CANCELED: KidLitCon 2020
When
Saturday March 28, 2020: 9:00am to 4:15pm Add to Calendar / Add to Google Calendar
Where
Downtown Library
Description
Due to circumstances beyond our control, this event has been canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience.
KidLitCon is an annual conference for people who care about and/or blog about children’s and young adult literature. AADL hosts the 2020 conference featuring over 50 speakers and various sessions ranging from picture books, poetry and social justice, families in fiction, graphic novels, to how to pitch a manuscript. Keynote speakers include: Dawn Quigley, Arree Chung, and Jasmine Warga.
Saturday Schedule:
KidLitCon | Morning Keynote with Jasmine Warga / 1st Floor Lobby
Session 6A: Illustrators: Putting the Picture in Picture Books / 1st Floor Lobby
Session 6B: What is Kid Appeal? / Lower Level Secret Lab
Session 7A: So Ya Think You're Funny, Do Ya? Hilarity in the 21st Century / 1st Floor Lobby
Session 7B: How to Pitch a Manuscript / Lower Level Secret Lab
Lunch Break
Session 8A: Muslim Representation in Kid Lit / 1st Floor Lobby
Session 8B: Graphic Novels Teach / Lower Level Secret Lab
Session 9A: Future Famous: Debut Authors / 1st Floor Lobby
Session 9B: The New Inclusivity: Beyond Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / Lower Level Secret Lab
Session 10A: Fuse 8 n' Kate Podcast Live and In Person | The Cat in the Hat Comes Back / 1st Floor Lobby
Session 10B: Tough Topics in YA and Middle Grade / Lower Level Secret Lab
Library Event
Subjects
Adult
Adult
Lectures/Panel Discussions