StokerCon 2021 is upon us! But what is it? It’s a hashtag (#StokerCon2021). It’s a website (StokerCon2021.com). Most importantly, it’s a virtual horror conference put on by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) running from May 20 to 23. $75 gets you access to the whole shebang, including tomorrow’s Librarian’s Day events. Register here. For those […]
Sure, conference this summer won’t be accompanied by booths, swag, and towering stacks of ARCs, but ALA Virtual 2020 still has more to offer than ever: featured speakers from Stacey Abrams to Natalie Portman, book buzzes and panels galore, and all the annual awards ceremonies you’ve come to know and love. Plus, whether or not […]
Next Tuesday, February 25, the biennial Public Library Association conference will kick off in Nashville. Please visit us at booth #317 for complimentary copies of our February 1 and 15 issues, the latest installment of Book Links, a brand-new special offer (buy one subscription, get a second copy for just $50), and the following events […]
Oh hey there, future AASL attendees! Booklist will be southbound and ready to feast on Hot Brown sandwiches—actually, I may be doing that alone—and mingle with conference-goers in T-minus seven days. If you’re also headed to Derby City for the one and only national conference dedicated solely to school librarians, be sure to stop by […]
In just over a week, Booklisters will be heading to Washington, DC, for ALA’s Annual Conference! Be sure to swing by booth #1325 for book giveaways, two meet and greets (details below), Bloody Marys, a graphic-novel inspired doodle fest, readers’-advisory paper fortune tellers, 18 x 24 posters displaying the 50 Best Middle-Grade Novels of the […]
Calling all TLA attendees! From Monday, April 15, through Wednesday, April 18, Booklist will be attending the Texas Library Association’s annual conference in Austin. Be sure to stop by booth #1918 for an embarrassment of middle-grade-themed riches, including: Middle-grade-focused issues of both Booklist and Book Links Sweet temporary tattoos and buttons Complimentary 18 x 24 posters displaying […]
It was a tough question, but we were up to answering it. (This is an organization for librarians, after all.) Having braved blizzards and cold-advisory temperatures, defending our right to attend meetings and events, grab galleys, and chat IRL with our far-flung colleagues and friends at Midwinter 2015 in Chicago, where could we possibly go next to hone our […]
The #WWDC15 hashtag is trending on social media this week. That’s because the Worldwide Developers Conference is underway at Moscone Center in San Francisco—an event billed as no less than the “epicenter of change” by its host, Apple. In just a few weeks, librarians, publishers, and bibliophiles will flood the Moscone Center for our own conference, hashtag #ALAAC15. We may […]