2011 Day of Dialog

3 Apr 2011 news 0 Comments

Thanks to Amy Bodden Bowllan for bringing this May 23rd School Library Journal event to my attention.  I’m going to try to attend the morning panel, but I teach in the afternoon and then have a Book Expo reception to attend in the evening.  Book Expo’s always a busy time, so if you can attend the entire Day of Dialog, please blog about it and share a link!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8:00-8:30 AM BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION
8:30-8:35 AM WELCOME, Brian Kenney, Editor-in-Chief, School Library Journal
8:40-9:15 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Katherine Paterson, National Ambassador for Young People’s LiteratureBreakfast & speaker sponsored by Candlewick Press
9:15-10:15 AM PANEL I: Diversity in YA Literature
Where we are and where we’d like to be.MODERATOR: Amy Bowllan, Director of Diversity and Educational Technology, The Hewitt School
AUTHOR PANELISTS:
Paul Griffin, Stay with Me (Dial)
Malinda Lo , Huntress (Little, Brown)
Cindy Pon , Fury of the Phoenix (Greenwillow)
Rita Williams-Garcia , One Crazy Summer (HarperCollins)
10:15-10:30 AM BREAK
10:30-11:30 AM Publishers’ Pitch Part 1
11:30-12:30 PM PANEL II: The Children’s App Landscape
What is being produced and how can libraries use them?MODERATOR: Lisa von Drasek, Coordinator, School Services/Children’s Librarian, Bank Street College of Education
PANELISTS:
Linda Braun, consulting coordinator for Libraries $ Educators Online (LEO)
Donald Crews & Virginia Duncan, Author & Editor Freight Train App (Greenwillow)
Deborah Forte, President of Scholastic Media
Scott Gordon, digital producer at Random House Children’s Books
12:30-2:00 PM LUNCH SPEAKER: Daniel Handler, aka Lemony SnicketLunch & speaker sponsored by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
2:00-3:00 PM PANEL III: Picture Book BiographiesMODERATOR: Martha Parravano, Executive Editor, The Horn Book
AUTHOR PANELISTS:
Matt de la Peña, A Nation’s Hope (Dial)
Meghan McCarthy, The Incredible Life of Balto (Knopf)
Patrick McDonnell, Me…Jane (Little, Brown)
Melissa Sweet, Balloons Over Broadway (Houghton Harcourt)
3:00-3:15 PM BREAK
3:15-4:15 PM Publishers’ Pitch Part 2
4:15-5:15 PM PANEL IV: Stellar Debut AuthorsMODERATOR: Brian Kenney, Editor-in-Chief, School Library Journal
PANELISTS:
Adam Gidwitz, A Tale Dark & Grimm (Dutton)
Julie Kagawa, The Iron King (Harlequin Teen)
Thanhha Lai, Inside Out & Back Again (HarperCollins)
Dave Roman, Astronaut Academy (First Second)
5:15-6:00 PM COCKTAIL RECEPTION & AUTHOR SIGNINGS

Questions? Contact SLJEvents@mediasourceinc.com

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