BEA Announces Authors, Books for Editors Buzz Forums

On March 3, BookExpo America revealed the titles and authors selected for the 2014 Adult, Young Adult, and Middle Grade Editors Buzz Forums. This year’s participants were selected by committees of booksellers, librarians, and other industry professionals who had a “passionate debate over the enormous amount of qualified books submitted for consideration,” said trade show officials.      

The Buzz Forum presentations by book editors will be complemented by author appearances on the BEA Author Stages.

The BEA Editors Buzz Forums and book selections are:

ADULT EDITORS BUZZ ’14

BEA Adult Editors Buzz
Wednesday, May 28
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Room 1E12/1E13/1E14

BEA Editors Buzz Adult Books – Author Stage
Thursday, May 29
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Downtown Stage

• Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel (Alfred A. Knopf, 9/9/14)
• We Are Not Ourselves: A Novel, by Matthew Thomas (Simon & Schuster, 9/2/14)
• The Miniaturist: A Novel, by Jessie Burton (Ecco, 8/26/14)
• On Immunity: An Inoculation, by Eula Biss (Graywolf Press, 9/30/14)
• My Sunshine Away, by M.O. Walsh (Amy Einhorn Books / Putnam, 1/15/15)
• Neverhome, by Laird Hunt (Little, Brown and Company, 9/9/14)
• The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League But Did Not Survive, by Jeff Hobbs (Scribner, 9/23/14)

YOUNG ADULT (YA) EDITORS BUZZ ’14

BEA Young Adult Editors Buzz
Thursday, May 29
10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
Room 1E10/1E11

BEA Editors Buzz Young Adult Books – Author Stage
Friday, May 30
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Uptown Stage

• The Jewel, by Amy Ewing (HarperTeen, 9/2/14)
• Lies We Tell Ourselves, by Robin Talley (Harlequin Teen, 9/30/14)
• The Walled City, by Ryan Graudin (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 11/4/14)
• I’m Glad I Did, by Cynthia Weil (Soho Teen, 1/27/15)
• King Dork Approximately, by Frank Portman (Delacorte Press, 9/9/14)

MIDDLE GRADE EDITORS BUZZ ’14

BEA Middle Grade Editors Buzz

Friday, May 30
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Room 1E12/1E13

BEA Editors Buzz Middle Grade Books – Author Stage
Friday, May 30
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Uptown Stage

• Zoo at the Edge of the World, by Eric Kahn Gale (Balzer + Bray, 8/26/14)
• Pennyroyal Academy, by M.A. Larson (Putnam Books for Young Readers, 10/7/14)
• The Witch’s Boy, by Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin Books for Young Readers, 9/16/14)
• The Truth About Twinkle Pie, by Kat Yeh (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1/27/15)
• Life of Zarf, by Rob Harrell (Dial Books for Young Readers, 8/28/14)

The BEA 2014 Conference Day, ABA programming, and the Remainders and Gift pavilions will open on Wednesday, May 28. The full trade show floor will be open Thursday, May 29, through Saturday, May 31.

ABA member booksellers are eligible to receive complimentary badges for entrance to the trade show. To receive free badges, ABA members must register via the BEA trade show site. An ABA member number is required.

This year’s Hotel ABA, the Grand Hyatt New York, offers booksellers single and double rooms at the special nightly rate of $265, plus tax (currently 14.75 percent New York State and City tax per room per night) and a $3.50 per night occupancy fee for stays from Monday, May 26, through Sunday, June 1, 2014. To receive the special rate, booksellers must book by midnight EST on Monday, March 31.

Every store in good standing that makes a reservation for a room (or rooms) at the Grand Hyatt by March 31 will be entered into a random drawing for free hotel nights, courtesy of BEA. Prizes include:

• 1 grand prize of four free hotel nights (room and tax) 
• 5 second place prizes of three free hotel nights (room and tax)
• 15 third place prizes of two free hotel nights (room and tax)
• 35 fourth place prizes of one free hotel night (room and tax)

The Grand Hyatt New York is located at 42nd Street and Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan; BEA will provide shuttle buses from the Grand Hyatt New York to the Javits Convention Center and back.

Details about special events at Hotel ABA will be provided in upcoming editions of Bookselling This Week and in a special BEA section on BookWeb.org.