ALA 2024

Simon & Schuster is excited to see our librarian friends at ALA Annual 2024 and do what we love most—booktalk! The conference will be held in San Diego, California, from June 27–July 2. To register for the event, visit the website here.

If you are attending, don't forget to stop by the Simon & Schuster booths #716 and #717 to pick up some ARCs of our newest titles and other resources and swag. We will have signings in the author aisles and in our booth with some of your favorite authors, so you are not going to want to miss this!

See below for more information about their panels and events and to see what else we have going on at ALA this year.

Saturday, June 29th:

9:00-10:00 am PST: Get on Board! Evaluating, Collecting, and Honoring Excellent, Developmentally-Appropriate Board Books to Promote Early Literacy panel featuring author Carole Boston Weatherford (San Diego Convention Center, Room 5B)
11:00 am–12:00 pm PST: Main Stage Speaker: Jay Jay Patton in conversation with author Jason Reynolds (San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20)
11:00–11:30 am PST: Freedom To Read A Thon with author Jamie Sumner (Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom Section 01)
11:30–12:00 pm PST: Freedom To Read A Thon with author Gayle Forman (Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom Section 01)

Sunday, June 30th:

8:00-10:00 am PST: RUSA Literary Luminaries: Celebrating the Best Reading of the Year Panel featuring author Tananarive Due (Marriott Marquis, Grand Blrm Section 5)
11:00 AM- 2:00 pm PST: The Power of Children's Poetry in the Classroom and the Community Panel featuring author Margarita Engle (San Diego Convention Center, Room 23ABC)
2:30-3:30 pm PST: UFL Thrills & Chills: An Author Panel featuring author Alli Dyer (San Diego Convention Center, Room 24C)

Monday, July 1st:

10:50-11:20 pm PST: Simon & Schuster Book Buzz featuring S&S Staff Caleigh Flegg & Melissa Croce (Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater)
2:00-4:00 pm PST: UFL Author Gala Tea featuring author Chloe Gong (Manchester Grand Hyatt, Harbor Ballroom A-C)