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.
Saturday, November 1 8:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee Brookens Library Concourse 9:00 a.m. Annual Society Business Meeting Judith Everson, President Brookens Library Auditorium 10:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Judith Everson, President Brookens Library Auditorium 10:30 a.m. James Jones' War in Fact, Fiction and Film Thomas Wood, Carl Becker, Robert Thobaben and Tony Williams Moderator: Michael Lennon 11:30 a.m. James Jones' Manuscripts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign George Hendrick and Barbara Jones Noon Buffet Luncheon Public Affairs Center Restaurant 1:30 p.m. Award Presentations Michael Lennon Brookens Library Auditorium 2:00 p.m. Keynote Address: James Jones and His Tradition Paul Fussell 3:30 p.m. Adjournment Book Signing Brookens Library Restaurant 6:30 p.m. Cash Bar, Public Affairs Center Restaurant 7:00 p.m. Buffet Dinner, Public Affairs Center Restaurant