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Building on the success of the inaugural House Party: A Celebration of the National Book Awards, the Association of American Publishers hosted the second annual event on Wednesday, November 16. The celebration underscored the Young to Publishing Group’s commitment to literacy and philanthropy by bringing together young professionals to celebrate the nation’s preeminent literary prizes, while also shining a spotlight and raising funds for incredible New York City charities. In 2011, profits from ticket sales and an auction benefitted 826NYC.

Cofounded by Dave Eggers and Ninive Calegari, 826 is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. 826NYC provides drop-in tutoring, field trips, after-school workshops, in-schools tutoring, help for English language learners, and assistance with student publications.

The YPG would like to extend a special thanks to the 2011 NBA House Party Planning Committee:

Kate Childs, Chair-Young to Publishing Group (Random House)
Stephanie Bowen (Random House)
Adam Goldberg (Hachette)
Megan Halpern (Penguin)
Guillian Helm (Simon and Schuster)
Caitlin Hoyt (CAA)
Travers Johnson (Penguin)
Katie Ly (Random House)
Kelly Murphy (Penguin)
Alexandra Ragheb (Random House)
Sara Sargent (HarperCollins)
Caitlin Sweeny (Scholastic)
Becca Worthington (Association of American Publishers)

The Young to Publishing Group (YPG) is an initiative of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) that strives to give junior industry employees a chance to build a community outside of their own publishing house and to educate themselves about the publishing industry as a whole. For more information, please visit www.youngtopublishing.com.