YALC – the UK’s Young Adult Literature Convention

Malorie Blackman YALC

The first YALC took place at London Film & Comic Con in 2014 as Malorie Blackman’s major project as Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2013-2015. YALC has fast become a popular event bringing together fantastic authors, publishers and readers for two packed days of YA events, writing workshops, book signings, book-themed activities and more!

YALC Blog

Q&A with Sarah Crossan
Q&A with Sarah Crossan 2560 1697 YALC

Q&A with Sarah Crossan

– Thank you for joining us here at YALC. We would love you to introduce yourself. Hey there, I’m Sarah Crossan. I’ve written loads of books, but I always come back to writing YA novels in verse. I don’t drink coffee. I do drink tea. I like outrageously expensive notebooks and cheap pens.  – Can you…

Q&A with Rachel Greenlaw
Q&A with Rachel Greenlaw 2560 1697 YALC

Q&A with Rachel Greenlaw

– Thanks for joining us here at YALC. We would love you to introduce yourself Great to be here, thanks for having me! I’m Rachel Greenlaw, author of YA and adult fantasy books including the Compass and Blade series, standalone speculative novels like The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells and romantasy for adults like The…

Q&A with Cassidy Ellis Salter
Q&A with Cassidy Ellis Salter 2560 1697 YALC

Q&A with Cassidy Ellis Salter

– Thanks for joining us here at YALC. We would love you to introduce yourself Thank you for having me! I’m Cassidy Ellis Salter, the author of These Shattered Spires, which is the first book in my gothic fantasy trilogy, Wyrdos. I live in London with my partner, and when I’m not writing you’ll fine…

2560 1697 YALC

Thank you for joining us here at YALC. We would love you to introduce yourself? I’m Joelle Wellington, a New York-born and raised YA thriller author. Can you give our readers an overview of your YA novel Girls Who Play Dead? Girls Who Play Dead is a murder mystery thriller about two estranged siblings, Mikky and…

Q&A with Kat Ellis
Q&A with Kat Ellis 2560 1697 YALC

Q&A with Kat Ellis

Hi Kat, – Thank you for joining us here at YALC. We would love you to introduce yourself? Hello! I’m an author of weird and creepy YA books, including Harrow Lake, Wicked Little Deeds, and my new YA horror – The Devouring Light. I live in North Wales where there are lots of old castles,…

Q&A with Catherine Doyle
Q&A with Catherine Doyle 2560 1697 YALC

Q&A with Catherine Doyle

Hi Cat, Thank you so much for joining us here at YALC! – The Rebel and the Rose is the follow up to the acclaimed The Dagger and the Flame, could you introduce your new book to us? The Rebel and the Rose picks up a few months after Dagger and the Flame. Ransom is…

Q&A with Kiera Azar
Q&A with Kiera Azar 2560 1697 YALC

Q&A with Kiera Azar

Hi Kiera, – Thank you for joining us here at YALC. We would love you to introduce yourself? Hi, thank you for having me! I’m Kiera Azar, the author of Thorn Season. – Can you give our readers an overview of your YA novel Thorn Season? Thorn Season follows the story of Alissa, a Wielder…

Q&A with Melissa Poett
Q&A with Melissa Poett 2560 1697 YALC

Q&A with Melissa Poett

Hi Melissa, – Thank you for joining us here at YALC. We would love you to introduce yourself? Hello! I’m Melissa Poett, the author of The Enemy’s Daughter, A YA romantasy that was just released in the UK in August. – Can you give our readers an overview of your YA novel The Enemy’s Daughter?…

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