9/15/2022
Save the Date! Mini Pasadena Loves YA - October 22, 2022 from 3-5 pm at Hastings Branch Library
Mini Pasadena Loves YA
Saturday, October 22, 20223:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Hastings Branch Library3325 E Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107
Stay Tuned for Author Announcements! 🤫
We're not hosting an author book festival this year, but we hope you can join us in a YA book giveaway event!
Pasadena Loves YA: Gigantic Book Giveaway
Saturday, Sept. 18 • 3-5 p.m. • Hastings Branch Library
Calling all lovers of YA lit! Join us for a book giveaway and chat with other YA book lovers. Stop by and 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. All ages welcome, but the focus is young adult titles.
This is an outdoor event. Please bring a mask.
Hastings Branch Library is located at:
3325 E Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107
This is an outdoor event. Please bring a mask.
Hastings Branch Library is located at:
3325 E Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107
We regret to announce that the festival has been cancelled until 2021 due to health and safety concerns. We do not yet have a date for PLYA 2021, but check back here for updates.
Thanks for your understanding, and see you in 2021!
Our sixth annual teen book festival, Pasadena Loves YA, featured 19 authors, 4 panels, and a book blitz. We owe many thanks to everyone who helped with the event including:
- Our featured authors -- who donated their time and expertise, and took care of their own travel arrangements
- The panel moderators: Nicole Mainardi, Catherine Linka, Jennifer Brody, and Gretchen McNeil–thank you for taking on the extra task and the extra reading and conducting a superb discussion
- Bridge to Books for lending a helping hand and for donating all the fabulous yummy snacks.
- Alethea Allarey for her incredible dedication and leadership with Bridge to Books
- Thuy Lam for the years and years of consistently posting, sharing, and managing our social media pages
- Additional donations from Dominos Pizza, Cake Girl, and Vital Proteins
- Alfonso Huerta for photographing (for free!)
- Vroman’s Bookstore for taking care of book sales
- Our teen volunteers, Teen Advisory Board (special shoutout to Haneen, our PLYA2019 volunteer Lead), Youth Ambassadors, and Youth Council
- And Pasadena Public Library’s Communications team, Administration, Security, Technology, and staff for helping to make this happen.
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| Julie Berry, Derek Milman, Clare Di Liscia, Catherine Linka, and Dana L. Davis at the author luncheon |
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| PLYA alum Robin Reul and Nicole Mainardi at the author luncheon |
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| “Out of the Ashes” panel; Nicole Mainardi, Demetra Brodsky, Clare Di Liscia, Mary McCoy, and Lauren Morrill |
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| “Out of the Ashes” panel; Nicole Mainardi, Demetra Brodsky, Clare Di Liscia, Mary McCoy, and Lauren Morrill |
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| “Out of the Ashes” panel; Mary McCoy and Lauren Morrill |
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| “Out of the Ashes” panel book signing; meeting fans |
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| “Against All Odds” panel; Derek Milman and Abdi Nazemian |
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| “Against All Odds” panel; Julie Berry, Derek Milman, and Abdi Nazemian |
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| Fans during “Against All Odds” panel |
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| Catherine Linka moderating “Against All Odds” panel |
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| “Against All Odds” panel book signing; Julie Berry and Derek Milman meeting fans |
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| “Rebels and Rebirth” panel; Jennifer Brody, Maura Milan, Alexa Donne, Andrew Smith, and Caitlin Seal |
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| “Rebels and Rebirth” panel book signing; Alexa Donne and Andrew Smith meeting fans |
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| “Rebels and Rebirth” panel book signing |
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| “Expectation vs. Reality” panel; Dana L. Davis and Maurene Goo |
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| “Expectation vs. Reality” panel; Gretchen McNeil, Dana L. Davis, Maurene Goo, Christine Riccio, and Amy Spalding |
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| Teen helpers setting up the book blitz |
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| “Expectation vs. Reality” panel book signing; Dana L. Davis, Maurene Goo, Christine Riccio, and Amy Spalding |
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| Maurene Goo personalizing a book for a fan |
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| Book blitz |
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| Book blitz |
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