Announcing the Theme for the 2019 Workshop
Join us in Baltimore in 2019!
Submit a Proposal for the 2019 Workshop
Share your ideas with the 2019 workshop attendees
Press Release
Read official comments from our President and Executive Director about concerns from the 2018 Workshop
ALAN Picks August 2018
We welcome the start of another school year with some reviews of recently published young adult books. Unpunished Murder: Massacre at Colfax and the Quest for Justice by Lawrence Goldstone Scholastic FOCUS (an Imprint of Scholastic Inc.), 2018, 288 pp., … Continued
Join Us for the 2018 ALAN Workshop
Find out more about next year’s workshop including details on submitting a breakout proposal
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominations
The Selection Committee for the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award is currently accepting nominations for members to serve on the award committee. Those interested in applying to join the committee should download the application below (in Microsoft Word format), complete the … Continued
Book Signing Schedule for ALAN’s NCTE Exhibit Hall Booth
Stop by the ALAN booth in the NCTE Exhibit Hall. We’ll be at Booth #117 with ALAN swag, friendly faces, and a dozen different authors autographing over the course of the weekend. Friday, November 18 1-2 p.m. – Adam Silvera (Soho … Continued
Tuesday Individual Speakers, Panel Discussions, Book Talks 10:25-1:55
10:25-10:45 The Risks of Writing Teens of Color Rahul Kanakia (Disney-Hyperion); Randi Pink (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group) Chaired by Edith Campbell, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 10:45-11:05 Expanding Visions of African American History Jennifer Latham (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers); Patricia … Continued
Tuesday Morning Individual Speaker, Panel Discussions, Book Talks 8:15 – 10:10
8:15-8:35 Individual Speaker: Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic) Introduced by Steve Bickmore, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 8:35-9:00 Life After High School: Teens Seeking New Lives and Worlds Kayla Cagan (Chronicle Books); Benjamin Alire Saenz (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt); Jeff Zentner (Random House) Chaired … Continued
Monday Afternoon Individual Speakers and Panel Discussions 2:50-4:30
2:50-3:10 Breaking All the Rules: M.T. Anderson (Candlewick Press) Introduced by Wendy Glenn, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 3:10-3:30 Publishing as a Small Press Lee Byrd (Cinco Puntos); Phillippe Diederich (Cinco Puntos); Jessica Powers (Cinco Puntos) Chaired by cj Bott, Educational Consultant, Solon, OH … Continued
