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 Malcolm Duffy
Q&A with Malcolm Duffy 2560 1697 YALC

Q&A with Malcolm Duffy

Can you give our readers an overview of your novel Dead Straight Line? Sixteen year old Rory takes a risk that goes horribly wrong. The story explores the consequences of Rory’s action and how he must battle to win back the trust and love of his family and friends. If you could do it in just…

Q&A with Patrick Ness
Q&A with Patrick Ness 2560 1697 YALC

Q&A with Patrick Ness

Can you introduce Piper at the Gates of Dusk to us in your own words? Piper at the Gates of Dusk is the first book in a new trilogy that is set about 20 years after the original Chaos Walking trilogy. It’s about the sons of our heroes from the first trilogy Todd and Viola,…

Q&A with Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss
Q&A with Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss 2560 1697 YALC

Q&A with Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss

Can you introduce us to THE ESCAPE GAME? Four teenagers compete in a reality TV escape room competition, in which one of the former contestants wound up murdered. Now a new season is starting, but strange clues start appearing in the rooms, apparently hinting at what really happened. The teens must solve the clues in…

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,…

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