LibraryReads at ALA Annual and $40 Exhibit Hall Passes for RAILS Workers

If you are headed to ALA Annual at the end of June here in Chicago, now is the time to start looking at your schedule and figuring things out. To help, I am going to start posting programs I think are worth your time if you work with leisure readers. 

And bonus, I will be at many of the programs I am promoting here. 

Today I want to begin with LibraryReads's slate of programming throughout the conference. This year is also LibraryReads' 10th Anniversary and at every LR event, they will have free giveaway items with their brand new logo. Oh, and like always, lots of paper arcs of all of the books they are featuring.

The schedule is here or below in both text and image formats-- choose your own scheduling adventure.

Also, take a moment to listen to current episode of the Circulating Ideas Podcast here. It features Library Reads Executive Director, Rebecca Vnuk and founding member of LR, Stephanie Chase. Even if you are a big LR voter or fan, I promise, you will learn something in this podcast, especially how they have changed over the last decade in order to better serve their mission of demonstrating the worth of library workers in the book promotion and sales machine. Again, that podcast is here.

If you are a library worker in the RAILS service area (Northern Illinois), please click here to purchase your $40 discounted Exhibit Hall pass. I highly encourage everyone who can, ge down to McCormick place for 1 day. Even if you have to pay for it yourself, it is totally worth it. There is also a lot of book based programming in the exhibit hall itself.

Finally, a reminder about ALA, whether you are here in Chicago or stay home, I will provide wrap up posts after each day of events. Click here for last year's recap posts. 

LibraryReads Event Schedule, ALA Annual 2023

Saturday, June 24, 2023
Meet Booklist Reader
2:30-3:30 PM, McCormick Place Room W196b
Scheduler link: https://cdmcd.co/KGBGR9

ALMA/LibraryReads Saturday Adult Author Panel: Feel-Good Reads
4:00 PM 5:00 PM, McCormick Place W184a
RSVP requested: bit.ly/FeelGoodReadsALA2023

Sunday, June 25, 2023 

ALMA’s Library Family Feud sponsored by LibraryReads
1:00 PM 2:00 PM, Hilton Chicago, Boulevard AB
[Featuring Chicago Area Librarians]

Monday, June 26, 2023
Your Morning is Booked: ALMA/LibraryReads Adult Author Panel
8:30 AM 10:00 AM, McCormick Place W175ab
RSVP requested: bit.ly/YourMorningIsBooked2023

Booklist’s Read ‘n’ Rave panel
10:30 – 11:30 AM, McCormick Place W176ab

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