Author Archives: Angela Newman

One of the main reasons I was able to come to PLA this year was because it was in Philadelphia – a 20 minute train ride for me. No airfare or hotel needed! However, what I failed to take into … Continue reading →

First off, I want to say that I was gonna go to the Readers Advisory Toolkit workshop this morning anyway. Finding out the presenters were handing out chocolate was just a bonus. An awesome bonus. I took some time between … Continue reading →

Sometimes it’s hard to choose what to attend at a conference. Sometimes it’s very, very easy.

Like seemingly everyone else in the free world, I ate lunch at the Reading Terminal Market today. (This photo does not do justice to how crowded the place was this afternoon; stopping to take a picture was not possible when … Continue reading →

Am I the only one who references Breakin’ 2 whenever confronted with the 2nd edition of something? I definitely acquired a copy of the 2nd edition of Every Child Ready to Read a few months ago. And even though I … Continue reading →

How to boil down a 75 minute conference workshop into a shortish microblog post? I thought maybe a list of the top five things I took away from each workshop would be my best bet, so I give you the … Continue reading →

If I were to make a list of things I did not expect to see today at the PLA conference, an a cappella choir singing ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ outside the exhibit hall would be pretty near the top. … Continue reading →

Nancy Pearl has the power to bring things back from the dead. Well, at least, if those things are books, and if by ‘dead’ one means out of print. I had the chance to attend her luncheon today at PLA … Continue reading →