New information for 2020 will be coming very soon. Stay tuned!

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The Moveable Feast

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Author Lounge Friday

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In-Booth Signing

Author Information for 2019

Author Appearances

One of the most exciting and rewarding aspects of attending the Heartland Fall Forum is meeting authors face to face, learning more about their forthcoming books, and in most cases, getting a galley, too. Bring your business cards and make lasting connections with authors in your region and across the country. 

Booksellers: If you have read any of the following books, please send us your blurbs. We've love to promote them. 

For publicists

Event Instructions

Pitch Instructions

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Marquee Keynote - Thursday

Marquee Keynote - Friday

“Once I dove in, I couldn’t come up for air. My family didn’t see me for two days. Ruta Sepetys has written another novel that I believe is her best so far, a deep dive into an unknown world that will leave you breathless.” --Kathy Adams, Valley Bookseller (Stillwater, MN)

"I totally can relate to everything in this book. There is something for everyone is this stunning novel. Full of rich and colorful characters who could all be your family in real life. I just loved love this." --Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books

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Book Awards Celebration

Book Awards Emcee

​Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus, McSweeney’s, BuzzFeed Books, Isaac appears frequently on The Today Show and is the co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes). These days, Isaac lives in Brooklyn and is hard at work on three books forthcoming from Bloomsbury (including How to Be a Pirate), a YA novel, a picture book, and an essay collection titled Dirtbag, Massachusetts. 

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Tasting Notes Dinner

"Equal parts harrowing and hopeful, clear-eyed and emotionally acute. This is an utterly beautiful and vibrant book." --Erika VanDam from RoscoeBooks, Chicago, IL

"This challenging and explosive book will linger long after you finish it." --Danny Caine, The Raven Book Shop (Lawrence, KS)

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Children's Author Breakfast

“Dazzling, funny as hell, poignant, all the things.” —Roxanne Gay, author of Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

“Mañanaland now, more than ever, in this riveting testament to heroism and compassion as only master storyteller Pam Muñoz Ryan can divine and deliver. A luminous embodiment of hope.”—Rita Williams Garcia, Newbery Award-winning author of One Crazy Summer and Clayton Byrd Goes Underground

"A lovingly honest memoir of a racial-and social activist-past that really hasn't passed." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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Opening Reception