Friday 28 June, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

How Do You LeakyCon?: A Little Help for Firsties from Those Who Have Been There and Done That

50 minutes, 9:00 AM EDT - 9:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C124

Lecture

Danny Palmer (Participant)

So you’ve never been to LeakyCon before, and you’re super excited about your first con, but you’re not really sure what’s going on or how to make t...

Friendships and Fandom

50 minutes, 9:00 AM EDT - 9:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C125 - 126

Panel

Amie-Leigh McFarlane (Participant)

Camille Campbell (Participant)

Cori Spears (Participant)

Ferrell Lamothe (Participant)

Katie Devine (Participant)

Fandom of all types, whether of StarKid, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, or something else, creates close friendships and sparks creativity...

Tribe Starkid: Fandom as Ecclesia for the Millenial Generation

50 minutes, 9:00 AM EDT - 9:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C123

Lecture

Rev. Heather Godsey (Participant)

In Urban Tribes, author Ethan Watters describes how it is that members of the Millennial generation cultivate a family of choice, a communit...

Creative Editing for Betas and Writers

1 hour 20 minutes, 9:00 AM EDT - 10:20 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C120 - C122

Workshop

Krista Domin (Participant)

Fanfic writer? Creative writer? Poet? Beta reader? This workshop will focus on editing the creative writing of others. It will cover techniques, et...

9:30 AM

Team StarKid Signing

2 hours, 9:30 AM EDT - 11:30 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Exhbit Hall (Exhibit Hall C)

Autograph Session

Jaime Lyn Beatty (Participant)

Joey Richter, Team StarKid (Participant)

Lauren Lopez, Team StarKid (Participant)

Brian Rosenthal, Team StarKid (Participant)

Clark Baxtresser, Team StarKid (Participant)

Tyler Brunsman, Team StarKid (Participant)

Dylan Saunders, Team StarKid (Participant)

Britney Coleman, Team StarKid (Participant)

Meredith Stepien, Team StarKid (Participant)

Nick Strauss (Participant)

Joe Walker, Team StarKid (Participant)

10:00 AM

Not Literally, Literally Live!

50 minutes, 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Mainstage (Exhibit Hall D)

Podcast

Ginny DiGuiseppi (Participant)

Dana Ritterbusch (Participant)

You know them from their sharp pop culture parodies on YouTube; now come and see them perform live! From Harry Potter, The Hunger Games

Quidditch Demos and Open Play

6 hours, 10:00 AM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Quidditch Pitch

Game

How to Internet!

50 minutes, 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 256/257/258

Panel

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Moderator)

Hank Green (Participant)

Barry Lyga (Participant)

Maggie Stiefvater (Participant)

Kate Schafer-Testerman (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Flame wars, comments, sock puppets, trolls, and spoilers ...Oh my! Many YA authors are online, and many YA readers are online. What are the rules? ...

"This Isn't a Kissing Book, Is It": What We Talk about When We Talk about Romance

50 minutes, 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 252/253

Panel

E. Lockhart (Moderator)

David Levithan (Participant)

Coe Booth (Participant)

Andrea Cremer (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

What’s the deal with romance, anyway? Why is it so appealing to some, and cooties to others? What’s the difference between love stories and romance...

Audiofictions

50 minutes, 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 204

Lecture

Michael Harle (Participant)

John Jennette (Participant)

The MuggleNet Fan Fictions Audiofictions podcast breathes new life into stories written by fans and hand-picked by listeners. MerMuggle Readers Lup...

Curt Mega's "Buffering"

50 minutes, 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 202

Lecture

Curt Mega (Participant)

Buffering is a digital comedy series about trying to create something when you have nothing. It's the story of Ben Little (Curt Mega), a guy who fe...

The (Metaphorical) HP Fanfiction Sharing Circle

50 minutes, 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C124

Meetup

Joe Riglar (Participant)

Participants will share their favorite fanfiction and get inspiration to read new ones. This will be a good chance for fanfiction lovers to branch ...

Tattoo Meetup

50 minutes, 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C125 - 126

Meetup

Leslie Hathorn (Participant)

There has been a considerable amount of research on the perception of tattoos and how people with tattoos are stereotyped, but there has been littl...

Torchwood

50 minutes, 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C123

Lecture

Marie Tucker (Participant)

This roundtable will discuss all four seasons and the future of the series. We will discuss what we dislike, like, and feel about Torchwood and its...

Vendor Room Hours

10 hours, 10:00 AM EDT - 8:00 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Exhbit Hall (Exhibit Hall C)

Event Hours

Throughout the duration of LeakyCon, a selection of th...

11:00 AM

Featured Actresses: Jackie Emerson, Scarlett Byrne & Ellie Darcey-Alden

50 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Mainstage (Exhibit Hall D)

Panel

Kristina Horner (Moderator)

Ellie Darcey-Alden (Participant)

Scarlett Byrne, Harry Potter films (Participant)

Jackie Emerson (Participant)

These lovely ladies have been strong support on some of the biggest blockbusters of our time: Jackie Emerson was inside the circle of tributes for ...

Authors Acting Badly (*Except for Amber and Anthony)

50 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 256/257/258

Panel

David Levithan (Moderator)

Amber Benson (Participant)

Anthony Rapp, Rent (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

E. Lockhart (Participant)

Your favorite authors act out your favorite scenes from your favorite books in a live reader’s theater. They’ve got no time to rehearse, no experie...

Making &%!$ Up: The Art of Fantasy

50 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 252/253

Panel

Leigh Bardugo (Moderator)

Maggie Stiefvater (Participant)

Andrea Cremer (Participant)

Heather Brewer (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Wizards, vampires, werewolves, cannibalistic sea horses...the magical creatures of YA are so terrifyingly (and/or swooningly) real that it’s someti...

Inside the Writer's Room with the Lizzie Bennet Diaries

50 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 202

Lecture

Bernie Su (Participant)

Margaret Dunlap (Participant)

Rachel Kiley (Participant)

Join Bernie, Margaret, and Rachel for a look at the process on The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: how do you take such a loved and precious property...

The Art of Making Sh** Happen

50 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 201

Lecture

Corey Lubowich, Team StarKid (Participant)

Julia Albain, Team StarKid (Participant)

The Art of Making Sh** Happen is an interactive lecture presentation featuring the best (and worst) of what Julia and Corey have learned while bein...

Sorting Other Series: The Hunger Games Edition

50 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C124

Lecture

Erin Wert (Participant)

After a successful run of Sorting Other Series last year at LeakyCon 2012, Erin is back for more sorting adventures. Come to this session for some ...

SuperWho Meetup

50 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C125 - 126

Meetup

Jen Koch (Participant)

Like Doctor Who? Like Supernatural? Like to squish them together? Join other fans of this oddly popular television series crossover f...

Alchemy: A Rose by Any Other Name

50 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C123

Lecture

Leslie Barnhart (Participant)

Alchemy has gotten a bad reputation over the millennia, but this archaic science is a large part of the internal logic and integrity J.K. Rowling c...

Keeping the Blood Pure

50 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C120 - C122

Lecture

Krista Domin (Participant)

The Malfoys, the Weasleys and the Blacks at one point were all pureblood families. However, some of these families have now been written off as a d...

12:00 PM

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Extravaganza

50 minutes, 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Mainstage (Exhibit Hall D)

Panel

Kristina Horner (Moderator)

Hank Green (Participant)

Bernie Su (Participant)

Mary Kate Wiles (Participant)

Ashley Clements (Participant)

Julia Cho (Participant)

Wes Aderhold (Participant)

Maxwell Glick, mrcheezypop (Participant)

Daniel V. Gordh (Participant)

Christopher Sean (Participant)

Laura Spencer (Participant)

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries returns to Leaky! We just loved meeting the girls of LBD last year; this year, with the whole series wrapped up an...

Is All Fiction Fan-Fiction

50 minutes, 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 256/257/258

Panel

Kate Schafer-Testerman (Moderator)

Barry Lyga (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Cheryl Klein (Participant)

Until a little while ago, publishing didn’t even acknowledge fanfiction. It was hidden away, like Rochester’s wife in the attic. But with the publi...

Fear and Loathing in the Writing Process: How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Terror

50 minutes, 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 252/253

Panel

Amber Benson (Participant)

Rebecca Carlson (Moderator)

Anthony Rapp, Rent (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Moderator)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Coe Booth (Participant)

Laini Taylor (Participant)

This panel was pitched by the winner of our “pitch a panel” contest. How do you get over that fear of putting yourself down on the page...and then ...

HP Dance Video with Tessa

50 minutes, 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 202

Meetup

Tessa Netting (Participant)

We're Still Here: Fandoms After Series Have Ended

50 minutes, 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 201

Lecture

Anna Snyder (Participant)

Kara Helgren (Participant)

Kari Haley (Participant)

You discover a series that you really enjoy. You watch faithfully, pre order the books and DVDs, investing yourself emotionally. It becomes a part ...

Wandlore: A Complex and Mysterious Magic

50 minutes, 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C124

Lecture

Greg Laslo, Hungarian Wand Shop (Participant)

The magic wand. No other symbol identifies a wizard more clearly than the instrument that channels his or her most powerful magic. We will look to ...

Fanfiction as a Writer's Tool

50 minutes, 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C125 - 126

Lecture

Muffy Morrigan (Participant)

Many fans express their love of fandom through writing fanficiton. This workshop will cover topics that include writing in canon, creating interest...

You Better Believe It's Beautiful Stuff and Team Joey Richter

50 minutes, 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C123

Lecture

Amber Wehse (Participant)

Samantha Fico (Participant)

StarKids! Here is your chance to finally meet in person all of your StarKid friends from Team Joey Richter and BeautifulStuff.us. We’ll be completi...

So You Think You Can Travel in Time?

50 minutes, 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C120 - C122

Lecture

Shannen Michaelsen (Participant)

Colleen Siler (Participant)

A presentation on the complications of time travel as seen in Harry Potter and other works, such as Doctor Who, Star Trek, and...

Actors Signing, Part 1

2 hours, 12:00 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Exhbit Hall (Exhibit Hall C)

Autograph Session

Scarlett Byrne, Harry Potter films (Participant)

Ellie Darcey-Alden (Participant)

Jackie Emerson (Participant)

Tom Lenk (Participant)

Devon Murray, Harry Potter films (Participant)

1:00 PM

The Joe Moses One-Man Showses

50 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Mainstage (Exhibit Hall D)

Performance

Joe Moses, Team StarKid (Participant)

Devin Lytle, Team StarKid (Participant)

Jackie Emerson (Participant)

Joey Richter, Team StarKid (Participant)

Tessa Netting (Participant)

Dominic Barnes (Participant)

Titus Makin Jr. (Participant)

Curt Mega (Participant)

Brian Rosenthal, Team StarKid (Participant)

Joe Walker, Team StarKid (Participant)

J.D. Durkin (Participant)

How Books Saved Me

50 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 256/257/258

Panel

Robin Wasserman (Moderator)

Anthony Rapp, Rent (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Leigh Bardugo (Participant)

Laini Taylor (Participant)

Let’s talk troubles. We’ve all got them: Readers, writers, and most definitely characters. (Pro tip: If you want a happy, uneventful, well-adjusted...

What's It Like Being a Writer?

50 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 252/253

Panel

Andrea Cremer (Moderator)

Amber Benson (Participant)

Heather Brewer (Participant)

Matt de la Peña (Participant)

A day in the life of a writer: champagne, caviar, yacht trips, glamorous parties with glamorous people, capped off by a couple hours of effortless ...

The Heroine's Journey

50 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C124

Lecture

Valerie Estelle Frankel (Participant)

You know all about the classic hero’s journey—now learn about the heroine’s! We’ll chart the heroine’s journey step-by-step from ancient myths to m...

Behind Platform 9 3/4: Building Compelling Worlds Through Fiction

50 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C123

Panel

Amber Keyser (Participant)

Emily Whitman (Participant)

Cidney Swanson (Participant)

Cat Winters (Participant)

Kelly Garrett (Participant)

J.K. Rowling is a master world-builder. Creating a believable fictional world requires evoking settings with rich sensory details, constructing log...

The Wisdom of Albus Dumbledore

50 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - C120 - C122

Lecture

Shannen Michaelsen (Participant)

Colleen Siler (Participant)

Albus Dumbledore was a wise old man. But where did his wisdom come from? How does it apply to the Harry Potter characters? And how does...

Rockers Signing

2 hours, 1:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Exhbit Hall (Exhibit Hall C)

Autograph Session

Kirstyn Hippe (Participant)

Lauren Fairweather (Participant)

Alex Carpenter (Participant)

Steph Anderson, Tonks and the Aurors (Participant)

Jason Munday (Participant)

Luke Conard, Ministry of Magic (Participant)

Jeremy Jennings, Ministry of Magic (Participant)

Mark Jennings, Ministry of Magic (Participant)

Aaron Nordyke, Ministry of Magic (Participant)

Ryan Seiler, Ministry of Magic (Participant)

2:00 PM

The Cover-Up: The Secret Message of YA Book Covers

50 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 256/257/258

Panel

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Moderator)

Barry Lyga (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Cheryl Klein (Participant)

Matt de la Peña (Participant)

Let’s be honest: We all judge books by their covers. And publishers know it. Which is why books get the covers they do—because publishers are judgi...

Is YA Lit "Literature"?

50 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 252/253

Panel

Robin Wasserman (Moderator)

David Levithan (Participant)

Coe Booth (Participant)

E. Lockhart (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Laini Taylor (Participant)

Some schools teach modern YA lit alongside the Great Gatsby and Catcher in the Rye; some teachers wouldn’t be caught dead saying the words “Young A...

Lizzie Bennet Diaries Cast & Crew Signing

1 hour, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Exhbit Hall (Exhibit Hall C)

Autograph Session

Hank Green (Participant)

Bernie Su (Participant)

Mary Kate Wiles (Participant)

Ashley Clements (Participant)

Wes Aderhold (Participant)

Julia Cho (Participant)

Maxwell Glick, mrcheezypop (Participant)

Margaret Dunlap (Participant)

Daniel V. Gordh (Participant)

Rachel Kiley (Participant)

Christopher Sean (Participant)

Laura Spencer (Participant)

3:00 PM

The Second Annual LeakyStars Competition!

1 hour 50 minutes, 3:00 PM EDT - 4:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Mainstage (Exhibit Hall D)

Performance

Anthony Rapp, Rent (Participant)

Dominic Barnes (Participant)

Titus Makin Jr. (Participant)

Curt Mega (Participant)

Pat Brady (Participant)

Cheer on the finalists as they compete to become the second LeakyStars winner. Our first winner, Kirstyn Hippe, will be there to perform too! This ...

LeakyLit Signing

2 hours, 3:00 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Exhbit Hall (Exhibit Hall C)

Autograph Session

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Barry Lyga (Participant)

Maggie Stiefvater (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

David Levithan (Participant)

Coe Booth (Participant)

Andrea Cremer (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

E. Lockhart (Participant)

Heather Brewer (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Leigh Bardugo (Participant)

Cheryl Klein (Participant)

Laini Taylor (Participant)

Matt de la Peña (Participant)

5:00 PM

The Hogwarts Alumni Event: Devon, Ellie & Scarlet

50 minutes, 5:00 PM EDT - 5:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Mainstage (Exhibit Hall D)

Panel

Eric Scull, MuggleCast (Moderator)

Scarlett Byrne, Harry Potter films (Participant)

Ellie Darcey-Alden (Participant)

Devon Murray, Harry Potter films (Participant)

We are proud to present Devon Murray, Scarlett Byrne and Elle Darcey-Alden together for our actor’s panel. We’ll talk about their experiences on an...

5:30 PM

The Lying Game

50 minutes, 5:30 PM EDT - 6:20 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 256/257/258

Panel

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Moderator)

Barry Lyga (Participant)

Maggie Stiefvater (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

David Levithan (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

E. Lockhart (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Leigh Bardugo (Participant)

6:00 PM

Actors Signing, Part 2

1 hour, 6:00 PM EDT - 7:00 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Exhbit Hall (Exhibit Hall C)

Autograph Session

Anthony Rapp, Rent (Participant)

Julia Albain, Team StarKid (Participant)

Lauren Lopez, Team StarKid (Participant)

Jaime Lyn Beatty (Participant)

Crafter and Fan Art Sale

3 hours, 6:00 PM EDT - 9:00 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Exhbit Hall (Exhibit Hall C)

Event Hours

7:00 PM

Lounge: with Maureen and Robin

50 minutes, 7:00 PM EDT - 7:50 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - 252/253

Talk

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

In which a very tired Maureen and Robin lounge around and talk too much, because they are tired, and say things they shouldn’t. Come casual. Get ca...

8:00 PM

Friday Night Rock Concert!

3 hours 59 minutes, 8:00 PM EDT - 11:59 PM EDT

Oregon Convention Center - Mainstage (Exhibit Hall D)

Performance

Hank Green (Participant)

Joe DeGeorge, Harry and the Potters (Participant)

Paul DeGeorge, Harry and the Potters (Participant)

Rae Sterling (Participant)

Angela Webber (Participant)

Aubrey Webber (Participant)

Justin Edward Michaelman (Participant)

Jarrod Perkins (Participant)

Kristina Horner (Participant)

Ella Waltzer (Participant)

Bradley Mehlenbacher, Draco and the Malfoys (Participant)

LeakyCon Friday night rock shows: they have always been epic. This one will be no exception!Featuring: The Doubleclicks, Rae Sterl...

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