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Yallfest 2016 vlog
YALLFest, which was founded by Jonathan Sanchez of Blue Bicycle Books in 2011, is a two-day festival that is open to the public and sponsored by Blue Bicycle Books, the College of Charleston, the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, and a host of local businesses. Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, authors of the Beautiful Creatures novels, assist in coordinating the author line-up and panels. YALLFest has become the largest young adult book festival in the South.
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At the 2014 YALLFest event it was announced that starting in 2015 there will be an annual sister Festival in the Spring, YALLWest, that will take place in Santa Monica, California.
Yallfest 2015 mini haul
2011
Festival Director: Jonathan Sanchez
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2012
Festival Director: Jonathan Sanchez
YALLFest 2012 Keynote Conversation: Cassandra Clare and Holly Black
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2013
YALLFest 2013 brought together forty-eight top young adult, middle grade and crossover writers (including 25 New York Times Bestsellers) from all over the country.
Festival Director: Jonathan Sanchez
Programming Directors: Margaret Stohl (YA), Melissa de la Cruz (Crossover), Pseudonymous Bosch (Middle Grade)
YALLFest 2013 Keynote Conversation: Veronica Roth and Rae Carson (Presented by Epic Reads & HarperTeen)
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2014
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