ALA Annual 2026 Schedule

ALA Annual 2026 is going to be packed with so much fun–check out our full schedule to meet Macmillan authors and visit us in booth #2625 to hear about upcoming books!

SATURDAY 6/27

9:30am | Shen Tao / THE POET EMPRESS booth signing

10:30am | Rioghnach Robinson / BAD WORDS booth signing

11:00-1:00pm | Leading the Way with Speculative Fiction: Leadership Lessons from Imaginary Worlds | Room W 183 C

• Shen Tao / THE POET EMPRESS
• Terry J. Benton-Walker / THE DRAKON KING
• Veronica Roth / SEEK THE TRAITOR’S SON
• TJ Klune / WE BURNED SO BRIGHT

11:30am | Kristen McCallum / FREE GIRLS booth signing

12:30pm | Paula Chase / OFF BALANCE booth signing

1:00pm | Amanda Sellet / FLIRTING WITH MURDER booth signing

1:30pm | Veronica Roth / SEEK THE TRAITOR’S SON booth signing

2:30pm | TJ Klune / THE STARS LOOK LIKE HOME booth signing

3:30pm | Allison Saft / A FRAGILE ENCHANTMENT booth signing

3:30-4:20pm | The Road to Resilience: Coming-of-Age in Young Adult Literature | Exhibit Hall, PopTop Stage

• Kristen McCallum / FREE GIRLS

8:00-10:00pm | Carnegie Ceremony | American Writers Museum: 180 N. Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor

• Yiyun Li / THINGS IN NATURE MERELY GROW
• Ticketed Event

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SUNDAY 6/28

9:30am | Terry J. Benton-Walker / THE DRAKON KING booth signing

9:30-10:20am | Mystical Magical: New and Exciting YA Fantasies | Exhibit Hall, PopTop Stage

• Allison Saft / IMMORTAL GAME
• Lauren Blackwood / KNIGHT OF THE GOD KING

10:00am | Yiyun Li / MUSIC AGAINST THE NIGHT booth signing

10:30-11:20am | Behind the Mic: TJ Klune and Kirt Graves Discuss Audiobook Storytelling | Exhibit Hall, PopTop Stage

• TJ Klune / WE BURNED SO BRIGHT
• Kirt Graves / WE BURNED SO BRIGHT audio narrator

10:50-11:20am | Macmillan Publishers Adult + YA Book Buzz | Exhibit Hall, Book Buzz Theater

11:00-12:00pm | Thrills and Chills Author Panel | Room W 193 B

• Sara Paretsky / BAD COMPANY

12:30-1:20pm | What Remains: Grief, Memory, and the Power of Stories to Transform Us | Exhibit Hall, A Real Page-Turner Stage

• Rioghnach Robinson / BAD WORDS 

12:30pm | Brianna Jett / UNDER A CARNIVORE SKY booth signing

1:00-2:00pm | Fantasy & Romantasy Author Panel | Room W 193 A

• Terry J. Benton-Walker / THE DRAKON KING

1:00pm | Lauren Blackwood / KNIGHT OF THE GOD KING booth signing

1:30pm | Britney S. Lewis / BLOOD MOON booth signing

2:00pm | Nicholas Boggs / BALDWIN booth signing

2:30pm | Sara Paretsky / BAD COMPANY booth signing

2:30-3:30pm | First Novels Author Panel | Room W 193 A

• Mathilda Zeller / IT LOOKS LIKE YOU IN THE DARK

3:00pm | John Scalzi / MONSTERS OF OHIO booth signing

6:00-8:00pm | The Laugh’s On Us Author Panel | Room W 375 A Skyline

• John Scalzi / MONSTERS OF OHIO
• Ticketed Event

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MONDAY 6/29

9:30am | Maurice Broaddus / A CITY DREAMING booth signing

10:00am | Markelle Grabo / THE REDWOOD BARGAIN booth signing

10:30am | Don Martin / VERITY VOX AND THE CURSE OF FOXFIRE booth signing

10:00am-2:00pm | Stonewall Book Awards | Room W 192 A

• Nicholas Boggs / BALDWIN 

11:30am-12:20pm | Stand Up, Speak Out: The Defiant Characters Leading New YA Fantasy | Exhibit Hall, PopTop Stage

• Don Martin / VERITY VOX AND THE CURSE OF FOXFIRE
• Britney S. Lewis / BLOOD MOON
• Markelle Grabo / THE REDWOOD BARGAIN
• Brianna Jett / UNDER A CARNIVORE SKY