Social Events and Meal Functions at the 53rd Annual Convention
Join your peers at the daily luncheon with leading children’s book authors, reading professionals, and scholars.
Registration for these events is on a first–come, first served basis, so register now!
Daily Luncheons
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Monday, May 5 – Primary Literature Luncheon
Gail Gibbons, one of the foremost nonfiction children’s book
authors in the United States
Tickets US$50
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Tuesday, May 6 – Young Adult Literature Luncheon
Suzanne Fisher Staples, popular author whose books include The
House of Djinn, the sequel to her Newbery Honor book, Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
Tickets US$50
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Wednesday, May 7 – Annual Awards Banquet
Christopher Paul Curtis, award-winning author of the Newbery Medal
– winning book Bud, Not Buddy; The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963; and more
Tickets US$70
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Thursday, May 8 – Book and Author Luncheon
Sherman Alexie, popular author and poet, whose first young adult novel,
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part–Time Indian, was recently named the 2007 winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
Tickets US$50
Welcoming Gala
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Monday, May 5
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Welcoming Gala
9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Amazing Dance Party, The Georgia Aquarium
This year’s Welcoming Gala will be held at two of Atlanta’s hottest attractions – The Georgia Aquarium (the world’s largest aquarium) and The New World of Coca–Cola®. Both venues have been reserved exclusively for IRA. Come celebrate, mingle, and savor a memorable dinner from Wolfgang Puck Catering. Bus shuttle service from official IRA hotels runs from 6:45 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Tickets US$30
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