A Life Of Their Own

Schedule

1. Welcome & Intro

   1:00 to 1:15pm

2. Page Club Pair Share

   1:15 to 1:45pm

   Introduce yourself by sharing a single page from a book - your favorite one, your current read, something strange, something beautiful.

3. Doing Nothing with Christie

   1:45 to 2:30pm

   Publisher Marthine SatrisMarthine Satris is a writer and the associate publisher at Heyday Press. Marthine lives in Oakland, California. interviews author Christie GeorgeChristie George is a writer and producer who likes doing creative side projects. about her “fan nonfiction” The Emergency Was Curiosity, a personal book report on Jenny Odell's book How To Do Nothing.

4. How Could A Book Be?

   2:30 to 3:30pm

   A show and tell of “book-shaped” projects and unique formats with zine-maker Zareen ChoudhuryZareen Choudhury is a cartoonist, humorist, editor, and educator based in San Francisco., photographer Jeff MasamoriJeff Masamori is a photographer and art director currently fixated on Bay Area eucalyptus trees., and blogger/author Naomi KanakiaNaomi Kanakia is a writer and autodidact who writes about the Great Books phenomenon, among other things., facilitated by Daniel LucasDaniel Lucas is a designer, developer, and educator who makes tools and spaces for human becoming. Currently he is the founder of The School of Other Fields. of The School of Other Fields.

5. Break

   3:30 to 4:00pm

6. On Context and Creation

   4:00 to 4:45pm

   Readers increasingly seek meaning not just within but around a book. Who wrote it? Who recommended it? Who read alongside? A panel on context and creation with bookseller Jackson TejedaJackson Tejeda is the assistant manager of Christopher's Books., designer/writer Celine NguyenCeline Nguyen is a software designer and writer from California. She writes about literature, design, art & technology on her Substack newsletter, personal canon., and Christina PappasChristina Pappas writes about literary events for Same Page SF and sells books/curates fiction at Black Bird Bookstore & Cafe of Same Page SF.

7. Reader Postcards

   5:00 to 6:00pm

   Inspired by radio-operator QSL cards of yore, artist Allie SullbergAllie Sullberg is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and illustrator based in San Francisco. guides us in creating our own Reader Cards. We'll compile these cards, along with our Page Club selections, into a zine to be shared after the event.

8. Closing Remarks & Provocations

   6:00 to 6:15pm

   Writer and researcher Toby ShorinToby Shorin is a researcher, writer, and technologist. He studies how culture changes and how communities form, and technology's role in both. will share reflections on the day and musings about books, reading, and writing.

9. Dinner

   6:15 to 7:30pm

   We'll close out ALOTO with a vegetarian-friendly family style dinner. Food and drink included with every ALOTO ticket.