Love in the Afteryoon: David Yoon & Nicola Yoon

David Yoon and Nicola Yoon

Love in the Afteryoon: David Yoon & Nicola Yoon

David Yoon and Nicola Yoon

4:00pm

Saturday, October 30, 2021

This is a brilliant opportunity to hear YA super-couple Nicola Yoon and David Yoon discuss their new novels Nicola’s Instructions for Dancing and David’s Frankly In Love. From New York Times bestsellers to film adaptations, these two have connected with thousands of readers all around the world through their stories of love and belonging. This fall, they have exciting news to share about the launch of their new publishing imprint, Joy Revolution.

The imprint, created under Random House Children’s Books, is dedicated to young adult romance novels by people of colour, about people of colour. Join us to celebrate the new venture, and to hear about the Yoons’s hopes for the burgeoning imprint and the home they plan to create for diverse writers and stories. Plus a live audience Q&A.

Recommended for ages 12 and up.

English captioning is available for this video. Please click the ‘CC’ button in the video toolbar to turn it on.

TIFA Kids is generously supported by Gail and Mark Appel.

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This is a brilliant opportunity to hear YA super-couple Nicola Yoon and David Yoon discuss their new novels Nicola’s Instructions for Dancing and David’s Frankly In Love. From New York Times bestsellers to film adaptations, these two have connected with thousands of readers all around the world through their stories of love and belonging. This fall, they have exciting news to share about the launch of their new publishing imprint, Joy Revolution.

The imprint, created under Random House Children’s Books, is dedicated to young adult romance novels by people of colour, about people of colour. Join us to celebrate the new venture, and to hear about the Yoons’s hopes for the burgeoning imprint and the home they plan to create for diverse writers and stories. Plus a live audience Q&A.

Recommended for ages 12 and up.

English captioning is available for this video. Please click the ‘CC’ button in the video toolbar to turn it on.

TIFA Kids is generously supported by Gail and Mark Appel.

Conversation
Reading

Featured Authors

David Yoon
David Yoon grew up in Orange County, California and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Nicola Yoon and their daughter. He drew the illustrations for Nicola's #1 New York Times bestseller Everything, Everything. He is the author of Super Fake Love Song and the New York Times bestseller Frankly in Love, which was a William C. Morris Award finalist and an Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature Honor book. David is Korean American.

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Nicola Yoon
Nicola Yoon is the author of Everything, Everything, an instant New York Times bestseller, making her the first Black woman to hit #1 on the New York Times Young Adult list. She is also the author of The Sun Is Also a Star, which also hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was a National Book Award finalist. Both novels have been made into major motion pictures. She lives in New York with her husband, novelist David Yoon and their daughter. Her latest book is Instructions for Dancing.

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4:00pm

Saturday, October 30

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Instructions for Dancing by , Frankly in Love by ,
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