Pride on the Page 2024 Book Festival

Back for our third year, this year we will offer the following panel discussions and authors:

HUMOR, PAIN AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN:

BYRON LANE AND ANNA DORN IN CONVERSATION WITH JASON BLITMAN

Moderator - Jason Blitman

Byron Lane - Big Gay Wedding

Anna Dorn - Perfume and Pain

SCREEN TIME: TANTALIZING TALES ABOUT FILM & TELEVISION

Moderator: David Church

Charles Jenson - Splice of Life: A Memoir in 13 Film Genres

Dave Karger - 50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins

Martine McDonald - Film Curator/Teaching Artist

Shayna Maci Warner - The Rainbow Age of Television

WE ARE FAMILY: THE MANY FACES AND PLACES OF QUEER COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES

Moderator: Mei-Ling Tom

Lane Igoudin - Family, Maybe: Two Dads, Two Babies & Court Cases That Brought Us Together

Diane and Jacob Anderson-Minshall - Queerly Beloved: A Love Story Across Genders

Penelope Starr - Desert Haven: Stories of Community and Chosen Family

Lucas Hilderbrand - The Bars are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After

SOUL SEARCHING: MEMOIR AS CATHARSIS, EXPLORATION AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

Moderator: Stephanie Theobald

Curtis Chin - Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

Cheryl E. Klein - Cry Baby: Infertility, Illness and Other Things That Were not the End of the World.

Sarah Viren - To Name The Bigger Lie

Jason Yamas - Tweakerworld

MORE THAN QUEER: CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IDENTITY AND CULTURE ACROSS GENRES

Moderator: Rebecca Olarte

Alex Espinoza - The Sons of El Rey

George M. Johnson - Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I’d Known

Trinity Nguyen - A Banh Mi For Two

Carla Sameth - Secondary Inspections

I HAVE CONCERNS: NEW FICTION TACKLING ISSUES FROM THE PERSONAL TO THE GLOBAL

Moderator: Will Dean

Venita Blackburn - Dead in Long, Beach, California

Daniel Jaffe - Domestic Affairs: Tales of American Males

Kwei Quartey - The Whitewashed Tombs

There will be something for everyone at the Pride on the Page Book Festival!

For more details, author information, and a full schedule go to: prideonthepage.org

The Third Annual Pride on the Page Book Festival is presented by the Palm Springs Public Library Foundation and the Palm Springs Public Library. In addition, other sponsors include the City of Palm Springs, Palm Springs Cultural Center, The Best Bookstore in Palm Springs (the official book seller at the events), Palm Mountain Resort, Saguaro Hotel, Life-House Hotels, Renaissance Hotel, Gays Reading Podcast, KGAY Radio, CV Independent, and The Standard.

Host or Publisher Palm Springs Public Libray Foundation