National Institute 2026

Join us at Buffalo & Erie County Public Library's Central Library for an evening to Play. Learn. Connect!

Tour the Central Library - from their vibrant teen services space to their Launch Pad Maker Space to their beautiful Mark Twain archive room - come check out this library in the heart of Buffalo's downtown (and just two blocks from the Hyatt Regency). 

Connect with colleagues from around the country with light refreshments. 

We'll have tables set up for local creators signing limited copies of their books (available and forthcoming) including: 

- Newbery Honor Author Erin Bow (Witchward Bound)
- Edwards Winner and Legacy Medalist Candace Fleming (The Forgotten War)
- Excellence in Nonfiction Winner Deb Heiligman (title forthcoming)
- Stonewall Honor Author Eric Rosswood (A Place to Dance and Felix Finds His Polish)
- Sibert Honor Author Melissa Stewart (title forthcoming)
- Stonewall Award Winner Victoria Zeller (One of the Boys)