MSLA 2025 Conference: Full Schedule

8:00am EST

Keynote: Kwame Mbalia

Sunday March 2, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am EST

Ballroom (Tiffany)

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Speakers

Kwame Mbalia

Author, Author

Kwame is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times bestselling author, and a former pharmaceutical metrologist in that order. His debut middle-grade novel, TRISTAN STRONG PUNCHES A HOLE IN THE SKY, and the sequel TRISTAN STRONG DESTROYS THE WORLD (October 6, 2020) are published... Read More →

Sunday March 2, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am EST
Ballroom (Tiffany) Four Points by Sheraton Norwood

Keynote

Audience MS, HS, ES

9:00am EST

Author signing: Kwame Mbalia

Sunday March 2, 2025 9:00am - 9:30am EST

Ballroom (Tiffany)

Speakers

Kwame Mbalia

Author, Author

Sunday March 2, 2025 9:00am - 9:30am EST
Ballroom (Tiffany) Four Points by Sheraton Norwood

3:45pm EST

Author Panel & Signing

Sunday March 2, 2025 3:45pm - 5:15pm EST

Ballroom (Tiffany)

Description TBD

Moderators

Bindy Fleischman

Executive Board Member, United States Board on Books for Young People

Bindy Fleischman, School Liaison at Wellesley Books and English teacher at German International School Boston, has been an active member of USBBY since 2002. In that time she has served many of the board committees, including being Massachusetts State Ambassador, chairing the Outstanding... Read More →

Speakers

Rob Buyea

Author

Roshani Chokshi

Author

Kate Fussner

Author

Stephanie Seales

Author

Sunday March 2, 2025 3:45pm - 5:15pm EST
Ballroom (Tiffany) Four Points by Sheraton Norwood

Panel

Audience MS, ES, HS

8:00am EST

MSLA 2025 Awards Announcement

Monday March 3, 2025 8:00am - 8:15am EST

Ballroom (Tiffany)

Speakers

Ella Stocker

Librarian, Amherst Regional Public Schools

Ella has been the high school librarian at Amherst Regional High School since 2018. Her primary goal as a library teacher is to instill in all her students that libraries are spaces for them and to provide them with the knowledge and skills to be confident and committed lifelong library... Read More →

Monday March 3, 2025 8:00am - 8:15am EST
Ballroom (Tiffany) Four Points by Sheraton Norwood

8:15am EST

Keynote: Mass. Sen. Jake Oliveira

Monday March 3, 2025 8:15am - 9:15am EST

Ballroom (Tiffany)

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Speakers

Senator Jake Oliveira

State Representative for the 7th Hampden District

Monday March 3, 2025 8:15am - 9:15am EST
Ballroom (Tiffany) Four Points by Sheraton Norwood

Keynote

Audience MS, ES, HS

11:20am EST

Lunch served

Monday March 3, 2025 11:20am - 1:30pm EST

Ballroom (Tiffany)

Eat & enjoy

Monday March 3, 2025 11:20am - 1:30pm EST
Ballroom (Tiffany) Four Points by Sheraton Norwood

Meal & Social

Audience MS, ES, HS

2:30pm EST

Create Digital Book Recommendations Using Canva

Monday March 3, 2025 2:30pm - 3:20pm EST

Ballroom (Tiffany)

Do you wish you could share book recommendations with students and families even when they aren't in the library? Learn how to use Canva to make a digital newsletter of book recommendations, complete with book cover images and links to your catalog, Sora, or other online resources. Then share your newsletter with your school community using a public link. Familiarity with Canva is not required but recommended.

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