See You Next Year!
We just want to thank everyone for making the first annual YALLFest such a huge success! By everyone, we literally […]
YA Smackdown Finale hosted by CCPL!
You definitely don’t want to miss the YA Smackdown Finale: an “all-star jam” with all 26 of our featured authors […]
Thanks to our sponsors!
Presenting Sponsor: Blue Bicycle Books Premiere Sponsors: Pressque Editing, Lowcountry Local First, Kerry Kimmel and Pollack, Ashly Stohl Photography Media Sponsor: Charleston City Paper First Editions […]
YALLFest Interviews Kami Garcia
What were you like as a teen? I wore a lot of black, and rings on every finger. I spent […]
YALLFest Interviews: Isaac Marion
What were you like as a teen? I was a huge nerd, but since I went to an extremely small […]
YALLFest Program
The YALLFest Schedule is now available! Please visit the official YALLFest website here to see the entire program for Saturday.
YALLFest Interviews: Michelle Hodkin
What were you like as a teen?Hopelessly insecure. Quietly rebellious. What were your favorite books as a kid?As a little kid: […]
Win a Green Room Pass to YALLFest
Coming to YALLFest? Want to win a Green Room Pass to hang out with us? We are giving away one […]
YALLFest Interview: @melissadelacruz
What were you like as a teen? Pretty much the same as I am now, I was working on my […]
YALLFest Grand Finale Smackdown!
It’s official, YALLFest will conclude with the YA Smackdown Finale: an “all-star jam” with all 29 of our featured authors […]
There Shall be Pie!
YALLFest welcomes Toby Simmons, Charleston’s very own Pie Man to cater to the round, crusty cravings of our visiting writers […]
YALLFest Interviews: Kimberly Derting
What were you like as a teen? At the time, I thought I was pretty cool. Of course when […]
YALLFest Interviews: Carrie Ryan
What were you like as a teen? When I was a teen I tried to cover up all my insecurities […]
Author Addition: Donna Frietas
Donna Freitas is an assistant professor of religion at Boston University. Her nonfiction books for adults include, most recently, Sex and the […]
Author Addition: Marie Rutkoski
I grew up in Bolingbrook, Illinois. I have three younger siblings, and used to tell them an awful lot of lies when they were […]
Author Announcement: Natalie Standiford
Natalie Standiford was born in Baltimore, Maryland, where her family has deep roots. Her most recent YA novels, HOW TO SAY […]
YALLFest Author Announcement: Eliot Schrefer
ELIOT SCHREFER is a resident of New York City and an honors graduate of Harvard College. A contributor to The […]
YALLFest Interviews @bethrevis
What were you like as a teen? I was painfully shy, terribly bossy, and a total bookworm, not too much […]
YALLFest Interviews @rclementmoore
What were you like as a teen? I was awkward with strangers and silly with friends. Prone to accidents and […]
YALLFest Interviews @adelegriffin
What were you like as a teen? I was mostly exactly the same as I am today, though with fewer […]
YALLFest Interviews Andrea Cremer
What were you like as a teenager? I was a music and drama geek and lived for musical auditions every […]
YALLFest Interviews Margaret Stohl
What were you like as a teen? I thought I was a rebel, but really I was a giant dork. […]
YALLFest Interviews @KalebNation
What were you like as a teen? I was very introverted and shy, and would rarely talk to other kids […]
YALLFest Interviews Saundra Mitchell
What were you like as a teen? Alien. I was goth before Hot Topic, which was good because people kept […]
Kami gives suggestions for Great Pie in Charleston
Looking for some great pie?Here are some suggestions for you if you will be in the Charleston area for YALLFest. […]
Lineup Announcement: Holly Goldberg Sloan
Holly Goldberg Sloan (born 1958) is a film director, writer, producer and novelist. Sloan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and […]
Lineup Announcement: Katie Crouch
Blue Bike Books is happy to welcome our Carolina Neighbor Katie Crouch, to the YALLFest! Katie Crouch (@katieacrouch) is the […]
Lineup Announcement: Pseudonymous Bosch
Pseudonymous Bosch is a pseudonym, or as he would prefer to call it (because he is very pretentious), a nom […]
Lineup Announcement: Caitlin Kittredge
Caitlin started writing novels at age 13. Her first was a Star Wars tie-in. Fortunately, she branched out from there […]
Lineup Announcement: Diana Peterfreund
Diana Peterfreund has been a costume designer, a cover model, and a food critic. Her travels have taken her from […]
Lineup Announcement: Saundra Mitchell
Blue Bike Books is happy to welcome our Carolina Neighbor Saundra Mitchell, to the YALLFest! Saundra Mitchell is an author […]
Lineup Announcement: Rosemary Clement-Moore
Blue Bike Books is happy to welcome our Carolina Neighbor Rosemary Clement-Moore, to the YALLFest! I’ve always loved to write, […]
Lineup Announcement: Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander is the founding Director of Book-in-a-Day, a program that teaches and inspires teenagers to write and publish their […]
Lineup Announcement: Michelle Hodkin
Blue Bike Books is happy to welcome our Carolina Neighbor, and one of Charleston’s own local writers Michelle Hodkin to […]
Lineup Announcement: Victoria Schwab
I am the product of a British mother, a Beverly Hills father, and a southern upbringing. Because of this, I […]
Lineup Announcement: Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown
Adele Griffin Adele Griffin, a two-time National Book Award Finalist (Where I Want to Be, Sons of Liberty), is the acclaimed […]
Lineup Announcement: Kimberly Derting
Born and raised in the Seattle area, with the exception of a few short stints in Phoenix, Boise, and San […]
Lineup Announcement: Sarah Rees Brennan
Sarah Rees Brennan was born and raised in Ireland by the sea, where her teachers valiantly tried to make her fluent […]
Lineup Announcement: Isaac Marion
Isaac Marion was born in north-western Washington in 1981 and has lived in and around Seattle his whole life, working […]
Lineup Announcement: Carrie Ryan
Blue Bike Books is happy to welcome our Carolina Neighbor Carrie Ryan, to the YALLFest! Carrie was born and raised […]
Lineup Announcement: Beth Revis
Blue Bike Books is happy to welcome our Carolina Neighbor Beth Revis, to the YALLFest! Beth Revis was born and […]
Lineup Announcement: Andrea Cremer
Andrea Cremer spent her childhood daydreaming while roaming the forests and lakeshores of Northern Wisconsin. She now lives in Minnesota, […]
Lineup Announcement: Ellen Hopkins
Born: March 26, 1955 in Long Beach, CA. I was adopted at birth by an older couple. Albert C. Wagner […]
Lineup Announcement: Kaleb Nation
When Kaleb Nation was twelve, he telephoned the editor of a major publisher to pitch a book idea… and got […]
Lineup Announcement: Gayle Forman
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a journalist who specialized in reporting on young […]
Lineup Announcement: Heather Brewer
Heather Brewer was not your typical teen growing up. She wore black, danced under full moons and devoured every book […]
Author Announcement: Melissa de la Cruz
Photo © Denise Bovee Melissa de la Cruz is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of many […]
Lineup Announcement: David Levithan
David Levithan will be joining Kami and Margie at YALLFest. David is co-author of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and […]
Lineup Announcement: Kami and Margaret
Obviously the first two authors that will be at Yall Fest will be the festival coordinators Kami Garcia and Margaret […]
YALL Festival Announcement
Today, Hollywood Crush announced the YALLFEST—the first YA book festival to come to Charleston, SC! YALLFEST will hit Charleston on November 11-12, […]