Heartland 2020 Author Events

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Heartland Booksellers Award Celebration

Aired 10/15/20

Hosted by Isaac Fitzgerald, author of How to Be a Pirate and Ida Cuttler of Women and Children First.
Featuring:
Gabriel Bump
Carmen Maria Machado
Danez Smith
Ruta Sepetys
Kao Kalia Yang
Hanif Abdurraqib
Two Dollar Radio

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Heartland Book Club

Aired 10/8/20

Featuring Sarah Smarsh, author of She Come By It Natural. Hosted by Danny Caine of The Raven Book Store.

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An Evening with Ayad Akhtar

Aired 9/24/20

Featuring Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies, hosted by Sarah Bagby of Watermark Books.

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Keynote: Rev. Al Sharpton

Aired 9/15/20
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Featuring Rev. Al Sharpton, author of Rise Up, hosted by Ramunda Young of Mahogany Books.

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Meet the Authors

Aired 9/10/20

Featuring:
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Sarah Henning
Justin Reynolds
Varian Johnson & Shannon Wright
Mike Curato
Arianna Davis
Judith Flanders
Andrew Graff
C. L. Polk
Hannah Abigail Clarke

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An Evening with Picture Books

​Aired 8/27/20

Featuring:
Kenneth Kraegel
Kao Kalia Yang
Jennifer Dean Brewer & Leuyen Pham
Thrity Umrigar
Anna Katz
Amy Timberlake & Jon Klassen

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Meet the Authors

Aired 8/13/20

Featuring:
Adam Rex
Kalynn Bayron
Tiffany D. Jackson
Amanda McCrina
Cole Nagamatsu
John Rocco
Kelly Yang
Pete Beatty
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
​Ruth Ware

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An Evening with Helen Macdonald and Robin Wall Kimmerer

Aired 7/23/20

Featuring Helen Macdonald and Robin Wall Kimmerer, hosted by Emily Schroen of Main Street Books, MO.

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Meet the Authors

Aired 7/9/20

Featuring:
Kelli Jo Ford
Rudy Ruiz
Alice Randall
J. Scott Savage
Billy-Ray Belcourt
​Joanna Davidson Politano
K.A. Holt
Lin Enger
Becky Mandelbaum
Reid Forgrave

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​An Evening with Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam: Punching the Air

Aired 6/25/20

Featuring Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam, hosted by Alessandra Balzar of Balzar + Bray.