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Booklist & YALSA Present: Twenty-Five Years of the Printz Award
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May 1, 2025 01:00 PM

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This June marks twenty-five years since Walter Dean Myers won the inaugural Printz Award for MONSTER. Since then, Printz committees have gathered annually to recognize the best books in YA literature based on literary merit. Join Booklist and YALSA for this free, one-hour webinar on Thursday, May 1 at 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET to hear from a panel of past Printz Honor Book authors about their recognized titles, the impact of the award, and their literary futures. We'll be joined by Laurie Halse Anderson (SPEAK, 2000 Honor); Ashley Hope Pérez (OUT OF DARKNESS, 2016 Honor); Deborah Heiligman (CHARLES AND EMMA, 2010 Honor; VINCENT AND THEO, 2018 Honor); and Sacha Lamb (WHEN THE ANGELS LEFT THE OLD COUNTRY, 2023 Honor). Moderated by Angela Carstensen, 2018 Printz Chair. Register now! At Your Service Accommodations are offered based on user needs. For transcription or other accessibility requests, please contact us at webinars@booklistonline.com Booklist expects all participants to maintain an atmosphere of respect and fairness. Anyone who violates this standard of behavior, including engaging in any form of harassment, may, at the discretion of the organizers, be immediately removed. Personal Data Notification: Booklist, an American Library Association publication, uses Zoom webforms to fulfill your webinar registration requests. Your personal data is stored and used to fulfill your requests for services from Booklist. Booklist will occasionally convey news to you on behalf of ourselves or our sponsors based on this data. You can choose to block these messages by adjusting your communications preferences. We will not sell your e-mail to outside parties. If the webinar sponsors choose to communicate with you by e-mail, they are also obligated to provide you with an opportunity to opt-out from future e-mails. For more information, review ALA’s Privacy Policy at www.ala.org/privacypolicy.