YALLFest Schedule

So, a few days ago, I posted about Y'ALLFest! (here, in case you missed)

Yesterday, the schedule was posted. (*thud*) I gave it a look over once and had to step away. STEP. AWAY! How...HOW am I supposed to choose what to do? Last year was not this complicated. There are 3 panels each hour this year.

Help me! I know what I'm doing the 10 and 6 o'clock hours, but after that, I just do not know where to go. This is a good problem to have, but too much for my brain to comprehend right now!

Oh, and I'm sure if I tried to follow John Corey Whaley around all day, the Charleston police may get involved. 

So, there's that...

So, dear friends, tell me! What would you choose for each hour?

Here is the schedule that is posted on the Y'ALLFest Tumblr.

YALLFEST 2012 PANEL SCHEDULE — Subject to change

Stages:

CMH = Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St. (Amazon.com Mainstage)

BALLROOM = American Theater Ballroom, 446 King St. (Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Stage). 

CINEMA = American Theater Cinema, 446 King St. (Authro Stage)

All venues are within a one block radius of Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King St., site of book sales, book signings, literary bazaar, and more (i.e. pie sales!).

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Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 

Special event: Charleston County Public Library, Main Branch, 68 Calhoun Street, upstairs in the YA Lounge. Featuring: Pseudonymous Bosch, Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Gitty Daneshvari, Carrie Ryan, and Michelle Hodkin. Space is limited, to reserve a spot call 805-6903.

Note: Michelle Hodkin’s books will be sold and she will personalize them. This is her only signing of the weekend. 

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Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012

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10 am KEYNOTE: LITERARY FRIENDSHIPS — CMH

Presented by Justine Magazine

Cassandra Clare (City of Bones) and Holly Black (Spiderwick Chronicles)

Keynote tickets are $5 and are available online until Friday, Nov. 9, at Blue Bicycle Books, and at the door.

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11 am BOSCH VS. BENEDICT: IT ENDS NOW – CMH

Presented by the Charleston City Paper

Pseudonymous Bosch (The Name of This Book Is Secret) & Trenton Lee Stewart (The Mysterious Benedict Society)

Moderator: Adam Gidwitz (A Tale Dark and Grimm)

11 am YA GIRL BAND: BETWEEN TWEEN & TEEN – BALLROOM

Presented by Omnific Publishing

Alyson Noel (Immortals series), Elizabeth Eulberg (The Lonely Hearts Club), Stephanie Perkins (Anna and the French Kiss), Simone Elkeles (Perfect Chemistry), Jenny Han (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Kathryn Williams (The Lost Summer).

Moderator: Andria Amaral

11 am  YA BOY BAND: BOYS WRITING GIRLS (& BOYS) — CINEMA

David Levithan (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist), Eliot Schrefer (Glamorous Disasters), David Macinnis Gill (Soul Enchilada), Kwame Alexander (Crush), Brendan Reichs (Virals)

Moderator: John Corey Whaley (Where Things Come Back)

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12 pm  PUBLISH OR PERISH (Industry Panel) – CMH

Presented by Authro

Sarah Burnes (The Gernert Agency), Sally Willcox (CAA), Emily Meehan (Hyperion), Julie Scheina (Little, Brown), Richard Abate (3Arts), David Levithan (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist)

Moderator: Melissa de la Cruz (Blue Bloods)

12 pm  THE YA COFFEESHOP COLLECTIVE: BROOKLYN B*TCHEZ —BALLROOM

Gayle Forman (If I Stay), Tonya Hurley (Ghostgirl), Robin Wasserman (Seven Deadly Sins series), Michele Jaffe (Rosebush), Natalie Standiford (How to Say Goodbye in Robot), Adele Griffin (Picture the Dead).

Moderator: Eliot Schrefer (Geek Fantasy Novel)

12 pm  FAIRYTALES & FEARYTALES — CINEMA

Holly Black (Spiderwick Chronicles), Adam Gidwitz (A Tale Dark and Grimm), Gitty Daneshvari (School of Fear)

Moderator: Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth)

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1 pm  GOOD GIRLZ & BAD BOYZ – CMH

Presented by Tumblr

Ellen Hopkins (Crank), Gayle Forman (If I Stay), Simone Elkeles (Perfect Chemistry), Stephanie Perkins (Anna and the French Kiss), Cate Tiernan (Sweep), Kiera Cass (The Selection)

Moderator: Kami Garcia

1 pm  HISTORY & MYSTERY — BALLROOM

Deb Harkness (A Discovery of Witches), Robin Wasserman (Seven Deadly Sins), Sarah Rees Brennan (Demon’s Lexicon), Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures), John Corey Whaley (When Things Come Back), Diana Peterfreund (Rampant).

Moderator: Andrea Cremer (Nightshade)

1 pm  YA SERIES: NO REST FOR THE WICKED — CINEMA

Melissa de la Cruz (Blue Bloods), Cinda Chima (Seven Realms), Caitlin Kittredge (The Iron Thorn), Kim Derting (The Body Finder), Siobhan Vivian andJenny Han (Burn for Burn)

Moderator: Beth Revis (Across the Universe)

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2 pm  WHO’S READING WHO(M): THE CROSSOVER AUTHOR – CMH

Presented by CreateSpace

Deborah Harkness (A Discovery of Witches), Melissa de la Cruz (Blue Bloods), Kathy & Brendan Reichs(Virals),  David Levithan (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist), Ellen Hopkins (Crank)

Moderator: Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures)

2 pm  DARK HEARTS — BALLROOM

Sarah Rees Brennan (Demon’s Lexicon), Michele Jaffe (Rosebush), Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures), Michelle Hodkin (The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer), Holly Black (Spiderwick Chronicles), Caitlin Kittredge (The Iron Thorn)

Moderator: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

 

2 pm  CAROLINA’S OWN – CINEMA

Presented by the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

Jess Rothenberg (The Catastrophic History of You and Me), Kiera Cass (The Selection), Grady Hendrix (The Magnolia League), Kami Kinard (The Boy Project), John Thompson (The Girl From Felony Bay)

Moderator: Shelli Johannes

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3 pm NOT YOUR NORMAL PARANORMAL — CMH

Presented by Pressque Publishing

Andrea Cremer (Nightshade), Tonya Hurley (Ghostgirl), Alyson Noel (Immortals series), Cinda Chima (Seven Realms series), Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth), Cate Tiernan (The Iron Thorn)

Moderator: Caitlin Kittredge (The Iron Thorn)

3 pm  THE FUTURE OF SCI FI/FANTASY — BALLROOM

Beth Revis (Across the Universe), Kathy Reichs (Virals), Dave Macinnis Gill (Soul Enchilada), Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Raised by Wolves), Kimberly Derting (The Body Finder), Diana Peterfreund (Rampant)

Moderator: Rose Brock

3 pm  CHOCOLATES & SECRETS (BUT NO MAYONNAISE!) — CINEMA

Wendy Mass (A Mango-Shaped Space), Pseudonymous Bosch (The Name of This Book Is Secret), Natalie Standiford (How to Say Goodbye in Robot)

Moderator: Trenton Lee Stewart (Mysterious Benedict Society)

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4 pm  IN PRODUCTION: 2013 – CMH

Presented by Amazon.com

Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures), Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures), Cassandra Clare (City of Bones)

Moderator: Robin Wasserman (Seven Deadly Sins series)

4 pm  WRITING THE REAL — BALLROOM

Kathryn Williams (The Lost Summer), Gayle Forman (If I Stay), Adele Griffin (Picture the Dead), Siobhan Vivian (Not That Kind of Girl), Alex Morel (Survive)

Moderator: Marjory Wentworth

4 pm   ARE YOU SERIES-OUS? — CINEMA

Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth), Gitty Daneshvari (School of Fear), Trenton Lee Stewart (Mysterious Benedict Society)

Moderator: Pseudonymous Bosch

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5 PM BREAK — Last book signings

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6 PM – YA SMACKDOWN – CMH

Presented by Charleston County Public Library YA Services

Judge: Sarah Rees Brennan  MC: Rose Brock

Smackdown tickets are $6 and are available online until Friday, Nov. 9, at Blue Bicycle Books, and at the door.