The Twentynine Palms Book Festival book signing sessions will feature 38 authors, with each session lasting 30 minutes. Attendees are welcome to continue discussions with the authors in the Meet the Authors zone, located next to the signing area. Books will be available for purchase before each session. The signings will take place on Friday, November 8, and Saturday, November 9, at the Twentynine Palms Community Center by Freedom Plaza, where most festival activities will be held. Exceptions include the Never Underestimate the Desert series, running all day at the nearby Old Schoolhouse Museum on Saturday, November 9, and the Happy Poetry Hour from 4 to 6 PM at the 29 Palms Inn. Evening events will be hosted at various locations around Twentynine Palms. The program is presented with the support of Mojave Mercantile.

November 8

1. 10:00 AM: Ruth Nolan— After the Dome Fire, Suicide Watch, Ruby Mountain.

2. 10:30 AM: Larry Fike — Piker

3. 11:00 AM: Katie Nartonis — California Desert Artists

4. 11:30 AM:

• Gina Frangello — Elena Ferrante: The Neapolitan Novels

• Rob Roberge - Liar

5. 12:00 PM: Jamal Koussan-Price — Give Away Your Attention

6. 12:30 PM: Leo Mallette — Rancho Mirage

7. 1:00 PM: Cindy Rinne — Words Become Ashes, Dancing Through the Fire Door, and Today on Two Planets

8. 1:30 PM: Kelli Shapiro — Inland Empire and San Gabriel Valley Movie Theatres

9. 2:00 PM: Leslie and Stephen Shaw — Who They Are and What They Are Up To

10. 2:30 PM: CJ Carrington — Hippo for Christmas

11. 3:00 PM: Nevada McPherson — The Eucalyptus Lane Novels

12. 3:30 PM: Carmen Mendoza — Road to Soul

13. 4:00 PM: Michael Stillman — In the Joshua Sea

14. 4:30 PM: Andrew Miller — Namaste Mart Confidential

15. 5:00 PM: S. Kensington — Just Another Girl on the Road

16. 5:30 PM: Dr. Oolong Seemingly — A Ghost Story for Robots

17. 6:00 PM: Grant Wamack — Black Gypsies

18. 6:30 PM: Scott Shigeoka — How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World

November 9

1. 10:00 AM: Brian O'Hare — Surrender

2. 10:30 AM: J.D. O'Brien — Zig Zag

3. 11:00 AM: Sant Khalsa — Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees

4. 11:30 AM: Nolan Knight — Gallows Dome, The Neon Lights Are Veins

5. 12:00 PM: Kurt Schauppner — Songs Without Words

6. 12:30 PM:

• Cary Baker — Down On The Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music

• Laurie Kaye — Confessions of a Rock 'n' Roll Name-Dropper: My Life Leading Up to John Lennon's Last Interview

• Peter Jesperson — Euphoric Recall: Five Decades as a Music Fan, Record Store and Band Manager, Producer, DJ, Label Executive, and Tastemaker

• Jim Ruland — Make it Stop, Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records

7. 1:30 PM: Deanne Stillman — Blood Brothers: The Story of the Strange Friendship between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill

8. 2:00 PM: Duncan Birmingham — The Cult in My Garage

9. 2:30 PM: Craig Clavenger — Mother Howl

10. 3:00 PM: Yasmine Golchan — The Adventures of Yasmine in Hollywood

11. 3:30 PM: Jim Towns — Bloodsucker City

12. 4:00 PM: Sean Jacques — Doe Run

13. 4:30 PM: Brian Townsley — The Trunk Full of Zeroes

14. 5:00 PM: Gabriel Hart — On High at Red Tide

15. 5:30 PM: Keith Dow – Karmic Purgatory

16. 6:00 PM: Teresa L'Heureux — My Rock My Hard Place