March Literary Events in NYC

Great Middle Grade Reads at Books of Wonder

Saturday, March 7th 1:00pm- 3:00pm

“Join Books of Wonder in welcoming PAM MUNOZ RYAN, KAT YEH, and TRICIA SPRINGSTUBB. These great middle grade authors will be on hand to greet young readers, share their latest literary adventures, provide writing tips, and sign books.”

March Picture Book Bonanza at Books of Wonder

Sunday, March 8th 2:00pm-4:00pm

DANIEL KIRK for The Thing About Spring

KIRSTINE LOMBARDI for Lovey Bunny

PAULETTE BOGAN for Virgil & Owen

MEGHAN McCARTHY for Earmuffs for Everyone!

Launch Party for the Orphan Queen at Books of Wonder

Tuesday, March 10th 6:00pm-8:00pm

“Stop by Books of Wonder for the Launch Party for The Orphan Queen by JODI MEADOWS! JODI MEADOWS will be joined by friends, CJ REDWINE, author of the Defiance Trilogy, CYNTHIA HAND, author of The Last Time We Say Goodbye, BRODI ASHTON, author of the Everneath Trilogy, and JOY HENSLEY, author of Rites of Passage. You won't want to miss these five fantastic YA authors as they celebrate the beginning of JODI MEADOW's latest series!”

Middle Grade Thrills at Books of Wonder

Saturday, March 14th 1:00pm-3:00pm

“Join Books of Wonder, GORDON KORMAN, M.E. CASTLE, and LISA FIEDLER for some middle grade thrills! Your young readers won't want to miss out on the adventure as three of Books of Wonder's favorite authors share their latest exciting tales!”

Meet Dave Piley & Dan Santat

Sunday, March 15th 1:00pm-3:00pm

“Join Books of Wonder in welcoming two of our all time favorites, DAV PILKEY and DAN SANTAT, as they present the 6th book in the Ricky Ricotta series, Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. The Stupid Stinkbugs from Saturn! Your young readers won't want to miss this afternoon full of adventures, laughs, Stupid Stinkbugs, and Jurassic Jackrabbits!”

Celebrate the 2015 ALA Award Winners and Honorees!

Monday, March 16th 6:00pm-8:00pm

“Join us for an award-winning evening, as we welcome the 2015 ALA award winners and honorees. Author and illustrator DAN SANTAT shares the 2015 Caldecott Medal winning The Adventures of Beekle; author KWAME ALEXANDER presents The Crossover the 2015 Newbery Medal winner; and husband and wife team ANNA KANG & CHRISTOPHER WEYANT bring us their Theodor Seuss Geisel Award title You Are (Not) Small!”

Alberto Manguel: First Reads at The 92nd Street Y

Monday, March 16th 8:15pm

"Upon publication of his new book, Curiosity, Alberto Manguel—renowned for his learned yet felicitous investigations of how writers and readers meet and change each other—takes on a special assignment: to read a work he’s never read before, then discuss the experience of this literary encounter."

Kazuo Ishiguro and Caryl Phillips at The 92nd Street Y

Wednesday, March 18th 7:00pm

2015 NYC TEEN AUTHOR FESTIVAL EVENTS - MARCH 15th-March 23rd

Kickoff Night: SPINE OUT at Dixon Place, 161 Christie Street

Sunday, March 15th 7:00pm

Novelists Read Personal Essays

Leigh Bardugo, Matt de la Peña, Emmy Laybourne, David Levithan, R.L. Stine

What is YA anyway? at NYPL Mulberry Street Branch (NYC Teen Author Festival)

Monday, March 16th 6:00pm-8:00pm

“What is YA, anyway? Where does it come from? What does it mean to authors, readers, and the media? Where is it going? Are there fears that it’s just a “trend” right now, and that the pendulum will swing away from it again … or is YA here to stay? How, as writers, do we continue to keep it evolving? None of us will have answers, but we’ll certainly have opinions.”

Leigh Bardugo, Daniel Ehrenhaft, Donna Freitas, Lev Grossman, Micol Ostow, Danielle Paige, Scott Westerfeld & Moderator: David Levithan

YA that Sings at Books of Wonder (NYC Teen Author Festival)

Tuesday, March 17th 6:00pm

“The NYC debut of three new books with music and emotion at their cores.”

Elizabeth Eulberg, David Levithan, Jennifer Niven

Writing as a Many-Booked Thing: Looking at Series at 42nd Street NYPL (NYC Teen Author Festival)

Wednesday, March 18th 6:00pm-8:00pm

Authors: Dahlia Adler, Sarah Rees Brennan, Seth Fishman, Michelle Hodkin, Barry Lyga, Marie Rutkoski, Eliot Schrefer & Moderator: David Levithan

The Perils of Perfection at Word Bookstore Brooklyn (NYC Teen Author Festival)

Thursday, March 19th 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Authors Kate Axelrod (The Law of Loving Others), Susane Colasanti (Now and Forever), Corey Haydu (Life by Committee), Melissa Kantor (Better Than Perfect), Terra Elan McVoy (Drive Me Crazy), and Alecia Whitaker (Wildflower) with moderator Amanda Maciel (Tease).

Symposium at 42nd Street NYPL (NYC Teen Author Festival)

Friday, March 20th 2:00pm-6:00pm

2:00pm: Introduction

2:15pm: Crafting Something out of Something

Authors: Selene Castrovilla, Sarah Cross, Amalie Howard, Claire Legrand, Mary McCoy, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Aaron Starmer & Moderator: David Levithan

2:30-3:45pm: YA Explains it All (Q & A)

Authors: Matt Blackstone, Lisa Colozza Cocca, Gina Damico, Timothy Decker, Amy Ewing, Gabriel Guarante, Emmy Laybourne, Kass Morgan, Lindsay Ribar, Jill Santopolo, Len Vlahos, & Maryrose Wood

3:55-4:40pm: The Fame Game

Authors: Alison Cherry, Sarah Darer Littman, Maya Rock, Rebecca Serle, Alecia Whitaker & Moderator: Leila Sales

4:40-5:30pm: The Thrill is All Mine

Authors: Martina Boone, Laurie Crompton, JJ Howard, Lee Kelly, Nicole Maggi, Mary McCoy, Diana Renn, VC Stanley, CL Gaber & Moderator: David Levithan

Barnes & Noble Reader’s Theater at Union Square B&N (NYC Teen Author Festival)

Friday, March 20th 7:00pm-8:30pm

Authors: Cathleen Bell, Holly Black, Heather Demetrios, Kevin Emerson, Kathryn Holmes, Justine Larbalestier, David Levithan, Scott Westerfeld

Symposium at 42nd Street NYPL (NYC Teen Author Festival)

Saturday, March 21st 1:00pm-5:00pm

1:10-1:40pm: Keynote Speaker: Libba Bray discussing books and gender

1:40-2:30pm: Exploring Feminist YA

Authors: Libba Bray, Gayle Forman, Justine Larbalestier, Nova Ren Suma, Scott Westerfeld & Moderator: David Levithan

2:30-3:10pm: Issues of Representation in YA Literature

Authors: Maria E. Andreu, Coe Booth, Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton, IW Gregorio, Adam Silvera, Andrew Smith & Moderator: David Levithan

3:20-4:10pm: Who You Are and Who You Love

Authors: Nora Raleigh Baskin, Carolyn Mackler, Chase Night, Cindy Rodriguez, Jennifer E. Smith, Jenn Marie Thorne, Will Walton, & Moderator: Melissa Walker

4:10-5:00pm: Creating Strong Characters

Authors: Sarah Beth Durst, TM Goeglein, Elizabeth Kiem, Kieran Scott, Jessica, Spotswood, Robin Talley, Sandra Waugh, & Moderator: Terra Elan McVoy

The Mutual Admiration Society Reading at McNally Jackson (NYC Teen Author Festival)

Saturday, March 21st 7:00pm

Authors:Coe Booth, Michelle Knudsen, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Andrew Smith, Lindsay Smith, Jessica Spotswood & Moderator: David Levithan

Our No Foolin’ Mega-Signing at Books of Wonder (NYC Teen Author Festival)

Sunday, March 22nd 1:00pm-4:00pm

1:00-1:30pm

S Petroff / D Manley, Ash

JJ Howard, Tracers

Nicole Maggi, The Forgetting

Jenn Marie Thorne, The Wrong Side of Right

Jennifer A. Nielsen, Mark of the Thief

Dahlia Adler, Behind the Scenes

Lisa Amowitz, Vision

Maria E. Andreu, Secret Side of Empty

Kate Axelrod, The Law of Loving Others

Nora Raleigh Baskin, Subway Love

Cathleen Bell, I Remember You

Martina Boone, Compulsion

1:30-2:00pm

Coe Booth, Kinda Like Brothers

Sarah Rees Brennan, Unmade

Caela Carter, My Best Friend, Maybe

Selene Castrovilla, Melt

Alison Cherry, For Real

Lisa Colozza Cocca, Providence

Susane Colasanti, Now and Forever

Laurie Crompton, Adrenaline Crush

Sarah Cross, Tear You Apart

Gina Damico, Hellhole

Tim Decker, Lies in the Dust

Heather Demetrios, I’ll Meet You There

Sarah Beth Durst, Chasing Power

2:00-2:30pm

Daniel Ehrenhaft, 21 Proms

Kevin Emerson, Breakout

Seth Fishman, The Dark Water

TM Goeglein, Embers & Ash

Gabriel Guarante, Satan’s Prep

Corey Haydu, Life by Committee

Michelle Hodkin, Retribution of Mara Dyer

Kathryn Holmes , The Distance Between Lost & Found

Amalie Howard, Oceanborn

Lee Kelly, City of Savages

Elizabeth Kiem, Hider, Seeker, Secret Keeper

Michelle Knudsen, Evil Librarian

2:30-3:00pm

Claire Legrand, Winterspell

David Levithan, Hold Me Closer

Sarah Darer Littman, Backlash

Elisa Ludwig, Pretty Wanted

Barry Lyga, Blood of my Blood

Amanda Maciel, Tease

Terra Elan McVoy, In Deep

L Melnick & B Lauer, Please Excuse this Poem

Kass Morgan, Homecoming

3:00-3:30pm

Danielle Paige, Dorothy Must Die

Lindsay Ribar, The Fourth Wish

Maya Rock, Scripted

Cindy Rodriguez, When Reason Breaks

Marie Rutkoski, The Winner’s Crime

Jill Santopolo, Love on the Lifts

Kieran Scott, What Waits in the Woods

Rebecca Serle, Famous in Love

3:30-4:00pm

Chris Shirley, Playing By the Book

Jennifer E Smith, Geography of You and Me

Lindsay Smith, Sekret

Jessica Spotswood, Sisters’ Fate

VC Stanley & CL Gaber, Jex Malone

Aaron Starmer, The Whisper

Robin Talley, Lies We Tell Ourselves

Mary G. Thompson, Evil Fairies Love Hair

Yvonne Ventresca, Pandemic

Sandra Waugh, Lark Rising

Scott Westerfeld, Afterworlds

Alecia Whitaker, Wildflower

After Party (NYC Teen Author Festival)

Monday, March 23rd 7:00pm

Nova Ren Suma launches The Walls Around Us in conversation with Libba Bray at McNally Jackson

Upcoming Literary Events in NYC

Catch the 5th Wave! An Evening with Rick Yancey at Books of Wonder

Tuesday, February 10th, 6pm-8pm

Unconventional Teen Romance at Books of Wonder

Thursday, February 12th, 6pm-8pm

Authors include:

Heather Demetrios - I’ll Meet you There

Jasmine Warga - My Heart and Other Black Holes

Corey Ann Haydu - Life by Committee

Christina Moracho - Althea & Oliver

Sarah McCarry - Dirty Wings

Launch Event for the History Between Lost and Found by Kathryn Holmes at Books of Wonder

Tuesday, February 17th, 6pm-8pm

Launch Party for Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman and Zach Ohora at Books of Wonder

Saturday, February 21st, 1pm-3pm

February Book Bonanaza 2 at Books of Wonder

Sunday, February 22nd, 1pm-3pm

Stephen Savage

Charise Mericle Harper

Julia Sarcone-Roach

Robyn Ng

Betsy Lewin

Down the Rabbit Hole and Beyond: Four Children’s Classics Revisited with Leonard S. Marcus at the 92nd Street Y

Wednesdays from February 11th - March 25th, 6:30pm-8:30pm ($400 registration)

Includes: Alice in Wonderland, The Wind in the Willows, Peter Pan & The Secret Garden

A Celebration of Walter Dean Myers at Symphony Space

Sunday, March 8th, 5pm- 7pm

RSVP is required and can be found Here

YA Lit at the 92nd Street Y

New Twists on Old Fairytales

Tuesday, March 31, 7:30pm ($22)

Danielle Paige - Dorothy Must Die

Soman Chainani - The School for Good and Evil Series

Sara Benincasa - Agorafabulous!

Christopher Healy - The Hero’s Guide to Being an Outlaw

How Shakespeare Works: A Free Night Course at Cooper Union: Great Hall

6:00pm Every Monday until May 11th

More information can be found here

Library and Literary Events

Looking for something literary to do in the coming months? Here is a list of upcoming events:

HVLA Events:

• May 15: Spring Meeting - RSVP here
• May 22: Bookclub - More info here

Misc Happenings:

• May 5-9: National Library Legislative Day - Read more about what you can do on ALA's Everyday Advocacy Page
• Through June 14: Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution at NYPL's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - Read about this and other NYPL events here

Authors, Illustrators, and More:

• May 8-September 2: Peter Sis: Cartography of the Mind at Czech Center NY at the Bohemian National Hall - Details here
• May 10, 4pm: Gotham: Writers in the City Rachel Kushner at Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Dweck Center - More info here
• May 10, 7:30pm: YA Lit at 92 Street Y: Samantha Shannon in Conversation with Kendare Blake - Tickets and more info here
• May 26, 10pm: YA Lit at 92 Street Y: Casandra Clare in Conversation with Maureen Johnson, Holly Black and Kelly Link - Tickets and more info here 

Do you know of another event coming up soon?  Share in the comments!

What Are You Doing in March?

Check out some of these upcoming events if you are looking for something literary to do in the NYC area:

3/5

World Read Aloud Day

Every year on the first Wednesday of March LitWorld's advocacy campaign for the human right of literacy calls worldwide attention to the importance of reading aloud and sharing stories.

3/12, 4pm

Joint HVLA/NYCIST at Professional Children's School

Librarians and technologists will have the opportunity to discuss issues that affect both groups and share ideas. RSVP here.

3/13, 6:30pm

Lauren Oliver at McNally Jackson

Lauren Oliver will talk about her latest YA book, Panic.

3/9-3/15

YALSA's Teen Tech Week

Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teens, their parents, educators and other concerned adults. The purpose of the initiative is to ensure that teens are competent and ethical users of technologies, especially those that are offered through libraries.

3/22, 3-5 pm

90 Second Newbery at NYPL, Stephen A. SchwarzmanBuilding

Come watch young filmmakers who create movies that creatively compress the stories of Newbery Award-winning books into 90 seconds or less.

3/24, 7:30pm

Laurie Halse Anderson at 92 Street Y

Anderson will talk about her latest book, The Impossible Knife of Memory, which the HVLA bookclub recently discussed.

Through 4/27

The Little Prince: A New York Story at The MorganLibrary

Those of you who were intrigued by "The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter" during our winter meeting might be interested to check out another exhibit featuring a children's literary classic.

Moving Toward Mentorship

Here's an update from the HVLA Mentorship committee:

At the beginning of the school year, a call went out to the HVLA membership for volunteers to create a mentorship committee. In late November, we held our first planning meeting. A mentorship program is a complicated beast. It involves determining a clear purpose, recruiting mentors & mentees, training participants, and ensuring confidentiality. Launching a mentorship program is the committee’s long-term goal. As a first step, we decided to spend this year establishing a series of Empowerment Meet-Ups, open to all members of HVLA, with the purpose of gathering a supportive group of colleagues to discuss and brainstorm specific topics in a casual atmosphere. Librarians would be encouraged to come armed with an idea or project they are trying to implement or realize in their school. Our collective energies, positive collaboration and creativity could then be used to pose solutions, provide suggestions or facilitate sharing 
of resources. Possible future meet-up topics include, 

• Catching the Big Fish: Landing the Library Job You Want 

• Clever Collaboration with Teachers

• Research Projects “Show and Tell”

• Expanding Your Professional Network

The first meet-up will take place early in the New Year in a central location (near Union 
Square). The topic will be “Advocating for You and Your Library Program.” We hope to 
see many of you there.

---Laura Bishop, Rachel Berkey, Angela Carstensen, Nishette Isaac

What's Happening in Library Land?

There are always so many events happening in the land of libraries (and New York City!) that it can be easy to miss something you would like to attend.  Here are a few things happening in the upcoming weeks and months.

This Friday, March 1, NEA will be celebrating Read Across America, which is an occasion to motivate and celebrate readers.  If you don't just want to celebrate reading in America, consider participating in LitWorld's World Read Aloud Day on March 6 or better yet, do both!

The next Children's Literary Salon at the New York Public Library will be this coming Saturday, March 2nd, at 2:00pm.  This one is focusing on diversity and the state of the children's book.

For those of you looking for some professional development, ALA Editions is running a four week eCourse titled, Ebooks: What Librarians Need to Know Now and in the Future.  Booklist is hosting a webinar on Promoting Literacy Using 21st Century Tools on March 5, and if you are interested but can't make the times, register anyway because you can access the video archive afterwards.

Speaking of professional development, there are several upcoming conferences  to be aware of. 

• April 24-26: AISL Annual in Baltimore
• April 26-27: CiSSL will be running a research symposium titled Digital Youth, Inquiry, and the Future of the School Library in New Brunswick, NJ.
• June 13-14: AISL will also be hosting their first Summer Institute in St. Louis
• June 27-July 2: ALA Annual this year in Chicago

If you know of any additional events, add them in the comments!