Check out the 2023 daily schedule below.

All Book Fest events are free and open to the public. All seating is on a first come, first served basis.

Due to the live nature of this event, the schedule is subject to change. Please find a printable version of each day of the schedule below.

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

All Book Fest events are free and open to the public. All seating is on a first come, first served basis.

Time
Speakers
Additional Details
Location
12:00 - 12:45pm
David Rubenstein
Moderator Gary Ginsberg
How to Invest: A Conversation with David Rubenstein
Times-Picayune | Nola.com Stage at Marshall Family Commons
5:00 - 7:00pm
Attorney General Eric Holder
Moderator Michelle Miller
and Bill Gates
Moderator Walter Isaacson
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Ford Foundation Stage (McAlister Auditorium)

Friday, March 10, 2023

All Book Fest events are free and open to the public. All seating is on a first come, first served basis.

Time
Speakers
Additional Details
Location
10:00 - 10:45am
Jon Meacham and Evan Thomas
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln
and the American Struggle
United Airlines Stage (Kendall Cram Auditorium)
10:00 - 10:45am
Michelle Miller
Moderator Sharon Epperson
Belonging: A Daughter's Search
for Identity through Loss and Love
Times-Picayune | Nola.com Stage at Marshall Family Commons
10:00 - 10:45am
J. Celeste Lay, Brian Beabout, Ashana Bigard
Moderator Doug Harris
Back to School: Modern Solutions
for Education Reform
Lamar Stage at
ROTC Building
10:00 - 10:45am
Jarvis DeBerry
Moderator Megan Holt
I Feel to Believe: More than Two
Decades of Opinions with Jarvis DeBerry
201 Race
Lavin-Bernick Center
10:00 - 10:45am
Geraldine Brooks and Michael Lewis
Horse: Geraldine Brooks in
Conversation with Michael Lewis
Hyatt Regency Festival Tent Berger Family Lawn
11:00 - 11:45am
Imani Perry and Natasha Trethewey
Moderator Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Contemporary Voices on Race, The South,
and The American Struggle
United Airlines Stage (Kendall Cram Auditorium - A Tulane-Aspen Values in America Speaker Series Event)
11:00 - 11:45am
Treva Lindsey, Shantoyia Jones, Jana Meyers Smith
Moderator Kesana Durand
Violence, Black Women, and
the Struggle for Justice
Times-Picayune | Nola.com Stage at Marshall Family Commons
11:00 - 11:45am
Doug Brinkley, Jonathan Alter, Gary Ginsberg
Moderator Ali Vitali
Head of State: Reflections on
Presidential Legacies
Stibbs 203
Lavin-Bernick Center
11:00 - 11:45am
Michelle Johnston
Moderator Peter Ricchiuti
The Seismic Shift in Leadership:
How to Thrive in a New Era of Connection
Race 201
Lavin-Bernick Center
11:00 - 11:45am
Cleo Wade and Savannah Sellers
Cleo Wade in conversation with Savannah Sellers
Hyatt Regency Festival Tent Berger Family Lawn
11:00 - 11:45am
Jonathan Martin
Moderator Betsy Fischer Martin
The Battle for America's Future
Lamar Stage at
ROTC Building
12:00 - 12:45pm
Sean Illing
Moderator Michael Lewis
The Paradox of Democracy
United Airlines Stage (Kendall Cram Auditorium)
12:00 - 12:45pm
Ken Auletta
Moderator Carl Bernstein
Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein
and the Culture of Silence
Times-Picayune | Nola.com Stage at Marshall Family Commons
12:00 - 12:45pm
Kevin Belton, Molly Kimball, Alon Shaya
Susan Spicer, Bryant Terry
Moderator Arthel Neville
What's Cooking: A Conversation
and Snacks with Restaurant Royalty
Hyatt Regency Festival Tent
12:00 - 12:45pm
Kristina Ford, Richard Campanella, John Barry
Moderator Mark Schleifstein
Making New Orleans: Nurturing Growth,
Mitigating Disaster and Rebirth
Lamar Stage at
ROTC Building
12:00 - 12:45pm
Casey Parks
Moderator Anneliese Singh
Diary of a Misfit: Growing Up
LGBTQ in the Deep South
Stibbs 203
Lavin-Bernick Center
12:00 - 12:45pm
Alison Mariella Désir
Moderator Lauren Wethers
Running While Black: Finding Freedom
in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us
Diboll Gallery (A Fridays at Newcomb Event)
12:00 - 12:45pm
Marian Tupy
Moderator Jay Lapeyre
Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation
and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet
Race 201
Lavin-Bernick Center
1:00 - 1:45pm
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Moderator Richard Stengel
The Writing of Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Lamar Stage
at ROTC Building
1:00 - 1:45pm
Brian Greene
Moderator Walter Isaacson
Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and
Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
United Airlines Stage (Kendall Cram Auditorium)
1:00 - 1:45pm
Heather McGhee and Gary Hoover
Moderator Anneliese Singh
The Sum of Us:
What Racism Costs Everyone
Times-Picayune | NOLA.com Stage at Marshall Family Commons
1:00 - 1:45pm
Rodger Kamenetz
Moderator Jason Berry
A Jewish Poet's Mystic Quest:
Jason Berry Interviews Rodger Kamenetz
Stibbs 203
Lavin-Bernick Center
2:00 - 2:45pm
Ken Auletta and Alessandra Stanley
Moderators Shawn McCreesh and Nathan King
Stop the Presses! Adventures
(and Misadventures) in Journalism
Times-Picayune | Nola.com Stage at Marshall Family Commons
2:00 - 2:45pm
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Moderator Mitch Landrieu
The 1619 Project
United Airlines Stage (Kendall Cram Auditorium)
2:00 - 2:45pm
Walter Mosley
Moderator Michael Smith
The Power of Craft and Narrative in Crime Fiction:
A Conversation with Walter Mosley
Hyatt Regency Festival Tent
2:00 - 2:45pm
Carl Bernstein, Jason Berry,
Betsy Fischer Martin, and Arthel Neville
Moderator Rene Sanchez
Chasing the Story:
A Journalist's Perspective
Stibbs 203
Lavin-Bernick Center
2:00 - 2:45pm
Eve Abrams, Monique Verdin,
Nathaniel Rich, BMike Odums
Moderator Rebecca Snedeker
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans
Atlas - 10 Years Later
Diboll Gallery
2:00 - 2:45pm
Froswa' Booker-Drew
Moderator Suri Duitch
A Frank Conversation About
Philanthropy, Community & Race
201 Race
Lavin-Bernick Center
2:00 - 2:45pm
Gen. John Allen and Elliot Ackerman
America's End in Afghanistan:
A Conversation with Gen. John Allen and Elliot Ackerman
Lamar Stage at
ROTC Building
3:00 - 3:45pm
Dr. Greg Stewart, Nate Boyer,
Chris Cox
Moderator Mike Wallace
A Call to Arms: Advancing Health
Care for Veterans
Lamar Stage
at ROTC Building
3:00 - 3:45pm
Sean Tuohy and Michael Lewis
The Blind Side and Beyond
United Airlines Stage (Kendall Cram Auditorium)
3:00 - 3:45pm
Imani Perry and Sarah M. Broom
A Conversation with National Book Award Recipients
Hyatt Regency Festival Tent
3:00 - 3:45pm
Jason Reid, Alison Mariella Désir
Moderator Kiki Baker Barnes
The Intersection of Race and Sports
Stibbs 203
Lavin-Bernick Center
3:00 - 3:45pm
Richard Ford
Moderator Jonathan Dee
Meditations on Love, Loss and Memory:
A Conversation with Richard Ford
Diboll Gallery
3:00 - 3:45pm
David Rae Morris
Moderator Michael Tisserand
My Mississippi: The Photography
of David Rae Morris
201 Race
Lavin-Bernick Center
4:00 - 4:45pm
Jacob Weisberg and Michael Lynton
Thinking about a career in media?
Here's what you need to know about the business side.
Times-Picayune | NOLA.com stage at Marshall Family Commons
4:00 - 4:45pm
Darren Walker, Marc Morial,
Sevetri Wilson
Moderator Judy Reese Morse
Turning the Ship:
Organizational Philanthropy
United Airlines Stage (Kendall Cram Auditorium)
4:00 - 4:45pm
Gen. Stanley McChrystal
Moderator President Michael A. Fitts
Risk: A User's Guide - A Conversation
with General Stanley McChrystal
Lamar Stage at ROTC Building (A Presidential Speaker Series Event)
4:00 - 4:45pm
Thomas Beller, Tyler Bridges
Moderator Jeff Duncan
Sports and Life:
How the Game Can Change Us
Stibbs 203
Lavin-Bernick Center
4:00 - 4:45pm
Geraldine Brooks, Sadeqa Johnson,
Katy Simpson Smith
Moderator Morgan Babst
Historical Fiction: Illuminating the Human Spirit
Diboll Gallery
4:00 - 4:45pm
Elizabeth Ellis and Andrew Jolivétte
Moderator Rebecca Snedeker
From Here: A Look at Indigenous People
201 Race
Lavin-Bernick Center

Saturday, March 11, 2023

All Book Fest events are free and open to the public. All seating is on a first come, first served basis.

Time
Speakers
Additional Details
Location
10:00am - 1:00pm
Family Day Programming
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse
See the Schedule
10:00am - 10:45am
James Carville and Jonathan Martin
Divided Government: The Midterms and 2024
United Airlines Stage (Kendall Cram Auditorium)
10:00 - 10:45am
Nick Spitzer
Moderator Brian Edwards
American Routes: A Quarter Century of
Oral Literacy & Aural Tradition on Public Radio
Lamar Stage
at ROTC Building
10:00 - 10:45am
Leslie Iwerks
Moderator Bhavna Mistry
The Imagineering Story:
Behind the Scenes at Disney
Stibbs 203
Lavin-Bernick Center
10:00 - 10:45am
Dr. Jay Wellons and Dr. David Weill
The Write Treatment: Stories of Grace and Resilience
201 Race
Lavin-Bernick Center
10:00 - 10:45am
Jonathan Alter
Moderator John Dickerson
His Very Best: The Life of Jimmy Carter
Times-Picayune | Nola.com Stage at Marshall Family Commons
10:00 - 10:45am
Gabe Feldman and Jeff Duncan
Name, Image, Likeness: College Athletes
and the Battle for their Financial Futures
Hyatt Regency Festival Tent
11:00 - 11:45am
Malcolm Gladwell
Moderator Julia Barton
Audio Storytelling: Malcolm Gladwell
in conversation with Julia Barton
Ford Foundation Stage (McAlister Auditorium)
11:00 - 11:45am
Andy Borowitz
Moderator Alessandra Stanley
Profiles in Ignorance: How America's
Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
United Airlines Stage (Kendall Cram Auditorium)
11:00 - 11:45am
Terry Baquet and David Francis
Moderator Andy Lack
Hyper Local: The Rise of Digital Local News
Times-Picayune | Nola.com Stage at Marshall Family Commons
11:00 - 11:45am
Doug Brinkley
Moderator Clare Fieseler
Rachel Carson and the Foundations
of Modern Environmentalism
Lamar Stage at
ROTC Building
11:00 - 11:45am
Roy Blount, Jr., Jill Conner Browne,
Mike Strecker
Moderator Peter Ricchiuti
Funny Business: Humor and the South
Stibbs 203
Lavin-Bernick Center
11:00 - 11:45am
Todd Doughty, Priscilla Painton,
Julia Prosser, Amanda Urban
Moderator Christopher Schaberg
Making a Book: A Panel on Publishing
Diboll Gallery
11:00 - 11:45am
Freddi Williams Evans
Moderator Courtney Bryan
Congo Square - African Roots in New Orleans
201 Race
Lavin-Bernick Center
11:00am - 1:00pm
Poppy Tooker
Drag Queen Brunch with Poppy Tooker
Fee required for entry
Malkin Sacks Commons
12:00 - 12:45pm
Malcolm Gladwell
Eastern, Western, Northern, Southern:
An Over-Theorized (and potentially absurd)
Taxonomy of the Modern Mystery Story
Ford Foundation Stage (McAlister Auditorium)
12:00 - 12:45pm
Todd Doughty
Moderator Tony Dokoupil
The Uplift and Little Pieces of Hope:
Finding Happiness and Inspiration in Daily Life
Times-Picayune | Nola.com Stage at Marshall Family Commons
12:00 - 12:45pm
Willie Fritz, Troy Dannen,
James Carville, Jeff Duncan
Moderator Jana Woodson
Tidal Wave: Celebrating a
Season Like No Other
Hyatt Regency Festival Tent
12:00 - 12:45pm
Carl Bernstein
Moderator David Shipley
Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom
Lamar Stage at
ROTC Building
12:00 - 12:45pm
Catherine Ceniza Choy
Moderator Anneliese Singh
Asian American Histories of the United States
Stibbs 203
Lavin-Bernick Center
12:00 - 12:45pm
Tom Sancton
Moderator Thomas Beller
The Last Baron: The Paris Kidnapping
That Brought Down an Empire
Diboll Gallery
12:00 - 12:45pm
Rien Fertel and Katy Morlas Shannon
Moderator Kerry Westenberg
Stories of Louisiana Nature and Landscapes
201 Race
Lavin-Bernick Center
1:00 - 1:45pm
April Ryan, Katy Tur,
Ali Vitali, Maggie Haberman
Moderator Betsy Fischer Martin
Insiders Go Inside Politics
United Airlines Stage (Kendall Cram Auditorium)
1:00 - 1:45pm
Neal Bodenheimer, Molly Kimball,
Sue Strachan, Ethan Skaggs
Moderator Shawn McCreesh
Bottoms Up: A Cocktail Panel
Hyatt Regency Festival Tent
1:00 - 1:45pm
Richard Ovenden
Moderator Michael Kuczynski
Burning the Books: A History
of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge
Lamar Stage at
ROTC Building
1:00 - 1:45pm
Ben Jealous
Moderator Tony Dokoupil
From the NAACP to the Sierra
Club: A Conversation with Ben Jealous
Stibbs 203
Lavin-Bernick Center
1:00 - 1:45pm
Dana Spiotta, Jonathan Dee,
Ladee Hubbard
Moderator Kate Baldwin
Well Said: The Craft of Literary Fiction
Diboll Gallery
1:00 - 1:45pm
Peter M. Wolf
Moderator Michael Cohen
A Legacy of Jewish Entrepreneurship
and Culture in New Orleans
201 Race
Lavin-Bernick Center
2:00 - 2:45pm
Elizabeth Alexander
Moderator Darren Walker
The Trayvon Generation
United Airlines Stage (Kendall Cram Auditorium)
2:00 - 2:45pm
Jesse Keenan, Nathaniel Rich,
Rob Verchick
Moderator Bob Marshall
Climate Change and Conservation
Times-Picayune | Nola.com Stage at Marshall Family Commons
2:00 - 2:45pm
Richard Haass
Moderator John Dickerson
The Bill of Obligations:
The 10 Habits of Good Citizens
Lamar Stage at
ROTC Building
2:00 - 2:45pm
Nicole Ellis, Clare Fieseler,
April Ryan
Moderator Kim Boyle
Who Inspires Us? Women of Influence
Stibbs 203
Lavin-Bernick Center
2:00 - 2:45pm
Tom Piazza
Moderator Roy Blount Jr.
The Auburn Conference:
A First Look at Tom Piazza’s New Novel
Diboll Gallery
2:00 - 2:45pm
Scott Nelson
Moderator Kris Lane
The U.S., the Ukraine, and
the World Battle for Wheat
201 Race
Lavin-Bernick Center
3:00 - 3:45pm
Maggie Haberman
Moderator Katy Tur
Maggie Haberman on Politics and the Media
Ford Foundation Stage (McAlister Auditorium)
3:00 - 3:45pm
Annette Gordon-Reed
Moderator Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
The Modern Legacy of Thomas Jefferson
Times-Picayune | Nola.com Stage at Marshall Family Commons
3:00 - 3:45pm
Shawn Amos, T. R. Johnson, Tom Sancton,
and Michael Tisserand
Moderator Melissa A. Weber
Sounds of New Orleans: Music Summit
Diboll Gallery
3:00 - 3:45pm
Melissa Fuster
Moderator Caryn Bell
The Family Table:
The Intersection of Health and Race
201 Race
Lavin-Bernick Center
3:00 - 4:00pm
Kim Vaz-Deville and the Baby Dolls
Cultural Arts on the Streets: New Orleans
Baby Dolls on Breaking Race and Gender Barriers
Stibbs 203
Lavin-Bernick Center
4:00 - 5:00pm
Kara Swisher and Walter Isaacson
On With Kara Swisher:
A Conversation with Walter Isaacson
United Airlines Stage (Kendall Cram Auditorium)
4:00 - 5:00pm
Erwin Chermerinsky and Amy Gajda
Moderator Steven Griffin
Privacy, Free Speech, and Preserving Democracy
Times-Picayune | Nola.com Stage at Marshall Family Commons
4:00 - 5:00pm
Claudia Gray
Moderator Marti Dumas
Sci-Fi, Young Adult and
Beyond: Writing Across Genres
Diboll Gallery
5:00 - 6:00pm
Closing Musical Celebration
featuring Preservation All-Stars
Hyatt Regency Festival Tent
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We will comply with all university COVID-19 protocols.

Schedule may change

Due to the live nature of this event, the schedule is subject to change.

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