Penguin Random House Academic Resources is pleased to announce the author line-up for the 2017 First-Year Experience® Conference (February 11-14, Atlanta, GA). Featuring books on social justice, identity, fiction, economic inequality, and more, we have a book and an author that are perfect for your school. Click here to RSVP to our events. Our author lineup is as follows (in chronological order):
AUTHOR DINNER (Co-sponsored by HarperCollins, Knopf, Macmillan, and Penguin)
Saturday, February 11
7:45-9:30 pm
J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy
Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad: A Novel
Diane Guerrero, author of In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
Garrard Conley, author of Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family
COMMON READING WEBSITE: THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE FOR COLLEGES AND COMMUNITIES
Sunday, February 12
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Room: Hyatt Regency-Piedmont
Penguin Random House will introduce and solicit feedback on the comprehensive common reading website that we are launching for colleges, universities, and communities around the country. Meant to provide reliable and up-to-date information on all aspects of common reading programs, we have created a website designed to be essential and responsive to the needs and requirements of administrators, students, and communities.
Visit the new website: www.commonreads.com
LEARNING TO LISTEN: LISTENING TO LEARN
Sunday, February 12
10:15 am – 11:15 am
Room: MM – A706
Dion Graham, narrator of Evicted
Rebecca Campbell, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
Cheryl Herman, Marketing Director, Penguin Random House Audio
Click here to view this session in the online FYE schedule guidebook.
Almost 50% of a college student’s day is spent in some form of listening, but little instruction on effective listening is taught in college. This session will focus on both learning how to listen and how to use listening as an important strategy for learning. Hear about the rising popularity of audiobooks and podcasts amongst college students and a variety of ways to incorporate audio in and out of the classroom. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to practice their own listening skills through an interactive demonstration and receive a complimentary audiobook.
AUTHOR LUNCHEON
Sunday, February 12
12:30-2:00 pm
Ken Ilgunas, author of Trespassing Across America: One Man’s Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland
Yeonmi Park, author of In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom
Tom Rinaldi, author of The Red Bandana: A Life. A Choice. A Legacy.
Brit Bennett, author of The Mothers: A Novel
COCKTAILS & CONVERSATION
Sunday, February 12
6:00-7:00 pm
Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, authors of Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin
In conversation with Brit Bennett, author of The Mothers: A Novel
AUTHOR LUNCHEON
Monday, February 13
11:30-1:15 pm
Dave Isay, author of Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work
Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Nicole and Wayne Maines, as featured in Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family
Shaka Senghor, author of Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison
Click here to RSVP for these events
Click here to view the invitation
Click here to view videos from our events at the 2015 First-Year Experience® Conference
