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Books Shine at Licensing Expo
Books are playing a starring role at this year’s Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas, which began yesterday.
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A Tale of Two Cultures: Children's Publishing in France and America
French and American children's book publishers gathered on June 9 at the French Embassy in New York City.
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ALA 2016: The Pura Belpré Award at 20
The Pura Belpré Award for children and young adult books, which honors Latino writers and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino experience, will celebrate its 20th anniversary at the 2016 ALA annual conference.
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ALA 2016: Inside EveryLibrary's National Campaign for Local Library Support
EveryLibrary is the only national political action committee fighting for libraries at the local level.
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ALA 2016: Program Picks
PW columnist Brian Kenney offers his (highly subjective) program picks for ALA 2016, in Orlando.
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ALA 2016: Field Notes: PW talks with R. David Lankes
In a wide-ranging conversation, PW's Annie Coreno talks with R. David Lankes about community engagement, libraries as publishers, and his new book, The New Librarianship Field Guide.
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ALA 2016: Michael Eric Dyson, Margaret Atwood Highlight ALA Author Appearances
The 2016 American Library Association Annual Conference (June 23–28, in Orlando) will feature more than 2,000 scheduled events, including hundreds of author appearances.
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ALA 2016: Librarians Say Patrons Are Mostly Satisfied with E-Book Service
As librarians and publishers prepare for the 2016 ALA Annual Conference, an informal PW survey offers an interesting snapshot of public library purchasing trends.
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BookCon Expands to New York Comic Con in Fall 2016
BookCon, the literary fanfest, will become a part of New York Comic Con 2016 in October; held during the 4 days of NYCC at a separate event space nearby and offer access to fans as part of their NYCC badge.
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CI4: Big Presence for Small Presses at Show
Support from presses of all sizes has been key to CI's success, but this year even more small presses than usual will be at the conference.
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CI4: Finding a Win-Win for Indie Booksellers and Libraries
How independent booksellers and libraries are collaborating on programs to benefit kids and help out the bottom line.
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CI4: Bestselling Novelist Julia Alvarez Turns Poet
Alvarez discusses how writing poetry helped her through a period of intense grief in her life.
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CI4: Dave Barry Still Doesn't Want to Grow Up
The Pulitzer-winning humorist on writing for kids, and the trick to showing kids how reading is "less boring than math."
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CI4: Kate DiCamillo Champions Summer Reading
Two-time Newbery Medalist DiCamillo on growing up in a town with no bookstore, and how important it is for kids to read in the summer.
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CI4: Authors and Illustrators to Meet
Some high-profile writers and illustrators are attending events connected with this year's show. Here's a select listing of who'll be there, and when.
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Children's Institute 4 Is the ABA's Largest Children's Educational Conference Yet
The show continues to thrive, with an added plus for this year's attendees: CI4 overlaps with the start of the ALA Annual Conference in Orlando.
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Doing Well by Doing Good
BISG’s 2016 Making Information Pay event stressed social responsibility.
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Pen Pals: Exhibit Highlights Louis Darling's Beverly Cleary Illustrations
For author and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, it all started with a bedtime story. And like a bedtime story, DiTerlizzi's latest adventure – as a museum curator – has "a beginning, a middle, and an end," though he didn't know that at first.
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Inaugural Little Free Library Fest Celebrates Reading, Community
On Saturday, which also happened to be National Readathon Day, the Minneapolis nonprofit Little Free Library hosted its first-ever Little Free Library Festival, featuring book swaps and the building of 100 little free libraries.
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BookCon 2016 in Photos
Less than 24 hours after booksellers left McCormick Place in Chicago at the end of BookExpo America on May 13, the convention center's West Hall was transformed from trade show to literary amusement park.