Renaissance Denver Stapleton Hotel
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Wednesday, October 10
Registration Open
2:00 to 5:00 pm
ABA Seminar: The Principles of Bookstore Finance
9:30 am to 3:00 pm, Aspen Room, registration is $79, and lunch is included. Register via BookWeb.
Advisory Council Meeting
3:15 to 4:45 pm, Aspen Room
“Are You a First-Timer?” for New Booksellers
7:00 to 7:30 pm, Ballroom Lobby
“Are You a First-Timer?” for New Exhibitors
7:00 to 7:30 pm, Ballroom Lobby
Meet the Board in the Bar
7:45 PM, Main floor lounge
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Thursday, October 11
Children’s Author & Illustrator Breakfast
8:00 to 9:15 am (doors open 7:45 am), Telluride Room
Breakfast Buffet, tickets required.
Author Guests:
- Mac Barnett, Mac Undercover,
Scholastic/Orchard - Ellen Hopkins, People Kill People,
Simon & Schuster/McElderry - Andrea Beaty, Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters, Abrams/Amulet
- Adam Gidwitz & Joseph Bruchac, Unicorn Rescue Society: Sasquatch and the Muckleshoot,
Penguin Books for Young Readers
Pick of the Lists
9:30 am to 11:45 am, Aspen Room
No programming/free hour
11:45 am to 12:45 pm
Pick of the Lists
12:45 to 4:20 pm, Aspen Room
Exhibit Hall Gala Opening Reception with Special Celebration of Kathy Keel
(Special thanks to Top Shelf Sponsor HarperCollins)
Exhibits Open, 4:30 to 6:45 pm, Colorado Ballroom
Member Meet & Greet
(Special thanks to Welcome Sponsor Shelf Awareness)
7:00 to 9:00 pm, Station 26 Brewery
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Friday, October 12
Women’s Voices Author Breakfast
8:00 to 9:15 am (doors open 7:45 am), Telluride Room
Breakfast Buffet, tickets required.
Author Guests:
- Kate Morton, The Clockmaker’s Daughter,
Simon & Schuster/Atria - Martha Hall Kelly, Lost Roses, Ballantine
- Carolyn Forche, What You Have Heard is True,
Penguin Press - Stephanie Land, Maid, Hachette Book Group
Exhibit Hall Open
9:30 am to 12:30 pm, Colorado Ballroom
ABA IndieCommere & IndieLite Meetings Available in Exhibit Hall
9:30 am to 4:00 pm, pre-register for a time, or walk-ins are welcome.
SOLD OUT — Author! Author! Luncheon
(Special thanks to Bestseller Sponsor Ingram Content Group)
12:30 to 1:30 pm (doors open 12:15), Telluride Room
Salad Bar Buffet, tickets required — event is SOLD OUT.
Author Guests:
- John Fried, The Martin Chronicles, Grand Central
- Crystal Smith, Bloodleaf, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Sage Foster Lasser, Grow Grateful, Magination Press
- Brian Nelson, The Last Swordmaker, Blackstone Publishing
- Emily Suvada, This Cruel Design, Simon & Schuster/Pulse
- J.C. Cervantes, The Storm Runner, Disney Publishing
- Susanna Kearsley, Bellweather, Sourcebooks
- Don Zolidis, The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig, Disney Publishing
- Annie Ward, Beautiful Bad, HarperCollins
- Pam Jenoff, The Lost Girls of Paris, HarperCollins
Exhibit Hall Open
1:30 to 4:00 pm, Colorado Ballroom
Binc “Heads or Tails” Fundraising Game
3:45 pm, Exhibit Hall
Young Readers Roundup
(Author Speed-Dating)
4:30 to 5:30 pm (doors open 4:15), Telluride Room
No charge, registration required.
Author Guests:
- Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance, Scholastic
- Lillian Clark, Immoral Code, Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Colleen Oakes, The Black Coats, HarperTeen
- Dylan Thuras, The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid,
Workman - Cynthia Leitich Smith, Hearts Unbroken,
Candlewick - Leah Tinari, Limitless, Simon & Schuster/Aladdin
- Lindsay Eagar, The Bigfoot Files, Candlewick
- Molly Idle, Pearl, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Rebecca Hanover, The Similars, Sourcebooks
- Lija Fisher, The Cryptid Catcher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Sean Easley, Hotel Between, Simon & Schuster BFYR
- Mari Mancusi, The Camelot Code: Once and Future Geek, Disney Publishing
Genre Author Panel: Speculative Fiction
4:30 to 5:30 pm (doors open 4:15), Big Thompson Room
No charge, registration required.
Moderated by Ronnie Kutys, Assistant Sales Manager, HarperCollins
Author Guests:
- Seth Fried, The Municipalists, Penguin Press
- Molly Tanzer, Creatures of Want and Ruin, HMH/John Joseph Adams
- Ausma Khan, The Black Khan, HarperCollins/Voyager
- Walter Jon Williams, The Accidental War, HarperCollins/Voyager
- Julie Kagawa, Shadow of the Fox, Harlequin Teen
- Arkady Martin, A Memory of Empire, Tor
Cocktail Reception and Literary Trivia Challenge
(Special thanks to Top Shelf Sponsor Workman Publishing)
6:00 to 7:30 pm, Aspen Room
Gala Author Banquet
Doors Open 7:30, Buffet Open 7:45 pm, Program 8:15 pm, Colorado Ballroom
Italian Dinner Buffet, red and white wine included, tickets required.
Author Guests:
- Valerie Jarrett, Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward, Viking
- Tom Clavin, Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter,
St. Martin’s Press - Laini Taylor, Muse of Nightmares, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Leif Enger, Virgil Wander, Grove-Atlantic
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Saturday, October 13
Authors of Future Releases Breakfast
8:00 to 9:15 am (doors open 7:45 am), Telluride Room
Breakfast Buffet, tickets required.
Author Guests:
- Greer Hendricks, An Anonymous Girl, St. Martin’s Press
- Tim Johnston, The Current, Algonquin
- Holly Goldberg Sloan, To Night Owl From Dogfish, Penguin Books for Young Readers
- Ben Philippe, The Field Guide to the North American Teenager, Balzar+Bray
ABA IndieCommere & IndieLite Meetings Available
9:30 am to 4:00 pm, pre-register for a time. By appointment.
ABA Education Session: Maximizing Pre-Order Campaigns
9:30 to 10:30 am, Aspen Room
(Special thanks to Learned Sponsor Penguin Random House, for supporting the Day of Education and Annual Meeting)
MPIBA Annual Membership Meeting
10:45 to 11:45 am, Aspen Room
Reading the West Book Awards Luncheon
(Special thanks to Bestseller Sponsor Baker & Taylor)
12:00 to 1:15 pm (doors open 11:45), Telluride Room
Lunch Buffet, tickets required.
Author Guests:
- Previous Winner Author Host:
Pam Houston, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country, W.W. Norton - Adult Fiction Winner:
Jamie Harrison, The Widow Nash, Counterpoint Press - Adult Nonfiction Winner:
David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon, Doubleday - Children’s Winner:
Dusti Bowling, Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, Sterling Publishing
Education Session & Roundtables
1:30 to 2:30 pm
- Finding Love in the Romance Section: Panel Discussion & Idea Exchange
- Fixtures: Your Silent Sales Force — Merchandising Round Table Session
- Edelweiss Beyond the Buyer: Marketing & Bookseller Engagement Idea Exchange Round Tables
Education Session & Roundtables
2:45 to 3:45 pm
- Turning Inventory into Profit: Presentation & Discussion
- Bestsellers Beyond Books: What Gift Items You Should be Stocking — Idea Exchange Round Tables
- Independent Bookstore Day Turns 5: Idea Exchange Round Tables
Books & Brews
(Author Speed-Dating)
4:00 to 5:30 pm (doors open 3:45), Telluride Room
Beer & Bar Snacks, tickets required.
Author Guests:
- Mesha Maren, Sugar Run, Algonquin
- Brian Hart, Trouble to No Man, HarperCollins
- Eliza Cross, Bacon, Beans, and Beer, Gibbs-Smith
- Ray McPadden, And the Whole Mountain Burned, Center Street
- Kathy Wang, Family Trust, HarperCollins
- Lisa Sandlin, Title Forthcoming, Cinco Puntos Press
- Susan Purvis, Go Find: My Journey to Find the Lost-And Myself, Blackstone Publishing
- Marjorie Herrera Lewis, When the Men Were Gone, HarperCollins
- Sarah Bird, The Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen, St. Martin’s
- Amanda Lenz, Colorful Colorado Coloring Journal, Fulcrum
- Jenn Lyons, The Ruin of Kings, Tor
- Gerry Roach, Colorado’s Thirteeners: From Hikes to Climbs, Fulcrum
- Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina and Corina, PRH/One World
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Originally posted July 12, 2018
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