Education Resources

This video features the Rep picks presentations from W.W. Norton & Company, University of Toronto Press, Europa Editions, Two Lines Press, House of Anansi, as seen at Wi16 on February 20, 2021. Rep picks packets are available here: https://www.bookweb.org/wi16-rep-picks-packets

The romance genre has been a longtime reader favorite and can often turn a romance reader into a repeat customer for bookstores that invest in curating a romance selection for their stores. This session will celebrate LGBTQ+ romance with some of today’s essential young adult and adult LGBTQ+ authors, who will discuss the importance and value of creating stories about love, talk about the importance of representation, and look at how everyone can work to expand readership of these titles outside of the LGBTQ+ community to drive sales.
Panelists: Mariana Calderon, Second Star to the Right Children’s Books (Denver, CO); Jenny Cohen, Waucoma Bookstore (Hood River, OR); Rebecca Speas, One More Page Books (Arlington, VA); Amanda Toronto, WORD Bookstores (Brooklyn, NY); Dahlia Adler, author of Cool for the Summer (Wednesday Books); Alyssa Cole, award-winning and bestselling author of How to Find a Princess (Avon); David Levithan, VP, Editorial Director, Scholastic Press and author of bestselling queer YA novels; Casey McQuiston, author of the bestseller Red, White, & Royal Blue and the upcoming One Last Stop (St. Martin’s Griffin); Paul Rudnick, award-winning play and screenwriter and author of Playing the Palace (Berkley); Phil Stamper, author of The Gravity of Us and As Far as You’ll Take Me (Bloomsbury); Aiden Thomas, Indies Introduce and bestselling author of Cemetery Boys (Swoon Reads);

This video features the Rep picks presentations of Chronicle Books, Publishers Group West, HarperCollins Children's Books, Abrams, and Quirk Books as seen at Wi16 on 2/19/2021.

This video features the Rep picks presentations from Penguin Random House, Tin House, Harlequin Trade Publishing, Ingram Publisher Services, and Bloomsbury as seen at Wi16 on February 20, 2021.

This video features the Rep picks presentations of Disney Publishing Worldwide, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Kids, Holiday Housem Penguin Young Readers, and Inkyard Press as seen at Wi16 on 2/19/2021. Rep picks packets are available here.

This video features the Rep picks presentations of Sourcebooks, Consortium, Bloomsbury Children's Books, House of Anansi, and Andrews McMeel as seen at Wi16 on 2/19/2021. Rep picks packets are available here.

This video features the Rep picks presentations of HarperCollins Adult (1 of 2), Dundurn, Simon & Schuster Adult (A), Graywolf Press, and Grove Atlantic as seen at Wi16 on 2/19/2021 Rep picks packets are available here.

This video features Rep Picks presentations from HarperCollins Children's Books, Macmillan Children's Publishing, Random House Children's Books, Bloomsbury Children’s Books, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, as seen at Wi16 on February 19, 2021. Rep picks packets are available here: https://www.bookweb.org/wi16-rep-picks-packets

This video features the Rep picks presentations of Seven Stories Press, Bloomsbury Adult (A), W.W. Norton & Company (A), Milkweed Editions, and Penguin Random House Adult (A) as seen at Wi16 on 2/19/2021. Rep picks packets are available here.