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*Make Penguin your first stop! A limited number of tickets for all in-booth author signings will be given out each morning.
THURSDAY, July 18th:
10:00am-11:00am
SIGNING: Ally Condie, The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe
Location: Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G
Ticketed event!*
1:00pm
GAME & GIVEAWAY: Magics vs. Dragons!
Location: Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G
Come pick magic or dragons to receive a galley of A River of Royal Blood or Fireborne!
3:00pm-3:30pm
RECOMMENDATION STATION & GIVEAWAY
Location: Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G
Tell us what you like to read, then we’ll recommend AND give you your next one for free!
FRIDAY, July 19th:
11:00am-12:00pm
PANEL: Fantastic Flavors of Fantasy
Location: 25ABC
Featuring Renée Ahdieh, the New York Times bestselling author of The Beautiful!
From urban fantasy to epic fantasy to superheroes, fantasy contains multitudes of the amazing and astonishing. Join your favorite fantasy authors to get a taste of the action!
11:00am-11:30am
RECOMMENDATION STATION & GIVEAWAY
Location: Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G
Tell us what you like to read, then we’ll recommend AND give you your next one for free!
1:30pm-2:30pm
PANEL: Spotlight on Ursula Vernon
Location: Room: 24ABC
Featuring Ursula Vernon, Special Guest of the Con and author of the Hamster Princess series and the Dragonbreath series
Princess Harriet Hamsterbone and Danny Dragonbreath are not your little sibling’s classic fairy tale heroes! They’re fighting the bad guys, dolling out the laughs, and subverting gender stereotypes one book at a time.
3:00pm-4:00pm
SIGNING: Renée Ahdieh, The Beautiful
Location: Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G
Ticketed event!*
3:00pm-4:00pm
PANEL: Wherefore Dystopia and Darkness?
Location: Room 4
Featuring Ally Condie, the internationally bestselling author of the Matched series and The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe, and Marie Lu, the New York Times bestselling author of the Legend series and Warcross
Why do so many readers want to spend time in an imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized, fearful lives? Come find out!
4:30pm-5:30pm
PANEL: Geek Geek Revolution
Location: Room 8
Featuring Tochi Onyebuchi, the acclaimed author of War Girls
A no-holds-barred geek culture game show featuring five science fiction/fantasy authors competing for the chance to be TOP GEEK. In addition, the audience members will be asked to ‘write-in’ questions in hopes of stumping the authors and winning a prize pack of books. Hold onto your hats, nerf herders, this might get ugly.
7:00pm-8:00pm
What’s Up with Penguin?
Location: 25ABC
Do you want the inside scoop on what’s coming up next? This is your chance to get the details on everything that’s big, beautiful, and bookish at Penguin!
SATURDAY, July 20th:
10:00am-11:00am
PANEL: Stellar Stories and Awesome Adventures
Location: 7AB
Featuring Tochi Onyebuchi, the acclaimed author of War Girls
It’s a great big universe, filled with an amazing assortment of challenges and perils for characters to face, and extraordinary encounters to discover. Come meet the authors who unravel them!
11:00am-11:30am
RECOMMENDATION STATION & GIVEAWAY
Location: Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G
Tell us what you like to read, then we’ll recommend AND give you your next one for free!
3:00pm-4:00PM
GAME, SIGNING, & GIVEAWAY: Tochi Onyebuchi, War Girls
Location: Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G
Come meet the author of Beasts Made of Night and Crown of Thunder, and walk away with an early copy of his upcoming sci-fi War Girls, set in a futuristic Black Panther-inspired Nigeria. You just have to beat him in a (card) game of War first!
4:30pm-5:30pm
SIGNING: Marie Lu, Warcross and the Legend series
Location: Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G
Ticketed event!*
SUNDAY, July 21st:
10:00am
GIVEAWAY: Curse of the Werepenguin
Location: Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G
11:00am
GIVEAWAY: My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich
Location: Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G
11:00am-12:00pm
PANEL: From Between the Pages to On the Marquee
Location: Room 28DE
Featuring Max Brallier, the New York Times bestselling author of the Last Kids on Earth series
Coming to Netflix September 17! A panel about the journey from books and comics to television and film. Read it before you see it, people!
1:00pm-2:00pm
PANEL: iPhones and Wands: Can Tech and Magic Coexest?
Location: Room 25ABC
Featuring Ursula Vernon, Special Guest of the Con and author of the Hamster Princess series and the Dragonbreath series
Fairy tales, but make it tech! How does the magic of technological advancements compete with the magic of lore?
2:00pm-3:00pm
SIGNING: Max Brallier & Douglas Holgate, The Last Kids on Earth series
Location: Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G
Ticketed event!*
ALL DAY!
GAME: Klawde’s Evil Cat Recruitment Station
Location: Penguin Young Readers Booth #1515-G
Klawde is an Evil Alien Warlord Cat and he needs new recruits for his army to take over a planet called Earth. Come find out if you’re worthy to join his ranks and win a prize!
COMIC CON EXCLUSIVES:
COMIC CON EXCLUSIVE OFFER: The Beautiful Pre-order Station
Pre-order your copy of The Beautiful at the station and get a free enamel pin.
SUNDAY KIDS’ DAY FEATURE: The Last Kids on Earth Headquarters
Are the zombies and Blargs chasing you down on the Con floor? Refuel at the booth with Last Kids swag, zombie supplies, and a preorder station—free slime!
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