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2012 Seventh Annual San Diego City College International Book Fair Free admission to all events. Open to the public.
Monday, October 1, 2012 Room 121A/B Faculty Lounge 12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Reading and book signing with Reyna Grande, author of The Distance Between Us
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Room 121A/B Faculty Lounge 9:35 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Reading and book signing with Susan Straight, author of Between Heaven and Here Buy one, get one free: For each purchase of Between Heaven and Here ($12), the author will give a free copy of Take One Candle Light a Room, part of her Rio Seco trilogy.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 Room 121A/B Faculty Lounge 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Panel discussion with Justin Hudnall, Corinne Goria, Mindy Solis, and Erica Blunt, contributors to The Far East: Everything Just As It Is, an anthology that combines non-fiction and poetry to create a portrait of life in East San Diego County.
Thursday, October 4, 2012 Room 121A/B Faculty Lounge 11: 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Reading and book signing with Zohreh Ghahremani, author of Sky of Red Poppies 12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Reading and book signing with Gustavo Arellano, author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America
Friday, October 5, 2012 Saville Theatre 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. City Works Press reading and book signing with Chris Baron, Heather Eudy, Cali Linfor, and Sabrina Youmans, contributors to Lantern Tree: Four Books of Poems
Saturday, October 6, 2012 Saville Theater 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Screening of Precious Knowledge, documentary and discussion
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Readings of excerpts from banned books by faculty and staff members including: Roberta Alexander, June Cressy, Farrell Foreman, Kevin Gossett, Jan Jarrell, Nadia Mandilawi, Elizabeth Meehan, Oscar Preciado, Anna Rogers, Elva Salinas. Discussion to follow.
Readings and book signings by authors banned in Arizona, including: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Rudy Acuña, author of Occupied America, Anything But Mexican, and Corridors of Migration
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Matt de la Peña, author of Mexican White Boy, Ball Don’t Lie, and We Were Here
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Herbert Sigüenza, author of Culture Clash: Life, Death and Revolutionary Comedy

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