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: