For Banned Books Week\, National Book Awar d&ndash\;honored author \;Kyle Lukoff \;(Too Bright to See\, 2021 Young People&rsquo\; s Literature Finalist)\, \;DC Public Library Teen Services Coordinator \;Joanna Harris\, and \;Managing Director of PEN Ame rica Washington and Free Expression Programs \;Nadine Farid Jo hnson \;sit down to discuss the value of writing\, publishing\, an d access to diverse books\, and how we can come together and unite against book banning. Join us for a conversation with and for artists\, bookselle rs\, educators\, librarians\, parents\, students\, writers\, and readers o f all ages.
\nModerated by \;Hannah Oliver Depp\, owner of Loyal ty Bookstores and President of the New Atlantic Independent Bookseller&rsq uo\;s Association.
\nCourtesy of the DC Public Library Foundation\, free copies of National Book Foundation honored titles will be available w hile supplies last. Titles include:
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Kyle Lukoff is the author of many books for young readers. His debut middle-grade novel\,Too Bright To See\, \;received a Newbery honor\, the Stonewall award\, and was a National Book Award Fin alist. His picture book \;When Aidan Became A Brother \;also won t he Stonewall\, and his book \;Call Me Max \;has been banned in sch ools across the country. He has forthcoming books about mermaids\, vegetab les\, death\, and lots of other topics. While becoming a writer he worked as a bookseller for ten years\, and then nine more years as a school libra rian. He hopes you&rsquo\;re having a nice day.
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Joanna Harris \;has worked at DC Public Library for the
past nine years in various roles serving young people. As the Teen Servic
es Coordinator\, she helps the Library&rsquo\;s 26 locations offer program
s and services to customers ages 13-19. She particularly enjoys working wi
th the Library&rsquo\;s teen employees to create fun programs that connect
teens to literacy. She likes to read as much as she can in her spare time
and favors mystery\, thriller\, and horror novels.
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Nadine Farid Johnson \;serves as the Managing Director of PEN America Washington and Free Expression Programs\, where she leads the organization&rsquo\;s high-level governmental engagem ent on a broad range of global and domestic free expression issues. \; An attorney and advocate with a focus in democracy\, human rights\, and go vernance\, she has a breadth of experience across the public\, private\, a nd nonprofit sectors. She is a former Foreign Service Officer whose work s panned the Middle East\, Africa\, Europe\, and multilateral affairs. Previ ously\, she served as executive director of the ACLU of Kansas\, and led o perations and community engagement at Google L.A. Nadine was a professor o f law and political science at Gonzaga University and a Climenko Fellow at Harvard Law School. She is a graduate of DePauw University and Tulane Law School\, and studied at the U.S. Naval War College.
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Hannah Oliver Depp&nb sp\;is the owner of Loyalty Bookstores in Petworth\, DC and Silver Spring\ , MD. Loyalty serves all readers as an intersectional feminist bookstore a nd programming space. She holds a Masters in English from American Univers ity. Oliver Depp is a founding member of the American Booksellers Associat ion&rsquo\;s Committee on Diversity\, Equity &\; Inclusion and serves o n the boards of Bookshop.org\, An Open Book Foundation\, and the New Atlan tic Independent Booksellers Association.
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