Hey Everyone!
Preparations for YALLFest 2012 have already begun! The event will be on November 10, 2012, but stay tuned to our website for news, contests, events and the attending authors list!
More updates coming soon!
About
YALLFest 2012
Who’s coming: 44 (and counting) of the country’s top YA authors, including 25 New York Times bestsellers
What: Panels, presentations and signings on more than three stages on Upper King Street, as well as the infamous YA Smackdown!
When: Sat., Nov. 10, 2012, 10 am to 6 pm.
Where: Blue Bicycle Books & The American Theatre, King Street, Charleston, SC
Cost: FREE!
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From hollywoodcrush.mtv.com:
EXCLUSIVE YALL Fest Lineup: Cassandra Clare, Holly Black, David Levithan And Many More!
We’re pretty confident in saying that the only place you’ll find a more stacked lineup of YA authors than this year’s YALLFest is the teen section of your local Barnes & Noble. Because for the second annual meet-up dedicated to all things young adult, organizers Margaret Stohl, Pseudonymous Bosch and Melissa de la Cruz (pictured) are welcoming 48 authors—25 of them New York Times bestsellers. And guess what? We have the EXCLUSIVE lineup for you to scrutinize!
Keep reading after the jump to see if your favorite writer will make an appearance in South Carolina. (And let’s be honest, with nearly 50 RSVPs, the chances are pretty good!)
The official lineup includes: Kwame Alexander, Jennifer Lyn Barnes, Holly Black, Pseudonymous Bosch, Sarah Rees Brennan, Heather Brewer, Kiera Cass, Cinda Chima, Cassandra Clare, Andrea Cremer, Katie Crouch, Gitty Daneshvari, Melissa de la Cruz, Matt de la Pena, Kim Derting, Simone Elkeles, Elizabeth Eulberg, Gayle Forman, Kami Garcia, Adam Gidwitz, David McInnes Gill, Adele Griffin, Deborah Harkness, Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian, Michelle Hodkin, Ellen Hopkins, Tonya Hurley, Michele Jaffe, Caitlin Kittredge, Alyson Noel, David Levithan, Stephanie Perkins, Diana Peterfreund, Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs, Beth Revis, Jessica Rothenberg, Carrie Ryan, Eliot Schrefer, Natalie Standiford, Trenton Lee Stewart, Margaret Stohl, Cate Tiernan, Robin Wasserman, Marjorie Wentworth, John Corey Whaley, and Kathryn Williams.
Literary Friendships is the theme, so it’s only fitting that “Mortal Instruments” author Cassandra Clare and “Spiderwick Chronicles” author Holly Black (real-life BFFs, duh) will deliver the keynote speech on that very topic. And, of course, there will be plenty of panels, events and performances to warm your literature-loving hearts.
YALLFest takes place in Charleston, SC, on November 9 and 10. Be sure to check the official YALLFest website for all the details.”
Yallfest 2012: November 10!! Some wonderful pictures from last year.
Some photos from the Oh-SO-AWESOME #Yallfest!
We just want to thank everyone for making the first annual YALLFest such a huge success! By everyone, we literally mean everyone, our wonderful authors, our enthusiastic YA readers, our equally enthusiastic adult chauffeurs, our willing volunteers, our exhibitors, our sponsors, and our event organizers. Hopefully all those in attendance had as great a time at the festival as we did planning it and meeting you on the big day.
So go ahead and save the date: YALLFest II — Sat., Nov. 10, 2012.
Pseudonymous Bosch (if that is his real name) with a jam-packed courtyard of fans, one of whom was literally mummified during the presentation. PB was inundated with gifts of fine chocolate from his adoring and curious fans, so, so much chocolate that he was unable to lug it all back to…wherever it is that he lives. Please come in to Blue Bicycle Books and help us finish it!
You definitely don’t want to miss the YA Smackdown Finale: an “all-star jam” with all 26 of our featured authors on stage at once. Come root them on as Team Dystopian, Team Vampire, Team Gothic Girls, et al. compete in storytelling games for Lowcountry glory. Hosted by the Charleston County Public Library and moderated by Kaleb Nation, this is your chance to see New York Times bestselling writers struggle with plot twists just like mere mortals, talk some serious smack, and possibly throw things.
Saturday, Nov. 12, 6pm, YALLFest Mainstage, American Theater Ballroom, 446 King St.
For more information call Blue Bicycle Books, 843-722-2666.
Tickets are $5 and available at the store or right here.
