Publishers Weekly - 02.09.2019

60 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ■ SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Fall Regionals

first time, the New England Book Award winners will be announced at the latter. The

children’s breakfast features Kate Messner (Chirp, Bloomsbury Children’s), Jessie Sima

(Spencer’s New Pet, S&S BFYR), and Renée Watson (Some Places More than Others,

Bloomsbury Children’s). The closing breakfast features a mix of children and adult

authors, including Jon Clinch (Marley, Atria), Nikki Grimes (Ordinary Hazards,

WordSong), Samantha Power (The Education of an Idealist, Dey Street), and Aarti

Namdev Shahani (Here We Are, Celadon).

Heartland Fall Forum

(MIBA & GLIBA)

Oct. 2–4

Cleveland Renaissance Hotel

(Cleveland, Ohio)

● Place is an especially important piece of

this year’s Heartland Fall Forum, which is

on the move from its usual two locations,

Chicago and St. Paul, Minn. “Cleveland

and the Renaissance are proving to be an

extraordinary city and venue for our

attendees, and we hope our strong excite-

ment shines through the programming,”

says Carrie Obry, executive director of the

Midwest Independent Booksellers

Association. The show, a collaboration

between MIBA and the Great Lakes

Independent Booksellers Association, will

kick off with a bookstore tour that includes Appletree Books,

Mac’s Back Books on Coventry, and Visible Voice Books. The

opening night party will be off-site at another local book-

store, Loganberry Books, which will feature music by Chan

Poling of the Replacements. Poling and Lucy Michell will

sign copies of their book, Jack and the Ghost (Univ. of

Minnesota), at the show. On Thursday, Cleveland’s Belt

Publishing is welcoming booksellers with a cocktail hour

and a chance to meet authors and staff, including some with

spring 2020 titles, such as Danny Caine (El Dorado Freddy’s),

Phil Christman (Midwest Futures), and Raechel Anne Jolie

(Rust Belt Femme).

● This year, Heartland is also changing up its education to

make it more interactive. “We wanted to break from the

framework we’ve had,” says Larry Law, executive director of

GLIBA. “You can only go to so many panels like ‘Introduction

to Social Media.’ ” Like many of the regionals, Heartland

will devote a room to roundtables on specific topics of concern

to booksellers. It’s also planning new workshops, including

one conducted by author Peter Geye (Northernmost, Knopf)

on how to write a blurb. Other sessions with reps and book-

sellers will incorporate games. The programming is geared

to frontline booksellers, owners/buyers, and event

managers.

FLIGHT CALLS

Exploring Massachusetts

through Birds

John R. Nelson

AT HOME

Historic Houses of

Central and Western Massachusetts

Beth Luey

Also available

AT HOME

Historic Houses of Eastern

Massachusetts

Beth Luey

BLACK LIVES,

NATIVE LANDS, WHITE

WORLDS

A History of Slavery in New England

Jared Ross Hardesty

bright leaf

new from

BRIGHT LEAF

BOOKS THAT ILLUMINATE

An imprint of University

of Massachusetts Press

umass.edu/umpress/brightleaf

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Phil

Christman

Peter

Geye

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Telgemeier

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