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Authors Levithan, Mackler & Smith highlight FTRF45 event in NYC

Posted By Jonathan M. Kelley, Thursday, May 14, 2015
Updated: Thursday, May 14, 2015

FTRF is excited to announce that authors David Levithan (Boy Meets Boy, Another Day), Carolyn Mackler (The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things) and Jeff Smith (Bone) be appearing at the FTRF45 New York City event on Friday, May 29, in conjunction with BookExpo America. All three have had books subject to significant censorship challenges, and all three are passionate advocates for the freedom to read.

The authors will be signing copies of their books, which will be available on site.

Carolyn Mackler The event will be held from 6:30-9:00 p.m. at the headquarters of Scholastic, 557 Broadway in Manhattan, in their beautiful Greenhouse. Our thanks to Scholastic, as well as co-sponsors New York Public Library and Elsevier, for their support of this event. David Levithan

Tickets for this event are $25 and are on sale now at www.ftrf.org/event/FTRF45_NYC. We hope to see you there!

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Wednesday in Austin: FTRF45 Reception featuring David Levithan!

Posted By Jonathan M. Kelley, Friday, April 10, 2015

For those attending TXLA next week – or anyone in the Austin area!

FTRF45/Austin Reception
Wednesday, April 15 - 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Uncle Julio’s, 301 Brazos St.

Will you be in or around the Austin, Texas area on Wednesday, April 15? If so, please consider joining the Freedom to Read Foundation as we gather at Uncle Julio's as part of our continued celebration of FTRF45! Visit www.ftrf.org/event/FTRF45_Austin for tickets and additional details.

This event will feature award-winning Young Adult author David Levithan. David will be discussing his experiences with censorship and signing copies of Every Day and his forthcoming book, Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story, which will be available to attendees for an additional donation.

For attendees of the Texas Library Association conference: Uncle Julio's is located a block away from the Austin Convention Center

Advance tickets: $40.00 FTRF members • $45.00 non-members • $25.00 students

Tickets at the door: $50.00

If you would prefer to get tickets by phone, or have any questions, please call (312) 280-4226.

Note: Texas Library Association Annual Conference attendees can add this ticket to their TLA event registration.

Cosponsored by Texas Women's University School of Library and Information Studies.