One for YA fans at #KidLitCon2020 If 55% of YA readers are adults, how do authors understand who the gatekeepers are, while at the same time, keeping their focus on teens? Ann Arbor District Library #patrickfloresscott @erinhahn_author Jessica Pennington is on hiatus (and IG) @aquafortis #stevenharperpiziks @sarahzettel

Very sad but not unexpected news, our host, the Ann Arbor District Library has cancelled all programs indefinitely. We hope that Kidlitcon 2020 can be rescheduled (such a lovely program, so much hard work, such a shame) but of course have no idea if/when this would be possible

thanks so much to Katy Kramp Katy Kramp and Nakenya Yarbrough and everyone who was involved in planning the program and who agreed to come, and thanks to the Ann Arbor District Library Ann Arbor District Library for their support! It was the right decision to cancel, but a sad one.

Schools & families- If you're making learning-from-home plans, here's a growing library of resources from authors & illustrators to help out! katemessner.com/read-wonder-an… Just updated with new videos from Grace Lin, Nancy Castaldo, Megan Frazer Blakemore, Carole Lindstrom 🪶🦬, & Lisa Schroeder

#KidLitCon2020 is canceled, but we want to support our folks! How do you know when you're ready to pitch your book? What are agents & publishers looking for? With Angeline Boulley - #FIREKEEPERSDAUGHTER, Heather Shumaker, @JayWhistler & @DaraIrene Moderated by @authorErinBrown #aspiringauthors

A would've-been-great #KidLitCon2020 panel - What is Kid Appeal? w/ Athena Johnson of Black Stone Bookstore, Natalie d’Aubermont Thompson of Living by the Page, school media specialist Jonathan Richards, & ELA with Urquhart of @projectlit313 ; moderator Giustino Vergerio

Let’s talk about this would’ve-been #KidLitCon2020 session on #muslimkidsbooks - celebrate what's good and look at how far we still need to go, with @jasminewarga, Siman Nuurali, #TahiraBryantNaeem, and Girls of the Crescent. Moderator #SainaSajjadi. #SupportIndieBookstores

These #debutauthors would've been on the Future Famous panel at #KidLitCon2020 : Alex Aster (Emblem Island) @Fangmous (Layla & the Bots; Invent-a-Pet) Heather Shumaker (Griffins of Castle Cary). Moderator @Erinhahn_author (More Than Maybe). #supportIndieBookstores #2020debuts

Our #KidLitCon2020 session The New Inclusivity: Beyond Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer would have talked about characters whose differences don’t define them, with @merriehaskell Lisa Rose Jack Cheng Jennifer Camiccia & #KiraDallaire #inclusivebooks #supportIndieBookstores

We hope to reschedule our session Fuse 8 & Kate Live and in Person - but at least we can still listen to the podcasts at home! @fuse_kate @FuseEight #picturebooks #KidLitCon2020

Our roundtable Tough Topics in YA and Middle Grade would have crowdsourced a list of books to help kids deal with life. What are your favorites? ELA with Urquhart @projectlit313 @pamlovesbooks #lifeishard #yalit #mglit #KidLitCon2020

Boosting!

So true!

Young people reading Stamped by @DrIbram and Jason Reynolds News are angry... that adults have kept this history from them & not trusted them to be able to deal with it, when they deal with the fallout of racism every day. #sljdod

The #Cybils2020 Application Phase is now open. If you have a passion for #kidlit #MGlit #YAlit #GraphicNovels #picturebooks #easyreaders #Fantasy #SciFi #Nonfiction let this be your year to judge. Get all the deets & application form here: buff.ly/3iV2psO

I’m gutted to hear about Floyd Coopers passing. He gifted us with his presence at KidLitCon #KLC2017 in Hershey