YALSA opened housing requests and listed its registration rates for the inaugural Young Adult Literature Symposium, Nov. 7-9 at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. Registration opens May 1, with special early bird pricing available until Sept. 1 and advance registration from Sept. 2 to Oct. 3.
The symposium, funded in part by the William C. Morris Endowment, will take place biennially beginning this year. The 2008 theme is “How We Read Now.” It will begin with a preconference focusing on illustrated materials for teens, including comic books, graphic novels, graphic nonfiction, manga and anime. Programs at the symposium will showcase a wide variety of topics within young adult literature and librarianship.

Hotel rooms for the symposium will cost $119 and can be reserved by phone, fax or online. Early bird registration costs $195 for YALSA members, as well as members of the Tennessee Library Association and the Tennesee Association of School Librarians; $245 for ALA personal members; $300 for nonmembers; and $50 for students, who must be enrolled full-time in a library and information science program. Registrants can attend the preconference for an additional $75.

To find out how to reserve a hotel room and see the full list of registration rates, including advanced and onsite registration, visit www.ala.org/yalitsymposium.

If you have any questions, please contact us at yalsa@ala.org or 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4390.