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Category Archives: Fairs/Conventions
Meet Lee and Low Books at NCTE!
The National Council for the Teachers of English Annual Convention is this week and we’re so excited to meet everyone! The conference will take place in Baltimore from November 21 – 24 at the Baltimore Convention Center and our books and signings will be at the Publishers Spotlight Booth #1324!
See below for our signing schedule as well as a few other events that our authors and illustrators will be participating in:
Meet Lee & Low at ALA 2019!
It’s that time of year again! The annual American Library Association conference is in just a few days and we would love to meet you! If you will be in Washington DC this year, come visit us in booth #1451 where we’ll give away ARCs, bookmarks, posters, postcards, and other free swag!
Meet Lee & Low Books at TLA 2019!
The Texas Library Association Annual Conference is next week and we’re so excited to meet everyone! The conference takes place in Austin at the Austin Convention Center and our books and signings will be at the Publishers Spotlight Booth #2541!
See below for our signing schedule as well as a few other events that our authors and illustrators will be participating in:
Lee & Low Books in Chicago and California
We’ll be out and about over the next several days at the ASCD and CABE conferences – see below for more information and, if you’ll be at either one, please come see us!
Authors Guadalupe García McCall and David Bowles on the Mexicanx Initiative at WorldCon
Each year, WorldCon (the World Science Fiction Convention) gathers fans and creators of science fiction and fantasy. Among many things that happen at WorldCon is the awarding of the Hugos, something like the Oscars for speculative fiction. The first convention took place in New York City in 1939, and every year after, it has been held in a different city, organized by volunteers. In 2018, Worldcon 76 was held in San Jose, California.
Now, the thing to remember is that people of color—especially Latinx folx—have been largely absent from WorldCon during its 76 years. But this year, one of the guests of honor was illustrator John Picacio, the first Mexican American to win a Hugo (and first to serve as MC). He wanted to make sure Mexicans and Mexican Americans would be there in significant numbers.
So John founded the Mexicanx Initiative, at first intending to sponsor just a couple of key creators. But when he announced it, a dozen or so movers and shakers in the world of SF/F stepped up to contribute, and before long there was enough support to bring FIFTY Mexicanx writers, illustrators, megafans, etc. Guadalupe García McCall and David Bowles were invited to be part of this stellar group. They were placed on panels, brought into the spotlight, allowed to stand on the stage in solidarity with Dreamers and refugees.
It was a gamechanging moment.
Meet Lee & Low at the 2018 International Literacy Association Conference
If you’ll be at the International Literacy Association Conference from July 20 – 23 in Austin, Texas, come see our staff and authors! Continue reading
Meet Lee & Low at ALA 2018!
It’s that time of year again! The annual American Library Association conference is in just a few days and we would love to meet you! If you will be in New Orleans this year, come visit us in booth #3452 where we’ll give away ARCs, bookmarks, posters, postcards, and other free swag! Continue reading
Upcoming Events: Meet Lee & Low at ASCD and CABE
We love meeting our readers in person! Lee & Low staff will be at the upcoming ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) Empower 2018 Conference in Boston, followed by the CABE (California Association of Bilingual Educators) 2018 Conference in Sacramento. If you’ll be at either, please come say hello! Continue reading
Come Meet LEE & LOW BOOKS at New York Comic Con!
New York Comic Con is next weekend (Oct. 5-8) and we couldn’t be more excited! If you’ll be there, be sure to stop by booth #1140 and say hello. We’ll have some great giveaways (including an amazing EXCLUSIVE poster) from Tu Books and you’ll also get to meet the creators of I Am Alfonso Jones, Tony Medina, Stacey Robinson, and John Jennings.
If you don’t have tickets to New York Comic Con, you can still join the celebrations! We have two book launch events lined up for I Am Alfonso Jones next week, both free and open to the public.
Join us at Poets House in conjunction with Kweli Journal and at the Langston Hughes House in conjunction with I, Too Arts Collective. See below for our full schedule of events!