From: BalkinBuddies at aol.com <BalkinBuddies>
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:52:51 EST

Please forgive the cross-posting. I am posting this on behalf of Stephanie A. Squicciarini:
 

Hi all! I am the Chair of the Task Force working on the first YALSA Literature Symposium (along with Amy Long, Tena Litherland, and Catherine Balkin) and thought I would pass along the information we have so far on this symposium There will be much more information to come through the YALSA website
(_www.ala.org_ (http://www.ala.org/) ) and through a soon-to-come Symposium wiki, so please stay tuned for more! The Symposium will be in Nashville, TN on November 7-9, 2008 and is being made possible in large part through the Bill Morris Endowment. Registration should begin around May 1st and there will be two scholarship opportunities, one for a working librarian, one for a library school student whose coursework is focusing on teen services. Information and details about registration and the scholarship applications will be coming within the next couple of months. We have a slate that includes 15 total programs, with one program slot covering an impressive array of deeply inquisitive paper topics. The paper topics with their authors are: Are You There God? It?s Me, Manga: Manga as an extension of young adult literature (Lisa Goldstein & Molly Phelan); Age of ___? Connecting YA Readers to Each Other and the World (Tom Philion); Accept the Universal Freak Show: LGBTQ Themes in Contemporary YA Literature and Incorporating Them _at_ your library (Angie Manfredi; and Bullies, Gangs and Books for Young Adults (Stan Steiner). Our program slate with their planners: Hit List or Hot List: How Teens Read Now (Rosemary Chance & Teri Lesesne) Inside the Authors? Studios: (Printz Award) Winners Right Out of the Gate
(Lisa Wemett & Olivia Durant) Never Enough Non-Fiction (Pam Spencer Holley) Listening to Literature (Sharon Grover and Francisca Goldsmith) Just Keepin? It Real: Teens Reading Out of the Mainstream (Rollie Welch) Reading: It?s Not Just about Books Anymore (Linda Braun) Thrilling Young Adults: How to keep the attention of today?s teens (Amy Alessio) Quickest of the Quick Picks (Diana Tixier Herald & Diane P. Monnier) Zine-a-Paloosa 2008: Teens and zines! (Julie Bartel) Explaining and Exploring Fandom, Fan Life, and Participatory Culture (Liz Burns) Beyond the Rainbow Canon: Books for LGBT teens (Angie Miraflor and Daisy Porter) Books Between Cultures (Mitali Perkins) Connections: YA Literature and Curriculum (Jane P. Fenn) Teen Readers' Advisory: How Research Informs Practice (Jessica E. Moyer) As if this was not enough for one weekend in November, the Symposium will kick off with a special Pre-Conference on Graphic Novels and Manga. Two of the program proposals that were submitted will be included and expanded upon in this pre-symposium event: How We Read Graphic Novels (Lauren Wohl) and Manga Madness (Stella Ferris). More details about this special event will be coming soon as well. This will be different than other YALSA programs on the topic! There will also be special breakfasts and lunches and other really fun events! A special session honoring Bill Morris is also being planned?for those who knew Bill Morris to share their memories and those who did not to get to know him better. And we hope to have lots of authors for you all to meet! We also have some very special sponsors that are helping YALSA to bring this event to everyone who has special passion for YA Literature. Houghton Mifflin is sponsoring our Saturday breakfast, Scholastic is sponsoring the Symposium Badge holders; and Little Brown is sponsoring the Friday evening reception. I hope you all agree that this is going to be a well-rounded (and fun!) event to attend. So save the date (November 7-9, 2008) and keep your eye out for more information and details soon! If you have any questions, feel free to email me at
._ssquicci at libraryweb.org_ (mailto:ssquicci at libraryweb.org) or
_stephanie.squicciarini at fairportlibrary.org_ (mailto:stephanie.squicciarini at fairportlibrary.org) . Once it is up, the YALSA wiki will be interactive, with the hope being that discussions about the Symposium topics can start with the wiki and expand through to the Symposium?so feel free to add content as the wiki grows!

Stephanie Chair, YALSA Literature Symposium Task Force Stephanie A. Squicciarini, M.L.S. Teen/Young Adult Services Librarian Fairport Public Library One Village Landing Fairport, New York 14450 VM: 585-223-3648, ext 17 FAX: 585-223-3998 Email: _ssquicci at libraryweb.org_ (mailto:ssquicci at libraryweb.org)
_stephanie.squicciarini at fairportlibrary.org_
(mailto:stephanie.squicciarini at fairportlibrary.org)
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