Wednesday, April 3
​ALL DAY at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center
​388 Ninth Street 2nd floor (above the library).

A full day of education, authors, and rep picks! $25

​ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. We welcome registration at the door
VISIT THESE OAKLAND BOOKSTORES WHILE YOU'RE IN TOWN!
@ the Oakland Asian Cultural Center: 388 Ninth Street (between Franklin and Webster Street)
Second floor of the Pacific Renaissance Plaza in Oakland’s Chinatown. $25
Tentative schedule. Subject to change. We will add authors and sessions as they are confirmed. Keep checking back!
8:30 - 9 AM
REGISTRATION OPENS
9 - 9:30 AM
OPENING SPEAKERS: JUSTINIAN HUANG AND CARO DE ROBERTIS
Justinian Huang - THE EMPEROR AND THE ENDLESS PALACE (MIRA)
Caro De Robertis - THE PALACE OF EROS (Atria Books)
Moderated by Elayna Trucker of Napa Bookmine!
9:40 - 10:25 AM
2 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
  • EDUCATION: SALES REPS AND BUYERS
    • How to work together for the good of both bookstores and publishers.​​
    • Panelists: Vanessa Martini (Green Apple Books), Jennifer Gordon (Mrs. Dalloway's), Ty Wilson (Two Rivers/PGW/Ingram Academic), Jenn Ramage (Penguin Random House/Knopf/Doubleday)
  • FACTS-BASED FICTION: ENGAGING YOUNG READERS WITH NON-FICTION ADJACENT STORYTELLING. Moderated by Susan Reckers (Rakestraw Books).
​10:35 - 11:20 AM
3 CONCURRENT ROUNDTABLES
  • CHILDRENS BOOK DISCOVERY
    • ​How kids are discovering new titles and how booksellers can respond.
    • Led by Lorilee Sugden (Linden Tree Books)
  • CHANGEMAKER'S ROUNDTABLE
    • ​Booksellers discuss key issues faced by bookstores. Where can we organize, lobby, and exert pressure?
    • Led by Camden Avery (The Booksmith)
  • CITIZEN OF THE BOOKWORLD​
11:30 - 12:20 PM
AUTHOR SPEED DATING

Elaine U. Cho - OCEAN'S GODORI (Hillman Grad Books/Zando)
Genevieve Kingston - DID I EVER TELL YOU? (Marysue Rucci Books/S&S)
Tomas Moniz - ALL FRIENDS ARE NECESSARY (Algonquin Books)
Julie Downing - HELLO, SUN (Neal Porter Books)
Aida Salazar - ULTRAVIOLET (Scholastic Press)
Meredith Adamo - NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS (Bloomsbury YA)
Lynn Stegner - THE HALF LIFE OF GUILT (High Road Books/Univ. of New Mexico Press)
Samuel Sattin - UNICO: AWAKENING (VOLUME 1): AN ORIGINAL MANGA (Scholastic Press)
12:30 - 2PM
REP PICKS LUNCH
Kicking it off with Megumi Lorna Inouye - THE SOUL OF GIFT WRAPPING: CREATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR EXPRESSING GRATITUDE, INSPIRED BY THE JAPANESE ART OF GIVING (Storey Publishing)

Click on a rep's name for their list of titles
Jim Hankey (HarperCollins)
Kevin Peters (Sourcebooks)
Andy Weiner (Abrams)
Jenn Ramage (Penguin Random House/Knopf/Doubleday)
Nicholas Pauley (Hachette Book Group)
Ty Wilson (Two Rivers, PGW)
Emma Mundorff (Stanford University Press)
Vicki DeArmon (Sibylline Press)
2:10 - 3 PM
2 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
3:10 - 4:30PM
AUTHOR RECEPTION
End the day with some light refreshments and meet these wonderful authors! Moderated by Harriet Moss (Books Inc).

Dorsey Nunn - WHAT KIND OF BIRD CAN'T FLY: A MEMOIR OF RESILIENCE AND RESURRECTION (Heyday)
Monika Kim - THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART (Erewhon Books/Kensignton)
Leah Stecher - THE THINGS WE MISS (Bloomsbury Children's Books)
Zach Williams - BEAUTIFUL DAYS: STORIES (Doubleday)
Hayley Dennings - THIS RAVENOUS FATE (Sourcebooks Fire)
Nicole Chen - LILY XIAO SPEAKS OUT (Quill Tree Books)