Hi, librarians! The Library Love Fest team is beyond excited for the ALA Annual Conference 2025 this year. We're kicking off the conference with books and breakfast! Below, you'll find our full schedule for ALA along with our RSVP link to our World-Famous Book Buzz.
Join us on Saturday, June 28th from 8:30 AM until 10:00 AM in the Philadelphia Convention Center, Terrace Ballroom II!
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See a full list of our author signings and programs below. Stop by booth #606 and say hello!
SATURDAY, JUNE 28TH:
8:30 AM — 10:00 AM
HarperCollins Adult Book Buzz
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Terrace Ballroom II
RSVP at the link above!
9:15 AM — 10:15 AM
Jeannine A. Cook, It's Me They Follow
Signing in the Baker & Taylor booth (#1137)
12:00 PM — 1:00 PM
Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café & The Strawberry Patch Pancake House
Vincent Tirado, We Came to Welcome You
Joint signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
1:00 PM — 2:00 PM
Elizabeth R. Hyman, The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
⭐️1:30 PM — 2:20 PM⭐️
Writers to Watch LIVE!
Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery
Vincent Tirado, We Came to Welcome You
Diane McKinney-Whetstone, Family Spirit
A Real Page-Turner Stage in the exhibit hall (booth #2435)
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM
Kirsten Miller, The Women of Wild Hill
Diane McKinney-Whetstone, Family Spirit
Joint signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM
Elizabeth R. Hyman, The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto
United for Libraries Program: Nonfiction You Can't Put Down
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 121A
3:00 PM — 4:00 PM
Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café & The Strawberry Patch Pancake House
Signing in the Baker & Taylor booth (#1137)
4:00 PM — 5:30 PM
ALMA/LibraryReads Adult Author Program: Speculative Fiction
Kirsten Miller, The Women of Wild Hill
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 112AB
7:00 PM — 10:00 PM
Carnegie Awards
Sarah Weinman, Without Consent
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Find out more information here
SUNDAY, JUNE 29TH:
8:00 AM — 10:00 AM
RUSA, Literary Luminaries*
Ari Fliakos, narrator of Horror Movie
Diane McKinney-Whetstone, Family Spirit
Helen Laser, narrator of All This and More
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 202AB
*This event is ticketed; click here for more information
9:00 AM — 10:00 AM
Sarah Weinman, Without Consent
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
9:00 AM — 10:00 AM
United for Libraries Program: Thrills & Chills
Polly Stewart, The Felons' Ball
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 120A
10:30 AM — 11:30 AM
Polly Stewart, The Felons' Ball
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
11:30 AM — 12:30 PM
Angela Flournoy, The Wilderness
Jeannine A. Cook, It's Me They Follow
Joint signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
12:30 PM — 1:15 PM
Shirley Neal, AfroCentric Style
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
Featured Speaker at the BCALA Awards*
1:00 PM — 3:00 PM
Now Showing at ALA: Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 307A
2:15 PM — 3:15 PM
Angela Flournoy, The Wilderness
Signing in the Baker & Taylor booth, booth #1137
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM
United for Libraries Program: First Novels
Jeannine A. Cook, It's Me They Follow
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 121A
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Joy-Ann Reid, Medgar & Myrlie
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
Featured Speaker at the BCALA Awards*
5:30 PM — 7:30 PM
United for Libraries Program: The Laugh's On Us*
Elyse Myers, That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You
Marriott Courtyard, Trumbauer Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1412 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
*This event is ticketed; click here for more information or purchase tickets here
7:15 PM
*Black Caucus of the American Library Association Awards
Joy-Ann Reid, Medgar & Myrlie
Shirley Neal, AfroCentric Style
Philadelphia Marriott Hotel
MONDAY, JUNE 30TH:
8:30 AM — 10:00 AM
ALMA/LibraryReads Adult Author Panel: Your Morning Is Booked
Angela Flournoy, The Wilderness
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 123
9:00 AM — 10:00 AM
Ellen Jovin, Rebel with a Clause
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
10:30 AM — 11:30 AM
Catherine Newman, Wreck
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
10:30 AM — 11:30 AM
Joe Hill, King Sorrow
Interviewed by Becky Siegel Spratford
ALA Main Stage
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Terrace Ballroom IB
10:40 AM — 12:15 PM
Now Showing: Ellen Jovin's Rebel with a Clause
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 307A
2:00 PM — 3:30 PM
United for Libraries Program: GALA Author Tea*
Catherine Newman, Wreck
Marriott Courtyard, Trumbauer Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1412 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
*This event is ticketed; click here for more information