For more information contact Judith Everson, President, The James Jones Literary Society, 217-786-7437. Everyone interested in James Jones is welcome to attend this exciting annual event.
Friday, November 1
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Reception and Book Signing, Illinois Authors Room
Illinois State Library, 300 S. Second Street.
6:45-7:30 p.m.
Getting Launched as a Writer: A Panel Discussion
Kaylie Jones, Richard Peck, Mary Kay Zuravleff
Saturday, November 2
8:30 a.m.
Registration and Coffee
Public Affairs Center Concourse
9:00 a.m.
Annual Society Business Meeting
Brookens Auditorium
9:45 a.m.
Break
10:00 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Judith Everson, President
10:30 a.m.
Making "James Jones: Reveille to Taps"
Michael Lennon, Past President
11:00 a.m.
Screening "James Jones: Reveille to Taps"
Noon
Luncheon
Public Affairs Center Conference Rooms C-D
1:00 p.m.
New Research on James Jones from the Handy Writers' Colony Collection, UIS
Tom Wood, Moderator
Panelists: Greg Randle, Marlene Emmons, George Hendrick (Past President)
2:00 p.m.
Break
2:15 p.m.
James Jones's Literary Legacy: Personal Perspectives from Three Decades (1970s-1990s)
Willie Morris
3:30 p.m.
Break
3:45 p.m.
Award Presentations
Lincoln Trail College Creative Writing Scholarship
Diane Reed, Lincoln Trail College
James Jones First Novel Fellowship
Kaylie Jones
4:30 p.m.
Adjournment
Book Signing, Brookens Concourse
6:30 p.m.
Cash Bar, Public Affairs Center Restaurant
7:00 p.m.
Banquet, Public Affairs Center Restaurant