Yale School of Medicine

Yale Child Study Center

Anna Freud Centre Program

Anna Freud Centre Program

Yale Child Study Center
230 South Frontage Rd.
New Haven, CT 06520
Tel: 203.785.5759
emily.deegan@yale.edu

Provisional Schedule

Morning  
Introduction  
8.00am – 8.30am: Registration & refreshments
(tea, coffee, juice, fruit and pastries)
8.30am – 9.00am: Welcome and overview of event
Linda Mayes/Mary Target
9.00am – 9.30am: Opening keynote address
Steven Marans, PhD.
AUTHOR/ANALYST Session #1: Picture Books

Authors: Martin Waddell, Mo Willems and Robie H. Harris
Responding analysts: Alicia Lieberman and Jenny Stoker
9.35am – 10.50am: Author presentations
10.50am – 11.20am: Analyst responses
11.20am – 11.40am: Q&A
11.40am – 12.30pm: Boxed lunch
Book Sales and Book Signing
Afternoon  
12.30pm – 1.15pm: Afternoon keynote address
Gregory Maguire
AUTHOR/ANALYST Session #2: Fiction for ages 8 – 12 years
We have learned that Neil Gaiman is not able to be at the conference. However, he has prepared comments to be read at the conference as part of the AUTHOR/ANALYST Session #2: Fiction for ages 8 - 12 years and his book The Wolves in the Walls will be discussed by that panel's two participating analysts.
Authors: Lois Lowry and Pam Munoz Ryan
Responding analysts: Judy Yanof and Nick Midgely
1.20pm – 2.35pm: Author presentations
2.35pm – 3.05pm: Analyst responses
3.05pm – 3.25pm: Q&A
3.25pm – 3.40pm: Break
AUTHOR/ANALYST Session #3: Fiction for ages 12+
Authors of young adult fiction: David Almond, Chris Crutcher and Jacqueline Woodsen
Responding analysts: Karen Gilmore and Arietta Slade
3.45pm – 5.00pm: Author presentations
5.00pm – 5.30 pm: Analyst responses
5.30pm – 5.50pm: Q&A
Conclusion  
5.50pm – 6.05pm: Concluding remarks:
Linda Mayes and Mary Target
6.05pm – 6.35pm: Goodbye, thanks and refreshments
(tea, coffee, wine, cheese cookies)

Book signing
Please note, books will be available throughout the day for purchase, and a book-signing will be held at some point during the day.