All of the following events will be held on Sunday afternoons at 2:30pm at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall. A snack reception and author book signing will be held in the Carnegie Library’s Children Department following each lecture.
You can subscribe to three or more lectures or buy your tickets for a single lecture here: pittsburghlectures.org
Meg Medina – September 30, 2017
Free RADical Days Event
Grades: 4-7
Latina writer Meg Medina is an award-winning author who writes picture books, middle grade and YA fiction about strong girls, tough circumstances, and the connecting power of culture. Merci Suarez Changes Gears is about a sixth grader in the midst of change and confusion as a new scholarship student at a fancy private school.
Neal Shusterman – October 14, 2018
Grades: 7 and up
Neal Shusterman is the bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books, including Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. His new book Dry explores a world without water when the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions and one teen is forced to make life and death decisions.
Jason Reynolds – October 28, 2018
Grades: 5-8
Jason Reynolds is a Newbery Award Honoree, a National Book Award Honoree, and a Kirkus Award winner. Lu is the fourth book in the popular Track series. His best-selling books include Long Way Down, When I Was the Greatest, Boy in the Black Suit, and the Track series (Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu).
Sharon Flake – December 2, 2018
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Sharon Flake’s award-winning and bestselling debut young adult novel, The Skin I’m In is being honored with the publication of the 20th Anniversary Edition. It received the Coretta Scott King Award, the YWCA Racial Justice Award, and a YALSA Best Book Award.
Erin Entrada Kelly – January 6, 2019
Grades: 4-6
Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly’s bestselling book Hello, Universe celebrates friendship, bravery, being different, and finding your inner bayani (hero). In addition to winning the Newbery Medal for Hello, Universe, Erin received the APALA Award for The Land of Forgotten Girls, and the Golden Kite Honor Award for Blackbird Fly.
Jonah Winter – February 10, 2019
Grades: 1-4
Jonah Winter is the award-winning author of more than 30 nonfiction picture books which promote social justice, facts, and artistic expression. His books include New York Times Best Illustrated Books Diego and Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of RBG vs. Inequality, along with New York Times bestseller Barack.
Jennifer L Holm – March 3, 2019
Grades: 3-5
The Third Mushroom is the hilarious, heartwarming, and much-anticipated sequel to The Fourteenth Goldfish by three-time Newberry Medalist Jennifer L. Holm. Jennifer also collaborates with her brother, Matthew Holm, on two graphic novel series—the Eisner Award-winning Babymouse series and the bestselling Squish series.
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