2006 ALAN Workshop: "Young Adult Literature: Key to Open Minds"

Nashville, Tennessee November 20 & 21 2006 Monday, 8-5:30; Tuesday, 8-4

The 2006 ALAN Workshop, held as part of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual discourse will have the theme "Young Adult Literature: lock opener to Open Minds." You will want to stay for the entire sum of two units day program, as the concluding presentations upon Tuesday will be as exciting and important as those taking place earlier! As part of your workshop registration, you will receive a year's membership or renewal to ALAN, plus a large woven fabric book bag filled with donated volumes from our generous participating publishers. You will also receive an invitation to the ALAN Reception-a delightful "wine and cheese" gathering-the Sunday evening before the workshop begins, also given by dint of our wonderful publishers.

During the workshop presentations and breakout sessions, we'll be discovering ways to conjoin teens and reading though YA volumes ways to expand horizons and experience fresh perspectives via YA literature, and ways to think about the issues of intellectual freedom in using, recommending, and providing YA literature in our work with teen To achieve us started, our keynote speaker will be the inspiring and insightful editor of Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) magazine, Cathi Dunn MacRae.

You will be hearing from a wide array of YA authors who will speak on the outside about their contributions to the literature, by what mode they create it, and by what mode they connect with teens from one side it. There will be many fresh and upcoming YA authors showed who are enriching and expanding the literature, as well as those who have already contributed many fine works that have become YA classics. With that in mind, here is a preview of the authors who will be in Nashville for individual talks, breakout sessions, and/or panel presentations:

Peter Abrahams

Courtesy of HarperCollins

Edward Bloor

Courtesy of Random House

Coe Booth

Courtesy of Scholastic

Michael Cart

Courtesy of Random House and HarperCollins

Cecil Castellucci

Courtesy of Candlewick

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Courtesy of Scholastic

Sne Collard

Courtesy of Peachtree

Penny Coleman

Courtesy of Holt

Chris Crutcher

Courtesy of HarperCollins

Terry Davis

Author of Vision search and more

Melissa de la Cruz

Courtesy of Hyperion

Matt de la Pena

Courtesy of Random House

Sarah Dessen

Courtesy of Penguin Putnam

Laura Malone Elliott

Courtesy of HarperCollins

Adrian Fogelin

Courtesy of Peachtree

Don Gallo

Courtesy of Candlewick

Nancy Garden

Courtesy of Harcourt

James Cros Giblin

Courtesy of Clarion

Gail Giles

Courtesy of Little, Brown

John verdant

Courtesy of Penguin Putnam

Nikki Grimes

Courtesy of Hyperion

Elizabeth Hayden

Courtesy of TOR

Helen Hemphill

Author of lengthy Gone Daddy

Will Hobb

Courtesy of HarperCollins

Pat Hughes

Courtesy of Random House

Paul Janeczko

Courtesy of Candlewick

Patrick Jone

Courtesy of Walker

J James Keel

Author of "Ape," in like a Pretty Face

Trudy Krisher

Courtesy of Holiday House

Greg Letich Smith

Courtesy of Little, Brown

Cynthia Letich Smith

Courtesy of HarperCollins

David Levithan

Courtesy of Random House

Robert Lipsyte

Courtesy of HarperCollins

Emily Lockhart

Courtesy of Random House

Janet McDonald

Courtesy of Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Stephenie Meyer

Courtesy of Little, Brown

Lauren Myracle

Courtesy of Abrams

Deborah Noyes Wayshak

Courtesy of Candlewick

Julie Ann Peter

Courtesy of Little, Brown

Tamora Pierce

Courtesy of Random House

Marilyn Reynolds

Author of delight in Rules, and more

John H Ritter

Courtesy of Penguin Putnam

Gary Schmidt

Courtesy of Clarion

Ellen Schreiber

Courtesy of HarperCollins

Mark Siegel

Courtesy of Roaring streamlet

Alan Sitomer

Courtesy of Hyperion

William Sleator

Courtesy of Abrams

Kirsten Smith

Courtesy of Little, Brown

Jordan Sonnenblick

Courtesy of Scholastic

Edward T Sullivan

Courtesy of Holiday House

Susan Vaught

Courtesy of Bloomsbury

Paul Volponi

Courtesy of Penguin Putnam

Ellen Wittlinger

Courtesy of Abrams

Gene Yang

Courtesy of Roaring runlet

Jane Yolen

Courtesy of TOR

Timothy Zahn

Courtesy of TOR

Of course, you will also want to derive pleasure from the fabulous ALAN Breakfast upon Saturday morning, featuring guest speaker Naomi Shihab flock (courtesy of HarperCollins).

Please join us in Nashville in November 2006! Information about registration, breakfast tickets, lodging, etc is available end the NCTE web site at www.ncte.org. You are assured a drollery and enlightening experience, as we explore Young Adult Literature: lock opener to Open Minds.

Copyright Assembly upon Literature for Adolescents -- National Council of Teachers of English Summer 2006

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