Here’s a post to consolidate all the links to my 2019 ALA Annual Conference in one place.
First, here’s a picture of all the goodies I picked up at the conference this year. It’s actually less than usual because I didn’t go to the exhibits at all on Sunday.
The conference began with an ALSC preconference on Friday featuring the Honor Winners of various awards.
Friday night, I got to hear Jason Reynolds speak and have dinner with the Newbery Honor Winners.
Saturday began with the PLA Member Welcome Breakfast where I received the Allie Beth Martin Award and Ann Patchett spoke.
The middle of the day Saturday featured the Margaret Edwards Lunch with M. T. Anderson and the auditorium speaker series with Eric Klinenberg and Carla Hayden.
Saturday evening was an amazing dinner with the Newbery committee and winner Meg Medina.
Sunday was the grand and wonderful Newbery/Caldecott/Legacy Banquet!
Monday began by hearing George Takei speak.
The next speaker I heard was Tomi Adeyemi.
And I finished off the conference with the Printz Awards.
This also wasn’t nearly as many sessions as I usually attend at a conference, but this one was given over to celebration.
Here’s a pile of just the things I got signed over the conference:
