If you have any pictures to add, please email us or comment below!
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Check out our pics!
We've updated our gallery with pics from our festival. You can view them all under the 2015 Gallery tab.
If you have any pictures to add, please email us or comment below!
If you have any pictures to add, please email us or comment below!
Saturday, April 25, 2015
It's happening...today!!
Today is the day! YA FEST JR 2015 is happening at Bethlehem Area Public Library at 12:00pm EST.
If you follow us via Twitter, be sure to use #yafestjr so we know what you're loving!
See you all soon!
See you all soon!
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Our Biggest Thanks
Our Biggest Thanks
Raffles would not be possible without the generosity of the following people and publishers:
@EgmontUSA
@MacKidsBooks
@abramskids
@Month9Books
@TantrumBooks
@JollyFishPress
@SimonKIDS
@simonschuster
@CapstonePub
@SHPMiddleGrade
@LandsAtlantic
@KerryOCerra
@HarperCollins
@skyhorsepub
@penguinrandom
Monday, April 13, 2015
6 Questions: An Author Spotlight with Amie Borst and Bethanie Borst
Amie Borst and her daughter, Bethanie, answer our questions! Amie's and Bethanie's books, Cinderskella and Little Dead Riding Hood will be available at YA Fest Jr.
Favorite MG authors? Illustrators you admire?
One of my favorite *new* MG authors is Claire Legrand. I love her spooky and creepy stories. Classics would have to be Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume.
Favorite MG books from the past year (2014/2015)?
Amie: The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand. (Do you see a trend here?)
Bethanie: Kit Grindstaff's The Flame in the Mist (although that's 2013, I think)
How/why did you start writing?
Amie: I've always known I would be a writer. When I was an adolescent I watched Stand By Me, a movie based on Stephen King's novella The Body. It was that moment, at 11 years old, as I watched the movie featuring four boys on their way to find a dead body - one of the boys was a writer - that someday I would be an author. I also make sure there is a vomit scene in the books I write. Thanks Gordy.
Bethanie: I was in fourth grade and the librarian was talking about Cinderella retellings. Since they were all about princesses and I hate princesses, I decided to write a book I'd actually want to read!
One piece of advice for young writers?
Amie: Don't give up!
Bethanie: Put the words on the page. You can't edit what's not there.
What are you currently working on? (Give us your elevator pitch!)
Snow Fright (book three in the Scarily Ever Laughter series).
(I don't have this ready yet! eek!)
I can guarantee that it will be the best yet in the series!
Are your characters/stories inspired by real people/events?
We do feature characters and/or characteristics of real people in our stories, for sure! It would be impossible not to draw upon our real-life experiences, relationships and interactions.
Favorite MG authors? Illustrators you admire?
One of my favorite *new* MG authors is Claire Legrand. I love her spooky and creepy stories. Classics would have to be Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume.
Favorite MG books from the past year (2014/2015)?
Amie: The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand. (Do you see a trend here?)
Bethanie: Kit Grindstaff's The Flame in the Mist (although that's 2013, I think)
How/why did you start writing?
Amie: I've always known I would be a writer. When I was an adolescent I watched Stand By Me, a movie based on Stephen King's novella The Body. It was that moment, at 11 years old, as I watched the movie featuring four boys on their way to find a dead body - one of the boys was a writer - that someday I would be an author. I also make sure there is a vomit scene in the books I write. Thanks Gordy.
Bethanie: I was in fourth grade and the librarian was talking about Cinderella retellings. Since they were all about princesses and I hate princesses, I decided to write a book I'd actually want to read!
One piece of advice for young writers?
Amie: Don't give up!
Bethanie: Put the words on the page. You can't edit what's not there.
What are you currently working on? (Give us your elevator pitch!)
Snow Fright (book three in the Scarily Ever Laughter series).
(I don't have this ready yet! eek!)
I can guarantee that it will be the best yet in the series!
Are your characters/stories inspired by real people/events?
We do feature characters and/or characteristics of real people in our stories, for sure! It would be impossible not to draw upon our real-life experiences, relationships and interactions.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Books Available for Purchase
Hi, Everyone!
The book titles (or rather, covers) are now available in the BOOKS tab on the top of the page. Check out these awesome titles available to purchase on the day of the festival thanks to Moravian Book Shop.
Friday, March 20, 2015
Jennifer Murgia is interviewed by The Mixed Up Files...!
Check out Jennifer's amazing interview promoting YA Fest Jr at THE MIXED UP FILES...OF MIDDLE GRADE AUTHORS.
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