26th Annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture

Effie Lee Morris Lecture Online
Speaker: Nicola Yoon, YA Author
Thursday, June 2, 2022
6:00 pm / PT

In partnership with the San Francisco Public Library, the Women’s National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter invites you to join acclaimed young adult fiction writer on Thursday, June 2, at 6 pm,  PDT for the 26th annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture in a special online event with an exciting bonus for high school student writers who submit their original work. (See below.)

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Yoon will present in conversation with author YA author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and teen librarian Connie Lin. 

New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon, her magical young adult love story The Sun Is Also a Star, was made into a popular 2019 film. She has also written the acclaimed Everything, Everything, filmed in 2017, and her latest novel, Instructions for Dancing. She is a National Book Award finalist, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book recipient, and a Coretta Scott King New Talent Award winner. Born in Jamaica, she immigrated to New York City at age 11. 

Yoon’s talk focuses on the rich diversity, and the challenges, of the immigrant experience, as seen through her own and her characters’ lenses. 

Registration required: https://on.sfpl.org/ELM_2022  

This lecture is sponsored by the Main Children’s Center and the African American Center, in partnership with the Friends of the SF Public Library and the Women’s National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter. The Women’s National Book Association – San Francisco Chapter was founded in 1968 by the groundbreaking Black librarian Effie Lee Morris.

A leader in advocacy for women, people of color, and the disabled, Ms. Morris was Coordinator of Children and Youth Services for the San Francisco Public Library, having previously opened avenues for success for Black and visually impaired readers in Cleveland and New York Public Libraries.

In 1996, the WNBA-SF Chapter established the annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture Series to honor their founder.

Read more: https://sfpl.org/events/2022/06/02/author-nicola-yoon-26th-annual-effie-lee-morris-lecture 

Bonus for student writers: 

The first 25 students of a Bay Area middle school or senior high school to submit an original work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry of 250 words or more by July 1, 2022 will receive a free signed copy of a Nicola Yoon novel by mail or pick up from the San Francisco Main Public Library. 

Please use this link to submit your work and your contact information for the book giveaway:
https://wnba-sfchapter.org/submission-of-written-work-for-young-adult-book-giveaway/