You know what's awesome about living in TX? All the fabulous FREE YA book events that take place around this big 'ole great state. This weekend is the 1st annual YAB FEST and it's happening in Round Rock, TX. This FREE event is literally right off of I-35 and is about 20 mins north of Austin.
YOU DO NOT WANT to miss this weekend's event, because Andrea Cremer and David Levinthan are the keynote speakers! Check out this awesome author line up featuring a ton of TX authors.
My So Called World
- E. Kristin Anderson
- Jessica Lee Anderson
- Beth Fehlbaum
- David Levithan & Andrea Cremer
- Lindsey Scheibe
The Monstrous Love of My Life
- Jordan Dane
- Victoria Scott
- Mary Lindsey
- Mari Mancusi
- C.C. Hunter
Out of This World
- Sharon Bayliss
- Ernest Cline (morning session only)
- Krissi Dallas
- Rachel Harris
- Cory Putman Oakes
- Greg Leitich Smith
The End of Life as We Know It
- Kiera Cass
- Tracy Deebs
- PJ Hoover
- Emily McKay
- Amy Tintera
EVENT: The Young Adult Book Festival (YAB Fest)
EVENT DATE: May 11, 2013 from 9AM to 5PM
EVENT LOCATION: Round Rock High School, 300 N. Lake Creek, Round Rock, TX 78681
ROUND ROCK, Texas – The Young Adult Book Festival is excited to announce the schedule for this year’s event. The Festival, which will take place between 9AM-5PM on May 11, 2013, cannot wait to welcome so many different authors from such a diverse number of YA genres.
All of our authors have been broken into 4 panels this year with each panel meeting twice. During the period of time when the authors panels are not meeting, those authors will be available to sign books. The schedule for the day is:
| 9:00-9:30 | Facility/Bookstore Opens | |
| 9:30-10:30 | Author Intros | |
| 10:45-11:45 | Panel Session 1 | My So Called World Panel, The Monstrous Love of My Life Panel and Out of This World Panel |
| 11:45-1:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00-2:00 | Panel Session 2 | The Monstrous Love of My Life Panel, Out of This World Panel and The End of Life as We Know It Panel |
| 2:15-3:15 | Panel Session 3 | My So Called World Panel and The End of Life as We Know It Panel |
| 3:30-4:30 | Keynote Address | David Levithan and Andrea Cremer |
| 5:00-6:00 | All Author Signing |
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