SUNDAY 30 JULY – 3.30 PM 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 […]
SATURDAY 29 JULY – 2 PM 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, […]
SATURDAY 29 JULY – 12.30 PM 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, […]
SATURDAY 29 JULY – 10.30 PM 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…)
SUNDAY 30 JULY – 2.30 PM 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 […]
SATURDAY 29 JULY – 5 PM Online Panel Author Jacqueline Silvester (Wunderkids trilogy) interviews YA industry giants Maureen Johnson (Nine Liars) and E. Lockhart (Family of Liars) on the power of lies, crafting deceptive storylines, and our societal attraction to privilege blended with dark storylines.