Talk about climate change: book banning has become the hot library topic!

At the inaugural AISL Fall Professional Development event you'll hear from authors, including Amy Sarig King, and an editor about how challenges and banning has affected their writing and marketing, and from expert colleagues who are navigating parent, Board, faculty, and student concerns/challenges.  There will also be breakout group conversations to build your support network and get ideas about strengthening your library's policies.  

The afternoon will end in conversation with the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult and inaugural Anna Quindlen Writer in Residence at Barnard College of Columbia University, Jennifer Finney Boylan, as they discuss their newest novel, Mad Honey. As part of your registration fee, all registrants will received a signed copy of Mad Honey.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

12:00 - 1:00pm  authors A.S. King, Shaun David Hutchinson, and Amy Christine Parker and Sourcebooks editor Annette Pollert-Morgan as they talk about how the current spate of challenges to books influences their writing and marketing decisions

1:15 - 2:15pm Panel discussion with Courtney Lewis (St. Catherine's School, Richmond VA), Kelly Vikstrom-Hoyt (Overlake School, Redmond WA), Liesel Good (Westminster School, Atlanta GA), Christina Karvounis (Bolles School, Jacksonville FL) on how parents are influencing their collection development and challenging their purchasing decisions

2:30 - 3:30pm Discussion-led breakout sessions where you can get help creating or strengthening your library's policies (including challenge and collection development) or build your peer support group to provide input and commiseration during a difficult professional moment.  

3:30 - 4:00pm Relax, drink tea, nosh... or continue the conversation in your breakout room

4:00 - 5:00pm A very special session with Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan as they discuss their new book, Mad Honey. Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of 29 novels, including Wish You Were Here and My Sister's Keeper. Jenny Boylan is the author of 16 books, a Trustee of PEN America, and the Anna Quindlen Writer in Residence at Barnard College of Columbia University. In 2022-23, she will be a Fellow at the Radcliffe Center for Advanced Study at Harvard University.