Saturday Schedule at 2008 New England Conference
The Big Day offers keynote addresses from a New York Times-bestselling author and a New York Times-bestselling artist!
Plus four workshop sessions, one lunch, and innumerable door prizes and book-signings.
Please note: Due to heavy advance registration, we will not be able to accept any walk-ins on Saturday. We must adhere to hotel and fire code requirements. There is still space available in the Sunday session.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
7:30 - 8:45 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00 am Welcome and Information
9:00 - 9:50 am Morning Keynote Address: Laurie Halse Anderson
9:50 - 10:05 am Break and Book Sale
10:05 - 11:00 am Workshop Session A
11:00 - 11:15 am Break and Book Sale
11:15 am - 12:10 pm Workshop Session B
12:10 - 12:25 pm Break and Book Sale
12:25 - 1:15 pm Lunch, Book Sale, & Networking
1:15 – 1:30 pm Break and Book Sale
1:30 – 2:25 pm Workshop Session C
2:25 – 2:40 pm Break and Book Sale
2:40 - 3:35 pm Workshop Session D
3:35 - 3:50 pm Break, Snack, and Book Sale
3:50 - 4:40 pm Afternoon Keynote Address: Kevin Hawkes
4:40 - 5:00 pm Farewell, Closing Remarks, Door Prizes
5:00 – 6:30 pm Book Signing
Our Highly Impressive Keynote Speakers
Laurie Halse Anderson
Once a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, a magazine editor, and a freelance writer, Laurie had her first book published in 1996: the picture book Ndito Runs. Her first published novel was Speak (1999). It became a National Book Award finalist, a Printz Honor Book, a NY Times Bestseller, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. It also won the Edgar Allen Poe award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Speak was soon followed by Laurie's acclaimed novels Fever 1793, Catalyst, Prom, and, in 2007, Twisted, which has spent several weeks on the NY Times bestseller list. In addition, Laurie writes chapter books for elementary age children and picture books for the pre-school set. (Oh, yes. Halse rhymes with "waltz.")
Kevin Hawkes
Kevin is an author and illustrator with over 35 children’s books to his credit. Kevin’s books span from nonfiction (Handel Who Knew What He Liked to zany (My Little Sister Ate One Hare). Bright blue skies, oversized babies, and the play of light and shadow push the intensity of emotion and focus in his illustrations. Kevin, whose parents were in the Air Force, spent time in France as a child. European fairy elements of castles and dark forests often show up in his work. He began his career with an illustration degree from Utah State University and selling children’s books in Boston. Kevin currently lives in Maine. His most recent titles include Library Lion (a NY Times bestseller), The Wicked Big Toddlah, and Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly.
Illustration from a series of Little Red Riding Hood paintings