Celebrate books and authors at the Brooklyn Book Festival, the city’s largest free, literary festival. Come for the day to enjoy hundreds of national and international, bestselling and iconic authors in discussions and readings. Experience the live Literary Marketplace with more than local and national presses and bookstores.

I will be moderating a YA panel… but that’s all I’m revealing for now! More to come. Check out the official website here.

I will be at the Bookmarks Festival on Friday September 22 and Saturday September 23. I should be on a panel with other young adult authors and signing books; more details to come! Visit the website here.

This Pride week, Penguin YA authors Camryn Garrett (Friday I’m In Love), Brenna Nation (The Shattered Lands) and Jen St. Jude (If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come) will be in conversation as they celebrate the power of sapphic romance and queer women in their writing. Chaired by #BookTok-er Tolu Akingbade (@tolusuniverse), join us as we delve into themes of LGBTQ+ identity, queer first-love and sapphic representation in YA fiction.

Tickets

£5 general admission

£12 with a copy of Friday I’m In Love (incl. fees + UK postage)

£12 with a copy of The Shattered Lands (incl. fees + UK postage)

£12 with a copy of If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come (incl. fees + UK postage)

£32 with all three books (incl. fees + UK postage)

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Please join Barnes & Noble - Union Squareon June 14th, 2023 at 6 PM ET, as we welcome Dahlia Adler, Camryn Garrett, Jas Hammonds, David Levithan,Melissa See, andPhil Stamperfor a YA PRIDE Panel Event! Authors will discuss their recent releases (GOING BICOASTAL, FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE, WE DESERVE MONUMENTS, EVERYDAY, LOVE LETTERS FOR JOY, and AFTERGLOW), answer questions from the audience, and sign copies of their books!

Tickets are free but you have to request them here. Also please note that masks are required for this event.

Jonathan Friedman, director of free expression and education programs at PEN America, the preeminent organization fighting against book banning, is joined by frequently-banned authors David Levithan and Camryn Garrett in a timely and important panel discussion.

The authors exemplify the spectrum of modern book banning. David Levithan is a prolific YA author whose first book was published 25 years ago. He’s written dozens, including the oft-banned Two Boys Kissing. Camryn Garrett published her first book, Full Disclosure, about a Black teenager born with HIV, in 2019 with her most recent book, Friday I’m in Love, published just last month.

Proceeds from the event will be donated to PEN America to support the freedom to write, read, and learn.

Loyalty can't wait to welcome Camryn Garrett and Jasmine Guillory for a virtual celebration of Friday, I'm In Love! This event is free to attend and will be held digitally via Crowdcast. Click here to register for the event. You can also order a copy of the book from our website to be automatically added to the registration list, and there will be an option to snag the book during the event. 

Tickets available here!

Event guidelines:

• All guests must be vaccinated to attend, and must provide proof of vaccination in order to enter event.

• All attendees must wear a face mask at all times.

• Tickets are limited to restrict capacity at our store, and each ticket will include either a copy of the featured book or a $10 Books Are Magic gift card.

• Additional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.

• A signing will follow the talk.

• Home address is collected for contact tracing purposes; it will not be used otherwise.

• The event will also be broadcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CE8CXbu3NAw

• As a reminder: If you are not feeling well, please do not come to the event, even if you have a ticket; email us and we'll work it out.

If you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact eventhelp@booksaremagic.net.

It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen, but what if Mahalia had a coming-out party? A love letter to romantic comedies, sweet sixteen blowouts, Black joy, and queer pride.

Mahalia Harris wants.

She wants a big Sweet Sixteen like her best friend, Naomi.

She wants the super-cute new girl Siobhan to like her back.

She wants a break from worrying—about money, snide remarks from white classmates, pitying looks from church ladies . . . all of it.

Then inspiration strikes: It’s too late for a Sweet Sixteen, but what if she had a coming-out party? A singing, dancing, rainbow-cake-eating celebration of queerness on her own terms.

The idea lights a fire beneath her, and soon Mahalia is scrimping and saving, taking on extra hours at her afterschool job, trying on dresses, and awkwardly flirting with Siobhan, all in preparation for the coming out of her dreams. But it’s not long before she’s buried in a mountain of bills, unfinished schoolwork, and enough drama to make her English lit teacher blush. With all the responsibility on her shoulders, will Mahalia’s party be over before it’s even begun?

A novel about finding yourself, falling in love, and celebrating what makes you you.

Rainbow attire is highly encouraged for this event!

Camryn Garrett grew up in New York and began her writing career at thirteen, when she was selected as a TIME for Kids reporter, interviewing celebrities like Warren Buffett and Kristen Bell. Since then, her writing has appeared on MTV and in HuffPost and Rookie magazine, and she was recently selected as one of Teen Vogue’s “21 Under 21: Girls Who Are Changing the World.” When she’s not writing, she studies film at NYU, and she’s a proud advocate for diverse stories and storytellers in any medium. Her first two novels, Full Disclosure and Off the Record, received rave reviews from outlets such as EW, Glamour, and SLJ, which said, in its starred review, “Readers will fall in love.” Friday I'm in Love is her third novel and first rom-com. Find her on Twitter @dancingofpens and Instagram @camryngwrites.

Victoria Lee grew up in Durham, North Carolina, where she spent her childhood writing ghost stories and fantasizing about attending boarding school. She has a Ph.D. in psychology, which she uses to overanalyze fictional characters and also herself. Lee is the author of A Lesson in Vengeance as well as The Fever King and its sequel, The Electric Heir. She lives in New York City with her partner, cat, and malevolent dog. Visit her online at victorialeewrites.com and follow her on Twitter and Instagram @sosaidvictoria.

Celebrate Pride with Books Are Magic and YA favorite, Camryn Garrett!

About this event

Event guidelines:

• All attendees must wear a face mask at all times.

• Additional copies of the books will be available for purchase at the event.

• Home address is collected for contact tracing purposes; it will not be used otherwise.

• As a reminder: If you are not feeling well, please do not come to the event, even if you have a ticket; email us and we'll work it out.

If you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact eventhelp@booksaremagic.net.

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I will be participating in two events at the conference:

Keynote Address, “Writing as a Teen: What You Need to Know” (11AM CST- 11:45 AM CST)

Ask Us Anything panel with all the speakers (3PM CST - 4PM CST)

Pride Book Fest Presents: A discussion with authors Camryn Garrett (Off the Record) and jason june (Jay's Gay Agenda) about sex positivity in young adult books. We'll talk about sex positivity in our books, the ongoing debate about on-the-page sex in YA, what it means to be sex positive and what the responsibilities are of authors, specifically in queer lit spaces. This event is hosted on the Pride Book Fest Youtube Channel: Click to read more and register.

Hosted by Books are Magic

Sign up here: https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/offtherecord