Book Festival Schedule
Here's the schedule for the upcoming 29th Annual St. Louis Jewish Book Festival. This year's festival will run from Sunday, November 4 - Wednesday, November 14. Most of the authors will appear at the Jewish Community Center in Creve Coeur, with a few notable exceptions, which are detailed below. Festival series tickets will go on sale during August, first to JCC members and then to the community. For tickets or for more information, please call 314-442-3299.
The complete schedule of authors is listed below.
You can also download the festival brochure by clicking on the cover!
Individual & Series Tickets Now AvailableSeries Tickets are available for purchase at the following locations:• Both JCC Buildings
• The Concierge Desk, Plaza Frontenac (1701 S. Lindbergh Blvd.)
• Southwest Bank (Creve Coeur East, Creve Coeur West, Des Peres and Sunset Hills locations)
• St. Louis County Library Headquarters (1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.)
• Left Bank Books (399 N. Euclid)
Individual speaker tickets are available at both JCC locations
2007 St. Louis
Jewish Book Festival Schedule
SPECIAL PREVIEW EVENT
Monday, October 22
7:30 pm - The Deadliest Lies
by Abraham Foxman ($15)
(book price $24.95)
Sunday, November 4
~ KEYNOTE SPEAKER ~
5:30 pm - Opening Night Keynote Speaker
actor, author, comedian
Paul Reiser ($35)
(book price $7.50)
Monday, November 5
SPORTS BREAKFAST
10:30 am - 23 Ways to Get to First Base
by Gary Belsky ($15)
(book price $19.95)
1:00 pm - THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY: One Man's
Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally
as Possible
by A.J. Jacobs ($12)
(book price $25.00)
7:30 pm - My Father's Secret War
by Lucinda Franks ($12)
(book price $24.95)
Tuesday, November 6
10:30 am - To My Dearest Friends
by Patricia Volk ($12)
(book price $23.00)
1:00 pm - State of the Unions
by Philip Dine ($12)
(book price $27.95)
7:30 pm - "He Said - She Said"
Moderated by KMOX 1120's Paul Harris ($15)
Husbandry: Sex, Love & Dirty Laundry
by Stephen Fried
(book price $18.00)
The Portable Jewish Mother
by Laurie Rozakis
(book price $12.95)
Wednesday, November 7
10:30 am - The Saturday Wife
by Naomi Ragen ($12)
(book price $24.95)
1:00 pm - Biography Program
Moderated by St. Louis Post-Dispatch Book Editor Jane Henderson ($15)
Around the World on Two Wheels
by Peter Zheutlin
(book price $19.99) Fiorello's Sister
by Rochelle Saidel
(book price $16.95)
7:30 pm - THE LAST TYCOONS: The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co.
by William D. Cohan ($12)
(book price $29.95)
Thursday, November 8
1:00 pm - JUST SAY NU
by Michael Wex ($12)
(book price $23.95)
7:30 pm - A STAR IS FOUND: Our Adventures Casting
Some of Hollywood's Biggest Movies
by Janet Hirshenson & Jane Jenkins ($12)
(book price $14.00)
Friday, November 9
10:30 am - Not a Happy Camper
by Mindy Schneider ($12)
(book price $24.00)
1:00 pm - Missouri's Own Local Author Panel
Moderated by KMOX 1120's Charles Brennan ($12)
Anna's Shtetl
by Lawrence Coben
(book price $43.50) The Perils of the Peanut Butter Kid
by Cynthia Frohlichstein
(book price $17.00) The Essential Herb-Drug-Vitamin
Interaction Guide
by Dr. George Grossberg
(book price $18.95)
Wise Investing Made Simple
by Larry Swedroe
(book price $24.95)
Sunday, November 11
11:00 am - The South Beach Diet Heart Program
by Dr. Arthur Agatston
(book price $25.95)
7:00 pm - CONCERT EVENT
The Voodoo That They Did So Well - The Wizards That Invented the New York Stage
with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
and author Stefan Kanfer ($20)
(book price $24.95)
Monday, November 12
10:30 am - The Prince of Nantucket
by Jan Goldstein ($12)
(book price $24.00)
1:00 pm - The Jew of Home Depot & Other Stories
by Max Apple ($12)
(book price $19.95)
7:30 pm - THE FULL BODY PROJECT
by Leonard Nimoy ($20)
(book price $45.00)
Tuesday, November 13
10:30 am - The Ministry of Special Cases
by Nathan Englander ($12)
(book price $25.00)
1:00 pm - What Are You Hungry For? &
Morning Has Broken
by Emme & Phillip Aronson ($12)
(book price $15.99)
SPECIAL EVENT7:00 pm - No Vulgar Hotel
by Judith Martin "Miss Manners" ($25)
(book price $24.95)
Wednesday, November 14
10:30 am - Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days
by Judith Viorst ($15)
(book price $17.00)
1:00 pm - The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak ($15)
(book price $11.95)
7:30 pm - Statecraft
by Ambassador Dennis Ross ($15)
(book price $26.00)
SPECIAL ADDED PROGRAM:
Thursday, November 15
6:30 pm - The Secret of Priest's Grotto
(Family Event)
by Peter Lane Taylor
with the St. Louis County Library
at Library Headquarters (on
Lindbergh Blvd. just south of Hwy 64/40)
($12 per family)
(book price $8.95)
individual prices listed are on a per-program basis.
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