Visit us in the Exhibit Hall in Booth 41!
FYE Exhibit Hall
Saturday, February 10, 6 p.m.-8:15 p.m.
Sunday, February 11, 7 a.m.-11:30 a.m., 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Monday, February 12, 7 a.m.-12 p.m.
Visit Macmillan’s booth (#41) to explore our diverse selection of books that are perfectly suited for First-Year Experience and Common Reading programs!
Sunday, February 11
Join us for dinner with Anthony Ray Hinton and Erik Weihenmayer!
7:30 p.m.
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, LDR Ballroom
Dinner and author panel, with a book signing to follow
Anthony Ray Hinton is the author of The Sun Does Shine. He spent nearly thirty years on death row for crimes he did not commit. Released in April 2015, Hinton now speaks widely on prison reform and the power of faith and forgiveness. He lives in Alabama.
Erik Weihenmayer is a bestselling author, athlete, adventurer, and motivational speaker. He is the only blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He is the author of No Barriers, Touch the Top of the World, The Adversity Advantage. He co-founded No Barriers USA, which helps those with special challenges to live active and purposeful lives. He lives in Colorado.
Monday, February 13
Join us for Macmillan’s First-Year Experience Author Lunch!
11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
Room 221
Lunch and author panel, with a book signing to follow
Patrisse Khan-Cullors is the author of When They Call You a Terrorist. She is an artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from Los Angeles, California. Co-founder of Black Lives Matter, she is also a performance artist, Fulbright scholar, public speaker, and the 2017 Sydney Peace Prize recipient.
Chris Hughes grew up in Hickory, North Carolina. He co-founded Facebook as a student at Harvard and later led Barack Obama’s digital organizing campaign for president. A former owner of The New Republic magazine, Hughes is now the founder and co-chair of the Economic Security Project. He is the author of Fair Shot and lives in New York’s Greenwich Village with his family.
Sarah Glidden is the author of Rolling Blackouts, and How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, published in 2010 and translated into five languages. Glidden’s work has appeared in various newspapers and magazines and anthologized in The Best American Comics. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
Julie Lythcott-Haims is the author of Real American and How to Raise an Adult. She served as dean of freshmen and undergraduate advising at Stanford University, where she received the Dinkelspiel Award for her contributions to the undergraduate experience. She holds a B.A. from Stanford, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an M.F.A. in writing from California College of the Arts. She is a member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, and resides in the Bay Area with her husband, their two children, and her mother.
Join us for dinner with Andrew Forsthoefel!
7 p.m.
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
Room 221
Dinner and author panel, with a book signing to follow
Andrew Forsthoefel is a writer, radio producer, public speaker, and the author of Walking to Listen. After graduating from Middlebury College in 2011, he spent nearly a year walking across the United States. He first recounted part of that journey in a radio story featured on This American Life. He now facilitates workshops on walking and listening as practices in personal transformation, interconnection, and conflict resolution, and is currently based in Northampton, Massachusetts.
PLUS! Don’t miss our Twitter Sweepstakes!
Enter to win signed books from each of our authors who will be speaking at FYE 2018! To enter, simply:
- Follow @macmillanreads on Twitter
- Retweet our sweepstakes tweet (see below) with the following tags and hashtags: “@macmillanreads #FYE18 #sweepstakes”
- For a bonus entry, follow us on Instagram (@macmillanreads)
Macmillan’s FYE18 Sweepstakes will be open from Saturday, February 10 at 5 p.m (CT), until Tuesday, February 13th at 11:59 p.m. (CT). Please see below for the complete rules.
Say hello!
Post to our Facebook wall
Continue reading →
Kristen Green
Rachel Pearson
Sharlee Jeter and Sampson Davis
Chris Hughes
Julie Lythcott-Haims
Sarah Glidden
Anthony Ray Hinton
Margot Shetterly
Renee Engeln