Conference

2024 MLA | DLA Annual Conference
Seeds of Change
May 8 - 10, 2024

Join us May 8-10, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, Maryland as we celebrate and learn together. Along with engaging keynote speakers and informative programs, we’ll also be hosting a plethora of fun events.

Reach out to the MLA Director, Conference Director and Co-Chair: Josh Stone, Anita Crawford and Chelsea Shockley with any inquires.

Conference Keynotes:

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Hilton Carter
For Hilton Carter, it all started with one plant– a fiddle-leaf fig named Frank, to be exact. As he explains in his best-selling book, Wild at Home: How to style and care for beautiful plants, his interest in plants started out as purely practical. Since then, he has written and photographed three other best sellers, Wild Interiors: Beautiful plants in beautiful spaces (April 2020), Wild Creations (April 2021) and Living Wild (April 2023), partnered with Target on two collections Hilton Carter for Target, and released his Guide to Houseplants workshops with the Magnolia Network.

Hilton Carter is a plant + interior stylist, author, and artist. He has a loyal following on Instagram (@hiltoncarter), where he shares his knowledge of plant care and interior styling with the design and green loving community. When not getting his hands dirty in a project, Hilton can be found cozying up in his Baltimore home with his wife Fiona, and daughter, Holland.

Thursday, May 9, 2024

2024 William G. Wilson Maryland Author Award Luncheon

Ronald Malfi
Ronald Malfi is the award-winning author of several horror novels, mysteries, and thrillers, including the bestselling novel Come with Me. He is the recipient of two Independent Publisher Book Awards, the Beverly Hills Book Award, the Vincent Preis Horror Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, two Goodreads Award nominations, and his novel Floating Staircase was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award. His most recent novel, Small Town Horror, about a group of cursed friends growing up on Maryland's Eastern Shore, will be published by Titan Books in June. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Maryland, and when he's not writing or spending time with his family, he performs with the rock band VEER.
http://www.ronaldmalfi.com


Jennie Pu