I'm so sorry it has been so boring around here! There have been an influx of projects in the last few weeks, and my sad little blog has suffered.
So, who's excited for ALA?!?! I AM! We have a rock star line-up for you guys this year. Here is the schedule of events we have planned, so check them out and/or stop by Booth 2308 for lots of goodies!
Friday, June 28
4:00-5:15pm
Opening General Session
Steven Levitt, author of FREAKONOMICS
McCormick Place Convention Center, Hall B1
Saturday, June 29
8:30-10:00am
HarperCollins Title Presentation
McCormick Place Convention Center/Room E350
9:00-10:00am
Laura Lippman booth signing
9:00-10:00am
Richard Kadrey booth signing
10:00-11:00am
Booth signing/photo op with:
Molly McAdams - author of TAKING CHANCES
Shannon Stoker – author of THE REGISTRY
J. Lynn – author of WAIT FOR YOU
10:30-11:30am
Laura Lippman speaks
Beyond Genre: Exploring the Perception, Uses, and Misuses of Genre by Readers, Writers, and Librarians
McCormick Place Convention Center S404d
10:30-11:30am
Richard Kadrey speaks
Crossing Over: Teen Books for Everyone!
McCormick Place, N227a
11:30-12:30pm
LIVE! Reading Stage
Molly McAdams - author of TAKING CHANCES
Shannon Stoker – author of THE REGISTRY
J. Lynn – author of WAIT FOR YOU
11:30-12:15pm
Stephanie Evanovich booth signing – author of BIG GIRL PANTIES
12:30-1:00pm
LIVE! Reading Stage
Stephanie Evanovich
1:30-2:30pm
Stephen Kiernan booth signing – author of THE CURIOSITY
2:00-3:00pm
Catherine McCord – author of WEELICIOUS
Cookbook Pavilion
3:00-4:00
Stephen Kiernan speaks
Quirky Books for Quirkier Librarians
McCormick Place, S404a
3:30-4:30pm
Catherine McCord booth signing
Sunday, June 30
10:00-11:00am
Susanna Daniel booth signing – author of SEA CREATURES
10:30-11:30am
Amy Gail Hansen – author of THE BUTTERFLY SISTER
First Author, First Book AAP Panel
Sheraton Chicago, Ontario Room
11:00-12:00pm
Lizzie Skurnick booth signing – author of SHELF DISCOVERY
12:00-1:00pm
Amy Gail Hansen booth signing
1:00-2:30pm
PLA President’s Program
Ann Patchett – author of THIS IS THE STORY OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE
2:30-3:30pm
Richard Ford Booklist booth (1817) signing – author of Carnegie Medal nominee CANADA
5:30-7:30pm
Selena Coppock – author of THE NEW RULES FOR BLONDES
The Laugh’s On Us
McCormick Place CC, S406b
8:00pm
Andrew Carnegie Medal Awards
Fiction finalists: Richard Ford, Louise Erdrich, Junot Diaz
Non-Fiction finalists: David Quammen, Timothy Egan, Jill Lepore
Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, 221 N. Columbus Drive, in the Atlantic Ballroom
Monday, July 1
9:00-9:45am
Susan Elizabeth Phillips booth signing
9:30-10:15am
Kristina Riggle booth signing – author of THE WHOLE GOLDEN WORLD
10:00-10:30am
LIVE!@ Your Library Reading Stage
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
10:30-11:00am
LIVE!@ Your Library Reading Stage
Kristina Riggle
11:00-12:00pm
Wally Lamb booth signing – author of WE ARE WATER
Noon
Book giveaway!