The 2023 Twin Cities Teen Literature Convention, known as Teen Lit Con, took place in person for the first time since 2019 on April 29. This year, TLC was held at Two Rivers High School in St. Paul, Minn. An initiative of the Twin Cities Metro Libraries and funded by Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment, the event drew 500 participants for a day of author presentations, writing workshops, panels, and other programming.
Teen Lit Con 2023 headliners were Darcie Little Badger, Kathleen Glasgow, Kazu Kibuishi, and Dustin Thao, along with Minnesota-based authors Bryan Bliss, Shannon Gibney, Nicole Kronzer, Carrie Mesrobian, Jenna Miller, and Kyle Tran Myhre, as well as graphic novel illustrators Sara Mai, Brent Schoonover, and Jason Walz. All photos: Katherine Warde.
Artists Sara Mai, Jason Walz, and Brent Schoonover participated in a “draw off” session on Saturday morning.
Darcie Little Badger (second from r.), author of A Snake Falls to Earth, holds a snake, while posing with (from l.) Rebecca Mueller and Peter Wagner, Hennepin County Libraries; a handler from the Reptile & Amphibian Discovery Zoo in Medford, Minn., Badger, and Anna Morris, Mackin.
Kazu Kibuishi, author of the Amulet series, signing a t-shirt for a fan.
Kathleen Glasgow signing copies of her novel, Girl in Pieces.
A teen reads in the TLC “Chill Zone,” where attendees could read, or just sit and relax for 15 minutes.
