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Meg McClafferty
Saturday
, October 28
10:00am EDT
History of Halloween
BPL Guastavino Hall
Cultured Kids
Hubbub at the BBF
BPL Guastavino Hall
Candlewick Press
Join the Search for Waldo!
BPL Guastavino Hall
Candlewick Press
Story Time with Susanna Chapman
BPL Children's Library
Susanna Chapman
10:30am EDT
Readings: Short Stories
BPL Newsfeed Cafe
Marjan Kamali • Noy Holland • Edie Meidav • KL Pereira
Shadow Puppet Playground
BPL Rey Room
Puppet Showplace Theater
Appearance by Nutbrown Hare
BPL Guastavino Hall
10:45am EDT
BBF Unbound: You Are a Writer
BPL Exchange
Louise Miller
11:00am EDT
Middle Grade: Solving Problems
BPL Teen Central
Jennifer De Leon • Rob Buyea • Michelle Cuevas • Barbara Dee • Ellen Wittlinger
Story Time with Gaia Cornwall
BPL Children's Library
Gaia Cornwall
The Biker, the Baker, and the Dumpling Maker
BPL Rabb Hall
Steve Holt • Karen Akunowicz • Joanne Chang • Stella Parks
11:30am EDT
Readings: Coming of Age
BPL Newsfeed Cafe
Whitney Scharer • Kelly J. Ford • Gabe Habash • Simeon Marsalis
Appearance by Olivia
BPL Guastavino Hall
12:00pm EDT
Boston By Foot Tour
BPL Civic Table
Blinkie Paper a Favorite Book Scene: Family Paper Electronics!
BPL Guastavino Hall
South End Technology Center
The Magic of Pop-Up Books
BPL Rey Room
Denise Price
Ammi-Joan Paquette book signing
BPL Guastavino Hall
Ammi-Joan Paquette • Candlewick Press
Story Time with Matt de la Peña
BPL Children's Library
Matt de la Peña
12:15pm EDT
BBF Unbound: The How and Why of Feminist Romance
BPL Exchange
Jackie C. Horne • Aya De Leon
12:30pm EDT
BBF Unbound: Defining Diversity
BPL Orientation Room
Teja Arboleda • Jessica Lander • Carla Duran • Monineth Hang • Jackson Kokeh • Onotse Omoyeni • Sam Ramsden • Stephane Silva
Readings: Past and Present
BPL Newsfeed Cafe
Robin Kall • Ellen Herrick • Julie Lekstrom Himes • Crystal King
Appearance by Maisy
BPL Guastavino Hall
Middle Grade: Reimagination
BPL Teen Central
Elissa Gershowitz • Elizabeth Eulberg • Kekla Magoon • Karuna Riazi
Atlas Obscura
BPL Rabb Hall
Zeninjor Enwemeka • Ella Morton • Boston Public Library
Our Digital Future
BPL Commonwealth Salon
Asma Khalid • Jeff Howe • Andrew McAfee • Nicholas Negroponte
1:00pm EDT
Boston By Foot Tour
BPL Civic Table
Jamie Harper book signing
BPL Guastavino Hall
Jamie Harper • Candlewick Press
Story Time with Aram Kim
BPL Children's Library
Aram Kim
Politics: Where We Find Ourselves
Trinity Sanctuary
Tom Ashbrook • Maureen Dowd • Jared Yates Sexton
1:30pm EDT
Readings: Relationships
BPL Newsfeed Cafe
Robin Kall • Sylvia Brownrigg • Joshua Max Feldman • Sarah Healy
Find Your Story, Draw Your Story
BPL Rey Room
Raúl the Third
Appearance by Elephant and Piggie
BPL Guastavino Hall
1:45pm EDT
BBF Unbound: Ecological Writing
BPL Exchange
Katie Mather • Tamara Ellis Smith
Memoir: Arrivals and Departures
Old South Church Sanctuary
Meghna Chakrabarti • Adam Gopnik • Kristen Radtke
2:00pm EDT
BBF Unbound: Rhyme Time
BPL Orientation Room
Michele Simos • Oliver "SydeSho" Arias
Fiction: War and the Home Front
BPL Commonwealth Salon
Catherine Parnell • Laura Harrington • Stephen P. Kiernan • Jessica Shattuck
Boston By Foot Tour
BPL Civic Table
Scott Magoon book signing
BPL Guastavino Hall
Scott Magoon • Candlewick Press
Story Time with Bryan Collier
BPL Children's Library
Bryan Collier
Bosch, Bruegel, and the Depiction of Extreme Conditions
BPL Rabb Hall
Peter Sacks • Jorie Graham • Joseph Leo Koerner
YA: Fantasy Worlds
BPL Teen Central
Lana Popović • Libba Bray • Julie C. Dao • Tochi Onyebuchi
2:30pm EDT
Identity Crowns and Shields
BPL Guastavino Hall
Wee the People
Appearance by Waldo
BPL Guastavino Hall
Readings: Memoir
BPL Newsfeed Cafe
Christine Mastrangelo • Mindy Fried • Jessica Berger Gross • Tova Mirvis
2:45pm EDT
Racism in America: It's a Crime
Trinity Sanctuary
Kim McLarin • Carol Anderson • Chris Hayes • James Forman Jr.
3:00pm EDT
Boston By Foot Tour
BPL Civic Table
Dinosaurs Alive
BPL Rey Room
Abby Howard
Peter H. Reynolds book signing
BPL Guastavino Hall
Peter H. Reynolds • Candlewick Press
Story Time with Javaka Steptoe
BPL Children's Library
Javaka Steptoe
3:15pm EDT
Hush/Shut Up/Please Be Quiet
BPL Exchange
Margot Livesey
3:30pm EDT
Music with Ms. Wyndy
BPL Guastavino Hall
Gwyndolyn Jones
#LookItUP: Knowledge Matters
BPL Commonwealth Salon
Amy Brand • Brian Halley • Marilynn Johnson • Tom Nichols
Readings: Essays and Musings
BPL Newsfeed Cafe
Anjali Mitter Duva • Will Dowd • Minna Zallman Proctor • Leslie Stein
YA: It's Getting Real
BPL Teen Central
Laura Koenig • Dick Lehr • Daniel José Older • Nic Stone • Erika L. Sánchez
3:45pm EDT
Fiction: Missed Connections
BPL Rabb Hall
Dawn Tripp • Eshkol Nevo • Celeste Ng • Lily Tuck
4:00pm EDT
Story Time with Julia Denos and E.B. Goodale
BPL Children's Library
Julia Denos • E.B. Goodale
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