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Join us on December 9 for our second free, day-long virtual book and author festival as we celebrate librarians everywhere! Click here <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mediasource.actonservice.com/acton/ct/10574/s-33d0-2111/Bct/q-0c69/l-0037:a692d/ct0_0/1/ms?sid=TV2*3AAPulka1rc__;JQ!!KGKeukY!nQVO4hmoEtTqxwGtuGLytAoeDl4VKCdUchwLbIP4rz3I9HhJJJr790uzstOmqZ3LsoI$ > to view this message in a browser window. <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mediasource.actonservice.com/acton/ct/10574/s-33d0-2111/Bct/q-0c69/l-0037:a692d/ct1_0/1/lu?sid=TV2*3AAPulka1rc__;JQ!!KGKeukY!nQVO4hmoEtTqxwGtuGLytAoeDl4VKCdUchwLbIP4rz3I9HhJJJr790uzstOmiM-F4AM$ > *Our SecondPenguin Random House Book & Author FestivalThursday, December 9th, 2021* *Join Penguin Random House, Library Journal, and School Library Journal <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mediasource.actonservice.com/acton/ct/10574/s-33d0-2111/Bct/q-0c69/l-0037:a692d/ct1_1/1/lu?sid=TV2*3AAPulka1rc__;JQ!!KGKeukY!nQVO4hmoEtTqxwGtuGLytAoeDl4VKCdUchwLbIP4rz3I9HhJJJr790uzstOm-0NzCe8$ >** on December 9th* for our *second *free, day-long virtual book and author festival as we celebrate librarians everywhere! *Enjoy a day packed with author panels and interviews, book buzzes, virtual shelf browsing, and adding to your TBR pile.* You’ll hear from many of your favorite authors, whose work runs the gamut from Picture Books to Young Adult titles to the best new Fiction and Nonfiction for adults. There is something of interest for every reader. Attendees will also have the opportunity to check out the virtual exhibit hall, chat directly with authors, access eGalleys, and enter to win prizes and giveaways. *Program* *10:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET | Exhibit Hall Opens/Visit the Booths* *10:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET | Opening Keynote Conversation with* Marlon James, *Moon Witch, Spider King*, Riverhead. *Two Panels Running Concurrently* *11:05 AM – 11:55 AM ET | Picture Books that Connect Us* Picture books can get at the core of big themes with only a few words. From celebrating unsung heroines to shedding light on the immigrant experience, the following works are testament to the deceptively simple format’s brilliance. Tracey Baptiste, *Because Claudette*, Penguin Young Readers/Dial Ruth Behar, *Tía Fortuna's New Home: A Jewish Cuban Journey*, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Daniel Minter, *Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky*, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Jenny Torres Sanchez, *With Lots of Love*, Viking Books for Young Readers *Moderator: John Scott*, Library Media Specialist, Powhatan Elementary School, Baltimore County Public Schools (MD) *11:05 AM – 11:55 AM ET | This World and Others: Fantasy and Magical Realism * Retellings, family, magic, and magical realism are key notes in these enthralling speculative fiction works that explore lands of vast imagination and relationships closer to home. Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, *When We Were Birds*, Doubleday Natasha Bowen, *Skin of the Sea*, Random House Books for Young Readers Liz Michalski, *Darling Girl*, Dutton Rory Power, *In a Garden Burning Gold*, Del Rey V. E. Schwab, *ExtraOrdinary*, Titan *Moderator: Ashley Rayner*, Librarian at NORC, University of Chicago (IL) *Two Panels Running Concurrently* *12:00 PM – 12:50 PM ET | Debuts to Note* New voices gather to discuss writing, first novels, and the stories they have created. While different in style and approach, they collectively center on family, the legacy of generations, and how the past and future are forged through ties that bind. Aamina Ahmad, *The Return of Faraz Ali*, Riverhead Sarah Manguso, *Very Cold People*, Hogarth Leila Mottley, *Nightcrawling*, Knopf Cleyvis Natera, *Neruda on the Park*, Ballantine Books Tara M. Stringfellow, *Memphis*, The Dial Press *Moderator: Migdalia Jimenez*, Adult Services Librarian, Chicago Public Library (IL) *12:00 PM – 12:50 PM ET | Essential Asian American Pacific Islander Voices in Young Adult Literature* The importance of Asian American Pacific Islander Voices in Young Adult Literature and the relevance of these works now more than ever will be discussed from the writers' and children's services perspective. Samira Ahmed, *Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know*, Soho Teen Marie Myung Ok Lee, *Finding My Voice*, Soho Teen Chandra Prasad, *Mercury Boys*, Soho Teen *Moderator: Seungyeon (Sue) Yang-Peace*, Children’s Department Head, Las Vegas Clark County Library (NV) *12:50 PM – 1:30 PM ET | Lunchtime Cookbook Book Club* What’s on the menu? Family narratives, cultural heritage, and accessible recipes for the home cook. Tanorria Askew, *Staples + 5: 100 Simple Recipes to Make the Most of Your Pantry*, DK Publishing Eric Kim, *Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home*, Clarkson Potter Rick Martinez, *Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook*, Clarkson Potter Dan Zuccarello, *More Mediterranean: 225+ New Plant-Forward Recipes Endless Inspiration for Eating Well*, America’s Test Kitchen *Two Keynotes Running Concurrently* *1:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET | Keynote Conversation* Kwame Mbalia, *Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood*, Delacorte Press, in conversation with Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson, *Recognize! An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life*, Crown Books for Young Readers. *Moderator: Desiree Thomas*, Librarian, Worthington Library (OH) *1:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET | Keynote Conversation* Susan Cain, *Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole*, Crown, in conversation with *Anita Mechler*, Writer, Archival Consultant. *Two Panels Running Concurrently* *2:05 PM – 2:55 PM ET | Books for Middle School: Stories of Belonging and Becoming * Growing pains and earth-shattering crushes. Friendships made and friendships broken. The awkward middle school years are adeptly captured in these middle grade novels. Emma Otheguy, *Sofía Acosta Makes a Scene*, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Aisha Saeed, *Omar Rising*, Nancy Paulsen Books Brenda Woods, *When Winter Robeson Came*, Nancy Paulsen Books Lisa Yee, *Maizy Chen’s Last Chance*, Random House Children's Books *Moderator: Monisha Blair*, Librarian, Glasgow Middle School (VA) *2:05 PM – 2:55 PM ET | Relationship Fiction Panel* The complicated, intertwined, brave, and bold lives of five very different characters metaphorically gather in this panel which explores how women frame their lives, explore their choices, and come to resolutions. Jennifer E. Smith, *The Unsinkable Greta James*, Ballantine Books Bonnie Garmus, *Lessons in Chemistry*, Doubleday Dolen Perkins-Valdez, *Take My Hand*, Berkley Lauren McBrayer, *Like a House on Fire*, Putnam Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, *Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?*, Viking *Moderator: Ron Block*, Branch Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library System (OH) *2:55 PM – 3:30 PM ET | Break/Visit the Exhibit Hall* *Two Panels Running Concurrently* *3:30 PM – 4:20 PM ET | Big Spring Books: Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry * Hear from the authors who will be topping holds and bestseller lists in the months to come as they talk about historical fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and the contemporary past. From communist Romania to a Kentucky horse farm, these books plumb character, language, and setting. Geraldine Brooks, *Horse: A Novel*, Viking Benjamin Gilmer, *The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice*, Ballantine Books Ruta Sepetys, *I Must Betray You*, Philomel Books Ocean Vuong, *Time Is a Mother*, Penguin Press *Moderator: Wendy Bartlett*, Collection Development and Acquisitions Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library (OH) *3:30 PM – 4:20 PM ET | Escape Into a Fantastical Feminist Future with P. C. Cast* P.C. 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