Friday 28 June, 2013

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

10:00 AM

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? ...

11:00 AM

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...

12:00 PM

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...

1:00 PM

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...

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...

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)

Oregon Convention Center - 256/257/258

Sessions

Friday 28 June, 2013