Experience dynamic and informative content in this day-long virtual conference brought to you by SLJ & LJ in partnership with NCTE. You’ll hear from the rockstars of reading and literacy from authors and teachers to librarians and other education and industry leaders. All of this talent and expertise is coming together to raise up the love of reading. 

This online youth services course brings together experts to discuss the most pressing issues for school and youth services librarians today.

Create safer libraries while centering equity, relationships, and accountability.

Join us to hear from Bloomsbury’s editorial and marketing teams, as well as the authors themselves as they introduce their new fall titles. You'll discover books from critically acclaimed and award winning authors, as well as some exciting debuts, from picture books and middle grade to teen and nonfiction – there’s something for everyone! 

Multiple-award–winning authors of fiction and nonfiction will discuss how they spotlight historical topics and themes through tales of AAPI women and girls and what matters most to them when portraying female characters in their fiction.

On April 25th, join Penguin Random House, Library Journal, and School Library Journal for our Spring 2024 virtual book and author festival, a free day-long event celebrating reading, authors, and librarians everywhere! Enjoy a day packed with author panels and interviews, book buzzes, virtual shelf browsing, and adding to your TBR pile.

Learn tangible ways to handle censorship, find allies, and ensure your library policies are up to date. 

Drive greater impact in your community, and realize greater efficiency and confidence in your work, by becoming proficient in project management skills. 

Unlock the transformative power of trauma-informed librarianship to create psychologically and emotionally safer and more inclusive spaces for patrons, students, and staff. 

Join us as publishers showcase a selection of engaging and informative titles focused on STEM/STEAM and climate science topics for young readers, empowering them to develop interest in science and better understand the critical environmental challenges of our time.