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.
YALLFest Info
Schedule
YALLFest
Sat. Nov. 12, 2011, Blue Bicycle Books
PANELS AT THE AMERICAN THEATER
AUTHORS WILL SIGN IN BIG TENT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THEIR PANEL
10 am JR. YALLFEST • Ballroom
Pseudonymous Bosch (The Name of this Book is Secret)
Lisa Brown and Adele Griffin (Picture the Dead)
Kaleb Nation (Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse)
Moderator: Katie Crouch (The Magnolia League)
11 am FANGS AMONG FRIENDS • Ballroom
Melissa de la Cruz (Blue Bloods)
Andrea Cremer (Nightshade)
Heather Brewer (Chronicles of Vladimir Tod)
Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures)
Moderator: Andria Amaral (CCPL Young Adult Dept.)
Noon DEMONS, WITCHES & CASTERS OH MY! • Ballroom
Sarah Rees Brennan (The Demon’s Lexicon)
Victoria Schwab (The Near Witch)
Caitlin Kittredge (The Iron Thorn)
Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures)
Moderator: Kimberly Derting (The Pledge)
1 pm REALITY BITES • Ballroom
David Levithan (Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist)
Holly Goldberg Sloan (I’ll Be There)
Natalie Standiford (Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters)
Moderator: Andrea Cremer (Nightshade)
2 pm UNDEAD POETS SOCIETY • Ballroom
Ellen Hopkins (Crank)
Kwame Alexander (Crush)
Marjory Wentworth (SC Poet Laureate)
Moderator: Melissa de la Cruz (Blue Bloods)
3 pm PUTTING THE YALL IN YALLFEST • Ballroom
Katie Crouch (The Magnolia League)
Saundra Mitchell (The Vespertine)
Michelle Hodkin (The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer)
Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth)
Moderator: Beth Revis (Across the Universe)
CANCELLED INDUSTRY INSIDERS • Cinema CANCELLED
Sarah Burnes — The Gernert Company
Javier Ruescas– Molino Publishing (Spain)
TBA
Moderator: Heather Brewer (Chronicles of
Vladimir Tod )
4 pm HOLLYAWOOD • Ballroom
Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures)
Mark Morgan (producer, Twilight sagas)
Isaac Marion (Warm Bodies)
David Levithan (Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist)
Moderator: Kaleb Nation (Kaleb’s Nation)
DON’T DIS-TOPIAN • Cinema
Beth Revis (Across the Universe), Kimberly Derting (The Pledge)
Diana Peterfreund (Secret Society Girl)
Eliot Schrefer (School for Dangerous Girls)
Moderator: Sarah Rees Brennan (The Demon’s Lexicon)
5 pm ZOMBIE ATTACK PANEL • Ballroom
Alex Garcia (formerly of Activision Video Games)
Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Feet)
Diana Peterfreund (Secrety Society Girl)
Moderator: Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures)
6 pm YA SMACKDOWN • Ballroom • $5
All 26 writers on stage at once for YA games!
Presented by Chas. County Public Library YA Services
MC: Kaleb Nation
COURTYARD at BLUE BIKE
1 pm PB vs PB
Pseudonymous Bosch interviews that Man of Intrigue:
Pseudonymous Bosch (The Name of this Book is Secret).
2 pm Literary Bazaar Exhibitors Present
3 pm VICTORIAN DRESS-UP PRESENTATION
Lisa Brown and Adele Griffin (Picture the Dead) compose a collaborative ghost story with the audience.
Visit www.YALLFest.org for all of the updates!