I am thrilled to say that I will be returning to Portland’s premier literary festival, Wordstock, this October. Not only will I be doing a presentation/reading about my latest book, The Right & the Real, but I am sitting on a panel, and also teaching a workshop.

Saturday, October 13th @ 10:30-11:45am: Workshop – Writing Memorable Characters in YA

Joëlle Anthony teaches you how to create quick characters to get you writing, examines the character clichés that permeate books, and explains how to avoid them. Learn to make even the smallest character in your fiction well-rounded and memorable.

Saturday, October 13th @ 1pm: The Adult in YA panel & book signing

Sex, drugs, drinking, language and other things that readers tend to ignore in adult fiction can often get readers of YA all riled up. We’re here to discuss what’s appropriate, where the line should be, and if there even should be a line in YA fiction. Join us for what will undoubtedly be a lively debate! Panelist include myself, Steve Brezenoff, Kristen-Paige Madonia, and moderator, Erica Lorraine Scheidt.

Sunday, October 14th @ 11am: Presentation & book signing

Seattle author, Stephanie Guerra is scheduled for 11:30, so we decided to mix it up a bit and I’ll only present for about 20 minutes, followed by Stephanie, and then we’ll do a Q&A together. Double the fun! And the signing will be after that.

You can get ticket info here, or better yet, sign up to be a volunteer! Hope to see y’all there.

Here I am at the 2010 Wordstock Festival. The good news is that this year, the YA presentations will be in the smaller rooms instead of on the big Children’s Stage. Hopefully, that will stop rock music from the presentation one stage over blasting through in the middle of my reading like in this video!