ALA 2023 Conference Resource Center

Friday

Friday

Friday

Friday , June 23rd

8:00pm to 10:00pm
Committee Program/Reception: Printz Award
Featuring Lily Anderson author of Scout’s Honor, and A.L. Graziadei author of Icebreaker
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park AB 2233 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616

Saturday, June 24th

10:00am to 11:30am
GNCRT President’s Program – Comics in Libraries: Past, Present, and Future
Featuring Harmony Becker author of Himawari House
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Room: Grant Park AB 2233 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616

12:30pm to 1:20pm
New Voices in Young Adult
Featuring Thien Pham author of Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam, Jamison Shea author of I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me, and Ari Tison author of Saints of the Household. Moderated by Jas Hammonds author of We Deserve Monuments
Location: Exhibit Hall Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)

3:30pm to 4:20pm
In-Conversation with Angeline Boulley and Lily Meade
Featuring Angeline Boulley, author of the 2022 Printz Medal Winner, Warrior Girl Unearthed
Location: Exhibit Hall Diversity in Publishing Stage (Next to Booth 5240)

6:00pm to 9:00pm
Committee Program/Reception: APALA Lit Award Banquet
Featuring Harmony Becker author of Himawari House
Location: Ming Hin Cuisine Chinatown, 2168 Archer Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616

Sunday, June 25th

7:00am to 10:00am
54th Annual Coretta Scott King Book Awards Breakfast
Featuring Jas Hammonds author of We Deserve Monuments, Angela Joy and Janelle Washington (Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement), and Kekla Magoon author of The Minus-One Club
Location: Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave., International Ballroom (2nd floor)

9:00am to 10:30am
YA Authors Coffee Klatch
Featuring Lily Anderson author of Scout’s Honor
Location: McCormick Place, W192
★This is a ticketed event ★

9:00am to 10:00am
News You Can Use Beyond the Middle School Rainbow: Intersectionality in LGBTQIA+ Middle Grade Books
Featuring Mariama Lockington author of Forever Is Now, and Claribel Ortega author of Frizzy
Location: McCormick Place, W180

9:30am to 10:20am
Finding Cozy Classics for Emerging and Middle Grade Readers
Featuring Matthew Cordell author of Evergreen
Location: Exhibit Hall Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)

1:00pm to 3:00pm
2023 Pura Belpré Award Celebración
Featuring Claribel Ortega and Rose Bousamra Frizzy, and Karina Nikole Gonzales and Krystal Quiles (The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding)
Location: Palmer House Hilton (17 East Monroe Street), Red Lacquer Room

3:30pm to 4:20pm
New Spins: Middle Grade Graphic Novel Retellings
Featuring Monica M. Magaña illustrator of Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knight, and Zach Weinersmith author of Bea Wolf
Location: Exhibit Hall Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage (Next to Booth 1326)

6:30pm to 11:00pm
Newbery Caldecott-Legacy Banquet
Featuring Angela Joy and Janelle Washington author and illustrator of Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
Location: Chicago Hyatt Regency, 151 E Wacker, Table #20

Monday, June 26th

8:00am to 10:30am
ALSC Awards
Featuring Angela Joy author of Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
Location: Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave., International Ballroom (2nd floor)

2:00pm to 4:00pm
Committee Program: Stonewall Ceremony
Featuring Charlene Chua illustrator of Love, Violet, and Mariama Lockington author of Forever Is Now
Location: W176ab of the McCormick Place West Building