Online Panel Are you ready for some fantastical mayhem? Camp YA’s Karen Bultiauw (@karenbultiauw) chats all things fantasy with authors Amie Kaufman (The Isles of the Gods) and M.K. Lobb (Seven Faceless Saints) – from building intricate lore and magic to weaving in mystery, romance and peril.
Panel – Studio 3 Sarah Govett (The Territory) leads a panel discussion on all things apocalypse. Join Nadia Mikail – (The Cats We Meet Along the Way) and Melissa Welliver (My Love Life and the Apocalypse) in a conversation on apocalyptic Malaysian road trips, tech-fuelled survival, and how to live and love beyond the END […]
Online Workshop Slay your syllables and polish your prose with this writing workshop with Mandy Hager. Find out how to strengthen your writing and add emotional resonance through prose rhythm, slow motion and specific detail. Rythm & Cues – Mandy Hager
Panel – Studio 3 Soak up that Malory Towers nostalgia – but with a twist! Camp YA founder and author Jacqueline Silvester (Wunderkids) brings together Aleema Omotomi (Everyone’s Thinking It) and Ravena Guron (This Book Kills) to explore fantastical, scandalous and murderous boarding schools, shedding light on everything from storytelling strategy to deconstructing the traditional […]
Panel – Studio 3 Author Rosie Talbot (Sixteen Souls) leads a discussion on fantasy of all shapes and sizes. Explore 90’s New Orleans (Mina and The Slayers, Amy McCaw), encounter unexpected magic by the English seaside (Overemotional, David Fenne) and plunge into a world of flying ships (Rebel Skies, Ann Sei Lin) in this special […]
Workshop – Albers Room Covergirl, are you ready for your closeup? Let’s be honest – we all judge books by their cover. From the bold and striking to the stunning and elaborate (and then we haven’t even started to talk about foil or sprayed edges!), a book cover is the face of the story within. […]
Panel – Studio 3 Join Kathryn Foxfield (Good Girls Die First), Tracy Darnton (Ready or Not), Denise Brown (I am Winter) and Gina Blaxill (Love You to Death), as Ava Eldred (The Boyband Murder Mystery) leads them in a discussion on their sizzling thrillers. Talk of deadly games, doppelgängers, and crime solving fandoms collide in […]
Online Mini-Panel We talk to 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal winner Manon Steffan Ros all about her novel The Blue Book of Nebo, working in both Welsh and English and her writing journey (and whether she’d recommend it or not…)
Online Workshop Are you a historical fiction fan and writer? Join author Elizabeth Wein (Stateless) for this workshop all about writing women in aviation. Sharing her experience and journey into writing with you, she’ll have plenty of writing advice for you all!
Online Mini-Panel Let’s travel the world! Camp YA’s Demet (@books_polished) chats to author Lise Villadsen (In Your Orbit) and translator Caroline Waight all about fiction in translation: the process, the exciting opportunities as well as the pitfalls. Translation is an artform in itself and this mini-panel will explore how translating can be a tricky thing […]