Programs by Subject - Teens and Tweens

9:00 am to 9:45 am
State Library Seminar Center
Wild Ride: From Childhood Cancer to Orbiting the Earth
(All ages)
Hayley Arceneaux

9:00 am to 9:45 am
State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room
Out Came the Sun: Middle Grade and Young Adult Climate Themed Fiction
(Ages 8 and up)
Carrie Firestone, Dress Coded
Sarah Guillory, Nowhere Better Than Here
Jennifer Mathieu, Down Came the Rain

9:15 am to 10:15 am
State Library, Fifth Floor Serials
Out of this World: Young Adult Fantasy
(Ages 12 and up)
with Kristen Illarmo, Without a World and Collapsing the Divide
Scott Reintgen, A Door in the Dark
Brittany N. Williams, That Self-Same Metal

10:00 am to 10:45 am
State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room
More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
(Ages 10 to 14)
Moderator Fatima Shaik joins authors Michael G. Long and Yohuru Williams as they discuss their gripping middle-grade book that offers a fresh look at the groundbreaking 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom by spotlighting the protest’s radical roots and the underappreciated role of Black women.

11:00 am to 11:45 am
State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room
Follow Your Heart: Contemporary Young Adult Romances
(Ages 12 and up)
Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio
Julian Winters, As You Walk on By

11:15 am to Noon
Capitol Park Museum Auditorium
A Conversation with Rodney Barnes
(Ages 16 and up)
Brannon Costello talks with award-winning writer, producer, and comic book creator Rodney Barnes whose work includes comic books such as Killadelphia, Blacula: Rise of the King, and Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog, and the HBO series Winning Time: Rise of the Lakers.

11:30 am to 12:30 pm
State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room
Louisiana Readers’ Choice Award Ceremony Honoring Carrie Firestone, Robin Ha, Lyla Lee, and Emma Bland Smith
(All ages)

Noon to 12:30 pm
State Library, Teen HQ
Young Adult Book-to-Screen Trivia

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
State Library, Fifth Floor Serials
Prophesies, Pumpkins, Magic, and Saving the World: Fantastical Middle Grade Fiction
(Ages 8 to 14)
with Marti Dumas, Charmed Life: Wildseed Witch Book 2
Mark Milbrath, All Pumpkin’s Eve
Scott Reintgen, The Problem with Prophesies and The Drama with Doomsdays

12:45 pm to 1:45 pm
State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room
National Student Poets 2023 with Louisiana Poets Laureate
(Ages 14 and up)
with Darrell Bourque, Jacqueline Flores, Miles Hardingwood, Shangri-La Hou, Kallan McKinney, Gabriella Miranda, Mona Lisa Saloy, and moderator Hannah Jones

1:15 pm to 2:00 pm
State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room
Swamped!
(Ages 12 and up)
with Hillary Wells and Ken Wells

1:30 pm to 2:00 pm
State Library, Teen HQ
Young Adult Fiction-ary

2:15 pm to 3:00 pm
State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room
Read Between the Lies: Young Adult Mysteries and Thrillers
(Ages 12 and up)
Kayvion Lewis, Thieves’ Gambit
Olivia Worley, People to Follow

2:15 pm to 3:00 pm
State Library Seminar Center
Afrofuturism: What It Is and Why It Matters
(Ages 16 and up)
‘Afrofuturism’ is a term coined by Mark Dery in a 1994 essay entitled “Black to the Future,” but what exactly does it mean and how is it shaping culture today? Join noted comic book creators Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia, Monarch) and Rob Guillory (Mosely, Farmhand) and assistant professor of English at Southern University Dr. Taylor Scott as they discuss this important movement.

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Book-loving volunteers are essential to the Louisiana Book Festival's success. Whether it's escorting authors, guiding visitors, selling refreshments, working with children in the Young Readers Pavilion or other fun and rewarding assignments, the Louisiana Book Festival wants you to join the volunteer team.

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