The Nerdy Book Club: Imagining a Better World through Student Voice, Reading Choice, and Community
2026 NCTE Annual Convention · 20 November 2026 · 12:30–13:45 · 122-B (100 Level)
The Nerdy Book Club: Imagining a Better World through Student Voice, Reading Choice, and Community was a session at 2026 NCTE Annual Convention on 20 November 2026 in Philadelphia, with 24 speakers on record.
Speakers
- Cynthia Minnich — Speaker English Teacher, Upper Dauphin Area High School
- Kyle Lukoff — Speaker MacKids
- Lisa Graff — Speaker Little, Brown for Young Readers
- Christina Wyman — Speaker MacKids
- Elisabeth Kamakawiwoole — Speaker Penguin Random House
- Donalyn Miller — Chair Rawlinson Middle School
- Jilanne Hoffmann — Speaker Millbrook/Lerner and Hachette/Little, Brown for Young Readers
- Jolene Guitiérrez — Speaker Abrams
- Norman Ollestad — Speaker Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
- Don Tate — Speaker Abrams Books For Young Readers
- Jodi-Beth Hazel — Speaker Agape Education
- Kevin Maillard — Speaker Macmillan
- Grant Snider — Speaker ABRAMS Books
- Morgan Jackson — Speaker Durango High School
- Jason Augustowski — Speaker Riverside High School
- Karla Arenas Valenti — Speaker Penguin Random House
- Nic Stone — Speaker #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Random House Children's Books
- Daniel Miyares — Speaker Penguin Random House
- Angela Cervantes — Speaker MacKids
- Teri Kanefield — Speaker ABRAMS Books
- Kate O'Shaughnessy — Speaker Random House Children's Books
- Margi Preus — Speaker Amulet Books/Abrams Books
- Brendan Kiely — Speaker MacKids
- S.D. Nelson — Speaker ABRAMS Books