Welcome to the virtual 2022 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards celebration!

The month-long event kicks off today with Horn Book editor in chief Elissa Gershowitz's prerecorded opening remarks above.

Thanks as always to the Boston Globe and to Simmons University. 

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BGHB 2022 Virtual Schedule

Welcome week:

October 3: Welcome by Horn Book editor in chief, Elissa Gershowitz

October 4: Past BGHB winners list; My Favorite BGHB Winner; Considering the Criteria: Addressing Book Discussion Guidelines in the 21st Century

October 5: BGHB at 50 (from 2017); Thom’s Rules of Order: Ten Tips for Good Book Discussion; What Makes a Good Acceptance Speech?

October 6: Unlucky Arithmetic: Thirteen Ways to Raise a Nonreader; and Confessions of an Award Committee Addict

October 7: BGHB crossword; BGHB trivia; Weekly Roundup

Fiction and Poetry week:

October 11: Fiction and Poetry Honor Book Rez Dogs
- judge introduction
- author Joseph Bruchac's acceptance speech video
- the Horn Book's review

October 12: Fiction and Poetry Honor Book Borders
- judge introduction
- illustrator Natasha Donovan's acceptance speech video for herself and author Thomas King
- the Horn Book's review
- Thomas King extras

October 13: Fiction and Poetry Winner All My Rage
- judge introduction
- Elissa Gershowitz's interview with author Sabaa Tahir
- the Horn Book's review

October 14: Weekly Roundup

Nonfiction week:

October 18: Nonfiction Honor Book The Waiting Place: When Home Is Lost and a New One Not Yet Found
- judge introduction
- author Dina Nayeri's acceptance speech video
- photographer Anna Bosch Miralpeix's acceptance speech video
- the Horn Book's review

October 19: Nonfiction Honor Book Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History
- judge introduction
- author Schele Williams's acceptance speech video
- illustrator Tonya Engel's acceptance speech video
- the Horn Book's review

October 20: Nonfiction Winner Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
- judge introduction
- Elissa Gershowitz's interview with author Brandy Colbert
- the Horn Book's review

October 21: Weekly Roundup

Picture Book week:

October 25: Picture Book Honor Book Moon Pops
- judge introduction
- author Heena Baek's acceptance speech video
- translator Jieun Kiaer's acceptance speech video
- the Horn Book's review

October 26: Picture Book Honor Book War
- judge introduction
- illustrator André Letria's acceptance speech video for himself and author José Jorge Letria
- the Horn Book's review

October 27: Picture Book Winner Ain't Burned All the Bright
- judge introduction
- Elissa Gershwitz's interview with author Jason Reynolds and illustrator Jason Griffin
- the Horn Book's review
- Jason Reynolds extras

October 28: Weekly Roundup

Month wrap up:

October 31: Boston Globe books contributing editor Kate Tuttle's interview with this year's BGHB judges