{"id":1838,"date":"2015-06-05T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2018-04-14T17:52:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T00:52:12","slug":"pasadena-loves-ya-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2015\/pasadena-loves-ya-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasadena Loves YA: THANK YOU"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mary McCoy, author of Dead to Me, keynote speech. Photo by Katie Ferguson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Uniting fans and authors…<\/h3>\n

On Saturday, May 23,\u00a0twenty Young Adult authors and nearly 450 guests gathered at the second annual teen book festival, Pasadena Loves YA at Pasadena Central Library.<\/p>\n

The keynote speaker was Mary McCoy, author of\u00a0Dead to Me<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(and a teen librarian at Los Angeles Public Library). \u00a0All authors participated on a panel and signed books after their panel.<\/p>\n

The first 150 attendees received free tote bags (screened with the event logo) and first pick of the giveaways. \u00a0We gave away over\u00a0600 ARCs (Advance Review Copy)! \u00a0This year’s attendance was three times that of last year and every panel reached standing room only.<\/p>\n

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Panel schedule:<\/h3>\n

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THANK YOU<\/h2>\n

to all our participating authors, publicists, publishers, agents, Bridge to Books (Alethea Allarey and Alyson Beecher), YA Book Council, Vromans, and especially our volunteers who organized book signings, cleaned up, managed lines, took photos, and marketed the event!<\/p>\n

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\"Attendees<\/a>
Attendees looking through ARCs before the start of the keynote speech. Photo by Alfonso Huerta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photos by Alfonso Huerta:<\/p>\n

Photos by Katie Ferguson: \u00a0https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/katie-ferguson\/sets\/72157653365109986<\/a><\/p>\n

Instagram photos: \u00a0http:\/\/www.pasadenateenbookfestival.com\/p\/instagram.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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This event was hosted by librarian Jane Gov and co-sponsored by Bridge to Books. \u00a0For more info about the event and upcoming book festivals, please see www.pasadenateenbookfestival.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Keywords: \u00a0Mary McCoy, Dead to Me,\u00a0Katie Alender, Famous Last Words,\u00a0Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen,\u00a0Alexis Bass, Love and Other Theories,\u00a0Julie Berry, Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place,\u00a0Livia Blackburne, Midnight Thief,\u00a0Virginia Boecker, Witch Hunter,\u00a0Jessica Brody, Unchanged,\u00a0Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower,\u00a0Brandy Colbert, Pointe,\u00a0Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead,\u00a0Kody Keplinger, DUFF,\u00a0Liz Maccie, Lessons I Never Learned at Meadowbrook Academy,\u00a0Morgan Matson, Since You’ve Been Gone,\u00a0Lauren Miller, Parallel,\u00a0Alexandra Monir, Suspicion,\u00a0Jennifer Niven, All the Bright\u00a0Places,\u00a0Romina Russell, Zodiac,\u00a0Sarah Tomp, My Best Everything,\u00a0Kiersten White, Illusions of Fate, Sci-fi and Fantasy, Dial M for Murder, Second Chances, Tough Topics, First Time Draft to Finish Line<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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