidson Powell,
Dining Critic for the Times Union.
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Voices and Views from the Expanding Security State: Ed Schwarzschild and Danny Goodwin. Moderated by Paul Grondahl, NYSWI Opalka Endowed Director.
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Beavers, The Rodent that Built Albany: Leila Philip. Moderated by Maeve McEneny, Director of Community Engagement, Discover Albany.
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Kamala, Beyonce, and Black Female Power: Tanisha C. Ford and Martha S. Jones. Moderated by Janell Hobson, Professor, UAlbany’s Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies.
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Heartbreak on the Southern Border: Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez and Ruben Reyes Jr. Moderated by Alejandra Bronfman, Professor, UAlbany’s Department of Africana, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies.
Campus Center Multi-Purpose Room
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Skribblers/Capital District Writing Project Open Mic
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Children’s Author Spotlight with author Alliah L. Agostini on her new book Great Idea Malia!
The Orb Stage
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Open Mic Reading hosted by Arch Magazine and featuring the Young Writers Project, Friends and Contributors
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Hudson Valley Writers Guild open Mic Reading
What comes after graduation? Many College Experience students, in fact most, choose to remain in Albany. They maintain friendships with their fellow and former graduates, form romantic partnerships, and some get married.