<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-e3128e89-7fff-f79d-a591-9eb4f64c9269"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are looking for more LGBTQ+-identifying booktalkers to be a part of a session at the 2023 Oregon Library Association’s Annual Conference! Can you help?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The session: Queer Lit for All Ages</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The concept: 75-minutes of high energy booktalks highlighting excellent, current books for children, teens, and adults that include diverse LGBTQ+ representation.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Who should be interested? LGBTQ+-identifying library staff willing to book talk between 7-10 titles (the final number depends on how many booktalkers we find) and who will be at the OLA Annual Conference in Bend on Thursday, April 20.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How much book talking are we talking about? That will be decided by the team, once we have found all our excellent book talkers! We’re thinking panelists might share about 6-8 books each!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Interested? Have questions? Please reach out to OLA Program Chair Sonja Somerville at </span><a href="mailto:olaprograms@olaweb.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">olaprograms@olaweb.org</span></a></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div>Thanks for considering!</div><div>SONJA SOMERVILLE, OLA 2023 Conference Committee Program Chair</div></div>