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  1. A second list of authors taking part in this year’s YALC - the UK’s Young Adult Literature Convention at the London Film and Comic Con - has been announced today, including US YA authors Michael Grant and V E Schwab, YA Book Prize winner Louise O’Neill and Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2015-2017 Chris Riddell. Following the announcement of the first ten authors taking part in YALC 2016 including founder Malorie Blackman, a second group of twenty more authors taking part in this year’s event has been announced today. The new round of authors includes two US YA stars - Michael Grant, author of the Gone series, and New York Times bestselling fantasy author V E Schwab. Joining them will be some of the most exciting names in UK YA, including YA Book Prize 2015 winner Louise O’Neill and a host of authors shortlisted for this year’s Prize - Holly Bourne, Sarah Crossan and Jenny Downham. Also appearing on this year’s line-up will be: CILIP Carnegie Medal 2015 winner Tanya Landman; Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2015-2017 Chris Riddell; journalist, model and author Rosalind Jana; bestselling author Sophie Kinsella; and TV presenter and author Dr Christian Jessen. YALC will be welcoming back the likes of Ben Aaranovitch, Derek Landy, Darren Shan, Samantha Shannon and Holly Smale to the 2016 event. The full list of authors announced today is as follows: • Ben Aaranovitch • Holly Bourne • Sarah Crossan • Jenny Downham • Michael Grant • Rosalind Jana • Dr Christian Jessen • Sophie Kinsella • Tanya Landman • Derek Landy • Louise O’Neill • Annabel Pitcher • Philip Reeve • Chris Riddell • Alex Scarrow • V E Schwab • Darren Shan • Samantha Shannon • Holly Smale • Alex Wheatle Today’s announcement also confirms that Michael Grant will be attending the event on Friday 29 July, whilst previously announced authors David Levithan and Nina LaCour will appear on Saturday 30 July, and Maggie Stiefvater on Sunday 31 July. More author names, and full details of the programme, will be announced in due course.
  2. An initial list of authors taking part in this year’s YALC - the UK’s Young Adult Literature Con-vention at the London Film and Comic Con - has been announced today, including US YA stars David Levithan and Maggie Stiefvater and founder Malorie Blackman. YALC first took place in July 2014, launched by Blackman as Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2013-2015. The event was the first large-scale public literature convention dedicated entirely to teen and Young Adult books ever to be hosted in the UK, and in its first year saw thousands of young people attending a weekend celebrating reading. The event continued successfully in 2015 as a legacy for Blackman’s laureateship, featuring 70 Young Adult authors including Judy Blume, Cassandra Clare and Patrick Ness. Following the huge success of the first two years of the event, described as ‘a hit’ by The Telegraph, ‘a +1 for publishing’ by FutureBook, and ‘a little corner of utopia’ by The New Statesman, YALC is now a permanent fixture of London Film and Comic Con. YALC 2016 will take place in a dedicated Book Zone at the London Film and Comic Con, which this year runs from Friday 28 - Sunday 31 July. A host of top YA authors will be joining Blackman for the four-day convention, which incorpo-rates a programme of author events, workshop sessions, drop-in activities and book-signings - as well as the chance for young people to learn more about writing and publishing. YALC continues to showcase the best of UKYA, as well as hosting special appearances for US stars. For 2016, these will include superstar YA author and editor David Levithan, and award-winning author Nina LaCour, who will be celebrating their new co-written novel You Know Me Well, at the event. Also taking part will be New York Times bestseller Maggie Stiefvater, author of the Shiver trilogy and the Raven Boys series. Other authors who will be taking part include Costa Book of the Year winner Frances Hardinge; radio-personality turned author Simon Mayo; and award winner Melvin Burgess, who will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of his ground-breaking YA novel Junk at the event. They will be joined by two authors whose acclaimed debuts have been shortlisted for both the YA Book Prize 2016 and the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize 2016 - Melinda Salisbury and Lisa Williamson; as well as TV’s Dr Christian Jessen; and new talent Alwyn Hamilton whose first book Rebel of the Sands has sold at auction around the world. More author names, and full details of the programme, will be announced in due course. Managed by Showmasters, with the support of the UK’s YA publishers, Waterstones and charity partner Book Trust, YALC continues to position YA books at the heart of today’s popular enter-tainment culture, placing reading alongside TV, films, comics and gaming in the vibrant environ-ment of London Film and Comic Con. First Authors Announced: Malorie Blackman Melvin Burgess Alwyn Hamilton Frances Hardinge Nina LaCour David Levithan Simon Mayo Melinda Salisbury Maggie Stiefvater Lisa Williamson More to be added very soon! Don't forget we still have YALC dedicated entry tickets for LFCC (that also include entry to LFCC)
  3. With over 50 authors confirmed for our Young Adult Literature Convention taking place in The Book Zone this year, we are pleased to reveal our schedule of signings, workshops and panels! With panels such as "Superfans Unite," Heroes of Horror" and "I'm Too sexy for This Book," as well as workshops on how to get published, creating your own adventure comic and the art of blogging, there is something for every reader to enjoy. Check out our full schedule and see how you can be involved by clicking the images below! Saturday: Sunday Best of all, everything inside of the Book Zone is free, so all you need is your LFCC entry ticket! Available HERE. Panels Tickets for the panels will be available at 9am from the YALC info booth located inside the book zone. These are 1 per person and are only available for talks on the same day. If you want tickets for Sunday's panel, they will not be available until Sunday at 9am. Workshops If you want to take part in any of the workshops, you can sign up at the YALC info booth inside the Book Zone. Spaces will be strictly limited and so we will drawing people at random from those that sign up. The winners will be announced by the workshop area around 30 minutes before the start of each workshop. Author Signings All authors will be signing their books. At this time there is no limit to how many you can get signed, but one may be imposed if the line becomes too long. We would rather everyone get the chance to get one book signed rather than only a select few getting many signed. If you have books to be signed please make your way to the signing area inside the Book Zone at the appointed time. Please note that authors will only be signing their own works (ie books and scripts) they will not be signing items such as tickets or pieces of paper. For those of you wanting to buy books, Waterstones will be on hand with titles from all our featured authors, so be sure to check out their stall, also located inside the Book Zone. Publisher Area Be sure to check out the publisher area too. There will be lots of freebies and the opportunity to sign up for exclusive news from your favourite publishers! If you are looking for that new exciting book, this is the place to be! YALC is brought to you by the LFCC Book Zone in partnership with The Book Trust, and in association with Prudential and ALC's. It is spearheaded by the wonderful Waterstones Children's Laureate, Malorie Blackman, who hopes you all find something new and exciting to read!
  4. We have some more exciting author announcements for our book zone at this years LFCC that will be announced tomorrow afternoon. Keep your eyes peeled around 3pm on Thursday 13th March to see who is next to attend the first Young Adult Literature Convention, only at LFCC! =)
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