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

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