Registration (and Friday evening’s activities) takes place outside of our main conference room, which is called Hibiscus A&B. This room is situated to the right of the hotel’s registration desk. All general sessions will take place in Hibiscus A&B. All other room names are indicated on the schedule.
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Friday, May 24th |
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| 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm |
Opening Chapter Get-Together |
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Saturday, May 25th |
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| 8:30 am – 9:15 am |
Registration |
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| 9:30 am – 10:00 am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
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| 10:00 am – 10:50 am |
Hilary Leung Keynote: The Road to Publishing |
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| 11:00 am – 11:50 am |
Elizabeth Law Scenes from Behind the Editor’s Desk |
Kait Feldmann Thinking Outside the Book |
Geneviève Côté Shaping Life |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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| 1:00 pm – 1:50 pm |
Erin Murphy: Learning and Leaping |
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| 2:00 pm – 2:50 pm |
Erin Murphy Unlocking Your Picture Book Voice |
Elizabeth Law The Hook’s the Thing |
Nancy Brennan Unraveling the Twists and Turns of Cover Illustration |
| 3:00 pm – 3:50 pm |
Nadia Hohn Our Feelings: What Goes Into a Sensitivity Read |
Kait Feldmann So You Wrote a Book |
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| 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
One-On-One (Hibiscus A&B) |
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One-On-One
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Sunday, May 26th |
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| 9:00 am – 10:00 am |
Award Presentations |
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| 10:00 am – 10:50 am |
First Pages and Pitches |
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| 11:00 am – 11:50 am |
Q&A Panel |
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| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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| 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
Closing Remarks and Silent Auction Results |
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| 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
Optional Critique Circles and Sketch Crawl |
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