This is the third year of the SEYA book festival at MTSU. Every year there seem to be more authors brought in, some of them very well known in the young adult circuit. Adam Silveri, Mackenzi Lee, Margaret Haddix, Kendare Blake, Alwyn Hamilton, Melissa Landers, and many others were featured this year. The authors host panels and the signings are free. The authors books are also offered for sale in the MTSU bookstore. The authors are always lovely and charming and willing to chat and it's fun to watch so many young adults so absolutely excited over authors and books. If you have a middle schooler or teenager into books, this is the event to bring them to. I've gone all three years and each time has been worth it. Kendare Blake is the coolest and the nicest. I'd fight a man for half her talent.
A word on etiquette to those going: Don't be rude. I got talking to some of the people who work at the MTSU bookstore while standing in line and they were quite frustrated with people bringing 10 or more books for an author to sign at a time. This was causing the line to back up and considering the authors were only signing for about an hour it was causing people to be turned away without getting ANYTHING signed. There was also an unspeakably rude woman right behind me in line who had several altercations with the staff demanding they do things for her (like give her free bottles of water) and bulldozing other people at the festival. Basically, don't be THAT person. These people have been working hard for three days and everyone is there to have a good time. Don't make us all judge you like we were all doing that woman.
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AuthorA librarian who likes to travel and experience life. CategoriesArchives
June 2022
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