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YALLFest 2013

Who’s coming: 50 of the country’s top YA authors, including 25 New York Times bestsellers.

What: Panels, presentations and signings on three stages on Upper King Street, as well as the infamous YA Smackdown!

When: Sat., Nov. 9, 2013, 10 am to 7 pm

Where: Blue Bicycle Books, the American Theatre, Charleston Music Hall, Upper King Street, Charleston, SC

Cost: FREE!

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Margaret Stohl’s ICONS is in stores now. She will be at YALLFEST. Want to know who else will be there? Announcement coming soon! 

Margaret Stohl’s ICONS is in stores now. She will be at YALLFEST. Want to know who else will be there? Announcement coming soon! 

Charleston City Paper: “YALLFest returns for another round of YA lit love”


“It’s a little funnier and wilder than some of the more staid book events,” says Margaret Stohl, co-author of Beautiful Creatures and co-organizer of the event. “It’s meant to be an entertaining and wildly enthusiastic book weekend.”


Read the article HERE

Good morning YALLFEST! Starting your day off with some sound Charleston advice. #grits #thesouth #charleston #yallfest @margaret_stohl

Good morning YALLFEST! Starting your day off with some sound Charleston advice. #grits #thesouth #charleston #yallfest @margaret_stohl

We’ll be live streaming YALLFEST!

Won’t make it Yallfest this year? No worries! We’ll be streaming live select panels so you won’t  miss out on the fun! 
Follow us on  BlogTV on Saturday November 10th at 10am starting with the keynote featuring Cassandra Clare and Holly Black. 
Not only can you tune in online but you can watch on your iPhones  or smart phones so don’t miss a minute. 

Live stream Schedule:


10 am – CMH (Charleston Music Hall)

Festival Welcome – Jonathan Sanchez

Intro by Keynote Sponsor – Justine Magazine — Jana Pettey

Keynote: Cassandra Clare & Holly Black

 

 

11 am – CMH

BOSCH VS. BENEDICT: IT ENDS NOW

M: ADAM GIDWITZ

Pseudonymous Bosch & Trenton Lee Stewart.

 

12 pm – CMH

PUBLISH OR PERISH (Industry Panel)

M: MELISSA DE LA CRUZ

Sarah Burnes, Sally Willcox, Emily Meehan, Julie Scheina, Richard Abate, David Levithan

 

1 pm – A.T. CINEMA

YA SERIES: NO REST FOR THE WICKED

M: BETH REVIS

Melissa de la Cruz, Cinda Chima, Caitlin Kittredge, Kim Derting, Siobhan Vivian, Kiera Cass

 

2 pm – CMH

WHO’S READING WHO(M): THE CROSSOVER AUTHOR

M: MARGARET STOHL

Deborah Harkness, Melissa de la Cruz, Kathy & Brendan Reichs, David Levithan, Ellen

Hopkins

 

3 pm – A.T. BALLROOM

THE FUTURE OF SCI FI / FANTASY

M: ROSE BROCK

Beth Revis, Brendan Reichs, Dave McGinnis Gill, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Kimberly Derting,

Diana Peterfreund

 

4 pm – CMH

YA AT THE MOVIES: 2013

M: ROBIN WASSERMAN

Margaret Stohl, Kami Garcia, Cassandra Clare