Hey there, librarian friends! Our #BookinIt2DC Buzz Tour has come to a close and we're back in the HarperCollins offices reminiscing about our life on the road. Our tour took us from New York City to the Princeton Public Library in New Jersey, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, to the Baltimore County Public Library in Maryland, and finally to Washington D.C. for the ALA Annual Conference. You can watch the replays of our three #BookinIt2DC buzzes here.
We also had a great time seeing so many of our librarian pals at the ALA conference! Our booth was packed Friday night when the doors opened up!
Then on Saturday, June 22, we hosted our world-famous Adult Book Buzz to several hundred librarians. You can check out the scene below and listen to all of our title presentations on our official buzz page: librarylovefest.com/whatsthebuzz. Click here for our presentation handout!
We also had so many incredible authors in town for booth signings and author panels!
Saturday, June 22
Caitlin Starling getting ready to sign copies of The Luminous Dead
Meg Cabot getting ready to sign copies of No Judgments
Alicia Menendez signing copies of The Likeability Trap
Ann Patchett signing copies of The Dutch House
Linwood Barclay signing copies of Elevator Pitch
Charles Soule signing copies of Anyone
UFL Program: It’s a Mystery to Me with Linwood Barclay, Elevator Pitch
LibraryReads Program: Fiercely Female with Alicia Menendez, The Likeability Trap
Laura Lippman signing copies of Lady in the Lake
Andrea Rothman signing copies of The DNA of You and Me
Book Buzz Theater with Workman, Norton, & Sterling
Click here for a printable version of the handout!
Carnegie Awards with speaker Laura Lippman, Lady in the Lake
Sunday, June 23
RUSA Literary Tastes Author Panel Breakfast with Chelsey Johnson, Stray City (far left)
UFL Program: Must-Read Memoirs with Doris Payne, Diamond Doris
(note: Doris Payne could not attend due to illness, so her longtime friend and lawyer, Blair Berk, came to discuss Diamond Doris.)
Kevin Wilson signing copies of Nothing to See Here
United for Libraries Book Club Central panel: How to Book Club with Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, and Kate Quinn, Ribbons of Scarlet (pictured here with Robin Hoklotubbe, United for Libraries Special Projects Coordinator)
Chelsey Johnson signing copies of Stray City
Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, and Kate Quinn signing copies of Ribbons of Scarlet
UFL Editor’s Panel with Kevin Wilson, Nothing to See Here
Clyde W. Ford signing copies of Think Black
Pop Top Stage, ALMA/Authors in Conversation: Finding Identity with Clyde W. Ford, Think Black
Josh Gondelman signing copies of Nice Try
UFL The Laugh’s On Us with Josh Gondelman, Nice Try
Monday, June 24
Kate Elizabeth Russell signing copies of My Dark Vanessa
Book Buzz Theater with Harlequin
Click here for a printable version of the handout!
Stonewall Book Awards with Uzodinma Iweala, author of Speak No Evil, Honor Book for the 2019 Barbara Gittings Literature Award
UFL Gala Author Tea with Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa
We'll continue to share memories from the #BookinIt2DC buzz tour and ALA Annual, so keep your eyes peeled!
-Chris