NCTE/ALAN 2015
So many of my favorite authors and educators will be in Minneapolis this week for NCTE and ALAN. Here’s where I will be:
Thursday, Nov 19
12 – 4pm — Diversity in Children’s Literature: One Year Later (My panel is from 2:05-3:20)
Minneapolis Convention Center 101H
Program Description: This session will continue and extend the conversation on how classroom teachers may incorporate diverse children’s literature into their teaching in meaningful and informative ways. Publishers, authors, librarians, and teachers will share their stories of how they publish, create, share, and teach diverse fiction and nonfiction.
Friday, Nov 20
1 – 2pm — (signing) Mackin Autographing (Booth #927)
4 – 5:15pm — What Happened Next? Stories of Life After Censorship by the Teachers and Authors Who Lived Them
Minneapolis Convention Center M100I
Program Description: Classroom teachers tell their stories of challenged classroom materials with the very authors whose books were questioned. Told from these two perspectives—the teachers’ and the authors themselves – this session promises to provide participants with not only these stories, but the opportunity to share their own personal narratives and concerns.
5:30 – 7pm — Penguin Nerdy Cocktail Party
Hyatt Regency, Regency Room, 2nd Floor
Saturday, Nov 21
8 – 9:15am — Learning the Art of Writing from the Writers: Authors’ Best Lessons to Help Students Find Their Voice Through Their Writing
Minneapolis Convention Center 208CD
Program Description: Hear a diverse group of authors share their best writing lessons for teachers to use with students. Attendees will rotate through six roundtables where they will participate in a writing activity led by each author which they can take back and incorporate into their own classroom teaching.
9:30 – 10:45am — Empowering the Voice of the At-risk Learner
Minneapolis Convention Center Auditorium 1
Program Description: Join highly-acclaimed YA authors for a panel discussion on access, equity, empowerment, and being “at-risk” in America. Participants will view clips from the documentary At-Risk Summer to shape the conversation. Panelists will share strategies and answer questions regarding identifying and effectively connecting with at-risk students in the classroom.
12:30 – 1:30pm — (signing) Anderson’s Bookshop Autographing
Booth # 950
2pm – 3pm — (signing) Random House Autographing
Booth #322
Sunday, Nov 22
9 – 10am — (signing) Penguin Autographing
Booth #316
5:30 – 7pm — ALAN Reception
Minneapolis Convention Center, Seasons Room
Monday, Nov 23
9:05 – 9:25am — ALAN Panel: In Conversation with Gene Luen Yang
Minneapolis Convention Center, Ballrooms A&B
