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Special Events
Wednesday, March 22
Nancy Pearl presents “Book Buzz”
Plan to attend this NEW event!
10:30 –11:30 am |
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Join Nancy Pearl as she and representatives from top publishing companies talk about some of the best upcoming books! Scheduled to appear...Marcia Purcell from Random House, Virginia Stanley from HaperCollins, Talia Ross from Holtzbrinck, and Nora Rawlinson from Time Warner.
Since the release of the best-selling Book Lust in 2003 and the Librarian Action Figure modeled in her likeness, Nancy Pearl has become a rock star among readers and the tastemaker people turn to when deciding what to read next. Having worked as a librarian and bookseller in Detroit, Tulsa and Seattle, Pearl’s knowledge of and love for books is unmatched. In 1998, she developed the program “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book,” which spread across the country. Nancy Pearl is the former Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book and is a regular commentator on National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition.” Open to all registered conference attendees.
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Wednesday, March 22
FOLUSA and REFERENCEUSA
present Reading for Relief
8:30 - 11:00 pm
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Sheraton Boston - Constitution Ballroom For more info, Click Here!
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Wednesday, March 22
Opening General Session
2:30 – 4 pm
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The PLA 2006 Opening General Session features Linda Ellerbee and is open to all attendees.
Linda Ellerbee is an outspoken journalist, award-winning television producer and best-selling author. At NBC News in the 1980s, she pioneered the late-night news program, “NBC News Overnight,” which she wrote and anchored. The program received the duPont-Columbia University Award for broadcast journalism.
In 1986, Ellerbee moved to ABC News to anchor and write “Our World,” a weekly prime-time historical series that won an Emmy for best writing. In 1987, Ellerbee and a partner founded Lucky Duck Productions, first producing documentaries for PBS. In 1991, Lucky Duck began producing “Nick News” for Nickelodeon with Ellerbee writing and hosting. Today “Nick News” is one of the most acclaimed children’s programs of any kind. Along the way, the show has collected three Peabody Awards (including one personal Peabody given to Ellerbee for her coverage of the Clinton investigation), a duPont-Columbia Award and two Emmys.
Ellerbee’s first foray into books for children was an eight-part fiction series titled Get Real, which was first published in 2000. Both of Ellerbee’s previous books were national bestsellers. The first, And So It Goes, a humorous look at television news, is still used as a textbook in more than 100 colleges. Ellerbee’s second bestseller, Move On, continues to be popular with women readers who appreciate her candid stories about being a working single mother and a woman trying to find some balance in her life.
Thank you to Highsmith Inc. for its support of this event.
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Friday, March 24
All-Conference Reception
7 – 9 pm
The All-Conference Reception is a great time to meet and mingle with colleagues from across the U.S. and beyond. Network and socialize while enjoying a delicious repast in the beautiful Boston Public Library. There is no charge for the event, but badges are required. |
Saturday, March 25
Closing Session
11:45 am – 1 pm
 Best-selling author Paco Underhill will present the keynote address at the closing session of PLA’s 11th National Conference, March 25, 2006 at 11:45 a.m. in Boston. Underhill is the acclaimed author of "Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping" (2000) and "The Call of the Mall: The Geography of Shopping" (2005). His talk will draw on research of over 20 years on how shoppers interact with stores and the geometry that, as he puts it, "rules the shopping universe." As founder and managing director of Envirosell, a New York-based behavioral market research and consulting company, Underhill has developed what some style "retail anthropology." Using detailed observation, customer tracking and video, Underhill has cataloged over 900 aspects of interaction between the shopper and the store. These vary from how people enter (the "human downshift period") and walk through the store (most of them turn to the right) to how they react to the size and layout of aisles. Thanks to NextReads for their support of this program.
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