@YALLWEST

YALLWEST Book Festival is an annual celebration of writers, readers and story makers in Santa Monica, CA. May 3, 2025

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YALLWEST

Official website of YALLWEST Santa Monica book festival founded by Margaret Stohl & Melissa de la Cruz, sister festival of YALLFEST

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Enter for the chance to win two deluxe editions of Sweet Nightmare, signed and personalized by Tracy Wolff! arcboxgiveawaysnyallwest.cmp… @tracywolffbooks | @EntangledTeen
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Download a chapter sampler of @MelissadelaCruz’s BEYOND THE ISLE OF THE LOST thanks to @DisneyBooks yallwest.com/yallwest-2024/2…
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Download a digital chapter sampler Off With Their Head by Zoe Hana Mikuta courtesy of @DisneyBooks yallwest.com/yallwest-2024/2…
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An unforgettable story—and a heroine unlike any other. Meet Joan Sands: A gifted craftswoman. A master swordfighter. A metal magic wielder. Don’t miss the chance to get your hands on this paperback! . #ThatSelfSameMetal yallwest.com/yallwest-2024/2… @Piquebeyond @BrittanyActs
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Enter for a chance to win the BRAND-NEW, highly anticipated fantasy from #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award winning author SABAA TAHIR @PenguinTeen yallwest.com/yallwest-2024/2…
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YALLWEST retweeted
ann zhao@annzhao_14 Apr 2024
and last but not least, i’ll be at @YALLWEST in santa monica!! can’t wait to be in socal for the very first time
yallwest: ann zhao. may 4, 2024, santa monica

ALT yallwest: ann zhao. may 4, 2024, santa monica

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2024 Schedule is now live!! yallwest.com/schedule
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I am SO excited. like truly I am going to be the most excited person there. huge goober energy. unhinged vibes
YALLWEST@YALLWEST4 Apr 2024
Announcing a new addition to our author lineup: @afarolfollmuth/@OlivieBlake!
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Announcing a new addition to our author lineup: @afarolfollmuth/@OlivieBlake!
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Announcing our 2024 author lineup! yallwest.com/authors
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It's one month until the festival...which means I can announce an addition to our author lineup sometime today...right?
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Tickets are now LIVE and available for purchase for our Keynote, Spotlight Panel, and Smackdown and to reserve for Fierce Friday yallwest.com/tickets
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As a reminder, YALLWEST does NOT require a ticket for regular admission into the festival, and other than these three events on Saturday all other panels are free with no ticketed entry!
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Our three ticketed events (Keynote, Smackdown, and Spotlight Panel) will be going on sale this week, so we figured it might be a good time to tell you about our keynote... @JasonReynolds83 and Stephanie Garber!
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Jason Reynolds: #1 NYT bestselling author of many award-winning books, like Long Way Down, Ghost, & Look Both Ways, recipient of a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, an NAACP Image Award, & multiple Coretta Scott King honors, & the 20-22 Nat'l Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
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Stephanie Garber: the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Once Upon a Broken Heart, The Ballad of Never After, and the Caraval trilogy. Her books have been translated into thirty languages.
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This posting is a reminder that I need a new author photo…oh, and yes, I’m at @YALLWEST
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I’ll be heading out to florida to attend my first @BAMwpb in april & be back for another @YALLWEST in may 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 festivals are one of my favorite things about this job, so I’m super grateful I get to be a part of these ones!!! hope to see some of y’all there!!! 🤩
Graphic showing racquel Marie will be a guest at BAM! Festival in West Palm Beach on April 13 2024 to promote her book This Is Me Trying

ALT Graphic showing racquel Marie will be a guest at BAM! Festival in West Palm Beach on April 13 2024 to promote her book This Is Me Trying

Graphic showing racquel Marie will be a guest at Yallwest in Santa Monica on May 4 2024

ALT Graphic showing racquel Marie will be a guest at Yallwest in Santa Monica on May 4 2024

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✨Hey y’all! Guess who’s headed to #Yallwest!!!!✨ I love Cali so much & I’m excited to be heading there for such an epic event! Come hang with me!!!!! Buy link for OUT OF BODY & THE BLOOD GIFT duology: bookshop.org/lists/yallwest-…
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