PW is hosting this year’s BEA Librarians Lounge, and it has a lot in store for our librarian peeps. Librarians who are looking for a place to actually lounge (and/or grab a snack or fuel up on coffee) will be able to do so in the exclusive area in booth R420. But there are also many activities in the lounge today, tomorrow, and Friday.
You can find out how to help patrons interested in self-publishing from Ingram Sparks today; visit with Baker & Taylor reps tomorrow morning to find out the latest on Axis360; and on Friday hear about the ALA-SIBF conference from the chairman of the Sharjah Book Authority, Ahmed Al-Amiri, and learn all about downloading digital galleys from NetGalley.
And the Librarians Lounge is overflowing with hot titles and cool authors. SelectBooks will be presenting some of its authors all day today, including a new voice in literary fiction, author Marie White Small, who will discuss Stony Kill, her debut novel of heartbreak and suffering from the violent acts of a broken family. Shifting the mood, Little, Brown’s Libba Bray and Barry Lyga will be in the lounge tomorrow, joking it up with each other about their famously fun titles. Fans of Orange Is the New Black will not want to miss Miss Rosa herself, Barbara Rosenblat, who will be on hand Friday to share downloads of the Orange audiobook. For mystery-minded librarians, PW mystery editor Peter Cannon will be in the lounge tomorrow during Severn House’s time slot; and for you librarian kids at heart, don’t miss Bella & Harry author Lisa Manzione. Check the schedule on p. 16 (or online) for today and tomorrow, and see Show Daily tomorrow for Friday’s times.
In addition, there is the first Librarians Lounge Passport Raffle—the prizes are wonderful, and you can preview them at BEA’s Librarians Passport Program webpage. So, librarians, come on by R420 to pick up your raffle passport and enjoy the perks of your lounge.
