If you live in LA, take note. Even if you're not, a lot of this ends up online, too.

For one weekend in April, people who love books will gather with people who love to write, publish and sell books. And, there’s nothing like it anywhere.

Scheduled to speak, among many others: George Pelecanos, writer for The Wire; Lee Iacocca; for a panel session on terrorism: Jeffrey Goldberg, Terry McDermott, and Lawrence Wright; Kirk Douglas; Gore Vidal; Ray Bradbury; Michael Pollan; Mark Halperin and James Taranto on the Future of News; Kenneth Turan; a panel on the Middle East, with Mark Bowden; a panel on 'spin' with Michael Isikoff and Frank Luntz; interviews with Jared Diamond, Jim Lehrer; Walter Mosley; Ralph Nader; a panel with Bill McKibben; Arianna Huffington; Max Boot; a panel with Vikram Chandra; a panel on Iraq with William Langewiesche and Bob Scheer.