PLA 2014 — The Procrastinator’s Guide
If you’re a procrastinator (and, believe us, we KNOW who you are!), you don’t have time to hunt down dozens of sources to put together your schedule for PLA in Indianapolis.
The major programs are easy; they are on highlighted on PLA’s Daily Schedule, (Ann Patchett! David Sedaris! John Green!) but the session listings can be overwhelming. It helps that you can sort through by keywords and The Readers Advisor offers a handy rundown of R.A. programs.
Below are a our favorites.
Note: We’ve listed the children’s breakfast on Friday first because it REQUIRES advance registration, which you need to do NOW. The rest of our picks are in sequence by day and time.
Friday, March 14, 7:00 am – 8:15 am
Children’s Book And Author Breakfast
Convention Center, Sagamore Ballroom 6-7
Why this belongs on your calendar: For the free breakfast, but more importantly, because it features several children’s and YA superstars, including Rainbow Rowell and William Joyce. Full program listing after the jump. — SEATING IS LIMITED. RSVP HERE NOW. You will receive a confirmation email if there is space.
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Thursday, March 13th 10:45 a.m. – 12 noon
The Best in Debut Authors
Convention Center, Room #103 – 104
Why this belongs on your calendar: All the authors featured on this panel are being published for the first time this spring, so this is an opportunity to learn about new titles and GET FREE GALLEYS. Several of these authors come with advance buzz. On GalleyChat, we’ve been hearing about Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler, (St. Martin’s; Macmillan Audio) and we’re particular fans of Natalie Baszile, author of Queen Sugar, one of the authors in our Penguin Debut Authors series (check out the enthusiastic Peer Reviews for it on Edelweiss). Full program listing after the jump. — RSVP HERE (for headcount purposes only; seating is not limited, but don’t be angry if you don’t RSVP and they run out of galleys!).
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Thursday, March 13th, 10:45am-12:00 noon
YA Crossover Panel
JW Marriott Indianapolis, White River Ballroom
Why this belongs on your calendar: Aren’t you dying to meet Gene Luen Yang, author of the graphic novel stunner, Boxers & Saints, (Macmillan/First Second), which was on the majority of the year’s best books lists? If that’s not enough, Laurie Halse Anderson is also on the panel. Full program listing after the jump. — RSVP HERE. (for headcount purposes only; seating is not limited, but don’t be angry if you don’t RSVP and they run out of galleys!).
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Thursday, March 13th, 2:00 – 3:15 pm
ABC – Always Be Circulating: How Public Libraries Meet Demand and Increase Use
Convention Center, 500 Ballroom
Why this belongs on your calendar: The subject and the speakers promise a smash-up program. You’ll learn how to increase circ. through selection, RA and programming from a group of people who have enviable track records in this area — Robin Nesbitt, Wendy Bartlett, Stephanie Chase and Alene Moroni. Full listing in PLA programs.
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Friday, March 14th, 10:45 – 12 noon
Mystery Authors Revealed
Convention Center, Wabash Ballroom 3
Why this belongs on your calendar: Features he buzzy debut The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh (RH/Spiegel & Grau, coming out this week, as well as favorite mystery authors Sophie Hannah and Jeff Abbott and FREE GALLEYS. Full program listing after the jump. — RSVP HERE (for headcount purposes only; seating is not limited, but don’t be angry if you don’t RSVP and they run out of galleys!).
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Friday, March 14, 2:00 to 3:15 pm
Doing Time with Sisters in Crime
Convention Center, Wabash Ballroom 3
Why this belongs on your calendar: For that clever title alone, but also to learn about trends in the hottest genre in libraries. This panel includes RA godmother Joyce Saricks and librarian (and GalleyChatter) Lesa Holstine, who writes the influential Lesa’s Book Critiques blog, as well as several Sisters in Crime authors. Full listing in PLA programs.
FULL LISTINGS OF AUTHOR PANEL PICKS
AAP/SLJ Children’s Book And Author Breakfast
Friday, March 14, 7:00 am – 8:15 am
Indianapolis Convention Center, Sagamore Ballroom 6-7
- Jason Chin, Gravity (Roaring Brook Press)
- William Joyce, The Numberlys (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
- Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl (St. Martin’s Griffin)
- Anne Ursu, The Real Boy (Walden Pond Press)
BOOK SIGNING TO FOLLOW PROGRAM
Best In Debut Authors — AAP/LibraryReads
Thursday, March 13th 10:45 – 12 pm
Indianapolis Convention Center, Room 103-104
- Erika Johansen, author of The Queen of the Tearling (HarperCollins)
- Jacinda Townsend, author of St. Monkey (W.W. Norton)
- Nickolas Butler, author of Shotgun Lovesongs (St. Martin’s Press)
- Natalie Baszile, author of Queen Sugar (Penguin Group USA)
- Drew Chapman, author of The Ascendant (Simon & Schuster)
BOOK SIGNING TO FOLLOW PROGRAM
RSVP HERE. We are placing no restrictions on attendance, but a headcount gives our publishers a sense of how many free books to send. You will receive a reminder and confirmation email closer to the date.
Mystery Authors Revealed — AAP/LibraryReads
Friday, March 14th 10:45 – 12 pm
Indianapolis Convention Center, Wabash Ballroom 3
- Peter Swanson, The Girl With A Clock For A Heart (HarperCollins)
- Frank Lentricchia, The Dog Killer of Utica (Melville House)
- M.L. Longworth Death In the Vines (Penguin Group USA)
- Jeff Abbott Inside Man (Grand Central Publishing)
- Laura McHugh The Weight of Blood (Random House)
- Sophie Hannah, The Orphan Choir (Picador)
BOOK SIGNING TO FOLLOW PROGRAM
RSVP HERE. We are placing no restrictions on attendance, but a headcount gives our publishers a sense of how many free books to send. You will receive a reminder and confirmation email closer to the date.
Ya Crossover Panel
Thursday, March 13th (10:45am-12:00 noon)
JW Marriott Indianapolis, White River Ballroom
- Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory (Viking)
- Jason Reynolds, When I Was the Greatest (Atheneum)
- Eliot Schrefer, Threatened (Scholastic Press)
- Gene Luen Yang, Boxers & Saints (First Second)
BOOK SIGNING TO FOLLOW PROGRAM.
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