Welcoming LGBTQIA Patrons for NoveList, November 2022.

Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2018 for School Library Journal, December 2, 2018. Co-authored with Brigid Alverson, Johanna Draper Carlson, Lori Henderson, Esther Keller, Mike Pawuk, and Scott Robins. 2018.

Ghosts Classroom Guide for Scholastic, 2016.

A School-Wide Study of “Serial” for School Library Journal, November 4, 2015.

Library “Avengers Day” Draws Cosplaying Superheroes of All Ages for School Library Journal, October 27, 2015.

Once Upon a Time in Minneapolis: A Librarian attends NerdCon. October 21, 2015.

Podcast Party: A Curated List of Nine Teen-Friendly Podcasts for School Library Journal, August 18, 2015.

Big Bang Press, a New Publisher for Fan Fiction Writers and Artists for School Library Journal, October 30, 2014.

Toronto Library Hosts a Comics Festival for American Libraries, July 2 2012.

TCAF 2011: A Librarian’s Report for School Library Journal, May 13, 2011.

Contributor to EBSCO’s Novelist, Editing and Selection for EBSCO’s Core Collections, including the Graphic Novel Core Collections and Senior High Core Collections. 2011-present.

Number crunching: How Looking at Graphic Novel Circulation Statistics from Many Perspectives Help You Know What’s Really Flying Off the Shelves for School Library Journal, November 21, 2009.

Introduction for Graphic Novels, Manga and Comics from Random House, Inc. A Collection Development Resource. January, 2009.

Good Comics for Kids. Blogger and contributor to Good Comics for Kids features. 2008-present. Includes the Question Tuesday column.

Romance by any other name for Library Journal, September, 2007.

Graphic Novels for Middle Grades: Selected New Releases for Library Media Connection. January 2007.

Graphic Novels 101: FAQ for The Horn Book Magazine. March, 2006.

Reviewer for Booklist, 2005-2006.

Graphic Novel and Comics Reviewer for Book Reporter, 2005-2011.

Teen Screen Columnist for Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA), 2004-2015.

Japanese Anime Reviewer for Video Librarian, 2004-2007.

Graphic Novel Review Guidelines for the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). April, 2004. Co-authored with Francisca Goldsmith.

Get Graphic @ Your Library Workshop Guidelines for the Young Adult Library Services Association. August, 2004. Co-authored with Philip Crawford.

Comics Librarians Are Up for the Fight by Heidi Macdonald for Publisher’s Weekly, June 10, 2022.

Book Club: 2022 Summer Reading Recommendations from Three Local Librarians for WGBH’s Under the Radar with Callie Crossley. Fellow panelists include Susannah Borysthen-Tkacz (Cambridge Public Library) and Veronica Koven-Matasy (Boston Public Library).

The Plain Janes are Back on NPR’s All Things Considered, January 8, 2020.

Libraries with Robin Brenner on the Graphic Novels TK podcast, May 23, 2019.

Interview on the Circulating Ideas Podcast, May 5, 2015

Hottest Section in the Library by Heidi Macdonald for Publisher’s Weekly, May 3, 2013.

Bigger on the Inside: Brookline (MA) Public Library’s TARDIS “Awesome Box”. in Library Journal, December 17, 2013.

Judges for the Eisner Awards Put Up a Fight on NPR’s All Things Considered, July 26, 2007.

Great Graphic Novels for Teens? from Sequential Tart, October 1, 2006.

The Alan Workshop

• Celebrating Librarians & Media Specialists, Panelist. 2013.

American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference

• Responsible for coordinating all ALA Annual Conference GNCRT programming including the Friday Forum, Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries Reception, the GNCRT Comics Breakfast, Artists Alley on the Exhibit Floor, and multiple panels presented during the conference. 2019.
• In and Beyond the Library: GNCRT’s State of the Comics Union; Past, Present, and Future. Presenter. 2019.
• Graphic Novels and Comics Friday Forum including 3 panels with creators and librarians, coordinator and moderator, for the Graphic Novel Member Initative Group. Welcome to Night Vale panel, coordinator and moderator. 2015.
• Graphic Novels and Comics Friday Forum including 3 panels with creators and librarians, coordinator and moderator, for the Graphic Novel Member Initative Group. 2014.
• Animation, Comics and Storytelling panel, coordinator and moderator; (Re)telling Stories: Fanart, authorship, and how stories are shared,
  reconstructed, and retold panel, coordinator and moderator. Cosplay in the Library, panelist. June 2012.
• Comics Creation: Graphic Novels for Younger Readers from Script to Panel, moderator; Graphic Novels for Reluctant Readers. ALA Play Cosplay Social, coordinator. June 2011.
• Good Comics for Kids for Association of Library Services to Children (ALSC), one of six panelists. June 2011.
• Eisner Judges, panelist. June 2011.
• Great Graphic Novels for Teens History, panelist. June 2011.
• Graphic Novel Pop Stage Programming, panelist. June 2010.
• GLBT Graphic Novels and Comics, one of five panelists. June 2008.
• Managing a Graphic Novel Collection, panelist. 2007.
• Great Graphic Novels for Teens, panelist. 2007
• Teen Literature and the Internet, for the YALSA Preconference, one of four panelists. June 2005.

American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Conference

• YALSA Preconference Teens and Technology Institute, one of five speakers. January 2006.

Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table (ALA)

• Be Prepared! The GNCRT Guide to Addressing Comic Book Bans, Censorship, and Challenges. Moderator. Presented online for Booklist, July 21, 2022.

Library Journal

• Graphically Different: A Discussion on Diversity in Comics and Graphic Novels from Library Journal, June 13 2017.

Massachusetts Statewide Teen Summit

• Animal Crossing at the Library! Co-presented with Abbey Stephens, 2020.
• Fandom Picks: Reader’s Advisory, Clubs, and Crafts. Panelist, 2018.
• How to Host Library-Wide Programs. Presented at the Teen Summit, Massachusetts Library System, 2017.
• Mini-golf!? In the Library? Part of a panel presentation on programming. April 2011.
• Award Books Panel: Working on ALA/YALSA Committees, one of three panelists. March 2010.

Massachusetts Library Association Annual Conference

• Ask the Comics Librarians. Panelist, 2022.
• Fandoms Large and Small, presenter. 2019. Fandom Fair. Coordinator and presenter. 2019.
• YA Literature and Fan Created Works. 2017.
• Cosplay in the Library, Coordinator and moderator. 2016.
• Age Ratings, panelist. 2010.
• New and Nontraditional Reader’s Advisory for Tweens and Teens. November 2005.
• Graphic Novel Mini-Conference, day-long event. 2005.
• Graphic Novels. Panel presentation. April 2004.

Massachusetts School Library Association Annual Conference

• Graphic Novel Symposium, a day-long series of panels. Panelist and coordinator, 2009.

New England Library Association Annual Conference:

• New Titles for Teens, presenter. October 2004.
• Graphic Novels for Kids. October 2005.

Young Adult Library Services Association

• Identifying the Best Fit Audiobooks for Your Teens. For YALSA, July 9 2020. (Members Only)

YALSA Young Adult Literature Symposium

• Comics and Graphic Novels Preconference, coordinator and presenter. 2015
• YA Literature and Fandom. 2012.

Boston Book Festival

• YA Keynote: Libba Bray talks with Robin Brenner, moderator, 2015.
• Flights of Fancy: YA Novels Inspired by Fairy Tales and Legends, moderator, 2013.
  
• YA Fiction: On the Edge, moderator, 2011.
• Graphic Novels: Drawing the Story, moderator, 2011.
• Cartooning! You Can Do It Too!, panel coordinator and moderator. October 16, 2010.

Boston Teen Author Festival

• Infinity and Beyond, moderator. 2018.
• Where You Lead, moderator. 2018.

Feria Internacional del Libro de Lima – FIL LIMA (Lima International Book Fair)

• Comics in Libraries: How Graphic Novels Build Community and Engage Readers. Keynote speaker. 2018. Also coordinated and hosted two days of panels and programming at the US Embassy booth at the Book Fair for two days of ongoing activities and professional speakers.

Leakycon

• When in Doubt, Go to the Library. Presented with Katie Dickson. 2017.

Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE)

• Building Fantasy Worlds, Moderator. 2022.
  
• Libraries: The Place for Comics, Panelist. 2018.
• Why YA Comics, Panelist. 2013.
• Smart Comics for Kids, Panelist, 2011.

Miami International Book Fair

• Comics and Libraries, panelist. 2013
• The School of Comics: All About Graphic Novels, Comic Books and Manga, presenter. 2008.

New York Comic-Con

• This Manga is Awesome! panelist, 2022.
  
• Teaching with Challenged Comics, panelist. 2022.
• Gay for You? Yaoi and Yuri Manga and GLBTQ Readers, presenter. 2010.
  
• ICv2 Graphic Novel Preconference: Graphic Novel Industry Summit. Presenter. February 2009.
• Newsflash: Teen Girls Read Manga! February, 2009.

San Diego Comic-Con International

• Graphic Novel Activities for the Library or Bookstore, Moderator. 2018.
• Comics Graphic Novels and Manga for Adults, Panelist. 2010.
• ICv2 Comics and Media Preconference: Comics and Transmedia Storytelling. June 2009.
• Graphic Novel Programming in Libraries, panelist. 2009.
• Women in Manga, moderator and panelist, 2009.
• Kids Comics, panelist, 2009.

Scholastic

• Teaching with Graphic Novels for Scholastic’s Teach Graphix Week, December 2019.

Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival

• Message in a Comic, moderator. 2023
• Starting a Dialogue using Kids Comics, moderator, 2023.

Toronto Comic Arts Festival

• Challenged Comics, panelist. 2017.
• Broken Telephone: What Young Readers Love VS What Young Readers Get, panelist as part of TCAF Librarian & Educator Day. 2017.
  
• Comics Partnerships, panelist. 2017.
  
• Spotlight: Noelle Stevenson, moderator. 2015.
  
• How, Where, and Why Should I Start Reading Comics, moderator. 2015.
  
• Manga Translation, moderator. 2015.
• Coming of Age: The Internet Generation, moderator. 2014.
  
• Teen Comic Activity Swap, presenter. 2014.
  
• Collection Maintenance, panelist as part of TCAF Librarian & Educator Day. 2014.
• Comics Defense 101, coordinator and panelist as part of TCAF Librarian & Educator Day. 2013.
• YA Comics, panelist as part of TCAF Librarian & Educator Day. 2013.
• Gay for you? Yaoi and Yuri Manga for GBLTQ Readers, coordinator and panelist. 2012.
  
• Graphic Novels in the Public Library, coordinator and panelist as part of TCAF Librarian & Educator Day. 2012.
• Married in Comics, moderator. 2011.
  
• Day in the Life of the Cartoonist, moderator. 2010.
  

Wildcat Comic-Con

WGBH Boston

• BostonTalks: The Book at WGBH Boston. March 16, 2016.

ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table, President. 2023-2024.

ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table Creators Get Carded Committee, Chair. 2021.

ALSC/YALSA Odyssey Award Committee, Member. 2020.

Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table Conference Planning Committee, Chair. 2018-2019.

ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table Organizing Committee, Member. 2017-2019.

RUSA/YALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound Committee. 2013-2014.

Glyph Comics Awards, Judge. 2011-2012.

YALSA Nominating Committee, Member. 2012.

Boston Globe Horn Book Awards, Judge. 2010-2011.

Boston Book Festival, Kids & YA Programming Committee. Member, 2010-2012, 2022.

Michael L. Printz Award Committee, Member. 2014-2015.

Margaret A. Edwards Award Committee, Chair. 2010-2011.

ALA Graphic Novel Member Initiative Group, Co-Convener, 2010.

Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards, Judge. 2007.

ALA/YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Committee. Member 2005-2007. Chair 2007-2008.

ALA/YALSA Graphic Novel Task Force, 2003-2005.

ALA/YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults Committee. 2003-2006.

Workshops and Classes

San José State University School of Information, Young Adult Materials Class

• Comics 101. Presented quarterly, 2020-present.

Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science Continuing Education

• Instructor, online course Isn’t Otaku a Kind of Sushi? Japanese Manga and Anime
  May 2008, May 2009, October 2009, February 2011
• Instructor, online course Graphic Novels for Adults & Academic Collections
  November 2010
  
• Instructor, online course Graphic Novels 101
  May 2007, April 2009, August 2009, January 2010
  

New England Comic Arts in the Classroom Conference (NECAC)

• Educator & Librarian Partnerships. Panelist, 2011.
  

North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching

• Instructor for week-long course From Superman to Everyman: Using the Graphic Novel to Promote Reading
  March 2007

Graphic Novels 101 Panels

I have presented introductions to comics, manga, graphic novels, and the intersections of the comics and library worlds countless times in a wide variety of locations, from a small town library to in front of a high school population of over 1,000. I have presented these workshops in the following places.

In the United States