{"id":2483,"date":"2019-12-29T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T10:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2019-12-29T10:45:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T10:45:10","slug":"one-day-eighty-authors-endless-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=2483","title":{"rendered":"One Day, Eighty Authors, &#8220;Endless Stories&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northtexasteenbookfestival.com\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">North Texas Teen Book Festival<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\"> (NTTBF), presented by the Irving Public Library, will happen March 7, 2020, at the Irving Convention Center in Las Colinas. Expanded this year is the NTTBF Film Festival on March 6 and 7, in partnership with Alamo Drafthouse, featuring <\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1c1e21\">The Sun is Also a Star<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1c1e21\">, <em>Miss Peregrine&#8217;s Home for Peculiar Children<\/em>, and <em>Let it Snow<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">The middle-grade keynote authors are Rachel Ren\u00e9e and Nikki Russell of the Dork Diaries series, in conversation with Soman Chainani. The young-adult keynote features Sarah Dessen and Nicola Yoon in conversation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/09b_nttbf_authors.png\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:532px; margin:2px; width:500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">Attendees will have the opportunity to watch panels featuring their authors, audiobook narrators, and booktubers; participate in book buzz and special events with several leading US book publishing companies; partake in the Speed Date with a Book program; and attend a book signing with all participating authors.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">Highlights<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"color:#333333\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Speed Dating with a Book: FREE books for students in grades six through twelve (wristbands required).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"color:#333333\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Themed panels, including Q&amp;A, featuring all NTTBF authors discussing various topics.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"color:#333333\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Middle grade and young adult author keynotes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"color:#333333\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Mega author signing featuring all NTTBF authors.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"color:#333333\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Educator Day on March 6 gives teachers and librarians the opportunity for professional development.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Educators can visit the website for <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northtexasteenbookfestival.com\/educators\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">resources<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\"> such as TBR worksheets, author question worksheets, printable bookmarks, and classroom\/display ideas. If you\u2019re bringing a group, you can register your bus. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">If you\u2019d like to volunteer for NTTBF, go <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northtexasteenbookfestival.com\/singles\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">here<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">The NTTBF mission is to inspire lifelong readers, cultivate a love of reading, and celebrate teen literature. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">NTTBF strives to connect reading communities, adding dimension to the reading experience through diverse author panels and dynamic discussions in a safe and fun environment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Texas Teen Book Festival announces eighty-author lineup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24,9,8,22],"class_list":["post-2483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bookfestival","tag-lonestarliterarylife","tag-lonestarliterarycom","tag-newsbrief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}