Great news - Roger Sutton has just been added to the 2011 Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival lineup! Roger Sutton has been the editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc, since 1996 and was previously the editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. He has also worked as a children's and young adult librarian and is amo...ng the country's leading experts on children's literature. Mr. Sutton gave the Keats Lecture at the 1998 festival and we are thrilled to have him return to give the Keats Lecture at the 2011 festival. Be sure to check out Mr. Sutton’s blog: http://readroger.hbook.com/.

For more information on the 2011 festival please visit www.usm.edu/bookfest. Know any graduate students in LIS or an allied field? Encourage them to apply for the Ambassador program! Four applicants will be chosen to receive free registration and housing in exchange for volunteer service during the festival. http://www.usm.edu/bookfest/AmbassadorProgram.html

Interested in presenting at the 2011 festival? Submissions will be accepted until November- more information can be found here: http://www.usm.edu/bookfest/Submissions.html.

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Teresa S. Welsh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Library & Information Science
University of Southern Mississippi
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Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

British Summer Studies LIS Course, Summer 2010
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