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Saturday
Two sides of of BL: Panel with Guilt Pleasure and Plan B
With Guilt Pleasure & Plan B
From 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Scène Starlight
Attend a panel discussion between Guilt Pleasure and Plan B, who will talk about their experience with BL through their very different genres.
Romantasy: balance between lore and romance
With Carolyn Wood & Marion Bertoli
From 10:30 AM to 11 AM
Main Stage Fever
Come listen to two authors on their relationship with romantasy, and how they work to find the perfect balance between lore and romance.
Webtoon & novel reading immersion
With Amya Art, Lilou Wimbée & Nenuma
From 11 AM to 12 PM
Mezz’ des Stars
To read is to dive deep into the author’s universe. However, when you only have words to illustrate, or only colors to describe, this can be a challenge. Learn how these authors and artists bring you into their universes with their own styles.
Long Lee and Arm’s Interview
With Long Lee et Arm
Saturday, November 7
From 11 AM to 11:30 AM
Main Stage Fever
An interview with the two Thai actors on their visit to Paris for their fan meeting. No registration or booking required. Tickets for the fan meeting are still available.
Emily Kind’s interview
With Emily Kind
From 11:30 AM to 12 PM
Main Stage Fever
Interview of Emily Kind, author of un, Boy, Run, published by Plumes du Web.
Heather Walter’s interview
With Heather Walter
From 11:30 AM to 12 PM
Scène Starlight
Interview of Heather Walter for her arrival in Paris. Author of the Malice duology series and The Crimson Crown duology, she is published in France by Bookmark.
Panel discussion “How to produce queer?”
With Morgann Gicquel & Natt
Saturday, November 7
From 12 PM to 12:30 PM
Mezz’ des Stars
Come assist to a panel discussion about producing queer, between a producer for the movie Jim Queen and an executive producer for the Thai studio Kongthup’s Production.
Luhan de Freitas’ interview
With Luhan de Freitas
From 12 PM to 12:30 PM
Mezz’ à Facettes
Interview of Luhan de Freitas, author of Poem, published by Slalom.
The Cosplay Chaud
With Event Yaoi
Saturday, November 7th
From 12 PM to 1 PM
The Main Stage Fever
You want to come customized to the convention and prepare a little show to shine on the stage? Alone or with a group, climb on stage and have fun! The stage is all yours for an hour.
Writing with four hands
With Aimée Lou, by Imanewreader
From 12 PM to 1 PM
Scène Starlight
Writing with four hands can be challenging. How do the twins Aimée Lou join their creative minds together?
Novel to TV show adaptation
With Prapt
From 1 PM to 1:30 PM
Mezz’ des Stars
Like many literary pieces, the Taiwanese novel The Eclipse saw its adaptation coming to light in 2022. How do you go from a novel to a script? What are the advantages and the constraints of an adaptation?
Interview with Marion Bertoli
With Marion Bertoli
From 12 PM to 1 PM
Mezz’ à Facettes
Interview with Marion Bertoli, the author of La loi des catacombes, published by Hugo Publishing.
Focus Jim Queen
With Jim Queen’s Team
From 1 PM to 2 PM
Main Stage Fever
Panel discussion around the movie Jim Queen woth Alex Ramirès, Brice Chevillard, Supanoon and Simon Balte.
Are our favorite sapphic protagonists like us?
With Alex Clark & Caroline Peiffer, by Gaëlle Carrion
From 1 PM to 2 PM
Scène Starlight
What are we looking for in a sapphic romance? Dreams, entertainment, identification, or representation? Maybe a little bit of everything. Between assumed tropes and sources of inspiration, Alex Clark and Caroline Peiffer, authors and content creators, will discuss with you those protagonists we love so much, and sometimes hate.
Working in duo: to represent a world, from words to illustration
With Frozen Garden & Guilt Pleasure
From 2 PM to 3 PM
Main Stage Fever
When two creative minds meet, great works are born. How does the artist create the author’s vision? How to coordinate those two creative processes?
The creation of a lore
With K.D. Edwards, Camille de Decker & Heather Walter
From 2 PM to 3 PM
Scène Starlight
The fantasy genre gives a space for an unlimited imagination. There are as many authors as there are universes. How do authors build their lore? Are there any implicit rules to the fantasy genre?
Interview with Kam Hugh
With Kam Hugh
From 3 PM to 3:30 PM
Main Stage Fever
Interview with Kam Hugh, Drag queen and author of the manga Lights, Drag, Action!, published by Akata.
Fabrics’ types
With COSSTAR @thouni_suzuya
From 3 PM to 3:30 PM
La Mezz’ des Stars
During this workshop, we will learn fundamentals textile technology.
By exploring the manufacturing , use and fabrics’ nomination you’ll not lose yourself anymore in shop or in front your project!
The key to be published in France
With Avec Pomiou, Laurence Chevallier, Luhan de Freitas & Caly par Bruno Pham
From 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Scène Starlight
Many authors will discuss their publication process, the potential obstacles they faced, and the lessons they learned. Come discover the entrance in the publishing world with authors!
A talk animated by Bruno Pham, publisher in Akata.
The yaoi in France, a queer fictional parasite determined by community practices
With T. Pralinus
From 3 PM to 3:30 PM
The Scène Starlight
Presentation of T. Pralinus’s thesis.
Worbla
With COSSTAR @bad_bunny_coss
From 4:30 PM to 5 PM
La Mezz’ des Stars
This workshop is an introduction to worbla which is a material of thermoforming to create pieces of cosplayer.
In this workshop we present the material and explain how to use it.
BFA Ceremony
With the BFA
From 4:30 PM to 6 PM
Main Stage Fever
The BFA awards ceremony will be held during Y/CON 12 on Saturday 7 November 2026. The awards are organised in partnership with the Mangacollec app, which will allow people to vote for the titles they support.
But how will it all work?
- Firstly, our judging panel will select the titles to be nominated in each of the 12 categories, based on all releases from 2025.
- Once this step has been completed, we’ll open a voting period on the Mangacollec app and website.
- The results will be announced on stage at Y/CON 12 on Saturday 7 November at 4:30 PM. Please note that only the first-place winners in each category will be announced.
Afterwards, there’ll be a Twitch stream featuring the full results (in the good old-fashioned way), even though you’ll already know the first-place winners.
Threads will be posted afterwards and YaoiCast will provide the most comprehensive listing on its blog, as always.
Interview with Aimée Lou
With Aimée Lou
From 10 AM to 10:30 AM
Scène Starlight
Interview with the authors Aimée Lou, writers of Royal Bodyguards. Discover their universe with this interview.
M/M clichés and stereotypes
With Avec Prapt, Luhan de Freitas & Carolyn Wood
From 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Scène Starlight
Scared to be in the clichés, writing process or even motivation and inspiration, come discover how those three authors work on their M/M stories.
Lesbian literature and its place in the publishing world
With Heather Walter & Alex Amber par Les Mots en Fleur
From 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Mezz’ à Facettes
Masterclass how to make a graphic novel page
With Jui & Frozen Garden
Sunday, November 8
From 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
La Mezz des stars
A masterclass on how to make a graphic novel page digitally or manually.
Reservation required, 30 places available (no more places are available).
One Shot: One story, one goal, one chance to convince
With Emily Kind & Marion Bertoli
From 11:30 AM to 12 PM
Mezz’ à Facettes
Ending a story in one volume can be a real challenge for the author. To build a universe, it can take multiple books. How do you avoid going too fast? How do you develop it?
From conflicts to feelings: the backstage of a well-written romance
With Samantha Feitelson, Emma B. Frère & Léa Courcol, by Camille de Decker
From 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Main Stage Fever
How to write a romance that you will like? How to find balance in feelings development? Attend this panel discussion to have a different point of view.
K.D. Edwards’ interview
With K.D. Edwards
From 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Scène Starlight
For his coming to Paris, K.D. Edwards is giving us an interview. Come and learn more about his writing process and his universe.
K.D. Edwards’ writing workshop
With K.D. Edwards
From 12:30 PM to 1 PM
Mezz’ des Stars
Writing workshop with the author of Tarot.
The Catwalk
With Event Yaoi
Sunday, November 8th
From 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
The Main Stage Fever
You want to climb on the stage and pose without doing a whole show? Then this catwalk is for you! Come and improvise a little something and take a souvenir photograph.
Webtoon in France
From 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Mezz à Facettes
Webtoon is a graphic novel thought to be scrolledn born in Korea at the very start of the smartphones, and in the webcomics universe. Listen to Amya Art, author of Co-Love, and Nenuma, author of Unlock you, talk about Webtoon in France.
Write traumatised characters
With Emily Kind, Laurence Chevallier & Marion Bertoli
From 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Scène Starlight
Sewing basics
With COSSTAR @bad_bunny_coss
Sunday, November 8
From 1:30 PM to 2 PM
La Mezz’ à Facettes
It can be difficult to know how to begin when you learn to sew by yourself. That’s why pending this workshop, we revisit the sewing technical the most used and those useful for cosplay in particular. We also sharing tips and advices to help you to start your first costume’s projects.
Boyish, the butches of Yuri
With Julia Popek & T. Pralinus
Sunday, November 8
From 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
The Scène Starlight
In many of its forms, yuri features characters at the height of femininity, where the masculinity of one of the partners is expressed through brown hair and trousers. However, in recent years, a ‘boyish’ masculine lesbian archetype has been rapidly gaining ground. We will explore the origins of Japanese ‘butch’ or ‘boyish’ lesbianism and its links to yuri manga, and present manga featuring this archetype. From Natsuo Mutsumi’s independent works to the meta-autobiographical manga *The Girl Who Can’t Get a Girlfriend*, and finally to titles that have entered the mainstream publishing circuit such as *She Wasn’t a Guy* and *Boita Boine*, we’ll be shining a spotlight on this rapidly expanding archetype.
How to write with four hands
With Aimée Lou
From 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Mezz’ des Sars
Writing in duo can be difficult; in this workshop the authors will give you some solutions.
Plan B’s interview and Live Drawing
With Plan B
From 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Main Stage Fever
Discussion about The Bounded Prince
With Carolyn Wood
From 2:30 PM to 3 PM
Mezz’ des Stars
Interview with Guilt Pleasure
With Guilt Pleasure
From 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Scène Starlight
Transidentity and queer romance: Their place in the publishing world
With Aya Balbuena, Jessie/Frank, Sasha Laguillon & Sir Thomas No More
Sunday, November 8
From 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
The Scène Starlight
Although trans people can be lesbian or gay, the majority of depictions of romance involving trans characters feature heterosexual relationships between a trans person and a cisgender person. In this panel discussion, the invited authors will examine this heterosexualization of trans romances in fiction, the lack of romances between trans people, and which trans people are represented in these works of fiction.
Pattern : introduction
With COSSTAR @thouni_suzuya
Sunday, November 8
From 3 PM to 3:30 PM
La Mezz’ des Stars
This workshop allow an introduction to working with patterns : can read like a pro, know where to buy them, at which coast and learn how to modify it!
Through F/F literature
With Magali Junjaud, Kadyan & Emilie Hemery
From 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM
Main Stage Fever
F/F literature rose at the start of the XX century with many fictions and feminist movements (Liane de Pougy, Zezé de Angeles Vicente, Patricia Highsmith, …)
This is more than just a theme; it’s a real cultural space with multiple dynamics. Actually, with F/F we can find what we’re looking for in Feel-Good or historical stories, or in fantasy, sci-fi, dystopia, or even in graphic novels and comics.
Burlesque Downstairs Story & How to make a webtoon?
With Pomiou
From 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Mezz’ des Stars
Pomiou, artist of the webtoon Burlesque Downstairs Story, will talk about their work and the creative process of their story. From the creation of the characters’ personality to their design, with the creation of a plot and its end, come discover how to make a webtoon from A to Z.
Chinese BL: The resurgence
With: Mokis
Sunday, November 8
From 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
The Scène Starlight
“Is Back…”
After two years of silence, Chinese BL seemed like it disappeared. Yet, against all odds, it’s back at the front of the stage, with a second revolution, a new era.
How did this industry divert from censorship? Which compromises and strategies made this return possible?
Jim Queen screening!
With La Briochée
At 6:30
Cinéma Le Méliès
You still haven’t seen the movie Jim Queen? Then we have the perfect opportunity for you to do so: during Y/CON 12.
In fact, to close the convention, we will be hosting a special screening of Jim Queen, presented by Even Yaoi, and is in partnership and with the support of the studio Bobby Pills.