2015’s biggest books party is coming to a screen near you, as Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman gets ready to launch a new online book festival for teenagers.
As part of world book day, Teen Fest will take place between 4-5 March between 6pm and 8pm, and will see authors on social media through hosted interviews as well as podcasts, music playlists, vlogs, blogs, booked themed DIY’s, and short films about careers in publishing.
Malorie Blackman will be the first author featured and will take part in a Facebook interview on the 4th March.
Malorie, who is author of many popular young adult novels such as Noughts & Crosses told BBC Newsbeat: “First and foremost I want to highlight the fact that reading is a great deal of fun. The activities will take place on sites including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Google Hangout. Most of the correspondence I receive now is via Facebook or email from fans who love my books. Sometimes it’s a bit of a double-edged sword but on the whole I love it because it means you have got instant access to your audience and they’ve got access to you.”
This year’s line-up includes:
David Almond
Virginia Bergin
Holly Black
Malorie Blackman
Steven Camden
Dave Cousins
CJ Daugherty
Keren David
Ben Davis
James Dawson
Joe Delaney
Ava Dellaria
Jennifer Donnelly
Laure Eve
Gayle Forman
Moira Fowley-Doyle
Sally Gardner
Sally Green
Lauren Kate
Derek Landy
David Levithan
E. Lockhart
Sophie McKenzie
Daragh McManus
Andy McNab
Robert Muchamore
Jandy Nelson
Annabel Pitcher
Non Pratt
Rainbow Rowell
Marcus Sedgwick
Darren Shan
Holly Smale
Justin Somper
Maggie Stiefvater
Joss Stirling
Lauren St John
Jonathan Stroud
Teri Terry
Jenny Valentine
Alex Wheatle
Meg Wolitzer
For more information on how to sign up for news about Teen Fest 2015, visit:
www.wbdteenfest.com
