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Page 2 • Cognotes 2010 D.C. Preview E-dition UPDATE • WASHINGTON Auditorium Speaker Series Features Great Names, Great Titles NANCY PEARL WITH MARY MC DONAGH MURPHY Saturday, June 26 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story, co-authored with her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor, is a dual memoir set against the backdrops of Greece and France, chronicling Sue and Ann’s travels together, as they undertake a journey to redefine themselves and rediscover each other. Ann Kidd Taylor is a graduate of Columbia College in South Carolina. She has published articles and essays in Skirt! magazine in Charleston, SC, where she worked for two years after college as an editorial assistant. Sponsored by Penguin Group USA Weight Watchers International Inc. and wrote several books with them, including Dining with The Duchess: How to Make Everyday Meals a Special Occasion, Dieting With The Duchess: Secrets and Sensible Advice for a Great Body and Win the Weight Game: Successful Strategies for Living Well. The Duchess was also a founding supporter of The American Cancer Society’s “Great American Weigh In,” an annual campaign aimed at raising awareness of the link between excess weight and cancer. She was also a voluntary spokesperson for the American Heart Association. Sponsored by Sterling Publishing will be published by the Penguin Press in April. Sponsored by American Libraries In celebration of the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird (July 11, 2010), an American classic, Nancy Pearl will interview Mary McDonagh Murphy, Emmy award-winning filmmaker and author of the upcoming book, Scout, Atticus and Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird. Pearl speaks about the pleasures of readNancy Pearl ing to library and community groups throughout the world and comments on books regularly on NPR’s Morning Edition. Pearl is the author of Book Crush: For Kids and Teens: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest; Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason; and More Book Lust: 1,000 New Reading Recommendations for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason, all published by Sasquatch Books. Sponsored by HarperCollins PL A PRESIDENT’S PROGRAM WILL SHORTZ Sunday, June 27 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. SIR SALMAN RUSHDIE Saturday, June 26 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Sir Salman Rushdie is the author of ten previous novels — Grimus, Midnight’s Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and, recently, the Booker of all Bookers), Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor’s Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Sir Salman Clown, and The En- Rushdie (Photo chantress of Florence Maniscalchi) — and one collection of short stories, East, West. He has also published five works of nonfiction: The Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands, The Wizard of Oz, Mirrorwork, and Step Across This Line. He is the former president of American PEN. His newest work of fiction, Luka and the Fire of Life will be published by Random House in November 2010. Sponsored by Random House By Rossano B. DAVE ISAY Sunday, June 27 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Ann Kidd Taylor and Sue Monk Kidd (photo by Scott Taylor) Sue Monk Kidd grew up in the tiny town of Sylvester, Georgia, a place that deeply influenced the writing of her first novel The Secret Life of Bees. Her novel, The Mermaid Chair, explores themes of midlife marriage and selfawakening, and was a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the 2005 Quill Award for General Fiction. Her newest book, Traveling with SUE MONK KIDD AND ANN KIDD TAYLOR Saturday, June 26 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. CLICK HERE to REGISTER for the Annual Conference. This August, the Duchess will launch a new children’s book series with Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. called Helping Hand books. The Duchess is the author of many children’s books, including The New York Times bestselling Sarah, the Tea for Ruby, a Duchess of York five book children’s series about the adventures of Little Red and the Budgie, The Little Helicopter series. She has also written books for adults,including What I Know Now: Lessons Learned The Hard Way, Travels with Queen Victoria and Victoria and Albert: Family Life at Osborne House. In 1993 the Duchess founded ‘Children in Crisis’ to provide education and support for children in the world’s poorest and most conflicted countries. The Duchess is the co-producer of the film, “The Young Victoria,” which was released in the U.S. in December 2009. She served as U.S. spokesperson for SARAH, DUCHESS OF YORK Sunday, June 27 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps, a nonprofit oral history project that honors and celeb ra t es t he lives of everyday people through listening. In spirit and in scope, StoryCorps models itself after the Works Progress Administration ( W PA ) o f t h e 1930s, which reDave Isay corded oral history interviews across the country. To date, more than 50,000 people have participated in StoryCorps, many of whom have come as a part of special initiatives to reach underrepresented voices. StoryCorps was honored with a rare institutional award at the 66th Annual Peabody Awards in 2007. Established in 2003 and based in Brooklyn, StoryCorps hopes to build upon that work and break new ground to create a new American oral history archive. StoryCorps interviews air weekly on NPR and can also be heard at the StoryCorps website. Copies of all interviews are placed in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, Isay is also the author or editor of four books that grew out of his public radio documentary work, including Listening Is an Act of Love, a New York Times bestseller. His new book, Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps, What’s an enigmatologist? It’s Will Shortz, the only academically accredited puzzle master in the world. He designed his own major program at Indiana University, which in 1974 led to his one-of-a-kind degree in enigmatology, the study of puzzles. Shortz has been the puzzle master for NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday,” since the program’s start in 1987, crossword editor of The New York Times, editor of Games magazine for 15 years, and the founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Shortz received a law degree from the Uni- Will Shortz versity of Virginia. He originally entered law school with the intention of practicing law for 10 years in order to make a lot of money before retiring to do what he really wanted — create puzzles. Shortz is the founder of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, the founder and director of the World Puzzle Championship and the co-founder of the World Puzzle Federation. Shortz was also the riddle writer for “Batman Forever.” In addition to editing the weekday and Sunday puzzles for the Times, Shortz is the author or editor of more than 200 puzzle books. Recently, Shortz was the subject of the feature documentary film “Wordplay” in 2006. DENNIS LEHANE Monday, June 28 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Dennis Lehane was born and raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He is the author of eight novels — including the New York Times bestsellers Gone, Baby, Gone, The Given Day, Mystic River, and Shutter Island — as well as Coronado, a collection of short stories and a play. He lives with his wife and » see page 10 Toni Morrison to be Featured at Opening General Session oni Morrison is a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her contributions to the modern canon are numerous. Some of her acclaimed titles include: The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature 1993. Her newest books for children are Peeny Butter Fudge and; Little Cloud and Lady Wind. Sponsored by Simon & Schuster Saturday, June 26 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. T Toni Morrison Photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders http://www.nancypearl.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Shortz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIdwAymdAa0 http://www.suemonkkidd.com/news.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah,_Duchess_of_York http://www.tonimorrisonsociety.org/ http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/annual/registration/index.cfm

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of ALA Cognotes D.C. Preview Issue 2 2010

ALA Cognotes D.C. Preview Issue 2010
Amy Sedaris to Highlight Closing Session
Natalie Merchant: Leave Your Sleep - A Performance and Presentation
ALA Mobile in D.C.
Auditorium Speaker Series Features Great Names, Great Titles
Exhibitor List and Floor Plan
Washington, D.C. Conference to Feature More Sessions, Opportunity than Ever Before
ReadHowYouWantLaunches Library Donation Project
See the Latest on the Floor: ALA's Exhibit Pavilions Return
What's Cooking @ ALA Pavilion Demonstration Stage Schedule
PopTop Stage to Feature Mystery, Romance, Graphic Novel Authors
Visiting the Exhibits - A "Must Do" for a Complete Conference Experience
ALA President's Program Features Eppo van Nispen Tot Sevenaer

ALA Cognotes D.C. Preview Issue 2 2010