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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.
Cammie McGovern aims to fill a gap in young adult literature with Say What You Will—featuring complicated, fleshed out characters with disabilities who live, fall in love, and make mistakes just like anyone else. She talks with SLJ about her inspiration for the novel, diversity in YA lit, and what she’s working on next.
Two stars of the YA book world, the "Divergent" series' Veronica Roth and the "Proxy" series' Alex London, joined a packed room of wildly enthusiastic fans at BookCon 2014 on the main event stage of the Javits Center in New York City on May 31.
YALSA is now accepting proposals for continuing education sessions to be presented at the 2015 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco, June 26-30, 2015. The deadline for submissions is July 1.
Unreliable narrators fascinate—but do they have to be likable to engage readers? Young Adult authors Jodi Lynn Anderson, Alaya Dawn Johnson, E. Lockhart, Barry Lyga, and Meg Wolitzer shared their thoughts in an all-star panel.
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.
This month, multiple award-winner Markus Zusak, author of 'The Book Thief,' will receive yet another honor: SLJ's own Margaret A. Edwards Award. The author talks about finding his voice, his responsibility to readers, and his obsession with getting things right.
Over 300 people attended the #WeNeedDiverseBooks panel on May 31 held at New York City’s Jacob Javits Center as part of BookExpo America’s consumer-focused BookCon event; the session was added late to the program after the grassroot campaign’s hashtag went viral following its launch, eliciting more than 162 million tweets since May 1.
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