As I sit here watching it snow on top of the ice from the last week, I’m getting a little time to play catch-up on a few things. Last Saturday I spent the day at the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library at the Indianapolis Youth Literature Conference. This is the second annual conference sponsored by IMCPL, IUPUI School of Library and Information Science, and Kids Ink Bookstores. This year’s speakers were Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney, and Patricia McCormick.
Andrea and Brian spoke together sharing about the marriage between words and pictures and a little bit about how the marriage of an author and illustrator work. It is always so interesting to see how they work, where there ideas come from, and how all of that comes together to the books we all love to read. The Pinkney are interesting because they work so much together. Typically authors and illustrators do not work together. So, this is a unique relationship that has produced some amazing books.
Patricia McCormick shared some of her fascinating research that has lead to her young adult novels. The slides and photos were unbelievable. While not the most uplifting presentation, it was just amazing to listen to her stories.
Besides the authors, there were breakout sessions with chance to ask the authors questions, learn about graphic novels, listen to some of the new and upcoming titles, and eBooks, etc. Lots of choices for learning besides just the author presentation. Oh, and there were plenty of chances to buy books! I came home with several bags full!
It was a great one day conference. The conference is the perfect size where you get time to interact and meet with the authors. A great way to spend a Saturday in January!
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