BEA Librarians Day Live, LibraryReads Anytime Content, and Library Journal Day of Dialog

Today Book Expo Librarians Day is happening on their Facebook page all day. Here is the schedule:

Click here to view

I am not a Facebook user, but I am able to view it by just clicking on the link and watching without an account.

As you can see there is a lot of good content. I will probably have it playing in the background throughout the day as I work. I have no idea if the panels will be archive, but I will let you know if they are. Update, they are available on the Book Expo Facebook page at the same link to view after.

I am enjoying this because I would have missed the live BEA, so even popping in and out during the day is nice.

LibraryReads is normally a huge part of BEA and this virtual version is no different. Not only are they hosting a Book Buzz as you can see above, but they also recreated their author panel events.

Click here to go over to the Library Reads YouTube channel to see 2 sets of author panels. Each video is actually comprised of Executive Director Rebecca Vnuk interviewing the following:

Video 1Lisa Jewell, INVISIBLE GIRL (Simon & Schuster)Raven Leilani, LUSTER (Macmillan)Emily Levesque, THE LAST STARGAZERS (Sourcebooks)Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights (Grove Atlantic)Naomi Novik, A DEADLY EDUCATION (Penguin Random House) 

Video 2Jennifer Nansabuga Makumbi, A GIRL IS A BODY OF WATER (Tin House, distributed by W.W. Norton)V.E. Schwab, THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE (Tor Books)Brad Thor, NEAR DARK (Simon & Schuster)Bryan Washington, MEMORIAL (Penguin Random House)

You can find a list on Edelweiss for ease in requesting and downloading advance reader copies for all of the available titles featured in these videos. That list is here: https://bit.ly/LibraryReadsBEA20Books

These  videos aren't going anywhere, so you can watch them today, tomorrow, or whenever.

Finally, Library Journal normally hosts their Day of Dialog during BEA. They have also transitioned to a FREE online event which will run live on Thursday AND be recorded and sent out to registered parties to view on demand through August 28th. Click here for details.

I for one am even more excited about this DoD event than about the online BEA content both because I can view it on demand later AND because the DoD panels are always broken up into larger categories. Personally, I am most excited about the SF/F/H panel and the nonfiction panel.

This is a busy week of events, but most of them can be viewed on your own time.