Wednesday, May 29
Annual BEA Librarians Dinner
6:30 pm
Yale Club, NYC (52 Vanderbilt Avenue, Grand Ballroom)
- John Searles, author of Help for the Haunted (William Morrow), and Master of Ceremonies
- Martha Grimes, author of Double Double: A Dual Memoir of Alcoholism (Scribner)
- Nancy Horan, author of Under the Wide and Starry Sky: A Novel (Ballantine)
- Meg Wolitzer,author of The Interestings (Riverhead)
- Donna Tartt, author of The Goldfinch (Little, Brown & Co.)
- Erica Jong, author of Fear of Flying, 40th Anniversary Edition (Henry Holt & Company/Macmillan)
By Invitation Only. Register your interest HERE. Seating is limited. A confirmation will be sent thereafter if your request can be accommodated.
Second Annual BEA Children’s Librarians Dinner
Co-Hosted by AAP and School Library Journal
7:00 pm
Princeton Club 15 West 43rd Street, NYC
- Kendare Blake, author of Antigoddess (Tor Teen)
- Susan Cooper, author of Ghost Hawk (Margaret K. McElderry Books/S & S Children’s Publishing)
- Jack Gantos, author of From Norvelt to Nowhere (FSG Books for Young Readers/Macmillan Childrens)
- Jonathan Stroud, author of Lockwood & Company: The Screaming Staircase (Disney/Hyperion)
- Cynthia Voigt, author of Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things (Alfred A. Knopf BYR/Random House Children’s Books)
By Invitation Only. Register your interest HERE. Seating is limited. A confirmation will be sent thereafter if your request can be accommodated.
Thursday, May 30
Authors and Librarians, Get Ready for the Feud….Library Family Feud! ™
10:00 am – 11:50 am
Room 1E11
Start out your convention RIGHT with a little sparring of smart wits between a team of librarians and authors who go at it Family Feud ™ style. Featuring the nation’s smartest, toughest, and humor filled writers and librarians across the country! Hosted by AAP Library Committee Chair Chris Vaccari, Director, Sterling (aka…Quizmaster Chris…the industry’s own Richard Dawson). Speakers (er game show contestants) revealed here: LIBRARIAN FAMILY: Christopher Platt, New York Public Library; Betsy Bird, New York Public Library; Erin Shea, Darien Library; Elissa Miller, DC Public Library and Jamie Watson, Baltimore County Public Library. AUTHOR FAMILY: Simon Doonan, author of The Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences (Penguin/Blue Rider Press); Stephanie Evanovich, author of Big Girl Panties (HarperCollins/William Morrow); John Rocco, author of Super Hair-O and the Barber of Doom (Disney-Hyperion); Jill Shalvis, author of It Had To Be You (Hachette/Grand Central); Obert Skye, author of Pinocula (Macmillan Children’s). A donation will be made to the winning (and losting) team’s charity of choice!
BEA Librarians Author Lunch
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm
Room 1E14-1E15
- Lee Smith, author of Guests on Earth (Algonquin)
- Koethi Zan, author of The Never List (Pamela Dorman Books/Viking)
- Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Quiet Dell (Scribner/Simon & Schuster)
- Louise Penny, author of How the Lights Get In (Minotaur/Macmillan)
- Bill Bryson, author of One Summer: America, 1927 (Doubleday/Random House)
By Invitation Only. Register your interest HERE. Seating is limited. A confirmation will be sent thereafter if your request can be accommodated.
AAP Annual Librarians Book Buzz
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Room 1E16
Hearthe first installment of what book publishers are excited about for the forthcoming season, and learn their behind the scenes secrets why! Publishers slated to participate include: Julie Schaper, President, Consortium Book Sales & Distribution; Melissa Nicholas, Library Marketing Manager, Hachette Book Group; Amy Jones, Library Marketing Manager, Harlequin; Charles Regan, Manager, Library Sales, John Wiley & Sons; Alison Fisher, Assistant Manager, Library Marketing; Macmillan; Dominique R. Jenkins Academic Conventions and Library Marketing Manager, Penguin Group USA; Chris Vaccari, Director, Library Marketing, Sterling.
Friday, May 31
AAP Annual Librarians Book Buzz - Part II
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Room 1E11
Hear the second installment of what book publishers are excited about for the forthcoming season, and why. The second installment will feature publishers: Virginia Stanley, Director of Library Marketing, HarperCollins Publishers Elenita Chmilowski, Director of Library Sales, Perseus Books Group; Jen Childs, Director, Library Marketing, Random House; Michelle Fadlalla, Director of Marketing, Education & Library, Simon & Schuster; Michael Rockliff, Director of Library Sales and Marketing, Workman and Dosier Hammond, Director, Library Sales & Marketing and Golda Rademacher, Library Marketing Manager, W.W. Norton.
4th Annual Librarian Shout ‘n Share @ BEA
Co-sponsored by the AAP and Library Journal
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Room 1E11
Hear about the new 2012 book discoveries librarians across the country found while during the BEA show floor this year! Hosted by Alene Moroni, Manager, Selection and Order, King County Library System (WA) and a 2013 Library Journal “Mover and Shaker”. Panelists: Angela Carstensen, Head Librarian and an Upper School Librarian at Convent of the Sacred Heart (NY, NY) and editor of the Adult Books 4 Teens blog for School Library Journal. Douglas Lord, LSTA Coordinator, Division of Library Development, CT State Library, longtime Library Journal book reviewer and Books for Dudes Columnist. Robin Nesbitt, Director of Collection Management, Columbus Metro Library (OH); Kaite Stover, Director of Reader's Services, The Kansas City Public Library (MO) writer for Booklist, NoveList, and recipient of 2012 PLA Allie Beth Martin Award.
