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…
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…
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.”…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…