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LitUp 2022 Festival

Sat, Jun 4 2022
8:00am - 4:00pm
North Independence
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LitUp 2022 is back The LitUp 2022 Festival is an all-day event that brings Kansas City-area teens and bestselling authors, screenwriters, poets, and illustrators together in conversation. This year’s festival will feature keynote authors Neal Shusterman and Christina Hammonds Reed, as well as author conversations and workshops with YA authors and creators, including Alexi Shay, Trung Le Nguyen, Julie Berry, and The History Chicks. It's all free! Enjoy free creative activities, free snacks, free lunch (while supplies last), free books, and the first 200 teens to sign up and attend will receive a free limited edition LitUp swag bag!

 

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