Hi, Everyone,

 

Just a few updates to share from various organizations, like CSLP, YALSA, etc.

 

Spotlight News – Hoboken Book Sanctuary

At a time when books are being challenged across the country for LGBTQ-related and other content, Hoboken City Council has voted to designate Hoboken a sanctuary city for books. Joanna Gagis has a report on what exactly that means. Check out the story here.

 

Book Fest@ Bank Street

The Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature Presents:
Virtual BookFest @ Bank Street in Partnership with KidLit TV

Saturday, November 4, 2023 | 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM | Via Zoom
Keynote, Sonia Manzano

 

About BookFest
Each year, the event, which is designed for adults, features luminaries from the children’s literature community. Authors, illustrators, editors, reviewers, and scholars will take part in three panel discussions at this year’s program. Sonia Manzano, who played Maria on the groundbreaking educational children's program Sesame Street for 44 years, will present the keynote. 

We are thrilled to be partnering once again this year with  KidLit TV for this not to be missed program.  Other panelists and moderators will include two-time Caldecott winner, Sophie Blackall,  National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Meg Medina; award winning author of Wonder and White Bird, RJ Palacio and nonfiction authors: Chelsea Clinton, Kekla Magoon, Traci Sorell and Kelly Starling Lyons. Should you wish to follow the buzz on Twitter use #bookfest23 and tag us @BankStreetLib. Use this link to see the entire program and to register. There is a cost of $35 to attend

Upcoming NJ Book Festivals (All on October 7^th!)

Morristown Festival of Books, https://morristownbooks.org/, October 6 -7, 2023

The Main Festival and KidFest take place on Saturday, October 7^th

 

Princeton Public Library’s Children’s Book Festival, October 7th

https://princetonlibrary.org/childrens-book-festival/

 

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Hello, Friends!  I wanted to let everyone know that the 21st Annual Collingswood Book Festival is coming up this October! Join us on Oct 7th for an all-day book party here in South Jersey, featuring authors for all ages and interests, including a poetry tent.  This year's Town Book is True Biz by Sara Nović.  Other guests include: Alicia Bessette & Matthew Quick, Christine Pride & Jo Piazza, Angelo Cataldi, and Josh Weiss -- and those are just the adult authors!! We are less than 10 minutes from Philadelphia, and (yes!) you can get here by public transit.  Find all the info at  https://www.collingswoodbookfestival.com/

 

From CSLP:

Public Library Staff are Invited to Enter the 2025 CSLP Color Our World Theme Program Contest

Help CSLP to Color Our World : Colorea Nuestro Mundo in 2025 by submitting your brilliant, fun, and educational programs for next year's manual! 

CSLP is running a contest for public library staff to come up with the most creatively unique program ideas around the 2025 theme, Color Our World.   The contest will run from now until September 30th, 2023.  We want your ideas that are filled with all the colors!  Our very own Managing Editor, Alyssa Graybeal, will choose one program from each category (children, teens, and adults), and one contributor of early literacy books and songs that best captures the theme.  Program ideas submitted with photos (that the submitter owns the copyright to or are proven copyright free) have the highest chances of winning).

The winner in each category will get a coupon for $50 worth of merchandise in the CSLP store.  You can purchase some great Adventure Begins at Your Library merchandise for 2024! 

Use this submission form to submit your program ideas: https://www.cslpreads.org/submit-a-programming-idea/.  There is no limit on the number of ideas a library can submit, but we're looking for high-quality, creative, colorful program concepts over quantity.

 

From YALSA:

YALSA’s Teen’s Top Ten Voting Open

Teen's Top Ten Voting has opened and will remain open until October 15!  Use this link to share with your teens, so they can cast their vote: Teen's Top Ten Voting Form Our committee is hard at work this year to continue to steer the Teen's Top Ten program back on course. Work on this started earlier this year by the previous chair who stepped in at the end of the year, Stephanie Charlefour and the 2022-23 committee members Tamara DePasquale, Emily Harris, Rebecca Leonhard, and Lynn Jacobs.

 

YALSA Symposium Registration is open!

The Symposium will be held in St. Louis, MO, at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis Arch on November 10 -12, 2023. Click on the link for more information.

 

 

  All the best,

 

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