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Thousands turned up for author Neil Gaiman’s performance at Carnegie Hall on June 27. The evening was touted as a “multimedia storytelling event” and showcased the prolific author’s premiere U.S. reading of The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains and Hansel and Gretel accompanied by visuals and a live score.
For those attending the upcoming American Library Association's Annual Conference in Las Vegas this year (June 26 - July 1), the Association of American Publishers is holding a Children's and Teen Author Speed Dating Event on June 28; RSVP to attend.
Listen up, ALA conference attendees, register for the free “Gamify Your Summer Reading Programs: How to Increase Participation and Completion with Wandoo Reader” webinar on June 18 at 1 p.m. ET.
On June 9, the ALA announced the winner of the Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity—say that three times quickly—which will go to New Orleans Youth Outreach Librarian Laurence Copel who overcame unrelenting adversity to get the children of the Ninth Ward their much-needed books.
Authors, (free) books, zany hats! Scenes from School Library Journal's Day of Dialog, held May 28, 2014, at the McGraw-Hill headquarters in New York City.
At Book Expo America this year, 18 authors were given three minutes to tell each of the 18 tables filled with booksellers about their new books at the "Author Speed Dating" event.
Real life, childhood, and relationships often serve as the inspiration for the titles on our bookshelves, and during the "Storied Lives" panel at SLJ's Day of Dialog on May 28, we find out from the authors/illustrators the fascinating stories behind the stories.
SLJ attends this year's BookExpo America (May 28-30) at the Javits Convention Center in New York City and took the opportunity to catch up with award-winning authors, like A Plague of Unicorns (Zonderkids, 2014) Jane Yolen, and even famous actors like "How I Met Your Mother's" Jason Segel whose children's book Nightmares!M/em> comes out in September through Delacorte.
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