The Indies Introduce program is about what independent booksellers do best: discovering exciting debut authors and sharing the best with readers across the country. Learn about the title selection process from the bookseller panelists who curated the Summer/Fall 2023 Kids' Indies Introduce list.
Booksellers:
Kathy Burnette, Brain Lair Books, South Bend, IN
Susan Reckers, Rakestraw Books, Danville, CA
Talia Smart, Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC
Authors:
Gabi Burton (Sing Me to Sleep, Bloomsbury)
Zohra Nabi (The Kingdom Over the Sea, Margaret K. McElderry Books) (prerecorded video)
Hannah V. Sawyerr (All the Fighting Parts, Amulet Books)
Thushanthi Ponweera (I Am Kavi, Holiday House) (prerecorded video)
Christina Wyman (Jawbreaker, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR)
K.X. Song (An Echo in the City, Little, Brown BYR) (prerecorded video)
Joelle Wellington (Their Vicious Games, Simon & Schuster BYR)
Page Powars (The Borrow a Boyfriend Club, Delacorte Press) (prerecorded video)
Rhonda Roumani (Tagging Freedom, Union Square Kids)
Anna Sortino (Give Me a Sign, G.P. Putnam's Sons BYR) (prerecorded video)