Please check-in at the welcome tent when you arrive! Pick up your tote bag and other goodies (as supplies last). 


11 am – outside
Vroman's Bookstore popup opens
Cash and credit card accepted. Gift cards will not be accepted due to the store being offsite; we're sorry for the inconvenience.


noon - auditorium
"Our Place in the World" panel
Nikki Barthelmess, Everything Within and In Between
Racquel Marie, You Don't Have a Shot
Patrick Ness, Different for Boys
Jessica Parra, Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success
(moderator) Yi Shun Lai, A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic (2024)


1 pm - Meeting Room
"Once Upon A Time" panel
Vanessa Lanang, Fireheart
Robyn Schneider, The Future King
Stephanie Kate Strohm, Twelfth Grade Night
(moderator) Brandie June, Curse Undone


2 pm - auditorium
"Haunts, Horrors, & Murder!" panel
Alex Brown, Damned If You Do
Gretchen McNeil, Three Drops of Blood
Lily Sparks, Teen Killers in Love
Justine Pucella Winans, Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything
(moderator) Sara Scribner, Marshall Fundamental School Library


3 pm - Meeting Room
"Misunderstandings & Mishaps" panel
Elizabeth Foscue, Boat Girl
Marisa Kanter, As If On Cue
Edward Underhill, Always the Almost
Rebekah Weatherspoon, Her Good Side
(moderator) Kendra Fitzpatrick, Valencia Library


3:45 pm - Lobby
Big Book Giveaway
Browse gently used young adult books and pick up something new to read, while supplies last. Free free to bring your own YA books to swap, but it is not necessary. If you are bringing books, please connect with a volunteer. All ages welcome, but the focus is young adult titles.

PARKING

Below is a map of the location. You can park on the street or in the parking lot on Sierra Bonita Avenue.

The large sign in front of the campus is a red sign that says “Fire Department Training Center.” This is the correct location; the library entrance is accessible via the building doors on the Villa Street side. 

The address is: 

1500 E Villa St. 

Pasadena, CA 91106

You’ll find us in Google Maps as “Jefferson Branch Library Children and Teen Services.”

CONTACT

 

Announcing the 2023 authors:

Nikki Barthelmess, Everything Within and In Between

Alex Brown, Damned If You Do

Elizabeth Foscue, Boat Girl

Please save the date for Pasadena Loves YA - Saturday, September 23, 2023 from 12 pm to 4 pm.

We are happy to announce the updated lineup for our mini Pasadena Loves YA festival this year. Excited to bring Josephine Angelini, Jennifer Brody, Naz Kutub, Aminah Mae Safi, and Monica Zepeda to the festival on October 22, 2022 from 3-5 PM. Jennifer Brody will be moderating.