Hi, librarians! The Library Love Fest team is beyond excited for the ALA Annual Conference 2025 this year. We're kicking off the conference with books and breakfast! Below, you'll find our full schedule for ALA along with our RSVP link to our World-Famous Book Buzz.
Join us on Saturday, June 28th from 8:30 AM until 10:00 AM in the Philadelphia Convention Center, Terrace Ballroom II!
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See a full list of our author signings and programs below. Stop by booth #606 and say hello!
SATURDAY, JUNE 28TH:
8:30 AM — 10:00 AM
HarperCollins Adult Book Buzz
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Terrace Ballroom II
RSVP at the link above!
9:15 AM — 10:15 AM
Jeannine Cook, It's Me They Follow
Signing in the Baker & Taylor booth (#1137)
12:00 PM — 1:00 PM
Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery
Vincent Tirado, We Came to Welcome You
Joint signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
1:00 PM — 2:00 PM
Elizabeth R. Hyman, The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
⭐️1:30 PM — 2:20 PM⭐️
Writers to Watch LIVE!
A Real Page-Turner Stage in the exhibit hall (booth #2435)
Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery
Vincent Tirado, We Came to Welcome You
Diane McKinney-Whetstone, Family Spirit
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM
Kirsten Miller, The Women of Wild Hill
Diane McKinney-Whetstone, Family Spirit
Joint signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM
United for Libraries Program: Nonfiction You Can't Put Down
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 121A
Elizabeth R. Hyman, The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto
3:00 PM — 4:00 PM
Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery
Signing in the Baker & Taylor booth (#1137)
4:00 PM — 5:30 PM
ALMA/LibraryReads Adult Author Program: Speculative Fiction
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 122AB
Kirsten Miller, The Women of Wild Hill
7:00 PM — 10:00 PM
Carnegie Awards
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Sarah Weinman, Without Consent
Find out more information here
SUNDAY, JUNE 29TH:
8:00 AM — 10:00 AM
RUSA, Literary Luminaries*
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 202AB
Ari Fliakos, narrator of Horror Movie
Diane McKinney-Whetstone, Family Spirit
Helen Laser, narrator of All This and More
*This event is ticketed; click here for more information
9:00 AM — 10:00 AM
Sarah Weinman, Without Consent
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
9:00 AM — 10:00 AM
United for Libraries Program: Thrills & Chills
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 120A
Polly Stewart, The Felons' Ball
10:30 AM — 11:30 AM
Polly Stewart, The Felons' Ball
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
11:30 AM — 12:30 PM
Angela Flournoy, The Wilderness
Jeannine Cook, It's Me They Follow
Joint signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
12:30 PM — 1:30 PM
Shirley Neal, AfroCentric Style
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
1:00 PM — 3:00 PM
Now Showing at ALA: To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 307A
2:15 PM — 3:15 PM
Angela Flournoy, The Wilderness
Signing in the Baker & Taylor booth, booth #1137
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM
United for Libraries Program: First Novels
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 121A
Jeannine Cook, It's Me They Follow
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Joy-Ann Reid, Medgar & Myrlie
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
5:30 PM — 7:30 PM
Black Caucus of the American Library Association Awards
Philadelphia Marriott Hotel
Joy-Ann Reid, Medgar & Myrlie
Shirley Neal, AfroCentric Style
5:30 PM — 7:30 PM
United for Libraries Program: The Laugh's On Us*
Marriott Courtyard, Trumbauer Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1412 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Elyse Myers, That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You
*This event is ticketed; click here for more information or purchase tickets here
MONDAY, JUNE 30TH:
8:30 AM — 10:00 AM
ALMA/LibraryReads Adult Author Panel: Your Morning Is Booked
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 123
Angela Flournoy, The Wilderness
9:00 AM — 10:00 AM
Ellen Jovin, Rebel with a Clause
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
10:30 AM — 11:30 AM
Catherine Newman, Wreck
Signing in the HarperCollins booth (#606)
10:30 AM — 11:30 AM
Joe Hill, King Sorrow
Interviewed by Becky Siegel Spratford
ALA Main Stage
10:40 AM — 12:15 PM
Now Showing: Ellen Jovin's Rebel with a Clause
Pennsylvania Convention Center, room 307A
2:00 PM — 4:00 PM
United for Libraries Program: GALA Author Tea*
Marriott Courtyard, Trumbauer Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1412 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Catherine Newman, Wreck
*This event is ticketed; click here for more information