Entries from Young Adult tagged with 'TLA Annual Conference'
Preconference at TLA
Check out these great pics from YART's preconference at the 2010 TLA Annual Conference -- "This Ain't Your Mama's Library!" http://picasaweb.google.com/YART.Historian/TLA2010SanAntonio#...
YART programs at TLA -- Wednesday
YART has a huge slate of programs scheduled for the 2010 TLA conference in San Antonio! On Wednesday, April 14, we have a wonderful pre-conference and 2 great programs. "This Ain't Your Mama's Library: Reaching a New Generation" features YA...
Texas Teens 4 Libraries
The Texas Teens 4 Libraries (TT4L) registration information is now available on the YART website at: http://www.txla.org/groups/yart/texasteens.html TT4L will take place on Friday, April 16, 2010 and is an opportunity for teens to experience the TLA conference. Registration is $30...
Apply for the 2010 YART- Linworth Publishing/LMC TLA Conference Stipend
Dear YART Membership, I am thrilled to inform you that we are now opening the application process for the The YART- Linworth Publishing/LMC TLA Conference Stipend. We offer 2 stipends - one for a YART school librarian and one for...
Lone Star and TAYSHAS video booktalks
posted on behalf of Lori Loranger, Lone Star Chair Our fabulous YART webmaster is working on getting the digital booktalks posted. Our YART webmaster is working with the TLA webmaster so it involves some coordination between them and I know...
YART at TLA 2009
I hope everyone had a great time at the 2009 TLA conference. Did you check out the fabulous new display at the YART booth? I had a great time meeting our authors and listening to their stories. What was YOUR...
Graphic Novels @ TLA
Download file If you want to know where the graphic novels will be at TLA, take a look at this list! Kasey Hyde and Cindy Boyle at TLA created this comprehensive list of GN exhibitors. Please note that the program...
2009 YARI Award Winner
Congratulations to Susan Geye, librarian at Summer Creek Middle School (Crowley ISD), who has been selected as the 2009 Young Adult Reading Incentive (YARI) Award winner!! The YARI Award is given annually to honor a librarian who has shown exceptional...
Lone Star 20th Anniversary Program at TLA
Be sure to join us at the "Celebrate 20 Years of the Lone Star Reading List" program at the 2009 TLA Conference. The program is on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Ballroom A. Joan Bauer and Neal Shusterman will be...
Meet Illustrator Emily Fiegenschuh
Illustrator Emily Fiegenschuh headlines her own program at TLA on Thursday, April 2, from 2-2:50 p.m. Emily is the illustrator for the 2009 Texas Teens Read! summer reading program "Time Twistin'". Check out her artwork for the manual and see...
School Librarians and Texas Teens Read!
We would like to invite school librarians to attend the Texas Teens Read! programs at this year's TLA Annual Conference. While designed primarily as a summer reading program for use in public libraries, Texas Teens Read! has potential uses for...
Meet Author Meg Cabot
Wait a minute... Meg Cabot is appearing at the TASL business meeting on Friday afternoon. So why are we posting her interview on the YART blog? Because Meg was kind enough to play along and how could we say no...
YART Highlights for Wednesday @ TLA
Tayshas: Hot High School Authors 10:15 - 11:50 AM Authors featured on Tayshas reading lists chat informally about writing for an older YA audience. Presenters answer audience questions about characters, style, difficult issues, and the writing process. John Green, author,...
Meet Author Javier O. Huerta
Javier O. Huerta (Arte Publico Press) presents on the panel, Engaging YAs with Latino Short Fiction and Poetry on Wednesday from 12-12:50. 1. Have you attended TLA before? If so, what advice do you have for new authors? No, I...
Meet Author Margo Rabb
Margo Rabb will be speaking on our YART kick-off program Women of YA Lit + 1 on Tuesday, March 31, 2:30-3:50 p.m. She joins Justine Larbalestier, Nancy Werlin, Cassandra Clare, and Patrick Jones. 1. Have you attended TLA before? If...
Meet Author Dia Calhoun
Dia Calhoun will present on the panel Readergirlz: Making Literacy Hip and Relevant for Today's Teens! See her with Lorie Ann Grover and Justina Chen Headley on Thursday, April 2, 2-2:50 p.m. 1. Have you attended TLA before? If so,...
YART highlights for Tuesday @ TLA
Are you ready? TLA is fast approaching! If you haven't registered yet, check out more information here: http://www.txla.org/conference/rates.html Tuesday is a BIG day! Although YART is not sponsoring a pre-conference this year, we do have 2 terrific programs in the...
Meet Author and Artist Derek Kirk Kim
Derek Kirk Kim, author of Good As Lily (Minx) and the forthcoming The Eternal Smile (First Second, with Gene Luen Yang), is the second of our panelists for the Mavericks of YA Graphic Novels on Friday at 8-9:20 a.m. See...
Meet Author Lorie Ann Grover
Our very first author is Lorie Ann Grover. She will be speaking on the panel Readergirlz: Making Literacy Hip and Relevant for Todays Teens! Mark your planner for: Thursday, April 2, 2-2:50 p.m. Have you attended TLA before? If so,...
Maverick Committee in Diamond Bookshelf!
The Maverick Graphic Novel Reading Committee is in a Diamond Bookshelf article. Check it out! TLA Conference to Feature Graphic Novel Programming We hope to see you at the Friday session "Mavericks of YA Graphic Novels" at 8 a.m....
YART-Linworth Publishing/LMC TLA Conference Stipend
The deadline for our new scholarship is JANUARY 12! The Young Adult Round Table has exciting news for its membership! YART is teaming with Linworth Publishing/LMC to offer two stipends of $500.00 each to assist with the cost of registration...
Meet Author Terry Trueman
Author Terry Trueman will speak twice this TLA. His first appearance will be Wednesday from 10:15-11:20 on the Working with Teens on the Edge panel. His second appearance will be as one of the "Guys" with In the Clubhouse with...
Meet Editor Sarah Cortez
Sarah Cortez will be speaking on the Young Latino Writers Open Up panel on Thursday from 12-12:50. She is editor of a collection of short memoirs entitled Windows into My World published by Arte Público Press. Have you attended TLA...
Meet Author Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Catherine Gilbert Murdok is the author of Dairy Queen (Houghton Mifflin books for Children) a 2007-2008 Lone Star and Tayshas Reading List selection. She will be speaking on the Shine On: Lone Star Reading List Authors panel from 8-9:20 on...
Meet Author Kenneth Oppel
Kenneth Oppel is the 3rd of our 4 "Guys". See him with Lipsyte, Hartinger, and Trueman on Thursday from 10-11:50. His book, Airborne (Harper Collins) is on the 2006-2007 Lone Star Reading List. Have you attended TLA before? If so,...
Meet Author Brent Hartinger
Brent Hartinger is another one of our "Guys". Come see him for that program on Thursday from 10-11:50 a.m. as well as his other appearances, which should dub Thursday as "Go See Brent Hartinger Day": Thursday 8-9:50 for the Ideas...
Meet Author Robert Lipsyte
Robert Lipsyte is one of our "Guys" for our In the Clubhouse with the Guys: Conversation with YA Authors program on Thursday from 10-11:50 a.m. His book Raider's Night (Harper Collins) is on the 2007-2008 Tayshas Reading List. Have you...
Meet Author Will Weaver
Will Weaver will be speaking on the Taste of Tayshas panel on Wednesday from 2-3:20. His book Full Service (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux) is on the 2007-2008 Tayshas Reading List. 1. Have you attended TLA before? If so, what advice...
Meet Author Jim Murphy
Jim Murphy will be speaking at TLA on Wednesday from 12-1 p.m. as part of the YA Nonfiction: Not Just the Facts. Jim's latest book is THE REAL BENEDICT ARNOLD published by Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin. 1. Have you attended TLA...
Meet Author Susan Vaught
Susan Vaught, author of 2007-2008 Tayshas Reading List book Trigger (Bloomsbury), will speak on the Taste of Tayshas panel on Wednesday from 2-3:220. 1. Have you attended TLA before? If so, what advice do you have for new authors? No!...
Meet Author Cinda Williams Chima
Cinda Williams Chima will also be speaking at TLA on Tuesday from 2-3:50 p.m. as part of the Strong Voices, Other Worlds: YA Fantasy Authors panel. Her book The Warrior Heir (Hyperion Books for Children) was on the 2007-2008 Lone...
Meet Author Jacqueline Kolosov
We are starting a new, and hopefully fun, feature on our blog where we interview authors who will be at TLA. Our very first author is Jacqueline Kolosov, author of The Red Queen's Daughter (Hyperion Books for Children). She is...
YARI Award Winner - 2008
It is my pleasure to announce the Young Adult Reading Incentive Award for 2008. This year we had so many wonderful entries. The committee had an arduous task! Our award this year goes to Claws – a reading initative for...
YA Round Table Revue, Spring Edition
From Susi Parks Grissom, YART Chair: The spring edition of the YART newsletter, YA ROUND TABLE REVUE, is now online! Go to the YART website and click the YART NEWS link at the top of the page to access the...
LJ Mover and Shaker to present for YART at TLA
Congratulations to Austin Public Library Children's Programming Specialist Devo Carpenter on her brand new 2008 Library Journal Mover and Shaker Status! Devo will be co-presenting a program at TLA on Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. Be sure to check it out....
