It was a very full day of events at Winter Institute (many of which we'll be reporting on in next week's Shelf Awareness), but there's always time to greet old friends and colleagues.
Benjamin Rybeck, Center for Fiction, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Michelle Malonzo, Changing Hands, Phoenix, Ariz.; Jeremy Ellis, MPIBA; Scott Abel and Gwen Hunter, Solid State Books, Washington, D.C.; Joanna Demkiewicz, Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, Minn.
Matthew Cordell, author and illustrator of Hello Neighbor!: The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers (Holiday House); Michelle Montague, executive director, marketing; Christina Uss, author of The Colossus of Roads (Holiday House); Bethany Buck, editor-in-chief, Pixel+Ink; and Richard Fairgray, author and illustrator of Black Sand Beach: Are You Afraid of the Light? (Pixel+Ink).
At last evening's author reception, Emma Straub (l.), co-owner of Books Are Magic, Brooklyn, N.Y., signed ARCs of her forthcoming novel All Adults Here (Riverhead, May) alongside Amber Sparks, whose new story collection is And I Do Not Forgive You (Liveright, Feb.).
Jason Reynolds, who was recently named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, signed copies of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, a YA version of Ibram X. Kendi's award-winning book, coming from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers in March.
Californians Jenn Witte, Skylight Books, Los Angeles; Pete Mulvihill, Green Apple Books, San Francisco; and Brad Johnson, East Bay Books, Oakland.