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YALLFest Founded in 2011, YALLFest is the largest young adult book festival in the world.

YALLFest Young Adult Book Festival happens annually the second weekend of November and features the best young adult authors around

Join us Nov 13th &.14th, 2026 YALLFest brings dozens of top young adult, middle grade and crossover writers from all over the country to historic downtown Charleston, S.C., for two days of signings and panels.

YALLFest is expanding to include a new track! In addition to our 20+ panels of Young Adult and Middle Grade programming,...
09/25/2026

YALLFest is expanding to include a new track!

In addition to our 20+ panels of Young Adult and Middle Grade programming, we’re offering a new track this year — ROMFest — that is for readers 18+ and all about romantasy! This track, like our middle grade programming, offers readers who want to exclusively participate in that track the ability to fill their day with 3 panels and signings from participating authors. ROMFest will be headlined by a free keynote from bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst!

All ROMFest panels and signings will be specifically noted as such when the full schedule is released in mid-October

You won’t be board at YALLFest this year!The 2026 author lineup is live at YALLFest.org 🎲All authors participate in a pa...
09/16/2026

You won’t be board at YALLFest this year!

The 2026 author lineup is live at YALLFest.org 🎲

All authors participate in a panel and signing on Saturday with some also participating in events on Friday.

[Image Description: Graphic featuring a board game background with cards that say “check out the line up” and “2026 Author Lineup yallfest.org” for YALLFest on November 13-14, 2026 in Charleston, South Carolina.]

Our cards are on the table, here are this year’s headliners🃏Smackdown Hosts: Ryan La Sala & Kat Cho!Headliner tickets ar...
09/09/2026

Our cards are on the table, here are this year’s headliners🃏

Smackdown Hosts: Ryan La Sala & Kat Cho!

Headliner tickets are on sale now!

Reminder, there are no general admission tickets for the festival and Keynote tickets do not include signings.

[Graphic featuring a board game background with cards that feature Ryan La Sala and Kat Cho for the Smackdown on November 14 at 6pm at YALLFest at the Charleston music hall]

Our cards are on the table, here are this year’s headliners 🃏Afternoon Keynote: Sarah Dessen, F.A. Davidson, Ayana Gray,...
09/09/2026

Our cards are on the table, here are this year’s headliners 🃏

Afternoon Keynote: Sarah Dessen, F.A. Davidson, Ayana Gray, & Ann Liang

Headliner tickets are on sale now!

Reminder, there are no general admission tickets for the festival and Keynote tickets do not include signings.

[Graphic featuring a board game background with cards that feature Sarah Dessen, F.A. Davidson, Ayana Gray, and Ann Liang for the Afternoon Keynote on November 14 at 5pm at YALLFest at the Charleston music hall]

Our cards are on the table, here are this year’s headliners 🃏Opening Keynote: Tahereh Mafi, Cassandra Clare, & Veronica ...
09/09/2026

Our cards are on the table, here are this year’s headliners 🃏

Opening Keynote: Tahereh Mafi, Cassandra Clare, & Veronica Roth

Headliner tickets are on sale now!

Reminder, there are no general admission tickets for the festival and Keynote tickets do not include signings.

[Graphic featuring a board game background with cards that feature Tahereh Mafi, Cassandra Clare, Veronica Roth for the Opening Keynote on November 14 at 10am at YALLFest at the Charleston music hall]

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12/12/2025

Thank you for this recap 💛💙

Check out the full article at the link in our bio!

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