YALL Fest is only a few days away!

So this week I am going to my annual library conference. I am super lucky to work at a library that encourages professional development so much that we have a budget available to us to help us attend events like the one I am going to be at. Of all I have attended I am probably MOST excited about this one:

YALL fest is a festival that includes 50 of the country’s top YA authors, including 25 New York Times bestsellers doing panels, presentations and signings. I cannot wait!!

I am the children's/YA librarian at Trevecca so I have the privilege of ordering those books each year, so this will be a huge help to that part of my job. I also love to write so hearing authors speak will be inspiring to me in that way AND my very favorite genre to read is YA literature so...well obviously this was an easy pick for me!!

The fest is in Charleston SC, which makes me even more excited because I have never been there but always wanted to go, so now I am!! AND two of my best friends are coming with me so...well what could be better!

Okay...now for the honest part, what actually COULD be better is that I COULD win tickets to the keynote speaker VERONICA ROTH (who I LOVE) b/c I was stupid and did not get a ticket before they sold out. There is a contest and writing a blog about YALL fest gets me another entry. But even if I don't win...the rest of it is going to be amazing. Stay tuned b/c next week I am sure I will be writing another post about how amazing it was!