Featuring a discussion with Laurie Gwen Shapiro the author of The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon. Join us for this virtual talk in Room 117 at noon.
Bookmarks Schedule
| 10:00 am | 11:00 am | 12:00 pm | 1:00 pm | |
| Corridor | Visit Author and Library Tables | Visit Author and Library Tables | Visit Author and Library Tables | Visit Author and Library Tables |
| Room 102 | — | Harper’s Back Porch Revue – Jam Session | Harper’s Back Porch Revue – Jam Session | Harper’s Back Porch Revue – Jam Session |
| Room 117 | — | — | Keynote Author Laurie Gwen Shapiro – The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Making of an American Icon | Roxanne Boersma – 30 Books Later, What I’ve Learned |
| Room 118 | — | Susan Caesar – Authorship in the Age of A.I. | Panel: Using Visuals to Support Written Content (Elias Gonzalez, Paul Peterson) | Panel: The Life of a Poet (Sandy Marchetti, Kris Piepenburg, Jessica Walsh, Christina Snitko) |
| Room 119 | — | Panel: How to Stay Motivated to Finish Your Work (Roxanne Boersma, Laura Ehrke, Ten Robinson) | Panel: Research vs. Reflection (Vicki Atkinson, Maggie McKinley, Jim Edstrom) | Terrie Hayes– Story Therapy, Discovering What Your Story Is Really About–Before You Start Writing! |
| Room 120 | — | Sandy Marchetti – The Life of a Practicing Writer | Georgianne Harms – Every Day Writing: Writing an Inspiring Essay | Issa Boulos – Navigating Academic Publishing |
| Room 121 | — | Jim Edstrom – Genealogy Research | Children’s Book Reading: Susan Caesar reads from Santa’s AI Adventure | Middle Grade Book Reading: Ten Robinson reads from FreakBoy82: Super Chaos |
| Room 122 | Middle Grade Book Reading: Clayton Keith reads from Acrimons: The Awakening | Children’s Book Reading: Stacy Simek Fitch reads from Why Did He Do That? What Would Dolly Do? | Aiden Branss: The Power of Young Voices: Gen Z, Unfiltered |
Meet with local authors at their tables in the corridor, from 10 am – 2 pm.
Visit our Featured Libraries at their tables from 10 am – 2 pm.
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Palatine Public Library District
Prospect Heights Public Library
Schaumburg Township District Library
harpercollegece.com 