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Newbery Authors Panel
Children’s book authors Andrea Beatriz Arango and Meg Medina meet for a conversation about what it means to write the books they wanted to read in their youth.
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Bea Wolf Book Signing at Telegraph Books Uptown
Meet author Zach Weinersmith at Telegraph Books Uptown as he signs his graphic middle-grade novel, “Bea Wolf.”
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Crowns & Claws: Coming of Age in YA Fantasy Fiction
Debut authors Emily Thiede and Andrew Joseph White discuss their YA fantasy/dystopian novels.
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Virtual Storytime Marathon
Cherie Fu (Little Messy Marcy Su), Shannon Hitchcock (She Sang for the Mountains), Juana Medina (Juana & Lucas: Muchos Changes), Sana Rafi (Little Seeds of Promise), and Brittany J. Thurman …
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NBF Presents: An Afternoon with the National Book Awards
2021 National Book Award–honored authors Robert Jones, Jr. (The Prophets, Finalist, Fiction), Amber McBride (Me (Moth), Finalist, Young People’s Literature), and Jason Mott (Hell of a Book, Winner, Fiction) join us for …
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JMRL Same Page Community Read: We Are Not Free with Traci Chee
Traci Chee (We Are Not Free) discusses her acclaimed novel for young readers, the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese American citizens, whose lives are …
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Dreaming up the World: Middle-Grade Fiction
Ruth Behar (Letters from Cuba), Alda P. Dobbs (Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna), Sylvia Liu (Manatee’s Best Friend), and Lisa Yee (Maizy Chen’s Last Chance) explore themes of family, migration, …
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Magic & Mythical: YA Fantasy
Deborah Falaye (Blood Scion), TJ Klune (Flash Fire), and Anna-Marie McLemore (Lakelore) explore the challenges of growing up amidst the magical and extraordinary circumstances of fantastical worlds. Whether superpowers, mythological …
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2022 JMRL Same Page Community Read selection: We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
In advance of the 2022 Festival schedule announcement later this month, we are honored to announce that We Are Not Free by Traci Chee, a National Book Award finalist book …
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SHELF LIFE—The Follower: Kate Doughty in Conversation with Christopher Tilghman
Kate Doughty discusses her debut novel, The Follower, with Christopher Tilghman. A spine-tingling YA thriller based on a true story, The Follower examines the implications of what it is to …
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Coming Out & Coming of Age in Graphic Novels: The Magic Fish with Trung Le Nguyen
Trung Le Nguyen discusses The Magic Fish, his YA graphic novel that deals with the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together, in conversation with his editor, …
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Q&A with Angela Dominguez, author and illustrator of #VaBook2021 poster artwork
Get to know the illustrator of this year’s official Festival artwork…
