

Storytime Reading: Areli is a Dreamer/Areli es una Dreamer by Areli Morales (English & Spanish) Storytime Reading: Beauty Woke by NoNieqa RamosĪ powerful story of pride and community, told with bold lyricism and the heart of a fairy tale. Hair Love meets bike rides in this loving portrait of a father-daughter relationship. Storytime Reading: Together We Ride by Valerie Bolling Location: Fordham Plaza, Children’s Stage Join Tarana Burke ( Unbound), in conversation with Miabelle, Hot 97 Host and creator of Beauty and Brains Book Club Moderated by Ebony LaDelle ( Love Radio). Lee ( Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman), Becky Albertalli ( Love, Creekwood), Candice Iloh ( Everybody Looking, Break this House), Angela Velez ( Lulu and Milagro's Search for Clarity) to discuss writing older teen characters on the edge of adulthood. Join allstar authors Camryn Garrett ( Off the Record) Kristen R. Meet content creators Nnenna Odeluga ( Antonia Adams ( Mariah Plunkett ( DJ DeSmyter ( Iyana Jones ( discover the secrets to producing engaging and lively content. And you just might fall in love along the way… Moderated by: Camryn Garrett These sapphic stories of many genres and styles featuring Kalynn Bayron ( This Wicked Fate) Casey McQuiston ( I Kissed Shara Wheeler) Ashley Woodfolk ( Nothing Burns as Bright as You) will excite and inspire.

Harris ( The Other Black Girl), Mateo Askaripour ( Black Buck), Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah ( Friday Black) discuss how they used satire to expose social criticism and working while Black in corporate America.

How does a writer balance dark humor among serious subjects such as racism, microaggressions and social justice? These three brilliant authors Zakiya D. Jenkins (Assistant Director, Author Events and services, Macmillan Publishers) as they discuss their day to day and ask them any and everything about book publishing. Join book workers Anabel Jimenez (Assistant Marketing Manager at Simon & Schuster), Yona Deshommes (CEO Riverchild Media), Loan Le (Editor at Atria and Author of A Pho Love Story), Dominique R. Panel: Ask Me Anything: Publishing Edition

Join the beloved YA author Becky Albertalli ( Here’s to Us) in conversation with baker and book lover Mariah Plunkett, 11:00 AM
