| Program 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET | Exhibit Hall Opens/Visit the Booths 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET | Opening Keynote Conversation with
Marlon James, Moon Witch, Spider King, Riverhead.
Two Panels Running Concurrently
11:05 AM – 11:55 AM ET | Picture Books that Connect Us
Picture books can get at the core of big themes with only a few words. From celebrating unsung heroines to shedding light on the immigrant experience, the following works are testament to the deceptively simple format’s brilliance.
Tracey Baptiste, Because Claudette, Penguin Young Readers/Dial
Ruth Behar, Tía Fortuna's New Home: A Jewish Cuban Journey, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Daniel Minter, Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Jenny Torres Sanchez, With Lots of Love, Viking Books for Young Readers
Moderator: John Scott, Library Media Specialist, Powhatan Elementary School, Baltimore County Public Schools (MD)
11:05 AM – 11:55 AM ET | This World and Others: Fantasy and Magical Realism
Retellings, family, magic, and magical realism are key notes in these enthralling speculative fiction works that explore lands of vast imagination and relationships closer to home.
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Doubleday
Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea, Random House Books for Young Readers
Liz Michalski, Darling Girl, Dutton
Rory Power, In a Garden Burning Gold, Del Rey
V. E. Schwab, ExtraOrdinary, Titan
Moderator: Ashley Rayner, Librarian at NORC, University of Chicago (IL)
Two Panels Running Concurrently
12:00 PM – 12:50 PM ET | Debuts to Note
New voices gather to discuss writing, first novels, and the stories they have created. While different in style and approach, they collectively center on family, the legacy of generations, and how the past and future are forged through ties that bind.
Aamina Ahmad, The Return of Faraz Ali, Riverhead
Sarah Manguso, Very Cold People, Hogarth
Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling, Knopf
Cleyvis Natera, Neruda on the Park, Ballantine Books
Tara M. Stringfellow, Memphis, The Dial Press
Moderator: Migdalia Jimenez, Adult Services Librarian, Chicago Public Library (IL)
12:00 PM – 12:50 PM ET | Essential Asian American Pacific Islander Voices in Young Adult Literature
The importance of Asian American Pacific Islander Voices in Young Adult Literature and the relevance of these works now more than ever will be discussed from the writers' and children's services perspective.
Samira Ahmed, Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know, Soho Teen
Marie Myung Ok Lee, Finding My Voice, Soho Teen
Chandra Prasad, Mercury Boys, Soho Teen
Moderator: Seungyeon (Sue) Yang-Peace, Children’s Department Head, Las Vegas Clark County Library (NV)
12:50 PM – 1:30 PM ET | Lunchtime Cookbook Book Club
What’s on the menu? Family narratives, cultural heritage, and accessible recipes for the home cook.
Tanorria Askew, Staples + 5: 100 Simple Recipes to Make the Most of Your Pantry, DK Publishing
Eric Kim, Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home, Clarkson Potter
Rick Martinez, Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook, Clarkson Potter
Dan Zuccarello, More Mediterranean: 225+ New Plant-Forward Recipes Endless Inspiration for Eating Well, America’s Test Kitchen
Two Keynotes Running Concurrently
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET | Keynote Conversation
Kwame Mbalia, Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood, Delacorte Press, in conversation with Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson, Recognize! An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life, Crown Books for Young Readers.
Moderator: Desiree Thomas, Librarian, Worthington Library (OH)
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET | Keynote Conversation
Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole, Crown, in conversation with Anita Mechler, Writer, Archival Consultant.
Two Panels Running Concurrently
2:05 PM – 2:55 PM ET | Books for Middle School: Stories of Belonging and Becoming
Growing pains and earth-shattering crushes. Friendships made and friendships broken. The awkward middle school years are adeptly captured in these middle grade novels.
Emma Otheguy, Sofía Acosta Makes a Scene, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Aisha Saeed, Omar Rising, Nancy Paulsen Books
Brenda Woods, When Winter Robeson Came, Nancy Paulsen Books
Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen’s Last Chance, Random House Children's Books
Moderator: Monisha Blair, Librarian, Glasgow Middle School (VA)
2:05 PM – 2:55 PM ET | Relationship Fiction Panel
The complicated, intertwined, brave, and bold lives of five very different characters metaphorically gather in this panel which explores how women frame their lives, explore their choices, and come to resolutions.
Jennifer E. Smith, The Unsinkable Greta James, Ballantine Books
Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, Doubleday
Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand, Berkley
Lauren McBrayer, Like a House on Fire, Putnam
Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?, Viking
Moderator: Ron Block, Branch Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library System (OH)
2:55 PM – 3:30 PM ET | Break/Visit the Exhibit Hall
Two Panels Running Concurrently
3:30 PM – 4:20 PM ET | Big Spring Books: Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
Hear from the authors who will be topping holds and bestseller lists in the months to come as they talk about historical fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and the contemporary past. From communist Romania to a Kentucky horse farm, these books plumb character, language, and setting.
Geraldine Brooks, Horse: A Novel, Viking
Benjamin Gilmer, The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice, Ballantine Books
Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You, Philomel Books
Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother, Penguin Press
Moderator: Wendy Bartlett, Collection Development and Acquisitions Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library (OH)
3:30 PM – 4:20 PM ET | Escape Into a Fantastical Feminist Future with P. C. Cast
P.C. Cast, Into the Mist, Crooked Lane, in conversation with Thea James, Cooking for Wizards, Warriors, and Dragons, Media Lab Books & Sr Dir, Digital Customer Operations, Penguin Random House
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET | Closing Keynote Conversation
Adriana Trigiani, The Good Left Undone, Dutton, in conversation with Lisa Scottoline, What Happened to the Bennetts, Putnam.
Moderator: Ron Block, Branch Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library System (OH)
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