Program Agenda

Introduction:
Ann C. Theis, 2006 Alex Award Committee Chair

Alex Award Overview:
Gillian Engberg, Booklist Consultant

Marketing Adult Books to Teens:
Talia Ross, Library Marketing Manager - Holtzbrinck

Authors:

A. Lee Martinez

Susan Palwick

Greg Galloway

Jeanette Walls

Neil Gaiman

Alex Awards Winners : 2006

YALSA has selected ten adult books that will appeal to teen readers to receive the 2006 Alex Awards.  The awards, co-sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and Booklist, were announced at ALA’s 2006 Midwinter Meeting and will appear with the titles’ full annotations in the March 1 issue of Booklist magazine.

The 2006 Alex Awards Winners are:

Bates, Judy Fong. Midnight at the Dragon Café. Counterpoint, $14 (1582431892)

Buckhanon, Kalisha. Upstate. St Martins,   $19.95 (0312332688)

Gaiman, Neil. Anansi Boys. William Morrow & Company, $26.95 (006051518x)

Gallaway, Gregory. As Simple As Snow. Putnam, $23.95 (0399152318)

Ishiguro, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go. Alfred A. Knopf, $24 (1400043395)

Martinez, A. Lee.   Gil’s All Fright Diner.  Tor, $12.95 (076531711)

Palwick, Susan.   The Necessary Beggar. Tor, $ 24.95 (076531097x)

Rawles, Nancy. My Jim. Crown, $19.95 (1400054001)

Scheeres, Julia. Jesus Land: A Memoir. Counterpoint, $23 (152433380)

Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle: A Memoir. Scribner, $25 (0743247531)

Booktalks

The 2006 Alex Awards Committee: Chair, Ann C. Theis, Chesterfield County Public Library, VA; Teresa A. Beck, Sno-Isle Libraries, WA; Priscille M. Dando, Robert E. Lee High School, VA; Jennifer Jung Gallant, Elyria Public Library, OH; Holly B. Koelling, Bothell Regional Library, WA; Ellen Loughran, Brooklyn, NY; Charlynn M. Osborne, Oxford Public Library, MI; Judy Sasges, Sno-Isle Libraries, WA; John Sexton, Ashland Branch Library, OR; and Gillian Engberg, Booklist   Consultant, IL. Administrative Assistant: John Sexton, Ashland Branch Library, OR.

Booklist Alex Awards Read-Alikes Feature
(may require registration)

Overbooked Alex Awards Read-Alikes

Thanks to:

Publishers

Thanks to all the publishers who generously supported the work of the 2006 Alex Award Committee.

Special thanks to:

Virginia Stanley - HarperCollins

Kathleen Doherty and Juliet Pederson - Tor/Forge

YALSA

Nichole Gilbert, YALSA Program Officer

Esther Murphy, YALSA Administrative Assistant