Join Penguin Random House Education at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention in Boston, MA (November 21st – November 24th). Visit us in Booth #1003 to browse books by grade level and subject area, pick up free teacher resources, and learn more about our classroom collections.
Don’t miss our line-up of Convention speakers! All sessions will be held in the Boston Convention and Exposition Center.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST
Thursday Opening General Session, 4:00-5:15pm
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, author of Lovely One (Random House)
College Section Get-Together, 5:30-7:00pm
Tracy K. Smith, author of To Free the Captives (Knopf)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND
“Finding Hope and Humanity in Intergenerational Resistance” panel, 11:00am-12:15pm
Autumn Allen, author of All You Have to Do (Kokila)
Floyd Cheung, co-editor of The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration (Penguin Classics)
Randy Ribay, author of Everything We Never Had (Kokila)
Shifa Saltagi Safadi, author of Kareem Between (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)
“Humanizing Latinx Identities in Stories and Classrooms” panel, 11:00am-12:15pm
Julio Anta, author of Sí, Se Puede (Ten Speed Graphic) and This Land Is Our Land (DC Comics)
Middle Level Section Luncheon, 11:30am-1:30pm
Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin, authors of The Bletchley Riddle (Viking Books for Young Readers)
Featured Session: “Artificial Intelligence in the ELA Classroom: Embracing Our Reality, Owning Our Responsibility,” 12:30-1:45pm
Dr. Joy Buolamwini, author of Unmasking AI (Random House)
NCTE In Primetime: Primary Sources & Poetry, 6:30-8:00pm
Dr. Joy Buolamwini, author of Unmasking AI (Random House)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD
Saturday General Session, 9:45-10:45am
Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy (One World) and Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) (Ember)
Secondary Section Luncheon Speaker, 12:30-2:30pm
Celeste Ng, author of Our Missing Hearts (Penguin Books)
Author Signings in the Penguin Random House Booth:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND
10:00-10:40am
Julio Anta, author of Si, Se Puede (Ten Speed Graphic) and This Land Is Our Land: A Blue Beetle Story (DC Comics)
5:15-6:00pm
Floyd Cheung, co-editor of The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration (Penguin Classics)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH
10:00-10:45am
Nancy Tupper Ling, author of Bless the Earth (Convergent Books)
Check out our program ad and learn more about the conference here.
