Authors to share dreams and schemes with teens and tweens at CCHS festival, The Concord Bridge, 11/14/2025
Authors to share dreams and schemes with teens and tweens at CCHS festival, The Concord Bridge, 11/14/2025
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Kip Wilson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/3/2025
Concord-Carlisle High School
kwilson@concordcarlisle.org
Concord-Carlisle High School and the Concord Public Library to Hold Young Adult Author Symposium (YAAS)
Concord-Carlisle High School and the Concord Public Library to Hold Young Adult Author Symposium (YAAS)
Concord, MA: In cooperation with the Concord Public Library, the Concord-Carlisle High School is hosting the second annual Young Adult Author Symposium (YAAS) on Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 9am-2pm.
The organizers are running this free event at the high school to reignite a love of books, reading, and writing among area teens and tweens. YAAS aims to pick up the reins from the fabulous and wildly popular Boston Teen Author Fest, which was held annually in Cambridge, MA for several years.
The day’s schedule will include an opening panel in the auditorium with all twenty attending authors and illustrators, two sets of breakout sessions on topics ranging from “Art Factory: Draw a Scene” to “How to Get Published,” a lunch break with pizza and baked goods for sale, a closing “Ask Me Anything” panel, and a book signing for attendees to meet and chat with their favorite creators. The Silver Unicorn will be on hand selling books.
Those interested in attending can register here. Registration and all programming are free.
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‘YAAS’ to writing: First symposium draws established and aspiring authors, The Concord Bridge, 11/23/2024
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Press Release, 9/16/2024
Press Release, 9/16/2024
Kip Wilson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 9/16/2024
Concord-Carlisle High School
kwilson@concordcarlisle.org
Concord-Carlisle High School and the Concord Free Public Library to Hold Inaugural Young Adult Author Symposium (YAAS)
Concord-Carlisle High School and the Concord Free Public Library to Hold Inaugural Young Adult Author Symposium (YAAS)
Concord, MA: In cooperation with the Concord Free Public Library, the Concord-Carlisle High School is hosting the inaugural Young Adult Author Symposium (YAAS) on Saturday, November 16, 2024 from 10:00 AM-2:00 PM on the Concord-Carlisle High School campus at 500 Walden Street Concord, MA.
YAAS aims to recreate some of the success of the discontinued but wildly popular Boston Teen Author Fest which formerly served teens in the MetroWest and Boston regions. This free event hopes to similarly encourage tweens and teens ages 11-18 to embrace a love of books, reading, and creative writing. The event will be open to non-CCHS students and their families, as well as YA literature fans of all ages (with priority sign-up and access for teens).
The day’s schedule will include an opening panel with all twelve attending authors, two sets of breakout sessions on topics ranging from “Crafting Memorable Characters” to “Whodunnit? Spine-chilling Thrillers,” a lunch break with food trucks serving popular street foods, and a book signing for attendees to meet and chat with their favorite authors. Wellesley Books will be on hand selling books, and YAAS swag will also be available for purchase. A limited number of free bookmarks and autograph cards will be distributed to the first attendees.
YAAS organizers thank the Concord Education Fund, the Concord Free Public Library Corporation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council for their generous support of this program, as well as Eshitha Rao, CCHS 2024, for the artwork and logo design. More information, including how to register and full details on the author lineup will be coming soon.
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