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Kidlit Rally for Black Lives

By on June 3, 2020   /   Oh MG News  

Kidlit Rally for Black Lives

The Brown Bookshelf hosts award-winning authors Kwame Alexander, Jacqueline Woodson and Jason Reynolds in the Kidlit Community Rally for Black Lives.

Join them on Facebook Live at 7 p.m – 7:45 PM EST (For K-12 Students) and 7:45-8:30 PM EST (For Parents, Teachers, and Educators) on Thursday, June 4.

If you’re not able to access FB Live, you can tune in via Zoom: at this link: https://scbwi.zoom.us/j/95326915466?pwd=dHMwODJKUmttNTlmZC9PUGVsRHAwZz09
The #KidLit Rally for Black Lives will be RECORDED for later viewing.
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BookExpo and BookCon are ON

By on May 12, 2020   /   Oh MG News  

BookExpo and BookCon are on again! Online, that is.

At one point, both had been postponed from late May to late July. But because things still feel unstable and unsafe, organizers decided to move to a virtual format in order to ensure access to the popular events.

BookExpo

Book Expo is now from May 26-29, and will be presented on  BookExpo Facebook 

You can find the current schedule here. The children’s book event is now a Thursday night DINNER, with a panel featuring much loved middle-grade author Judy Blume, along with Misty Copeland, Raj Haldar, Marie Lu, Kwame Mbalia, and Natalie Portman.

BookCon

BookCon Online will be May 30 and 31, presented on the BookCon Facebook page. Here’s the current schedule–it looks amazing.

BOTH events will be free and open to the public. Be sure to “like” both of those Facebook pages, so that you can access their programming!

Organizers said an additional day will be added in July, with programming focused on booksellers.

 

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Everywhere Book Fest

By on May 1, 2020   /   COVID-19, Oh MG News  

Coming to a screen near you … via YouTube … it’s the Everywhere Book Fest: a virtual gathering of kidlit authors, illustrators, and books.

Everywhere Book Fest

The idea: in a time when we can’t go out to find the book, let’s bring the book to the reader. The schedule for the two-day event features live and pre-recorded sessions on such topics as sibling stories, writing #HERstory, and Magic vs. Science.

The beauty of this event is that even if you can’t catch it live, you can still go back to YouTube to watch the sessions on demand. SO … for those of you still supplementing asynchronous school activities … check it out. And for those of you who just love good kidlit discussions or want to get ideas for new books to read…check it out!

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