| Thurs.* | May 29: |
12pm |
- | 5pm |
| Fri. | May 30: |
9am |
- | 5pm |
| Sat. | May 31: |
9am |
- | 5pm |
| Sun. | June 1: |
9am |
- | 4pm |
| *For Remainders | ||||
| May 29 – June 1, 2008 Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA |
| May 28 – May 31, 2009 Jacob K. Javits Center, New York City, NY |
| June 3 – 6, 2010 Washington DC Convention Center, Washington DC |
| June 9 - 12, 2011 Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV |
Please call
800-840-5614 or email
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Contact Lisa Austin at
800-477-7726 or email
laustin@reedexpo.com
Special Events
We're thrilled to announce this years BEA's Special Events. The speaker program is a convention highlight and brings attention to new books by accomplished writers from many fields of endeavor. The line up of speakers and events includes: | |||
Friday, May 30, 2008 | |||
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8:00 – 9:30AM Children's Book & Author Breakfast (Concourse Hall) General Admission: $15 | |||
Saturday, May 31, 2008 | |||
8:00 – 9:30AM Saturday Book & Author Breakfast (Concourse Hall) | |||
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| Saturday morning will feature Magic Johnson, author of an untitled book on business (Crown Business), Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Queen (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster), and Andre Dubus III, author of The Garden of Last Days: A Novel (W.W. Norton). Alec Baldwin, author of A Promise To Ourselves: A Journey Through Divorce and Fatherhood ( St. Martin 's Press) will be the Master of Ceremonies. Read more... General Admission: $15 | |||
| 11:00AM – 12:30PM Speed Dating With Children’s Authors (Room 403AB) | |||
Sponsored by the Children’s Booksellers and Publishers Committee [A cooperative committee of the American Booksellers Association (ABA), Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC), and the Children’s Book Council (CBC)]. Get to know twenty children’s book creators up close and personal! Authors and illustrators will move from table to table, stopping for quick get-to-know-you chats. Please note: this event is for booksellers only! Participating “dates” include: M.T. Anderson (Harcourt), Joan Bauer (Putnam/Penguin), Francesca Lia Block (HarperCollins), Cylin Busby (Bloomsbury), Cecil Castellucci (Candlewick), Tim Egan (Houghton Mifflin), Victoria Forester (Feiwel and Friends), Donna Freitas (FSG), Polly Horvath (Random House), James Lescene (HarperCollins), Barry Lyga (Houghton Mifflin), Brandon Mull (Shadow Mountain), Travis Nichols (Roaring Brook), Chris Raschka (Scholastic), Gary D.Schmidt (Clarion), David Shannon (Scholastic), Judy Sierra (Random House), Laurel Snyder (Tricycle), Nancy Werlin (Penguin), and Jane Yolen (Charlesbridge). Read more... Admission: FREE (available to Booksellers ONLY) | |||
| 12PM – 2PM Saturday Book & Author Luncheon (Concourse Hall) | |||
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This year's lunch will, once again, focus on political and social issues and will feature Richard Engel, author of War Journal (Simon&Schuster), Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, author of Taking on the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era (Celebra), Jon Krakauer, author of The Hero (Doubleday), and Michael Moore, author of an as yet untitled work (Grand Central). Christopher Buckley, author of Supreme Courtship: A Novel (Twelve) will be the Master of Ceremonies. Read more... Admission: $50 | |||
| 4PM – 5PM The Heard Word: BEA's Audiobook & Author Tea (Room 403) | |||
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Come hear Robert Crais, author of an Untitled Elvis Cole Novel (Brilliance Audio), T. Jefferson Parker, author of LA Outlaws (Brilliance Audio), and Michael Connelly, author of The Brass Verdict (Hachette Audio) talk about their recent and upcoming audiobooks and the experience of hearing their works translated into audiobook format. Hosted by the Audio Publishers Association. Read more... Admission: $20 | |||
4PM – 5:30PM PEN American Center Reception (Petree Plaza) Admission: a $10 donation | |||
9PM Lewis Black (Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles) Proceeds from Lewis Black's performance at BEA will go to help support the Book Industry Foundation which is comprised of the American Booksellers Foundation For Free Expression (ABFFE) and the Association of American Publishers' Get Caught Reading Campaign. Admission: $35 | |||
SUNDAY, June 1, 2008 | |||
| 8:00 – 9:30AM Sunday Book & Author Breakfast (Concourse Hall) | |||
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Sunday morning will feature Ted Turner, author (with Bill Burke) of Call Me Ted (Grand Central), Azar Nafisi, author of Things I've Been Silent About: A Memoir of Family (Random House), and Dennis Lehane, author of The Given Day (William Morrow). John Hodgman, author of More Information Than You Require (Dutton) will be the Master of Ceremonies. Read more... General Admission: $15 NOTE: Tickets for all BEA Special Events provide admission to the event but do not necessarily guarantee free promotional considerations and/or book giveaways which may be distributed at these events. | |||
Co-sponsored by the Campaign for Reader Privacy and ABFFE 
Lewis Black will appear at BEA's Saturday night benefit on behalf of his new book, Me of Little Faith. Me of Little Faith is a ferociously funny exploration of religion and faith in which he examines how the rules and constraints of religion have affected his life and the lives of us all. His hilarious experiences with rabbis, Mormons, gurus, psychics, and even the joy of a perfect round of golf give Mr. Black the chance to expound upon what we believe and why — in the language of a shock jock and with the heart of an iconoclast. 