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Please check-in at the welcome tent when you arrive! Pick up your tote bag and other goodies (as supplies last). 


11 am – outside
Vroman's Bookstore popup opens
Cash and credit card accepted. Gift cards will not be accepted due to the store being offsite; we're sorry for the inconvenience.


noon - auditorium
"Our Place in the World" panel
Nikki Barthelmess, Everything Within and In Between
Racquel Marie, You Don't Have a Shot
Patrick Ness, Different for Boys
Jessica Parra, Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success
(moderator) Yi Shun Lai, A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic (2024)


1 pm - Meeting Room
"Once Upon A Time" panel
Vanessa Lanang, Fireheart
Robyn Schneider, The Future King
Stephanie Kate Strohm, Twelfth Grade Night
(moderator) Brandie June, Curse Undone


2 pm - auditorium
"Haunts, Horrors, & Murder!" panel
Alex Brown, Damned If You Do
Gretchen McNeil, Three Drops of Blood
Lily Sparks, Teen Killers in Love
Justine Pucella Winans, Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything
(moderator) Sara Scribner, Marshall Fundamental School Library


3 pm - Meeting Room
"Misunderstandings & Mishaps" panel
Elizabeth Foscue, Boat Girl
Marisa Kanter, As If On Cue
Edward Underhill, Always the Almost
Rebekah Weatherspoon, Her Good Side
(moderator) Kendra Fitzpatrick, Valencia Library


3:45 pm - Lobby
Big Book Giveaway
Browse gently used young adult books and pick up something new to read, while supplies last. Free free to bring your own YA books to swap, but it is not necessary. If you are bringing books, please connect with a volunteer. All ages welcome, but the focus is young adult titles.


PARKING

Below is a map of the location. You can park on the street or in the parking lot on Sierra Bonita Avenue.

The large sign in front of the campus is a red sign that says “Fire Department Training Center.” This is the correct location; the library entrance is accessible via the building doors on the Villa Street side. 



The address is: 1500 E Villa St., Pasadena.... Pasadena Loves YA Book Festival Returns to Pasadena Public Library: Tim McDonald, Director of Libraries and Information Services, is pleased to announce the return of the Pasadena Loves YA book festival to the Pasadena Public Library on Saturday, September 23, from noon-4:00 p.m. at Jefferson Branch Library, 1500 E. Villa Street. The festival will host 17 Young Adult authors and present a series of panels and book signings. Registration not required. Beginning at 11 :00 a.m., attendees can check in to receive a free tote bag - while supplies last - and browse a Vroman's Bookstore pop-up shop where they can purchase any of the authors' current or previous works. Attendees can bring their newly purchased or previously owned books to be signed. The first author panel begins at noon. The event ends with a "Big Book Giveaway," offering hundreds of gently used Teen and Young Adult books to be given away to attendees. Since 2014, Pasadena Loves YA was presented annually at Pasadena Central Library through 2020. In 2021 and 2022, smaller events transpired in place of a full-length festival. This year, Pasadena Loves YA is returning as a full-length book festival. View images of past events on the Teens Blog at https ://pasadena-library .net/teens/tag/book-festival/ Pasadena Loves YA is presented by Pasadena Public Library in partnership with Bridge to Books, a grassroots community group, and supported by educators, youth interns, and numerous teen volunteer groups across the city. Visit www.pasadenalovesya.com or follow @pasadenalovesya on Instagram for more information.