I hope to see you there! Here’s the program.
| SCHEDULE OF EVENTS | |
| 8:00-8:30 AM | BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION |
| 8:30-8:35 AM | WELCOME, Brian Kenney, Editor-in-Chief, School Library Journal |
| 8:40-9:15 AM | KEYNOTE SPEAKER Katherine Paterson, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Breakfast & speaker sponsored by Candlewick Press |
| 9:15-10:15 AM | PANEL I: Diversity in YA Literature Where we are and where we’d like to be.MODERATOR: Amy Bowllan, Director of Diversity and Educational Technology, The Hewitt School AUTHOR PANELISTS: Paul Griffin, Stay with Me (Dial) Malinda Lo , Huntress (Little, Brown) Cindy Pon , Fury of the Phoenix (Greenwillow) Rita Williams-Garcia , One Crazy Summer (HarperCollins) |
| 10:15-10:30 AM | BREAK |
| 10:30-11:30 AM | Publishers’ Pitch Part 1 |
| 11:30-12:30 PM | PANEL II: The Children’s App Landscape What is being produced and how can libraries use them? MODERATOR: Lisa von Drasek, Coordinator, School Services/Children’s Librarian, Bank Street College of Education |
| 12:30-2:00 PM | LUNCH SPEAKER: Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket
Lunch & speaker sponsored by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| 2:00-3:00 PM | PANEL III: Picture Book Biographies
MODERATOR: Martha Parravano, Executive Editor, The Horn Book |
| 3:00-3:15 PM | BREAK |
| 3:15-4:15 PM | Publishers’ Pitch Part 2 |
| 4:15-5:15 PM | PANEL IV: Stellar Debut Authors
MODERATOR: Brian Kenney, Editor-in-Chief, School Library Journal |
| 5:15-6:00 PM | COCKTAIL RECEPTION & AUTHOR SIGNINGS |
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Hi
Will there be a DOD this year? There’s a link from BEA but I can only find 2011.
thanks,
Laurel Sharp
Liverpool Public Library
Hi Laurel,
I will find out and let you know.
Amy
Laurel, indeed there will be a DOD. I will post the info. in a few minutes. Thanks for stopping by! -Amy
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