Staff reports | YALLFest, Blue Bicycle Books’ popular annual young adult book festival, is moving online with a new format, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. YALLFest fans can now look forward to YALLWrite, a “craft-themed extravaganza” to be held Nov. 13-14.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: S.C. Ports Authority
GOOD NEWS: Changes ahead at the S.C. House
PHOTO ESSAY: YallFest
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MYSTERY PHOTO: A bridge to somewhere
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sweetgrass baskets
CALENDAR: Gospel Christmas set for Dec. 1
Holiday of Lights Fun Run: Nov. 9 and 10. Registration is open for a sneak peek at this year’s Holiday of Lights for participants in a Fun Run, a two-mile, non-competitive event held on these two nights. Gates close to traffic at 6:30 p.m., so arrive in time. To register and learn more, click here.
(NEW) YALLFest, Nov. 11-12, locations downtown. Young adults and YA writers will invade downtown in the world’s largest YA book festival. Centering in the Upper King Street area around Blue Bicycle Books, the festival has some of the best writers in the world. Lots of rules and conditions. Lots of stuff already sold out But check it out here.
Staff reports | YALLFest, the world’s largest Young Adult Book Festival, hits Charleston this weekend with more than 30 authors in town to tell stories, sign books and have fun with readers. Also in Good News: Kendra Hamilton to give a poetry reading; Harold Koon award nominations being accepted.
Upper King Street will be alive and crawling with young readers as more than 60 of the world’s biggest young adult authors swoop into town Nov. 13-14 for the fifth annual YALLFest, the Charleston Young Adult Book Festival.
The festival includes a dozen #1 bestselling New York Times writers and 29 bestselling writers who will participate in 22 panels, presentations and talks and make 15 visits to Lowcountry schools. Click here for festival info.
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