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Join the conversation with distinguished speakers representing publishers and publishing service groups from Northern California and beyond.

At the David Brower Center in Downtown Berkeley, CA

❯ Easily accessible by public transportation ❮

❯ Light breakfast and full lunch included ❮

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The PPN Conference serves as both a professional forum and a community gathering. As an author, attending the conference and connecting faces to names within our local publishing industry provided me with invaluable insights into the perspectives and considerations of the myriad professionals integral to the book creation process. Equally, I hope I contributed meaningful reflections from the authors' vantage point within this collaborative chain. 

NILOUFAR TALEBI 
Author, Translator, Producer, Educator, Creator

Learn from Publishing Experts

Aya de León  |  Keynote: Every Story Is a Climate Story: How Publishing Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis

Author and Climate Justice Activist

Aya de León (she/her/ella), the author of ten novels, teaches creative writing and climate justice at UC Berkeley. She is the acquiring editor for Fighting Chance Books, telling the story of how we can still save our planet. Aya’s work has appeared in various venues, including Harper’s Bazaar, Ebony, and Def Poetry, and she was recently interviewed in the New York Times. In spring 2022, she organized an online conference entitled Black Literature vs. the Climate Emergency (available on YouTube). In addition, she does climate organizing with the Black Hive, the climate justice formation at the Movement for Black Lives. Aya was named Berkeley’s new poet laureate in 2023.

Nina Schuyler

Award-Winning Author 

Mike Johnson

Sheridan

Sara Fan

2023 Robin Seaman Award Winner and UC Press

Jeevan Sivasubramaniam

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Raya Rahman

Guba Books 
Photo from previous PPN conference, showing Mariah Bear standing and speaking with microphone, with other panelists seated

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Get the Most out of the Conference!

Attending a conference can be such a fun experience, but also an intimidating one. By planning ahead of time, we can put ourselves in a position to get the most out of it with the least amount of stress. Join us for a PPN pre-conference meetup with Brittany Dowdle and Linda Ruggeri from The Networking Studio. We’ll discuss how we can prepare for the PPN conference so we can be at ease and network effectively, getting the most out of our in-person conference experience. Linda Ruggeri and Brittany Dowdle are the authors of the book Networking for Freelance Editors, which won a Benjamin Franklin Silver Medal Award in 2022, and The Conference Notebook, a practical and goal-oriented conference planning notebook to make your conference experience more results-driven and successful.

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