ReedPop has announced the schedules for BookExpo Online and BookConline, slated to run from May 26-31. All of the online programming will be free, open to the general public and streamed on the events' respective Facebook pages.
BookExpo Online will open with Librarians' Day, featuring a slate of education sessions for libraries and librarians. The Book & Author Breakfasts are now dinners, scheduled for Wednesday, May 27, and Thursday, May 28. The event will end on Friday with Buzz Day, which will highlight upcoming titles in a variety of genres.
BookConline will run May 30-31 and feature a full slate of author q&as and panel discussions. Nearly 100 authors will participate, including Cassandra Clare, Jenny Han, Judy Blume, Nic Stone and many others. Panel topics will include everything from the new age of superheroes to social justice and LGBTQ+ characters in YA and middle-grade literature.
In July, BookExpo will host an additional day of bookseller-focused programming that will include education sessions, publisher speed dating, UnBound sidelines content and more.
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The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Fall Conference, planned for October 25-27, in Baltimore, Md., is not going to be held in person and instead will be a "virtual event," NAIBA said. "We will still present publishers specials and exciting titles, education, networking, author events, and awards ceremonies. But this year it will be over a few more days and will all take place online. If it is deemed safe, we will also host very local gatherings throughout the region. We will share more information as we develop this new version of the NAIBA Fall Conference."
NAIBA is the second regional booksellers association to cancel an in-person fall show: on Wednesday, the New England Independent Booksellers Association said its Fall Conference will be held online.