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Saturday, Jun 25
9:30am – 10:20am

Authenticity in Historical Fiction Writing
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Saturday, Jun 25
9:30am – 10:20am

Black Love Summer: Simon & Schuster's Multicultural Marketing Program
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Saturday, Jun 25
9:30am – 10:20am

Leading YA and Young Readers from TV and Music to Comics
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Saturday, Jun 25
9:30am – 10:20am

The Art of the Children's Book: Words, Design, and the Joy of Literacy
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Saturday, Jun 25
10:30am – 11:20am

Activism in Picture Books: Sharing Books for Socially Engaged Readers
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Saturday, Jun 25
10:30am – 11:20am

Black Girl Rising: A Celebration of Black Girlhood
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Saturday, Jun 25
10:30am – 11:20am

Fiction, Community, and Activism: How YA Depicts the Real Lives of Teens
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Saturday, Jun 25
10:30am – 11:20am

Saturday AM: Ushering in a diverse and inclusive new wave of manga
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Saturday, Jun 25
11:30am – 12:20pm

Let it move: The artistic process and cultural elements of creating motion-filled illustrations
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Saturday, Jun 25
11:30am – 12:20pm

OwnVoices Adventures in YA/Middle Grade Comics with Skybound Comet
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Saturday, Jun 25
11:30am – 12:20pm

Two Authors from Gibson House Press introduce their new and forthcoming novels
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Saturday, Jun 25
11:30am – 12:20pm

War and Children’s Literature
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Saturday, Jun 25
12:30pm – 1:20pm

Celebrating 5 years of Salaam Reads!
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Saturday, Jun 25
12:30pm – 1:20pm

Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries
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Saturday, Jun 25
12:30pm – 1:20pm

Image Comics 30th Anniversary Celebration!
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Saturday, Jun 25
12:30pm – 1:20pm

Kid Confident: Help Middle-School Readers Reach Their Potential
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Saturday, Jun 25
12:30pm – 1:20pm

Seen and Unseen: Nonfiction through Visual Media
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Saturday, Jun 25
1:30pm – 2:20pm

Bigger Than Tiny, Smaller Than Average with Sheri Koones: How Have Homes Changed Since COVID
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Saturday, Jun 25
1:30pm – 2:20pm

Introducing Peachtree Teen with Editor Ashley Hearn
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Saturday, Jun 25
1:30pm – 2:20pm

JY and the Middle School Reader
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Saturday, Jun 25
1:30pm – 2:20pm

Rhythmic Exploration of India
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Saturday, Jun 25
1:30pm – 2:20pm

Shout Mouse Press Beyond Borders Spotlight
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Saturday, Jun 25
2:30pm – 3:20pm

"How Am I Doing? 40 Conversations to Have With Yourself" Dr. Yeager, Detroit Pistons Psychotherapist
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Saturday, Jun 25
2:30pm – 3:20pm

Authors for the Freedom to Read presented by Random House Children/s Books
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Saturday, Jun 25
2:30pm – 3:20pm

Bringing Empathy Off the Page: How Libraries Can Build Empathy in their Communities
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Saturday, Jun 25
2:30pm – 3:20pm

Making Multicultural Learning, FUN for children!
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Saturday, Jun 25
2:30pm – 3:20pm

Top Shelf at 25 Years: Still Pushing Graphic Novels Forward
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Saturday, Jun 25
3:30pm – 4:20pm

Introducing the William C. Morris Award Winner and Finalists
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Saturday, Jun 25
3:30pm – 4:20pm

Magnificent Middle Grade!
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Saturday, Jun 25
3:30pm – 4:20pm

New Kids on the Block
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Saturday, Jun 25
3:30pm – 4:20pm

Radical Love: Learning to Accept Yourself and Others
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Saturday, Jun 25
3:30pm – 4:20pm

The Fearless Women and Queer People Who Shaped the Equal Rights Amendment with Kate Kelly
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Sunday, Jun 26
9:30am – 10:20am

Call Me Chef, Dammit!: A Veteran’s Journey from the Rural South to the White House
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Sunday, Jun 26
9:30am – 10:20am

Incorporating Virtual Reality Training into Library Workforce Development Programs
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Sunday, Jun 26
9:30am – 10:20am

Living Your Best Queer Life: A celebration of the gift of queerness
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Sunday, Jun 26
9:30am – 10:20am

Meet Your New Favorite Female Sleuth: Lane Winslow
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Sunday, Jun 26
10:30am – 11:20am

An Introduction to Light Novels: It's Manga... but Prose!
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Sunday, Jun 26
10:30am – 11:20am

Creating more inclusive and accessible libraries: Breaking Communication Barriers with ILA
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Sunday, Jun 26
10:30am – 11:20am

In conversation: Publisher/author + author
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Sunday, Jun 26
10:30am – 11:20am

Picture Book Illustration & Live Drawing Session with Chris Weyant, Jorge Lacera & Mike Wu
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Sunday, Jun 26
10:30am – 11:20am

Putting People Over Profit: An intersectional discussion of climate change and climate justice
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Sunday, Jun 26
11:30am – 12:20pm

A holistic approach to digital access – managing digitization, migration and display
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Sunday, Jun 26
11:30am – 12:20pm

Can Their Words Unite and Inspire Hope? Allowing Children to Help America Come Together
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Sunday, Jun 26
11:30am – 12:20pm

Publishing Pivot – Lessons Learned from Self Publishing to Traditional
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Sunday, Jun 26
11:30am – 12:20pm

What’s New, Newbery Authors?: Catching up with Christina Soontornvat, Kelly Barnhill, and Meg Medina!
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Sunday, Jun 26
11:30am – 12:20pm

What's Next? The Future of Writing in Comics
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Sunday, Jun 26
12:30pm – 1:20pm

Black Boy, Black Boy: a picture book celebration of Black excellence and pride.
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Sunday, Jun 26
12:30pm – 1:20pm

Burn Down Rise Up: YA Horror
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Sunday, Jun 26
12:30pm – 1:20pm

Digital Skills for Everyday Tasks
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Sunday, Jun 26
12:30pm – 1:20pm

Freedom to Read Roundtable - ALA Edition
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Sunday, Jun 26
12:30pm – 1:20pm

In Conversation with the Creators of Watercress: Jason Chin and Andrea Wang
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Sunday, Jun 26
1:30pm – 2:20pm

Black Joy— People of Color Enjoying Nature
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Sunday, Jun 26
1:30pm – 2:20pm

Launching a Cooking Program at your Library - Hot, Hot, Hot - What's Cooking?
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Sunday, Jun 26
1:30pm – 2:20pm

New Voices in YA: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, and More
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Sunday, Jun 26
1:30pm – 2:20pm

Skybound Comet: Explore New YA & Middle Grade Graphic Novel Worlds
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Sunday, Jun 26
1:30pm – 2:20pm

The Significance of Place: Dinah Johnson and Christy Ottaviano discuss H IS FOR HARLEM
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Sunday, Jun 26
2:30pm – 3:20pm

Civil rights legend and activist George Lakey tells stories from his memoir DANCING WITH HISTORY
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Sunday, Jun 26
2:30pm – 3:20pm

Latinx Voices in Graphic Novels
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Sunday, Jun 26
2:30pm – 3:20pm

Legends Come to Life: New Voices in Comics
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Sunday, Jun 26
2:30pm – 3:20pm

Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain: Human Evolution and the Seven Fundamental Motives
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Sunday, Jun 26
2:30pm – 3:20pm

The Reader's Realm: the Remapping of Fantasy and Science Fiction Subgenres
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Sunday, Jun 26
3:30pm – 4:20pm

Build your Spanish Language Library
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Sunday, Jun 26
3:30pm – 4:20pm

Connecting Good Reads & Good Eats: Nourishing Picture Books with C.G. Esperanza, Ying-Hwa Hu & Loris Lora
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Sunday, Jun 26
3:30pm – 4:20pm

How to Get Your Gamer to Read
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Sunday, Jun 26
3:30pm – 4:20pm

Writing with Four Hands in Two Languages
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Monday, Jun 27
9:30am – 10:20am

Bringing Empathy Off the Page: Practicing Empathy Among Diverse Internal and External Library Communities
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Monday, Jun 27
10:30am – 11:20am

Coach Your Team to Success
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Monday, Jun 27
10:30am – 11:20am

Writing Inspirational Novels With Flawed Characters
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Monday, Jun 27
11:30am – 12:20pm

Speaking Out for LGBTQ Youth, presented by Angeline Jackson (author of Funny Gyal: My Fight Against Homophobia in Jamaica)
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Monday, Jun 27
12:30pm – 1:20pm

In Conversation: Newbery Medalist Donna Barba Higuera and Pura Belpré Winner Yuyi Morales
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Monday, Jun 27
12:30pm – 1:20pm

Something Happened: Books to Help with Police and Race, Gun Violence, and Deportation
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