Remaining tickets will go live Tuesday 11/12 at 5PM ET

*NEW THIS YEAR*

Select Friday and Saturday signings will be ticketed in advance. This is a new system we are testing out to help prioritize both attendee safety and author wellbeing. These free tickets will go live on Sunday November 10th, in hopes this gives adequate notice to help with packing and planning. All other signings are first-come, first-serve

Please note, tickets are non-transferable. For authors with both Friday and Saturday tickets, please only get a ticket for one of those days to allow for as many people to see these authors as possible. 

You may only reserve 1 ticket per order

*NEW THIS YEAR*

Select Friday and Saturday signings will be ticketed in advance. This is a new system we are testing out to help prioritize both attendee safety and author wellbeing. These free tickets will go live on Sunday November 10th, in hopes this gives adequate notice to help with packing and planning. All other signings are first-come, first-serve

Please note, tickets are non-transferable. For authors with both Friday and Saturday tickets, please only get a ticket for one of those days to allow for as many people to see these authors as possible.

Sunday November 10 at 3 PM ET Tickets Go Live:

Friday - Lauren Roberts at 3 PM or Saturday - Lauren Roberts at 2 PM

YALLFest 2024 begins with this keynote from literary sensation V. E. Schwab (Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Gallant, A Darker Shade of Magic) and bestselling fantasy author Emily Varga (For She is Wrath)

Mai Corland, who was previously announced as part of the keynote, is unable to attend the festival due to illness. We are grateful to Emily for stepping in, and wish Mai a speedy and full recovery!

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Please note that keynote tickets are exclusively for keynote attendance and do not guarantee a place in the signing line for either author.

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VICTORIA “V. E.” SCHWAB is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including the acclaimed Shades universe, the Villains series, the City of Ghosts series, Gallant, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and The Fragile Threads of Power. When not haunting Paris streets or trudging up English hillsides, Victoria lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is usually tucked in the corner of a coffee shop, dreaming up monsters. Her next book, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, will be released in June 2025.

Emily Varga is a YA Fantasy author with a fondness for getting lost in bookstores, eating copious amounts of rice, and watching a lot of terrible reality tv. She has lived all over the world, but currently calls the Rocky Mountains of western Canada home, where she lives with her family and their menagerie of pets. When she’s not writing, Emily works as a family lawyer, where she learned more about storytelling than she ever expected. Emily’s debut novel FOR SHE IS WRATH is a Pakistani-inspired Count of Monte Cristo retelling meets Kill Bill and is out in late 2024 with Wednesday Books.

*NEW THIS YEAR*

Select Friday and Saturday signings will be ticketed in advance. This is a new system we are testing out to help prioritize both attendee safety and author wellbeing. These free tickets will go live on Sunday November 10th, in hopes this gives adequate notice to help with packing and planning. All other signings are first-come, first-serve

Please note, tickets are non-transferable. For authors with both Friday and Saturday tickets, please only get a ticket for one of those days to allow for as many people to see these authors as possible. 

You may only reserve 1 ticket per order

Remaining tickets will go live Tuesday 11/12 at 7PM ET

*NEW THIS YEAR*

Select Friday and Saturday signings will be ticketed in advance. This is a new system we are testing out to help prioritize both attendee safety and author wellbeing. These free tickets will go live on Sunday November 10th, in hopes this gives adequate notice to help with packing and planning. All other signings are first-come, first-serve

Please note, tickets are non-transferable. For authors with both Friday and Saturday tickets, please only get a ticket for one of those days to allow for as many people to see these authors as possible. 

You may only reserve 1 ticket per order

Remaining tickets will go live Tuesday 11/12 at 6PM ET

*NEW THIS YEAR*

Select Friday and Saturday signings will be ticketed in advance. This is a new system we are testing out to help prioritize both attendee safety and author wellbeing. These free tickets will go live on Sunday November 10th, in hopes this gives adequate notice to help with packing and planning. All other signings are first-come, first-serve

Please note, tickets are non-transferable. For authors with both Friday and Saturday tickets, please only get a ticket for one of those days to allow for as many people to see these authors as possible. 

You may only reserve 1 ticket per order

Want to guarantee you get a brand new copy of Skyshade (out 11/12)? Preorder it for pickup at the festival. Purchase not required to enter signing line, but it helps ensure the proper number of books are available, since it’s release week! https://bluebicyclebooks.bigcartel.com/product/alex-aster-skyshade-pick-up

*NEW THIS YEAR*

Select Friday and Saturday signings will be ticketed in advance. This is a new system we are testing out to help prioritize both attendee safety and author wellbeing. These free tickets will go live on Sunday November 10th, in hopes this gives adequate notice to help with packing and planning. All other signings are first-come, first-serve

Please note, tickets are non-transferable. For authors with both Friday and Saturday tickets, please only get a ticket for one of those days to allow for as many people to see these authors as possible. 

You may only reserve 1 ticket per order

*NEW THIS YEAR*

Select Friday and Saturday signings will be ticketed in advance. This is a new system we are testing out to help prioritize both attendee safety and author wellbeing. These free tickets will go live on Sunday November 10th, in hopes this gives adequate notice to help with packing and planning. All other signings are first-come, first-serve

Please note, tickets are non-transferable. For authors with both Friday and Saturday tickets, please only get a ticket for one of those days to allow for as many people to see these authors as possible. 

You may only reserve 1 ticket per order

YALLFest 2024's afternoon keynote welcomes two dynamic bestselling authors, Abigail Hing Wen (Kisses Codes and Conspiracies, Loveboat Taipei) and Lauren Roberts (Powerless, Reckless). The Afternoon Keynote is brought to you by Fierce Reads.

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Please note that keynote tickets are exclusively for keynote attendance and do not guarantee a place in the signing line for either author.

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ABIGAIL HING WEN is the New York Times best selling author of Loveboat, Taipei, which has been adapted as the movie Love in Taipei, now streaming on Netflix and starring Ashley Liao (Hunger Games) and Ross Butler (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before). Abigail served as an executive producer and on set while filming in Taipei and London, and expanded the universe into a trilogy. Her sophomore universe, Kisses, Codes and Conspiracies, a thriller and romantic comedy novel, launched August 13 and was an instant National Best Seller and Amazon Editor’s Pick for YA Book of the Month. 

When LAUREN ROBERTS isn’t writing about fantasy worlds and bantering love interests, she can likely be found burrowed in bed reading about them. Lauren has lived in Michigan her whole life, making her very familiar with potholes, snow, and various lake activities. She has the hobbies of both a grandmother and a child, i.e., knitting, laser tag, hammocking, word searches, and coloring. She’s the author of Powerless, and she hopes to have the privilege of writing pretty words for the rest of her life. If you enjoy ranting, reading, and writing, Lauren can be found on both TikTok and Instagram @LaurenRobertsLibrary for your entertainment.

Our annual Smackdown closes out the festival. Many of our authors participate in fun and chaotic games (like recreating book covers, guessing games, bookish olympics, and more!) on stage, for your enjoyment! It's the best way to finish a long day of bookish delight.