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Join Keith Arsenault for the
Rep Picks
September 21, 2022 @ 12:15pm
Providence Rhode Island Convention Center
NEIBA 2022 Show Specials
2022 NEIBA Show Schedule
Wednesday, September 21:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Open
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Education Sessions
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Opening Keynote with Kwame Alexander, author of
The Door of No Return (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Lunch Sessions:
Rep Pick Sessions
Roundtable Discussions for Bookstore Owners, Buyers, and Marketing & Events Staff
Ticket Required with Registration ($15)
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Keynote with Tracy Kidder, author of
Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission
to Bring Healing to Homeless People (Random House)
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Education Sessions
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Author Reception
Kelly Andrew, author of The Whispering Dark (Scholastic)
Kate Baer, author of And Yet: Poems (Harper Perennial)
Dr. Jay Baruch, author of Tornado of Life (The MIT Press)
Janet Costa Bates, author of Rica Baptista (Candlewick)
Ann Dávila Cardinal, author of The Storyteller's Death (Sourcebooks)
Margot Douaihy, author of Scorched Grace (Gillian Flynn Books)
Boyah J Farah, author of America Made Me a Black Man: A Memoir (Harper)
Megan Frazer Blakemore, author of Princess of the Wild Sea (Bloomsbury)
Josh Funk, author of The Great Caper Caper (Union Square Kids)
E.B. Goodale, illustrator of Good Night, Little Bookstore (Candlewick)
Allegra Goodman, author of Sam (The Dial Press)
Danielle Greendeer, author of Keepunumuk (Charlesbridge)
John Kanell, author of Preppy Kitchen (Simon Element)
Margot Anne Kelley, author of Foodtopia (David R. Godine)
Sacha Lamb, author of When the Angels Left the Old Country (Levine Querido)
Kelly Link, author of White Cat, Black Dog (Random House)
Tony Massarotti, author of This is Our City (Abrams Press)
Catherine Newman, author of We All Want Impossible Things (Harper)
José Olivarez, author of Promises of Gold (Henry Holt & Co.)
Rimma Onoseta, author of How You Grow Wings (Algonquin Young Readers)
Aimee Pokwatka, author of Self-Portrait with Nothing (Tordotcom)
Trang Thanh Tran, author of She is a Haunting (Bloomsbury)
... and more!
To view an Edelweiss collection of these titles, please click here.
LATENIGHT
Pizza & Pajama Party with Authors, sponsored by Scholastic
Details to come!
Thursday, September 22
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Registration Desk Open
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Author Breakfast
Helen Elaine Lee, author of Pomegranate (Atria Books)
Laurie Lico Albanese, author of Hester (St. Martin's Press)
Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions For You (Viking)
Susan Rogers, author of This Is What It Sounds Like (W.W. Norton)
Joseph Earl Thomas, author of Sink (Grand Central Publishing)
To view an Edelweiss collection of these titles, please click here.
Ticket Required with Registration ($30)
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Exhibits Open
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch Sessions:
Adult Editor Buzz Panel
Children's Editor Buzz Panel
Ticket Required with Registration (FREE)
4:00 PM
Heads or Tails to Benefit Binc sponsored by Blackstone Publishing
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Awards Banquet Cocktail Party sponsored by Shelf Awareness & Scholastic
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Awards Banquet sponsored by HarperCollins
Ticket Required with Registration ($45)
Honoring the recipients of the 2022 New England Book Awards, the Saul Gilman Award, the Independent Spirit Award, and the President's Award.
LATENIGHT
Karaoke Fundraiser to Benefit the Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship (Binc)
Details to come!
Friday, September 23
7:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Registration Desk Open
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Children's Author & Illustrator Breakfast sponsored by Bookazine
Tami Charles & Byian Collier, author and illustrator of We Are Here (Orchard Books)
Gale Galligan, author of Freestyle (Graphix)
Chloe Gong, author of Foul Lady Fortune (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Malinda Lo, author of A Scatter of Light (Dutton Books for Young Reader)
Brian Selznick, author of Big Tree (Scholastic)
To view an Edelweiss collection of these titles, please click here.
Ticket Required with Registration ($30)
10:15 - 11:15 AM
Education Sessions
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
NEIBA Annual Meeting
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Closing Keynote with Grady Hendrix, author of
How to Sell a Haunted House (Berkeley)
in conversation with Isabel Cañas, author of The Hacienda (Berkeley)
Ticket Required with Registration ($30)
Click here to register!
All Fall Conference attendees receive automatic admission to
any event that does not require a ticket (as noted above).
A NEIBA log-in is not required to register. If prompted, please click "Continue as Guest" to proceed with your registration.
Attendee registration for the Fall Conference is free for all active NEIBA members. Non-members may purchases badges for $200 a piece.
Attendee registration closes September 9 at 5 PM ET.
Wednesday, September 21:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Open
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Education Sessions
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Opening Keynote with Kwame Alexander, author of
The Door of No Return (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Lunch Sessions:
Rep Pick Sessions
Roundtable Discussions for Bookstore Owners, Buyers, and Marketing & Events Staff
Ticket Required with Registration ($15)
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Keynote with Tracy Kidder, author of
Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission
to Bring Healing to Homeless People (Random House)
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Education Sessions
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Author Reception
Kelly Andrew, author of The Whispering Dark (Scholastic)
Kate Baer, author of And Yet: Poems (Harper Perennial)
Dr. Jay Baruch, author of Tornado of Life (The MIT Press)
Janet Costa Bates, author of Rica Baptista (Candlewick)
Ann Dávila Cardinal, author of The Storyteller's Death (Sourcebooks)
Margot Douaihy, author of Scorched Grace (Gillian Flynn Books)
Boyah J Farah, author of America Made Me a Black Man: A Memoir (Harper)
Megan Frazer Blakemore, author of Princess of the Wild Sea (Bloomsbury)
Josh Funk, author of The Great Caper Caper (Union Square Kids)
E.B. Goodale, illustrator of Good Night, Little Bookstore (Candlewick)
Allegra Goodman, author of Sam (The Dial Press)
Danielle Greendeer, author of Keepunumuk (Charlesbridge)
John Kanell, author of Preppy Kitchen (Simon Element)
Margot Anne Kelley, author of Foodtopia (David R. Godine)
Sacha Lamb, author of When the Angels Left the Old Country (Levine Querido)
Kelly Link, author of White Cat, Black Dog (Random House)
Tony Massarotti, author of This is Our City (Abrams Press)
Catherine Newman, author of We All Want Impossible Things (Harper)
José Olivarez, author of Promises of Gold (Henry Holt & Co.)
Rimma Onoseta, author of How You Grow Wings (Algonquin Young Readers)
Aimee Pokwatka, author of Self-Portrait with Nothing (Tordotcom)
Trang Thanh Tran, author of She is a Haunting (Bloomsbury)
... and more!
To view an Edelweiss collection of these titles, please click here.
LATENIGHT
Pizza & Pajama Party with Authors, sponsored by Scholastic
Details to come!
Thursday, September 22
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Registration Desk Open
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Author Breakfast
Helen Elaine Lee, author of Pomegranate (Atria Books)
Laurie Lico Albanese, author of Hester (St. Martin's Press)
Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions For You (Viking)
Susan Rogers, author of This Is What It Sounds Like (W.W. Norton)
Joseph Earl Thomas, author of Sink (Grand Central Publishing)
To view an Edelweiss collection of these titles, please click here.
Ticket Required with Registration ($30)
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Exhibits Open
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch Sessions:
Adult Editor Buzz Panel
Children's Editor Buzz Panel
Ticket Required with Registration (FREE)
4:00 PM
Heads or Tails to Benefit Binc sponsored by Blackstone Publishing
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Awards Banquet Cocktail Party sponsored by Shelf Awareness & Scholastic
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Awards Banquet sponsored by HarperCollins
Ticket Required with Registration ($45)
Honoring the recipients of the 2022 New England Book Awards, the Saul Gilman Award, the Independent Spirit Award, and the President's Award.
LATENIGHT
Karaoke Fundraiser to Benefit the Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship (Binc)
Details to come!
Friday, September 23
7:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Registration Desk Open
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Children's Author & Illustrator Breakfast sponsored by Bookazine
Tami Charles & Byian Collier, author and illustrator of We Are Here (Orchard Books)
Gale Galligan, author of Freestyle (Graphix)
Chloe Gong, author of Foul Lady Fortune (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Malinda Lo, author of A Scatter of Light (Dutton Books for Young Reader)
Brian Selznick, author of Big Tree (Scholastic)
To view an Edelweiss collection of these titles, please click here.
Ticket Required with Registration ($30)
10:15 - 11:15 AM
Education Sessions
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
NEIBA Annual Meeting
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Closing Keynote with Grady Hendrix, author of
How to Sell a Haunted House (Berkeley)
in conversation with Isabel Cañas, author of The Hacienda (Berkeley)
Ticket Required with Registration ($30)
Click here to register!
All Fall Conference attendees receive automatic admission to
any event that does not require a ticket (as noted above).
A NEIBA log-in is not required to register. If prompted, please click "Continue as Guest" to proceed with your registration.
Attendee registration for the Fall Conference is free for all active NEIBA members. Non-members may purchases badges for $200 a piece.
Attendee registration closes September 9 at 5 PM ET.