The Teen Lit Con 2018 Day Planner
10 AM
Kickoff Panel – AUDITORIUM
Your day starts here with authors Melissa de la Cruz, Barry Lyga, Adam Silvera and Angie Thomas. Meet our headlining authors with this fun, fast-paced panel led by MN author Sarah Ahiers.
11AM
Headliner – BLUE FORUM
Adam Silvera: author of THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END (Ticketed Event)
11AM
Choose Your Own Conference
- B120 – YA Scene Here: Five MN Authors You Need to Read (Ticketed Event)
- R131 – Beyond “Write What You Know”: The Power of Research in Writing (Ticketed Event)
- B130 – Don’t Be Frightened: It’s Just a Little Horror Story
- R130 – Write, Share, Repeat: More than One Way to Get Your Book Written & Read
- R100 – The Poetry Forum: Poet-in-Residence Molly Van Avery
- P130 – It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: Mental Health in YA Lit
- MC/Library – Pie Club (formerly known as Book Speed Dating): Find Your Next Best Book (Ticketed Event & Teens Only)
NOON
BREAKtime
Eat Lunch. Visit the Exhibit Hall. Talk Books. Take a Break.
NOON
1PM
Headliner – AUDITORIUM
Melissa de la Cruz: Author, & editor of BECAUSE I WAS A GIRL
2PM
Headliner – BLUE FORUM
Barry Lyga: author of BANG (Ticketed Event)
2PM
Choose Your Own Conference
- R131 – Killer Character to Killer Plot: Writers Workshop
- B120 – Publishing Insider Intel: Get Editor and Author Perspectives (Ticketed Event)
- B130 – Hunting for Stories in the Haunted
- R130 – Worldbuilding: Creating the World Your Characters Live In (Ticketed Event)
- R100 – The Poetry Forum: Poet-in-Residence Molly Van Avery
- P130 – It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: Mental Health in YA Lit
- MC/Library – Pie Club (formerly known as Book Speed Dating): Find Your Next Best Book (Ticketed & Teens Only)
3PM
Headliner – AUDITORIUM
Angie Thomas: author of THE HATE U GIVE
4PM
Goodbye
Thanks for coming to Teen Lit Con 2018! See you next year!
MORE IMPORTANT TIMES TO TRACK:
- Concessions: 10:30–3:30 (cash only, no cards or ATM), in the Commons
- T-Shirt Sales: 2–4 (credit cards accepted), in the Commons
- Exhibit Hall: 11–4 (most exhibits will shut down at 3)
- Book Sales & Signing: 11–4 (credit cards accepted), in the Exhibit Hall
