NYLA has announced their Keynote Speaker for the 2025 ANnual Conference & Trade Show: Micaela Blei, Ph.D. Micaela Blei, Ph.D., is an award-winning storyteller, educator and story editor based in Portland, Maine. A two-time Moth GrandSLAM winner and the former founding Director of Education at The Moth, Micaela helps creative people tell better stories through workshops, coaching, and her podcast "The Story Letter."
Registration for the Annual Conference, which will be in Saratoga Springs in November, will open in late July.
Advocacy: Currently NYLA is working with state legislators to help pass the Freedom to Read Act before session ends this week. This bill passed the NYS Senate in May, and made it to Assembly Floor last week. It should be voted on this week. The legislative session ends Thursday 6/18.
