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Consortium Book Sales & Distribution: 1432

Publishers Group West: 1336

Two Rivers: 1537

This panel will bring together queer authors, librarians, and publishers to talk about the challenges and rewards of publishing queer books in 2025. They’ll discuss the essential role that librarians and libraries have in the crucial fight for queer rights and how attendees can support their patrons in a time of unprecedented anti-LGBTQ+ backlash.

Author(s) / Speaker(s):
Cara Gormally, author of Everything Is Fine, I'll Just Work Harder (Street Noise Books); Kelly Ann Jacobson, author of Robin and Her Misfits and Lies of a Toymaker (Three Rooms Press); Patricia Ononiwu Kashian, author of Forest Euphoria (Spiegel and Grau); Megan Okonsky, author of The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace (Lanternfish Books); and moderated by Chelsea Gibbons, associate editor and publicist at Dzanc.

Speculative fiction, horror, and mystery offer endless possibilities for future worlds – so then why is so much of this genre associated with outdated tropes? In this diverse panel of authors and publishers, we’ll talk about how libraries can maintain a strong collection of genre fiction, and why these novels still give us hope in the bleakest times

Panelists: Hayden Casey, author of A Harvest of Furies (Lanternfish Books); Lara Ehrlich, author of Bind Me Tighter Still (Red Hen Press); Joe Brosnan, senior editor at Atlantic Crime; Bill Campbell, publisher at Rosarium Publishing; and moderated by Feliza Casano, marketing and sales director at Lanternfish Books

As more and more corporations roll back their commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion, it's essential that librarians look outside of conglomerate publishing for their growing collections. These five indie publishers will share some of their key titles for next season, with offerings that will take readers around the world, from 19th century Indonesia to contemporary Indigenous communities in Northern Canada to the deep blue sea.

Panelists: Charles Kim, Third State Publishing; Gail Winskill, Pajama Press; Vicki Weber, Apples & Honey/Behrman House Publishing; Rachel Gamble, Inhabit Publishing; Janet Bruins, Picnic Heist Publishing

Spanish is spoken at home by almost 15% of Americans: how can your library better serve these patrons? A panel of several Spanish language publishers and translators will discuss how libraries can better serve their young Spanish language patrons, how they can work with Spanish-speaking librarians, and how non-Spanish speaking librarians can still connect to Spanish language resources.

Panelists: Ana Eulate, founder of Cuento de Luz; Philip Lee, publisher at Readers to Eaters; Lara LeMoal, publishing director at Greystone Kids; Karen Li, publisher at Groundwood Books; and moderated by Kristina Hall, manager of marketing services at Consortium Book Sales and Distribution

Andrew Cusick | Song for the Dead (Green City Books) | 5:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Mark Kurlansky | The Boston Way: Radicals Against Slavery and the Civil War (Godine) | 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Joseph Olshan | Milo's Reckoning (Green City Books) | 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Megan Okonsky | The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace (Lanternfish Press) | 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Pauline Hoffmann | Fake News, Witch Hunts, and Conspiracy Theories: An Infodemiologist's Guide to the Truth (Broad Book Press) | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Booth 1429M

Nívola Úyá | The Soul of the Violin/El alma del violín (Cuento de Luz) | 10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Lana Button | One Can (Groundwood Books) | 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Groundwood Booth 1330

John Grandits | Dog & Cat: Concrete Poems & Conversations (Carus Books) | 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Sharon Virts | The Grays of Truth (Flashpoint, Bindery) | 11:30 - 12:00 p.m.

Andrew Katz | My Therapist Says This Grief Journal is a Good Idea (Lanternfish Press) | 12:00 - 12:30 p.m.

John Kenney | I See You’ve Called In Dead (Zibby Publishing) | 12:30 - 1:00 p.m.

Radical Sisters | Giveaway at the Mayo Clinic Booth | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

Hayden Casey | A Harvest of Furies (Lanternfish Press) | 1:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Tracy Gallup | My First Book of Zen (Tuttle Publishing) | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Jennifer Dorsey | The Writer’s Planning Journal (Broad Book Press) | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Lara Ehrlich | Bind Me Tighter Still (Red Hen Press) | 2:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Heather Colley | The Gilded Butterfly Effect (Three Rooms Press) | 2:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Louise Wannier | Tree Spirits (Red Hen Press) | 3:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Patricia J Murphy | God Is Everywhere (SPCK) | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Two Rivers Booth 1537

Diane Stevenson, James Berger, and Geri Lipschultz | Did You Kiss A Cat Today (ARTVOICES BOOKS) | 3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Kate Messner | First Ascent (Yosemite Conservancy) | 4:00 - 4:30 p.m.

 Michelle Kadarusman | Seabird (Pajama Press) | 4:30 - 5:00 p.m.

 Michelle Kadarusman | Seabird (Pajama Press) | 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Kari Allen | Maddie and Mabel Make a Friend (Kind World Publishing) | 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Leslie Kimmelman | Eve and Adam Discover the World (Behrman House/Apples & Honey Press) | 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Kate Woodworth | Little Great Island (Sibylline Press) | 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Ann D. Koffsky | Kayla and Kugel’s Super Sweet Rosh Hashanah (Behrman House/Apples & Honey Press) | 11:30  - 12:00 p.m.

S.E. Case | Foothold: Rigsby WI (Iron Circus) | 12:00 - 12:30 p.m.

Kelly Ann Jacobson | Lies of a Toymaker (Three Rooms Press) | 12:30 - 1:00 p.m.

Sachiko Kashiwaba and Avery Fischer Udagawa | The Village Beyond the Mist (Restless Books) | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Jennie Phillips | Yellow Light Moments: Maximize Your Health and Vitality Through the Power of Pausing (Broad Book Press) | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Christopher Chambers | StreetWhys : A Dickie Cornish Detective Mystery (Three Rooms Press) | 2:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Joyce Hinnefeld | The Dime Museum | (Unbridled Books) | 2:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Thien Ho | The People vs. the Golden State Killer (Third State Books) | 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Amanda Eisenberg | People Are Talking (Three Rooms Press) | 3:00 - 3:30 p.m.

 Edward J. Delaney | Hard Margins (Turtle Point Press) | 3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian | Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature (Spiegel & Grau) | 3:40 - 4:20 p.m. | Two Rivers Booth 1537

Anna Sato | Japan Now! (Tuttle Publishing) | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Tuttle Booth