​Join us for a YA panel like no other.

Tackling mental health, writing through your feelings and what makes a story, join bestselling author, Kathleen Glasgow for a creative conversation like no other. Held at the stunning Whitworth Locke in Manchester city centre, cosy up for an Autumnal evening of literature and discussion.

​Alongside her will be Amazon’s best YA Book of the Year 2023, Josh Silver and Carnegie medal-nominated writer Louisa Reid.

​Hosted by journalist and presenter L’Oréal Blackett.

​Your ticket includes one copy of the YA Panel author’s books, which they will sign and dedicate as well as your entry to the panel. You can select on the night between:

• ​The Glass Girl – Kathleen Glasgow
• ​Handle with Care – Louisa Reid
• ​Dead Happy – Josh Silver

​You’ll also be able to buy additional copies on the night.

​About NYT Bestseller Kathleen Glasgow

​Kathleen Glasgow started as a poet and somehow found herself writing novels. She’s the author of the New York Times and internationally bestselling novels Girl in Pieces, The Glass Girl,You’d Be Home Now, and How to Make Friends With the Dark, She’s the coauthor, with Liz Lawson, of the bestselling mystery series, The Agathas and The Night in Question. Girl in Pieces was a Target Book Club Pick and an Amelia Walden Honor book. How to Make Friends With the Dark was an ILA Honor Book.

​Her books have been nominated for numerous school reading awards and been featured in People Magazine, Publishers Weekly, and Vanity Fair. The Agathas was a Barnes and Noble YA Book Club Pick, a Parnassus Book Club Pick, and the sequel, The Night in Question was a Jenna Bush Hagar Today Show Book Club selection. She has an MFA in Poetry from The University of Minnesota.

​About Josh Silver

​Josh Silver grew up on a farm in the Lake District, before moving to Manchester with his family, where he spent his teenage years loving the city. After deciding to change careers, Josh began training as a mental health nurse and at the same time started writing his first book. Nominated for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for writing.

​Josh lives in Manchester with his boyfriend and their dog, Dodger.

​About Louisa Reid

​Nominated twice for the Carnegie medal, for the Branford Boase Award and short-listed for the North-East teen book award and the Bristol Book Award, Louisa Reid’s books for young adults have been widely acclaimed. Her verse novel ‘Gloves Off’ was Sunday Times book of the week and her latest novel Handle With Care, written in both verse and prose, is just as powerfully moving and immersive.

​Living in the north west of England, Louisa Reid writes primarily for young adults, although her novels are widely read by adults, too. She is an English teacher and spends most of her spare time reading or writing the kind of books young people might love.

​About Your Host: L’Oréal Blackett

​L’Oréal Blackett is a journalist, magazine editor and broadcaster from Manchester. In her current role as Unbothered UK editor at Refinery29, L’Oréal’s work celebrates the multifaceted lives of Black women and also fosters a platform for underrepresented voices.