The ABA hotel block will open on Thursday, April 10 at 1:00 pm ET/10:00 am PT. A booking link will be emailed to registered attendees.

Get ready for bookstore tours of Portland! Registration will open on Thursday, April 17.

Watch Bookselling This Week (BTW) for details and special announcements in the coming weeks. If you don’t currently receive BTW, you can subscribe on BookWeb.

Cancellation Policy:
Registrants, including scholarship winners, may cancel their registration by April 10, 2025 for a full refund, minus a $75 cancellation fee. 

Registrations canceled after April 10, 2025, are non-refundable regardless of circumstances, but registrants may transfer their registration to another individual from their store on or before May 29, 2025 for full credit.

All requests for transfers and cancellations must be made in writing to childrensinstitute@bookweb.org.

Mychal Threets

Librarian and TikTok sensation Mychal Threets, is the author of the upcoming picture book, I’m So Happy You’re Here!: A Celebration of Library Joy (Random House Books for Young Readers) which invites young readers to experience the magic that the library can bring.

Opening Keynote
Thursday, June 12

em dickson

em dickson (e/em/eir/she) (Children’s Lit MA/MFA, Simmons) is a school librarian, competitive sailor, and sea shanty enthusiast. When not reading or writing, e can be found harmonizing to random sounds, collecting trinkets in eir pockets like a dragon, or promoting the color teal.

Breakfast Keynote
Friday, June 13 

Petra Lord

Petra Lord is a biracial trans author. She has a BFA in TV Writing from New York University, which she uses to recommend TV shows to her parents and predict the endings of movies. Queen of Faces is her debut novel. 

Breakfast Keynote
Friday, June 13 

Claribel Ortega

Claribel A. Ortega, New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Squad and the Witchlings series, and Pura Belpre and Eisner Award-winning author of the graphic novel Frizzy, is a former reporter who writes middle grade and young adult fantasy inspired by her Dominican heritage. 

Breakfast Keynote
Friday, June 13 

ND Stevenson

ND Stevenson is the award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator of Nimona and The Fire Never Goes Out, the co-creator of Lumberjanes and was the showrunner for She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. 

Breakfast Keynote
Friday, June 13 

Lee Wind

Lee Wind writes the books that would have changed his life as a young Gay Jewish kid. His latest nonfiction book for readers 11 and up is The Gender Binary is a Big Lie. He is also the author of YA novels including A Different Kind of Brave.

Breakfast Keynote
Friday, June 13 

Samira Ahmed

Samira Ahmed is the New York Times bestselling author of Love, Hate, & Other Filters, Internment, This Book Won’t Burn and the upcoming release, The Singular Life of Aria Patel. She is on the national leadership team of Authors Against Book Bans.

Breakfast Keynote
Saturday, June 14 

Mac Barnett

Mac Barnett was recently named the 2025-2026 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Barnett is the author of popular children’s titles like Twenty Questions, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, A Polar Bear in the Snow, and The Shapes Trilogy.

Closing Keynote
Saturday, June 14

REGISTRATION

Registration is now open!, Check out this infographic with everything you need to know before you register.

HOTEL + TRAVEL

The hotel block to reserve rooms will open on Thursday, April 10 at 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT.

PROGRAM

Ci2025 offers four days of educational programming, keynote talks, author receptions, publisher parties, and dedicated time to network with booksellers, authors, and publishers from around the country.