YALS presents Get Lit: What’s New in YA Literature
September 24, 2020
12:30 - 5:00 PM
Virtual -- Free
12:30 - 1:00 Networking / Guided Discussion
How have things been going at our libraries? What’s next for teen services as we look forward?
1:00 - 1:45 Keynote: Julie C. Dao
Julie C. Dao is the author of the acclaimed Rise of the Empress duology, including FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS and KINGDOM OF THE BLAZING PHOENIX, as well as the follow-up novel SONG OF THE CRIMSON FLOWER. A proud Vietnamese-American who was born in upstate New York, she now lives in New England.
1:45 - 2:00 Break
2:00 - 2:10 Business Meeting
Book Buzz! Get excited about upcoming titles from these publishers:
2:10 - 2:20 Disney Worldwide Publishing
2:20 - 2:35 Macmillan (Wednesday Books and Flatiron Books)
2:35 - 2:50 Page Street Publishing
2:50 - 3:00 Inkyard Press
3:00 - 3:15 Candlewick Press
3:15 - 3:30 CharlesbridgeTEEN
3:30 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 3:50 Flume & Isinglass Update
More Book Buzz!
3:50 - 4:00 Tor Teen
4:00 - 4:10 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
4:10 - 4:25 Penguin Young Readers
4:25 - 4:35 Levine Querido / Arthur Levine
4:35 - 4:50 Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
4:50 - 5:00 Sourcebooks
