Conference Corner: Walter Dean Myers Awards
Today I livestreamed the Walter Dean Myers Awards and Symposium from We Need Diverse Books. First, I highly recommend watching it yourself. Super inspirational. I was a little sorry I…
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Boundaries Be Gone! Using Stories to Intersect and Connect – ALA Annual Conference Day Four
On Monday, June 27, 2022, the fourth day of ALA Annual Conference, I stumbled a little late into a program called “Boundaries Be Gone! Using Stories to Intersect and Connect.”…
In Conversation: Yuyi Morales and Donna Barba Higuera – ALA Annual Conference Day Four
Monday morning, June 27, 2022, I drove into DC for the fourth day of ALA Annual Conference. I began the day in the exhibits and got books signed by, among…
ALSC Collection Management Discussion Group and Library Family Feud! – ALA Annual Conference Day Three
Continuing my highlights from ALA Annual Conference 2022, on Sunday June 26, after the YA Author Coffee Klatch, I attended a Collection Management Discussion Group sponsored by the Association for…
YA Author Coffee Klatch – ALA Annual Conference Day Three
My third day of ALA Annual Conference, on June 26, 2022, began at 9 AM with the YA Author Coffee Klatch. Most years, the authors who participate in this event…
ALA Annual Conference Day Two – Authors for Freedom to Read and Newbery 100 Celebration!
I spent most of the Saturday of ALA Annual Conference in the exhibits, having a wonderful time. I got books signed by Nancy Pearl, Christina Soontornvat, Gail Jarrow, L. M.…
PLA Member Welcome Breakfast – ALA Annual Conference Day Two
In this series, I’m hitting the highlights of the 2022 ALA Annual Conference in DC — first time in-person since 2019. And since the 2019 conference was a peak experience…
ALA Annual Conference Opening and Printz Awards
I like to post highlights from ALA Annual Conference each year that I attend. It’s all so overwhelming when it happens, and writing up notes helps me absorb what I…
Closing Session with Natalie Portman at ALA Virtual Conference
The Closing Session of ALA Virtual Conference 2020 featured Natalie Portman, who has a new picture book coming out called Natalie Portman’s Fables, being interviewed by librarian Betsy Bird. [Betsy…
Stories Beyond US Borders at ALA Virtual Conference
Today I caught an On-demand virtual program and watched Stories from Beyond U.S. Borders: The Young Reader’s Window to the World. The four panelists were children’s and YA authors who…