YALLFest is almost here! Here’s a comprehensive schedule of all our Riveted by Simon Teen activity this year. Don’t forget to follow us @SimonTeen on Twitter, on TikTok, and in our Instagram Stories for up-to-the minute news, behind the scenes fun, and content from our authors at YALLFest. See y’all soon!
Everything Happening With Riveted by Simon Teen @ YALLFest 2022
Saturday, November 12
**Note: For all in-booth giveaways, tickets will be available one hour prior to the giveaway at the booth.
All Day
- Pick up a Riveted by Simon Teen passport in the Riveted booth and collect passport stamps to win a mystery ARC!
- Come by the Riveted by Simon Teen booth to enter our raffle for the chance to win deluxe promo items and signed copies of Foul Lady Fortune, The Witch Hunt, Spells for Lost Things, Bloodmarked, Gleanings, Retro, Love from Mecca to Medina and Spy School the Graphic Novel!
- Stop by the booth for an Around the World with Riveted by Simon Teen themed photo opportunity!
- Check the @SimonTeen socials for fun content and surprise giveaways!
- Pick up a ticket for an upcoming giveaway one hour prior to the listed giveaway time below!
9:00am
- Cassandra Clare giveaway: come get an exclusive Shadowhunters fan, book sleeve, and a Chain of Thorns sampler (Riveted booth)
- Pick up a wristband for the Secret Shanghai pop up event with the secret password (find the password on Simon Teen’s Instagram!) (Riveted booth)
10:00am
- Forget Me Not ARC giveaway (Riveted booth)
10:30am
- Social keyword giveaway of A Wilderness of Stars ARC (Riveted booth)
11:00am
- Mysteries of Thorn Manor ARC giveaway (Riveted booth)
- The Mechanics of a Modern Love Story panel with Jenna Evans Welch (American Theater Ballroom)
- Making Magic: Worldbuilding Magical Worlds with Tracy Deonn (Charleston Music Hall)
- Myths, Legends & Death on the Page: Making the Universal Personal with Chloe Gong and Neal Shusterman (Charleston Museum)
- Cassandra Clare signing (Blue Bicycle Books Tent)
- S.K. Ali signing (Blue Bicycle Books Tent)
12:00pm
- Puzzles, Riddles, and Competitions: Plotting Intricacy with Stuart Gibbs and Neal Shusterman (Charleston Music Hall)
- Chloe Gong signing (American Theater)
1:00pm
- Spell Bound ARC giveaway (Riveted booth)
- Middle Grade: Family Feud with Stuart Gibbs (Charleston Music Hall)
- All About the Journey: Stories of Progress, Travel, and Change with S.K. Ali and Jenna Evans Welch (American Theater Cinema)
- Tracy Deonn signing (Charleston Museum)
- Neal Shusterman signing (Blue Bicycle Books Tent)
- Jarrod Shusterman and Sofia Lapuente signing (Blue Bicycle Books Tent)
- Sasha Peyton Smith signing (Blue Bicycle Books Tent)
2:00pm
- Immersive Secret Shanghai Event (ticket required for entry) (The Stars Bar in the American Theater)
- Jenny Han giveaway: come get a The Summer I Turned Pretty beach towel and annotation tabs! (Riveted booth)
- Our Favorite Tropes: Romance is a Friends to Lovers, Enemies to Lovers, One Pajama for Two People Story with S.K. Ali (Charleston Museum)
- Stuart Gibbs signing (Blue Bicycle Books Tent)
3:00pm
- Worlds Without End: Keeping Long Running Series and Format-spanning Worlds Alive with Cassandra Clare (Charleston Music Hall)
- The Flawed Protagonist: Making Characters Make Messes with Angela May and Mary Alice Monroe (American Theater Ballroom)
- AMA Craft with Jarrod Shusterman, Sofia Lapuente, and Tracy Deonn (American Theater Cinema)
- Social keyword giveaway of Other Side of the Tracks ARC (Riveted booth)
- Jenna Evans Welch signing (Blue Bicycle Books Tent)
4:00pm
- Last Violent Call ARC giveaway (Riveted booth)
- Debuts: How to Navigate Your First Book with Jarrod Shusterman and Sofia Lapuente (American Theater Cinema)
- Beyond Bridgerton: The Cool Kids Table of Historical Fantasy with Chloe Gong and Sasha Peyton Smith (Charleston Music Hall)
- Angela May and Mary Alice Monroe signing (Blue Bicycle Books Courtyard)
5:00pm
- Feet of Clay, Eyes on the Stars: Juggling the Super and the Natural with Sasha Peyton Smith (American Theater Ballroom)
- Main Character Vibes: What Makes a Character Stick? with Angela May and Mary Alice Monroe (Charleston Museum)
- Closing Keynote with Cassandra Clare (Charleston Music Hall)
Don’t forget to come say hi to us at the booth all day!
