2026 Presenting Author Schedule!

The Presenting Author Schedule is ready!  View our offerings and make a personalized list of sessions you'd like to see. Fast Pass events are identified with a small ticket icon in the upper right corner.

When attending author events, bring a clear bag to avoid entry delays while adhering to the university's Clear Bag Policy.  

Allow a little extra time:  With an increase in security, screenings may take extra time depending on crowds, so plan to arrive early to avoid missing your session.

Fast Passes for sessions in Ballroom, Gallagher Theater, Integrated Learning Center 120, Koffler 204 will be available to Friends of the Festival March 4 and Public March 9.

How to Reserve Fast Passes

Each event on this grid has a star next to it. Click a star to bookmark an event. Click it again to remove the bookmark. When you are finished, you can view your bookmarked events in a printer-ready format here.

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Sat, Mar 14	10:00 am	11:30 am	1:00 pm	2:30 pm	4:00 pm
Culinary Stage (Seats 265)	Romancing the Stove Ali Rosen Arizona Appliance and Home The Kippur Family	Salsa Daddy Rick Martínez Arizona Appliance and Home JT Kasper	Reclaiming Indigenous Cuisine Sean Sherman Arizona Appliance and Home Stuart and Andy Shatken	Preserving Foods for Modern Pioneers Mary Bryant Shrader Arizona Appliance and Home Gadabout SalonSpas	Truly Texas Mexican Plant-Based Cooking Adán Medrano Arizona Appliance and Home Michael and Marjorie Lipson

Sunday, March 15, 2026

Sun, Mar 15	10:00 am	11:30 am	1:00 pm	2:30 pm	4:00 pm
Student Union Kachina (Seats 100)	No event	No event	No event	No event	Food in Culture and Community John Birdsall Adán Medrano Michael Shaikh Elizabeth Green Judith Marro Jim and Kim Rosborough
The Commons Room 105 (Seats 217)	No event	No event	No event	No event	Funny, Fierce, Unapologetically Honest Hannah Dasher Jen DeLuca Tucson Lifestyle Visit Tucson Path to Happiness The Sandroff Family
Culinary Stage (Seats 265)	Modern Navajo Cooking Alana Yazzie Arizona Appliance and Home Barbara K Crews Desert Diamond Casinos	Stand By Your Pan Hannah Dasher Arizona Appliance and Home Terry and Peggy DeWald	Treasured Recipes Lost and Found Michael Shaikh Arizona Appliance and Home Vivian and Jim Schwab	Cooking That Lingers Hetty Lui McKinnon Arizona Appliance and Home Kristina Hallfríður	No event