Guests
MINGWA
Mingwa has created the most sought-after series in the KBL collection, which is eagerly awaited.
To mark the release of BJ Alex in physical form in France, Mingwa is invited to Y/CON 11!
In partnership with KBL and KBOOKS, Mingwa is coming to France and more specifically to Y/CON to present the first volume of their bestselling series featuring the tumultuous relationship between a camboy, BJ Alex, and one of his most loyal subscribers, Dong-gyun. We’ll let you find out all about it on 15 and 16 November…
REFRAINBOW
ASTRALLIO
Co-author of the webtoon Coffee Dream, working as both writer and colorist.
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Biography :
« Coffee Dream » 2024
ATELIER NYMPHAË
We are Al & Sara, we have been together for eight years now and have been creating together for almost as long!
In March 2022, we opened the doors of Atelier Nymphaë, a treasure trove of fantasy, romantic, and socially conscious stories ✧ ˖˚
Our biggest project, “Monocle & brin de Violette” is a fantasy comic book where love stories, self-discovery, and adventure intertwine to bring to life the story of four Magicians whose destinies are intertwined.
At the heart of this story, we passionately portray our vision of sisterhood, relationships between women, and lesbian love ♡
DIANE B RYLIA
DR PRALINUS
Dr. Pralinus is completing a thesis on Yaoi in France at the University of Nanterre. His research topics are drawn from queer and girly pop culture, and he has been publishing YouTube videos on the subject since 2014. He is also an author of novels, short stories, and comics, as well as an illustrator.
DORIAN SIFAOUI
Dorian Sifaoui is a doctoral student in English literature at the ILCEA4 laboratory (Grenoble Alpes University); his thesis aims to further research on the link between queer communities and tales. He is fascinated by questions of identity construction, the notion of canon, and derivative works.
ÉLODIE CONDÉ
Élodie Condé has been writing for five years, alongside her work as a children’s publisher. Her stories are a haven of calm and poetry for her. After Page 341, her first novel, she published Tous nos reflets, a boy’s love romance that takes a sensitive look at mental health.
She shares her literary universe on Instagram: @elo.nirique.
EMILIE HEMERY
Émilie Hemery was born in Annecy in 1993. After studying literature, she decided to pursue her passion: animal painting. She then founded her own company, which she ran for several years before switching to web development. But throughout all these stages, writing has always remained her primary focus.
A published author since 2024, she has self-published a dozen lesbian novels combining romance, fantasy, thriller, and romcom. Her goal: to explore all literary genres through a sapphic lens, offering readers heroines who resemble them.
Today, Émilie devotes herself entirely to writing. One of her novels will soon be published by Beta Publisher, while another, self-published, will be adapted into an audiobook by Sagastorify in 2026. She plans to release about 6 to 8 books a year, always in the lesbian genre, and designs her own covers and layouts.
ERICA FRIEDMAN
Erica Friedman has lectured at dozens of conventions and presented at film festivals, notably the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. She has participated in an academic lecture series at MIT, Keio University, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Harvard University, Kanagawa University, and others.
She has edited manga for JManga, Seven Seas, Northwest Press and Udon Entertainment, most recently Riyoko Ikeda’s epic historical classic, The Rose of Versailles.
Erica has written about Yuri for Japanese literary journal Eureka, Animerica magazine, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Dark Horse, and contributed to Forbes, Slate, Huffington Post, Hooded Utilitarian, The Mary Sue, Anime Feminist, Anime Herald and Anime News Network online.
She has written news and event reports, interviews Yuri creators and reviews Yuri anime, manga and related media on her blog Okazu since 2002.
GUILLAUME HAMANT
After several years of avid reading, Guillaume crossed over to the other side of the mirror and joined Delitoon, France’s pioneering webtoon platform, as a web marketing specialist. This immersion in the heart of the webtoon ecosystem quickly revealed something obvious to him: behind the numbers and campaigns, it is the stories and creators that shape the true value of an industry.
In 2023, he took a decisive step and became a webtoon producer. He now supports authors in the design and development of their works, both nationally and internationally. This role allows him to explore what he is most passionate about: the intersection of creativity, storytelling, and innovation.
Driven by this conviction, Guillaume co-founded Kuri Studio in November 2025, a Franco-Reunionese production and communication studio specializing in webtoons. More than just a studio, Kuri embodies a vision: to make webtoons a true narrative laboratory, a space where the imaginations of tomorrow can be explored.
From his time at Delitoon to the co-creation of Kuri Studio, Guillaume has followed a common thread: believing in the power of stories to connect audiences, reveal unique voices, and open new horizons.
He has produced numerous series such as: Je t’aime, tu sais ? ; Signe ce que tu éclaires ; Scarlet Moonlight ; Guet Apens ; Alternative You ; Black Whisky ; Le Fantôme de l’Opéra ; Caladrius ; (Novembre 2025 : Là Où Sommeillent Les Géants, Entre Feu et Lavande)
JITTIRAIN
Jittinat Ngamnak graduated from the Faculty of Education with a major in biology. She is currently a freelance novelist, focusing primarily on the genre “Love between boys.”
KEINASHOO
I’m Keinashoo, a Webtoon artist since 2020. I was born on December 5th, 2002, and I’m 22. I started working as an amateur for 3 years at 16, and I got my first contract at 19. I mostly draw BL but I’ve started writing straight stories as of late. I’ve drawn “War of Hearts”, “Love/20”, both contracted by Naver, and “Mylightsaber.com” at Delitoon. Today I continue my work as a webtoonist, and I’m always ready to create different stories to make my readers dream with my artistic brush.
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Biography :
Uncontracted :
« The permanence Guy » 2020-2021
« 3 Vœux » 2021
« Sayari » 2022
« Jack and Jack » 2022-2023
Contracted :
« War of Hearts » 2022-2023
« Mylightsaber.com » 2022-2023
« Love/20 » 2024-2025
KWIN RICHARD
Professional webtoon Author/Artist since 2025. Interested in the fictional universe of BL.
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Biography :
« REMORA » August 2025 (currently publishing)
LAËTITIA TRAN
After publishing a series of space operas entitled La Noirceur des Étoiles (The Darkness of the Stars) with Éditions Bookmark, Laetitia Tran has gone independent, writing contemporary “spicy comfort” stories, including Sur le bureau (On the Desk) and True Love, Fake Boyfriend.
She is also the author of the Vampires Ennemis saga, a romantic fantasy series combining vampires and mafia romance, which has already won over thousands of readers.
LOUIS-BAPTISTE HUCHEZ
Director of Taifu-comics and Ototo publishing houses. Overseeing the book production chain, rights acquisition, translation, graphic design, layout, and distribution.
MARIE HJ
A jack-of-all-trades novelist since 2016, Marie HJ loves writing under several pseudonyms, in several universes. As long as it’s romance, she has a blast. Self-published, she is also available in Éditions Addictives and more recently from BMR and Ito.
Meet her on her booth at Y/CON: Les PluMMes
Her latest MM novel, Let it Burn, will be available as an ebook from BMR on 3 July.
The paper version will be available on 13 August.
It will be on sale on the stand of our partner library.
NORA HALL
Nora Hall (also known as Nora Lake) is venturing into romance with a debut novel set in New York City during the Christmas season. A French teacher by day, she writes lesbian romance novels by night.
Biography :
«De l’autre côté du couloir» with Reines de Coeur (preview at Y/Con)
RUTILE
Born in Mauritius in 1985, Rutile is a comic book writer published by Soleil, Le Lombard, Jungle, Bamboo and Glénat.
After co-writing the successful webtoon series Colossale, she became an editor at Dargaud in 2023 to launch her own collection of webtoons on the ONO platform. The themes close to her heart include queer identities and entertainment aimed at female and/or queer audiences.
SEANA LANDCHILD
A lover of constellations, oceans, and her miniature wildcat, Seana Landchild loves to lose herself in her imagination, which consists mainly of epic battles and ships ready to sink.
Biography :
“Dysfonctionnement aux Enfers” (Dysfunction in Hell), published by Reines de Cœur in 2020 (FxF)
“Le Troubadour Titubant” (The Staggering Troubadour), published by Reines de Cœur in 2021 (FxF)
“Sous la Douceur de ses Crocs” (Under the Sweetness of His Fangs), published by Reines de Cœur in 2022 (FxF)
“Come and Get Your Love for Christmas,” published by Reines de Cœur in 2024 (FxF)
“Doux Flocon et Boule-de-Renne,” published by Juno Publishing in 2024 (MxM)
“Le Lion de Chrysos,” published by Gulf Stream Éditeur in 2025 (MxM)
“Voyage au Royaume du Bonheur” (Journey to the Kingdom of Happiness), published by Juno Publishing in 2025 (MxM)
“La Mélodie des Vagues” (The Melody of the Waves), published by Reines de Cœur in 2025 (FxF)
SHEILY LARASH
Sheily Larash is a French romance author. Born to Haitian parents and raised alongside a French-American father, a French mother and a Moroccan brother, her books often reflect this reality. They depict characters from diverse backgrounds and atypical family dynamics. It is not uncommon to find themes of mental health, art, the search for identity, and social justice in her novels, all of which are subjects that inspire her on a daily basis. Like many new adult romance authors, she first published on the Wattpad platform before being spotted by Nine Gorman with her MM novel De mes mains, renamed Falling into Pieces when it was published in paperback in the Nox collection.
SOLÈNE NAHODHA
After traveling around several countries, I settled down in Brittany, where I can find everything I need to satisfy my appetite. My wife and I live near the sea, in our cat Mystra’s apartment. In my spare time, I like to ride my motorcycle, go kayaking or hiking, and roll the dice in wild role-playing games. Depending on the day and the time of year, I work at school as an AESH (accompanying educational and social professional), or I sit at my computer working on my current translation.
I translate sapphic romances from English into French. I enjoy making these stories accessible to non-English speakers; it makes me feel like I’m forging a link between the authors and their readers. What I enjoy most is conveying the humor of situations, especially when there are puns or sarcasm. I also really enjoy the debates—not always serious, but always constructive—that we have with the editors at Reines de Cœur.
Between translations, I write my own stories. I have a penchant for fantasy and the fantastic, with a healthy dose of lesbian characters—and a soft spot for warriors, because I can make them do sports for me. Even though my characters have trials to overcome and sometimes go through difficult times, my stories always end well: my main goal is for readers to have a good time.
YLLOGIQUE
Storyboard artist and animator by day, comic book and webtoon author by day too, because at night you have to sleep. Yllogique is the author of the webtoon Vertu de St-Cyr in collaboration with Rutile. She enjoys organising and participating in collective zines on her favourite topics.
Entertainers
Animaniak
Founded in 2016, the Animaniak association aims to offer entertainment (karaoke, blind tests, quizzes) related to Japanese popular culture at local conventions and events.
Linktree – Instagram – Facebook – X (Twitter)
Agathe & Ophélie
Agathe: I’ve been a fan of manga, anime, and Japan in general for about 25 years. I first attended conventions as a visitor, then with a lottery booth, and then selling goodies with friends (Flogabou).
After that, I started doing activities at Japan Addict in Strasbourg, where I was living at the time, and since 2023 I have been offering activities at Ycon, board games, and larger activities on stage (or in a separate room).
Ophélie: A fan of BL manga since my teens, I have little experience in entertainment, but I am very motivated to share my interest in homo-fiction and board games with visitors!
Mokis
Asian BL Series Library.
I provide humorous and sociological analyses of BL/LGBTQIA+/Yuri series produced in Asia, as well as in the West, all with humor and self-deprecation.
Whatever the BL series or film, you can be sure I’ve seen it. Above all, I do lots of live streams to discuss series, films, and the industry or events related to BL/Gay/Lesbian culture.
At the same time, a friend and I are working on a project called Cherries Project, our amateur yaoi manga, as well as a light novel, PREFERATI.
COSSTAR
Cosplay Association