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Over the weekend of LFCC Winter last year we announced that in conjunction with The Booktrust and Malorie Blackman, the Waterstones Children's Laureate, we would be hosting the first Young Adult Literature Convention (#YALC) at London Film and Comic Con 2014! The Young Adult Literature Convention will bring together all the UK’s YA publishers to provide a host of author events in a dedicated Book Zone, with talks, workshops, signings, a book sales area and publisher stands promoting new and upcoming titles. Blackman will act as a curator for the two-day convention, uniting authors and publishers throughout the UK community. 2014’s YALC event will be the first time a large scale public convention around YA books has taken place in the UK, and its setting among the fans of cultish film and TV will set books at the heart of entertainment for teens and young people. A Schedule of events will be coming soon. Authors Confirmed so far: Alexia Casale.............................Sunday Amy McCulloch...........................Saturday Andrew Lane.............................Saturday Andy Robb................................Saturday Anthony McGowan....................Sunday Beth Reekles............................Sunday Byrony Pearce..........................Saturday Cat Clarke................................Sunday Catherine Johnson...................Saturday Charlie Higson..........................Saturday CJ Skuse..................................Saturday Darren Shan............................Saturday Derek Landy............................Saturday Emma Viecelli..........................Saturday Frances Hardinge....................Saturday Garen Ewing............................Sunday Holly Black..............................Sunday Holly Bourne...........................Saturday Holly Smale............................Sunday Isobel Harrop..........................Sunday James Dawson........................Sunday James Smyth..........................Saturday Jonathan Stroud ....................Saturday Julie Mayhew...........................Sunday Kim Curran.............................Saturday Lucy Christopher....................Sunday Lucy Saxon............................Saturday Malorie Blackman...................Saturday Marcus Sedgewick..................Saturday Matt Haig................................Sunday Meg Rosoff............................Sunday Natasha Ngan........................Saturday Nick Lake...............................Sunday Non Pratt...............................Sunday Patrick Ness...........................Saturday Phil Earle...............................Sunday Rainbow Rowell......................Saturday Robert Muchamore.................Sunday Ruth Warburton......................Sunday Sally Gardner..........................Sunday Sally Green............................Sunday Sarah Crossan.......................Saturday Sarah McIntyre........................Saturday Sarra Manning.........................Sunday Sophie McKenzie....................Sunday Steve Cole..............................Saturday Tanya Byrne............................Sunday Tim O'Rourke..........................Saturday Will Hill....................................Saturday