5:00 p.m.

Registration

6:30 p.m.

Banquet

Welcoming Remarks:
Sharon McQueen, Conference Director
Assistant Professor, UK SLIS

Tribute & Toast to Anne McConnell:
George Shannon & Joy Terhune, Associate Professor Emerita

Speaker: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

8:30 p.m.

Autographing Reception / Cash Bar

Cari Best
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Laura Dronzek
Kathleen T. Horning
Paul Brett Johnson
Marcia Thornton Jones
Loren Long
Peter McCarty
George Shannon
Martha Bennett Stiles

Your opportunity to “meet and greet” the authors and illustrators

8:00 a.m.

Registration, Coffee & Doughnuts

Autographing “express service” begins

9:00 a.m. –10:00 a.m.

Speaker: Peter McCarty

10:00 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:15 a.m. –  11:15 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions 1

• Meet the Author: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
• Meet the Illustrator: Peter McCarty
• Newbery and Printz Book Discussion
• Bonnie Kunzel & Susan Fichtelberg
  To Boldly Go: What's New in Science Fiction and Fantasy for Young Adults (Gr. 6 - 12)

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Luncheon Buffet

12:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.

Luncheon Speakers: Loren Long & Cari Best

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Concurrent Session 2

• Meet the Author: Cari Best
• Meet the Illustrator: Loren Long
• Caldecott Book Discussion
• Bonnie Kunzel & Susan Fichtelberg
  To Boldly Go:What's New in Science Fiction and Fantasy for Young Adults (Gr. 6 - 12)

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Coffee Break

2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Sharon Grover
Listening for Literacy: Audiobooks Across the Curriculum

4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Conference Wrap-up

John Green greets McConnell Conference attendees.

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Dine Around Town

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Kevin Henkes Autographing Party

Location: Lexington Public Library - Central Library

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This is a family event, appropriate for all ages.

5:00 p.m.

The 2007 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
Lecture given by Kevin Henkes
Location: UK Memorial Hall

A reception sponsored by Greenwillow Books will immediately follow

Location: UK Singletary Center for the Arts

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Sunday’s events are most appropriate for adults.