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YALS presents Get Lit: What’s New in YA Literature

September 24, 2020
12:30 – 5:00 PM
Virtual – Free

12:30 – 1:00 Networking / Guided Discussion

How have things been going at our libraries? What’s next for teen services as we look forward?

1:00 – 1:45 Keynote: Julie C. Dao

Julie C. Dao is the author of the acclaimed Rise of the Empress duology, including FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS and KINGDOM OF THE BLAZING PHOENIX, as well as the follow-up novel SONG OF THE CRIMSON FLOWER. A proud Vietnamese-American who was born in upstate New York, she now lives in New England.

1:45 – 2:00 Break

2:00 – 2:10 Business Meeting

2:10 – 3:30 — Book Buzz! Get excited about upcoming titles from these publishers:

  • Disney Publishing Worldwide
  • Macmillan (Wednesday Books and Flatiron Books)
  • Page Street Publishing — slides
  • Inkyard Press
  • Candlewick Press — slides | Edelweiss
  • CharlesbridgeTEEN — slides

3:30 – 3:45 — Break

3:45 – 3:50 — Flume & Isinglass Update

3:50 – 5:00 — More Book Buzz!

  • Tor Teen — slides
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt — slides
  • Penguin Young Readers
  • Levine Querido / Arthur Levine
  • Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group — slides | list of titles
  • Sourcebooks — slides | list of titles | Edelweiss

Prerecorded Book Buzz:

  • IDW / Top Shelf
  • Lerner Publishing Group
  • Workman / Algonquin Young Readers

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Alex Graves, YALS President
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c/o New Hampshire State Library
Attn: Michael York
20 Park Street
Concord, NH 03301-6314

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January 28, 2021
  • YALS Meeting

    January 28, 2021  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    YALS Executive Board meeting. Open to all for networking and to share the love of teen programs and collection development with fellow librarians.

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March 25, 2021
  • YALS Meeting

    March 25, 2021  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    YALS Executive Board meeting. Open to all for networking and to share the love of teen programs and collection development with fellow librarians.

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