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- Saturday, June 24, 2023
9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
Image Comics - Into the Massive-Verse
9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
Into the Massive-Verse with Image Comics!
Chloe Ramos – Image Comics, Inc. ### 163393###Stage Contact###Book Market & Library Sales Manager###Image Comics, Inc.###Stage Contact: – Image Comics, Inc.
### 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
The 60s and 70s are Historical Now: The allure of mid-century historicals
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
The Allure of Mid-century: Yes, the 60s and 70s are Historical
Matt Johnson – Kensington Publishing Corp. ### 1929903###Stage Contact######Kensington Publishing Corp.###Stage Contact: – Kensington Publishing Corp.
### 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
Celebrating the Genre and the Literary: A Look at Erewhon Books of Fall 2023
11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
Celebrating the Genre and the Literary: A Look at Erewhon Books of Fall 2023
Martin Cahill – Erewhon Books (Kensington Pub) ### 1955580###Stage Contact######Erewhon Books (Kensington Pub)###Stage Contact: – Erewhon Books (Kensington Pub)
### 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
New Voices in Young Adult
12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
New Voices in Young Adult
Molly Ellis – Macmillan Children's Publishing Group ### 1955582###Stage Contact######Macmillan Children's Publishing Group###Stage Contact: – Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
### 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
America's Racial Reckoning Through the Lens of Speculative Fiction
1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
America's Racial Reckoning Through the Lens of Speculative Fiction
Pamela Osti – Harlequin ### 1955585###Stage Contact######Harlequin###Stage Contact: – Harlequin
### 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
New and Notable Books from Award Winning Authors
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
New and Notable Books from Award Winning Authors
Katie Halata, Random House Children's Books ### 1929902###Stage Contact#########Stage Contact:
### 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
Creating Character-Building Books in an Age of Uncertainty: What Does Bravery Have to Do with Bison?
3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
Creating Character-Building Books in an Age of Uncertainty: What Does Bravery Have to Do with Bison?
Jessica Westra – HarperCollins Publishers ### 1649909###Stage Contact######HarperCollins Publishers###Stage Contact: – HarperCollins Publishers
### - Sunday, June 25, 2023
9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
Finding Cozy Classics for Middle-Graders
9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
Finding Cozy Classics for Emerging and Middle Grade Readers
Donna Spurlock – Charlesbridge ### 55827###Stage Contact###Director of Marketing###Charlesbridge###Stage Contact: – Charlesbridge
### 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
Celebrating What Makes Young Readers the Same and Different, How One Journalist's Fascination with the Human Genome Project Led to The Smallest Spot of a Dot
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
Celebrating What Makes Young Readers the Same and Different: How Fascination with the Human Genome Project Led to The Smallest Spot of a Dot
Jessica Westra – HarperCollins Publishers ### 1649909###Stage Contact######HarperCollins Publishers###Stage Contact: – HarperCollins Publishers
### 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
Still Positive
11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CT
Betty Turnbull – Light Messages Publishing ### 375730###Stage Contact###Author###Light Messages Publishing###Stage Contact: – Light Messages Publishing
### 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
The Benefits Of Having The Right Understanding Of Salvation
12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
The Benefits Of Having The Right Understanding Of Salvation
1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
Tenacious: Disability Representation in Sports & Books
1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
Tenacious: Disability Representation in Sports & Books
Shaughnessy Miller ### 1654410###Stage Contact#########Stage Contact:
### 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
Worldbuilding
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
Harley Salbacka ### 1649912###Stage Contact#########Stage Contact:
### 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
Something Happened to Our Planet: Kids Tackle the Climate Crisis
3:30 PM – 4:20 PM CT
Something Happened to Our Planet: Kids Tackle the Climate Crisis
Jason Wells – American Psychological Association / Magination Press ### 645380###Stage Contact###Director of Marketing###American Psychological Association / Magination Press###Stage Contact: – American Psychological Association / Magination Press
### - Monday, June 26, 2023
9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
How stories from the past inform our thinking today, and in the future
9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CT
Black American History Uncovered! How Stories From the Past Inform Our Thinking Today, and in the Future
Kerry McManus – Boyds Mills & Kane ### 1991097###Stage Contact######Boyds Mills & Kane###Stage Contact: – Boyds Mills & Kane
### 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
YA Romance for the Neurodiverse: Jackie Khalilieh and her debut novel Something More
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CT
YA Romance for the Neurodiverse: Jackie Khalilieh and her debut novel Something More
Samantha Devotta (she/her/hers) – Tundra Books ### 1350746###Stage Contact###Senior Associate, Marketing and Publicity###Tundra Books###Stage Contact: – Tundra Books
### she/her/hers12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
Saving Planet Earth: Introducing The Books for a Better Earth™ collection with author Laurie Lawlor and Holiday House Vice President and editor in chief, Mary Cash
12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
Saving Planet Earth: Introducing The Books for a Better Earth™ collection with author Laurie Lawlor and Holiday House Vice President and editor in chief, Mary Cash
Terry Borzumato-Greenberg – Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink ### 187921###Stage Contact###VP, Marketing & Publicity###Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink###Stage Contact: – Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink
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