ALA Annual Schedule, June 2023

Hello everyone, if you're coming to ALA Annual, I hope you'll be able to come see us in booth 3416, and come to our author events!

I'll be back soon with the regular newsletter with our usual updates and ARC giveaways, but while I have you, here are some book suggestions for adding to your Pride displays.

Thanks for reading,

Golda Rademacher, Library Sales & Marketing Director

ALA Schedule - Books for Kids & Teens

Here's an overview of our Childrens/Teen Events at ALA Annual!

Friday, June 23rd

Signings in the Norton booth, #3416

6:15pm-7:00pm: Katherine Roy will sign copies of Making More: How Life Begins (Norton Young Readers).
6:15pm-7:00pm: Yuval Zommer will sign copies of The Big Book of Nature Art (Thames & Hudson).

Saturday, June 24th

10:00am-10:45am: Yuval Zommer will sign books at the B&T booth 2216.
2:00pm-2:45pm: Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile will sign copies of Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice (Norton Young Readers) in Norton booth 3416.
2:40pm-3:10pm: Come to the Book Buzz Stage on the exhibit floor to hear about forthcoming Adult and Childrens/Teen books from Norton and our client publishers.
3:30pm-4:20pm: Sean O’Brien, author of White House Clubhouse (Norton Young Readers), will join 3 other authors for a "Magnificent Middle Grade" Panel on the Pop Top Stage in the Exhibit Hall. A signing will follow.

Sunday, June 25th

3:00pm-4:00pm: Jarrett & Jerome Pumphrey will sign copies of Link & Hud: Heroes By a Hair (Norton Young Readers) in the Norton booth 3416.

ALA Schedule - Books for Adults

Here's an overview of our Adult Events at ALA Annual!

Friday, June 23rd

5:30pm-6:15pm: Bonnie Jo Campbell will sign ARCs of her forthcoming novel, The Waters (Norton). Signing in the Norton booth, #3416.

Saturday, June 24th

1:00pm-2:00pm: Ghassan Zeineddine, author of Dearborn: Stories (Tin House), will participate in the United for Libraries “First Author, First Book” debut author panel in McCormick Place, room W185d.
2:40pm-3:10pm: Come to the Book Buzz Stage on the exhibit floor to hear about forthcoming Adult and Childrens/Teen books from Norton and our client publishers.

Monday, June 26th

8:30am-10:00am, Bonnie Jo Campbell will participate in the LibraryReads “Your Morning is Booked” panel, in McCormick Place, Room W175ab.

Fantagraphics at ALA

Friday, June 23rd

11:30AM - 1:00PM = GNCRT Comics Friday Discussion Forum
Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
Session 1: Graphic Medicine and Mental Health
Featured author: NATALIE NORRIS (Dear Mini: A Graphic Memoir, Book One)

Saturday, June 24th

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM = Pairing WWII Graphic Novels and Primary Sources for Collaborative Instruction
Location: McCormick Place, W185d
Featured book: OKINAWA by Susumu Higa

10:00-11:00AM = AUTHOR IN-BOOTH SIGNING
Location: Fantagraphics Booth 3415
Featured author: NATALIE NORRIS signing advanced copies of DEAR MINI

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM = GNCRT's Magical Comics Tea
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Grant Park AB
Featured editor: ANDREW WOODROW-BUTCHER, co-editor of OKINAWA by Susumu Higa

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM = PUBLISHER PANEL: Literary Comics: Spotlight on Fantagraphics
Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater, Next to Booth 5226
Featured authors discussing their upcoming titles:

NATALIE NORRIS, author of Dear Mini
K. WROTEN, author of Eden II
ANDREW WOODROW-BUTCHER and CHRISTOPHER BUTCHER, co-editors of Okinawa by Susumu Higa
Moderated by Jennifer Chan, Sales & Marketing Director, Fantagraphics

Sunday, June 25th

11:00AM - 12:00PM = AUTHOR IN-BOOTH SIGNING
Location: Fantagraphics Booth 3415
Featured author: K. WROTEN signing advanced copies and ARCs of EDEN II

Monday, June 26th

11:30AM - 12:00PM = GNCRT's Comics Lounge Programming
Featured author: K. WROTEN signing advanced copies and ARCs of EDEN II

ARCs at ALA

Here are just some of the ARCs we will have in our booth (3416) at ALA. Please note that there are limited quantities and ARCs will be available while supplies last.

We will also have Norton Centenary totebags and pens starting on Saturday (while supplies last)!