Ellen Oh, Kelly Starling Lyons, Joanne Marple

8 MAY 2021 — saturday

The Bay Area Book Festival presents "Your Self on the Shelf: Books that Speak Your Language," featuring Ellen Oh, the CEO of grassroots organization We Need Diverse Books, and Kelly Starling Lyons, member of The Brown Bookshelf, discussing diversity in children's and young adult literature and how authors are overcoming barriers to create inclusive characters in their stories today, moderated by Bay Area librarian Joanne Marple, free, online, 3:00-3:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.baybookfest.org/session/self_shelf)