Penguin Random House Winter Book & Author Festival Thursday, December 8th, 2022 Just in time for the holiday break, we bring you a day-long virtual extravaganza of celebrated authors, whose work runs the gamut from Picture Books to Young Adult titles to the best new Fiction and Nonfiction for adults. Check out the amazing schedule of events and start planning your day (and your TBR pile)! |
10:00–10:25 AM ET | Exhibit Hall Opens / Visit the Booths 10:25–10:55 AM ET | Opening Keynote U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, a member of the Mvskoke Nation, speaks about Remember (Random House Children’s Books), her picture book adaptation of her iconic poem. Moderator: Denise Dávila, University of Texas, Austin |
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11:00–11:50 AM ET | Debuts to Note Authors gather to discuss writing their first novels and explore concepts of family, self, change, and hope. There also might be an avenging mermaid on the agenda. Disha Bose, Dirty Laundry (Ballantine Books) Julia Langbein, American Mermaid (Doubleday) Eoghan Walls, The Gospel of Orla (Seven Stories Press) Janelle M. Williams, Gone Like Yesterday (Tiny Reparations Books) Moderator: Dontaná McPherson-Joseph, Collection Management Librarian, Oak Park Public Library (IL) 11:00–11:50 AM ET | All’s Fair in Love, Murder, Fantasy, and Friendship: Must-Read YA Books of 2023 Teens come of age against the backdrops of fantastical worlds, political intrigue, and the quest for social justice. Kate J. Armstrong, Nightbirds (Nancy Paulsen Books) Alexandra Bracken, Silver in the Bone (Knopf Young Readers) Shannon Gibney, The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be (Dutton Young Readers) Kim Johnson, Invisible Son (Random House Young Readers) Moderator: Aurora Dominguez, Educator & Journalist |
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11:55 AM–12:45 PM ET | Returning Favorites Beloved and best-selling authors return with novels about family legacy, second chances, and hidden truths. Gina Apostol, Laterca (Soho Press) William Landay, All That Is Mine I Carry With Me (Bantam) Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy (Random House) Brendan Slocumb, Symphony of Secrets (Anchor) J. Ryan Stradal, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club (Pamela Dorman Books) Moderator: Ashley Rayner, Librarian at NORC, University of Chicago 11:55 AM–12:45 PM ET | Haunting Tales Demons, a plague of tornadoes, and haunting legacies stalk these pages. Join authors and a leading horror expert in a conversation about stories and the importance, and influence, of the genre. V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra (Del Rey) Jessica Johns, Bad Cree (Doubleday) James Kennedy, Bride of the Tornado (Quirk Books) Victor LaValle, Lone Women (One World) Moderator: Becky Spratford, Readers’ Advisor |
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12:50–1:40 PM ET | Book Club Picks From novels that consider power and obsession to those that center female friendship, these five compelling and insightful works will provide hours of lively discussion. Ayobami Adebayo, A Spell of Good Things (Knopf) Ore Agbaje-Williams, The Three of Us (Putnam) Jenny Jackson, Pineapple Street (Pamela Dorman Books) Martha Hall Kelly, The Golden Doves (Ballantine Books) Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens (Ballantine Books) Moderator: Ron Block, Branch Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library System (OH) 12:50–1:40 PM ET | Young Adult Book Club Reads Treat your teens to these page-turners about family betrayal, falling in love, and finding your way when all seems lost. Gail Jarrow, American Murderer (Calkins Creek) Barbara Krasner, Ethel's Song: Ethel Rosenberg’s Life in Poems (Calkins Creek) Elizabet Velasquez, Y Si Lo Logramos: Una Historia Nuyorican (Vintage Español) Rhiannon Wilde, Henry Hamlet's Heart (Charlesbridge Teen) Moderator: Elisa Garcia, Supervising Librarian of Teen Services, New York Public Library |
1:45–2:15 PM ET | Lunch Keynote Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond (Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City) discusses his upcoming book, Poverty, by America (Crown). In this landmark work, Desmond reimagines the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.
Moderator: Jill Cox-Codova, Nonfiction Associate Editor, LJ Reviews |
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2:20–3:10 PM ET | Fun Facts!: Notable Nonfiction Picture Books Important but often overlooked figures are profiled in these stellar nonfiction picture books. Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar (Doubleday Young Readers) Jennifer Mack-Watkins, You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce (Kokila)
Melissa Stewart, Whale Fall (Random House Studio) Jennifer Thermes, The Indestructible Tom Crean (Viking Young Readers) Moderator: Myiesha Speight, Book Reviewer, SLJ 2:20–3:10 PM ET | Literary Fiction Beautiful writing, deep characterization, and probing questions power these mesmerizing novels. Sarah Gilmartin, Dinner Party (Steerforth Press) Allegra Goodman, Sam (The Dial Press) Rachel Heng, The Great Reclamation (Riverhead Books) Rachel Joyce, Maureen (Dial Press Trade Paperback) Tiffany McDaniel, On the Savage Side (Knopf) Moderator: Andrea Gough, Adult Services Librarian, The Seattle Public Library |
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3:15–4:05 PM ET | Lived Lives These biographies and memoirs explore personal and national history, consider paths of self-realization, and offer insight into the British royal family, a family veterinarian, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and more. Ava Chin, Mott Street (Penguin Press) Karen Fine, The Other Family Doctor (Anchor) Brianna Holt, In Our Shoes (Plume) Leta McCollough Seletzky, The Kneeling Man (Counterpoint) Sally Bedell Smith, George VI and Elizabeth (Random House) Moderator: Katherine Nichols, Author, Black Rose Writing 3:15–4:05 PM ET | Past Tense Historical backdrops provide a glimpse into the not-always-glamorous past in these fiction tales of intrigue, betrayal, and transformation. Chanel Cleeton, The Cuban Heiress (Berkley) Mary Monroe, Love, Honor, Betray (Dafina) Lisa Scottoline, Loyalty (Putnam) Alyssa Wees, Nocturne, (Del Rey) Moderator: TBD |
4:10–4:30 PM ET | Afternoon Keynote SLJ chats with actor Max Greenfield (New Girl) about his hilarious companion picture book to I Don’t Want To Read This Book. His latest, This Book Is Not a Present (Penguin Young Readers) will make a bibliophile out of the most reluctant reader. Moderator: Sandra Farag, MLIS, Head of Youth Services at Kalamazoo Public Library (MI) 4:30–5:00 PM ET | Must-Read Titles for Young Readers Enjoy these middle grade titles about time travel, mysterious discoveries, and navigating mental health challenges. Flora Ahn, A Spoonful of Time (Quirk Books) Kelley Armstrong, A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying (Puffin Canada) Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All (Random House Books for Young Readers) Marthe Jocelyn, The Seaside Corpse (Tundra Books) Jonny Lambert, Jonny Lambert's Bear and Bird: Try, Try Again (DK) Moderator: Kristyn Dorfman, Lower and Middle School Librarian, Friends Academy (NY) |
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