Wow – busy day! Started out by going to the day of dialog, which was near Rockefeller Center. We took the Subway and ended up going too far so we ended up in Times Square. That was a real disappointment. 
Walked past the ABC Studios, where they film GMA. Also saw Radio City Music Hall, which was right across the street from the conference center where the Day of Dialog was held.
They day of dialog was very interesting – the first panel discussion was with the authors of “And Tango Makes 3″. Particularly interesting to find out it’s one of the most challenged children’s books, and remembered that someone recently complained about it to one of the Oaklyn staff (although no formal complaint was filed, I believe.) The authors and mediator were quite charming and the librarian rep was really interesting in her assessment of the controversy, as well. I really enjoyed listening to the authors.
The second panel was an “Editor’s Hot Picks” panel which was very enlightening. There were editors there from HarperCollins, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Viking, and St. Martin’s Press. We were treated to lists of upcoming fiction and non fiction titles to look for – I have a list of upcoming books to bring back with me. Some of the authors mentioned will be at BEA signing books, so I’m making a point to look up some of them to get a jump on the season.
I’m also proud of myself for navigating NYC by myself. It’s not that hard, if I just think of it as an extremely large version of Indianapolis.
Tomorrow is BEA and I have a list of stuff to do – book signings bu Janet Evanovich, Tom Perotta, etc. and some sessions – one on graphic novels.
Here are a couple photos from my day:
