Closing Keynote with Rex Ogle and Mark Oshiro: Queer Stories For Community

Closing Keynote with Rex Ogle and Mark Oshiro: Queer Stories For Community (June 12, 2024)

Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, which won the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award; Abuela, Don’t Forget Me, a finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award; and Punching Bag, a NYPL Best Book of the Year.

Mark Oshiro is the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning Latinx queer author of Anger Is a GiftEach of Us a Desert, and Into the Light, as well as several middle-grade books and co-author (with Rick Riordan) of The Sun and the Star.

Kai Burner (he/they) has been a proud member of the book industry since 2016. He is currently the Assistant Manager and Children’s/Gift Buyer at the Bookworm of Edwards, serves on ABA’s Bookseller Advisory Council and Children’s Council, and is a board member of their local pride organization, Mountain Pride.

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Speakers
Mark Oshiro, Jasmine Is Haunted (Macmillan Children's Publishing)

Rex Ogle, Road Home (Norton Young Readers)

Kai Burner, Bookworm of Edwards - Edwards, CO
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Closing Keynote with Rex Ogle and Mark Oshiro: Queer Stories For Community

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