Looking forward with gratitude to connecting with #teachers #educators #librarians and the #kidlit community at #NCTE2024 in Boston. My excitingly hectic schedule begins on Thursday 11:30 Rm 204 A with a panel on Ecoliteracy, moderated by Nora Shalaway Carpenter and featuring Margarita Engle and Jewel Parker Rhodes, along with Karina Iceberg, Russ Mayo and Gabriel Valdez.
On Friday, I moderate a panel about Diversifying Verse, with speakers Lisa Stringfellow, Valerie Bolling and Suma Subramaniam, starting 11/22 3:30 p.m. in Room 162 B.
Saturday 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. I will be sharing a signing table with Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, who will sign copies of NIGHT WAR, while I sign galleys of SAFE HARBOR which Nancy Paulsen Books, Penguin Random House will be giving away at PRH booth #1000 in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center Exhibit Hall A (free to all who line up)!
Almost right after that signing, I’ll have another signing kindly hosted by Highlights Foundation, for which my publisher Penguin Random House has generously donated copies of BORN BEHIND BARS for a free giveaway! Join me 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Highlights Booth #131 on Saturday.
Sunday morning is packed! Educator Melissa Thom moderates a panel in Room 157 B at 9:00 a.m. My fellow panelists are Amina Luqman-Dawson, Erin Sonderberg Downing, Jennifer A Nielsen, Christina Soontornvat and Donna Barber Higuera.
Rushing off after that panel onto my grand finale, a panel moderated by Alison Green Myers and Alexandra Villasante, of the wonderful Highlights Foundation, Sunday morning 10:30 a.m. Room 103, with fellow panelists Christopher Paul Curtis and Daniel Nayeri!
Met me (or missed me) and would like to schedule a keynote, writing workshop or invite me to your school for an author event? I’m delighted to offer new workshops and talks focusing on conservation, ecology, mental health awareness, environmental racism or deepening our appreciation of nature. To arrange a visit, in-person or virtual, please reach out to my marvelous speaking agency, The Author Village: https://theauthorvillage.com/presenters/padma-venkatraman/