The Greater Houston Teen Book Convention
teenbookcon schedule
of events
of events
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
Book Sales (all day), Entertainment |
| 10:00 - 10:45 |
Keynote Speech by CHRIS CRUTCHER! |
| 10:55 - 11:35 |
Choose a panel |
| 11:35 - 12:35 |
Lunch, Book Sales, Entertainment! |
| 12:35 - 1:15 |
Choose a panel |
| 1:25 - 2:05 |
Choose a panel |
| 2:15 - 2:55 |
Choose a panel |
| 3:00 - 3:40 | Closing Speech by SHARON DRAPER & Door Prize winners announced*! *must be present to win |
| 3:40 - 5:00 |
Author Signing Lines, Book Sales! |
Please note: due to his tight schedule, Chris Crutcher will only be signing books at lunch, not during the end of day author signing session.
| TAKE ME AWAY Lenore Appelhans Tera Lynn Childs A. G. Howard Sophie Jordan Stacey Kade Shannon Messenger |
POWER TO THE PEOPLE Cinda Williams Chima Alaya Dawn Johnson Jennifer Nielsen Caragh O'Brien Mary Pearson Morgan Rhodes |
MURDER & MAYHEM Kate Brian Sharon Draper Maureen Johnson Barry Lyga Robin Wasserman |
| POWER OF MEMORY Leigh Bardugo Jessica Brody Bethany Frenette Claudia Gray Dan Krokos Lisa McMann |
ADDICTED TO LOVE Justina Chen Stacey Jay Mary Lindsey Jennifer E. Smith Tamara Ireland Stone |
MAKING THE BEST OF IT Jen Calonita Chris Crutcher Kay Honeyman Amy McNamara Lauren Morrill Francisco X. Stork |
| A PICTURE IS WORTH 1,000 WORDS Faith Erin Hicks Mark Nasso MK Reed Bruce Small |
Each panel of authors presents four times. After the Keynote Speech, you will be able to choose which panel to see first, then after the first session, it's time for lunch. After lunch, you will select three more panel sessions to attend and then it's time for the author signing session!
Please note: it will be impossible for you to see every author at TeenBookCon as there are seven panels to choose from but each panel group only presents four times. So bring a friend--divide and conquer then compare notes after TeenBookCon!
For more information about how the day works, see our FAQs page!
Seating preference will be given to teens at all author sessions.
| LUNCH |
To save time at lunch, you can purchase concessions tickets when you arrive.
Lunch ticket sales will be in the Taylor rotunda.
Amy's Ice Creams will also be on site selling their delicious desserts. A portion of the sales will be donated back to TeenBookCon.
New this year: the Golden Grill Food Truck will be selling varieties of grilled cheese sandwiches in the back courtyard.
- They take cash or credit cards only.
- *They will not be able to take lunch tickets!
- As a special treat, Lisa McMann will be in the food truck serving your sandwiches to you (during the lunch hour only)!!!
| BOOKS |
All authors will be available to sign only books. You must purchase a book at the festival to get into the signing lines.
You may buy as many books as you would like to have signed that day, but to enter the signing lines, you must have a receipt from Blue Willow showing that you have purchased at least one of the authors’ books from the festival.
Your receipt from Blue Willow will also entitle you to bring 2 additional books from home to be signed by the authors as well.
Cash and Credit Cards will be accepted.
Due to time constraints, Sharon Draper and Maureen Johnson's signing lines will be limited to two books per person (if time permits, you may get back in line again).
Due to even tighter time constraints, Chris Crutcher will only be doing book signings during the lunch hour. He will not be able to do posed photos and will be limited to one book signing per person. There is very little chance of making it through his line a second time. Please take that into consideration when planning your day at TeenBookCon.
| YOUR TEENBOOKCON TO-DO LIST |
- Have fun!
- Meet all of your favorite and soon-to-be-favorite authors
- Attend the Keynote Address at 10 a.m.
- Sit in on different author panels throughout the day
- Participate in activities--temporary tattoo booth, face painting, bring your cell phone camera for our photo booth, button making and more
- Listen to live music by local teens
- Have an author sign your book at the end of the day
- Hang out with your friends and meet other teens who love reading
- Join us for authors, books, prizes, pizza, gooey grilled cheese, Amy's Ice Creams and tons of fun!
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