Missed YALLWEST 2017? Here are some highlights

What happens when you mix 20,000 people and 100 authors (plus a few dozen palm trees) at Santa Monica, California? YALLWEST! The west-coast book festival kicked off on April 29th and our @IreadYA team was there to celebrate all-things-YA with our fellow book nerds!

Hi #YALLWEST! Swing by booth 202 for donuts, authors and more! pic.twitter.com/XMyhnBeehJ

— I read YA (@IreadYA) April 29, 2017

Of course, we started the day off with some sweet donuts.

Because beakfast is the most important dessert of the day #YALLWEST pic.twitter.com/nJ1EssNeYJ

— I read YA (@IreadYA) April 29, 2017

But even sweeter than the donuts? Our lovely authors! Sara B. Larson (Dark Breaks the Dawn), Wendy Spinale (Everland series) and Elizabeth Eulberg (Just Another Girl) joined us to pass out our signature “I read YA” tote bags and copies of their books.

 

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Getting some awesome #swag at #yallwest featuring @sarablarson @wendyspinale @elizabetheulberg #highschool #yalit #teenreads #beautifulcover pic.twitter.com/44oQNbmUP3

— Rochelle Schmidt (@Rochell_Schmidt) April 29, 2017

Up next, we had...stickers that read “YOGURT IS ALIVE” and “EAT DIRT.” Yup, that’s not a typo. Goldy Moldavsky, New York Times bestselling author of Kill the Boy Band, is coming out with her next title No Good Deed and we celebrated with ARCs and exclusive stickers!

 

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But the good times didn’t stop there…

 

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#TBH we're so excited to meet @HunterMarch! #YALLWEST #TBHbook pic.twitter.com/wLQsxxCyl1

— I read YA (@IreadYA) April 29, 2017

Check out our #yallwest Instagram stories! Can you tell we're having a ball? pic.twitter.com/uSlWKjbM1F

— I read YA (@IreadYA) April 29, 2017

And what better way to wrap up YALLWEST than with a special announcement? We caught up with author Daniel Jose Older who dropped the news about his 2nd Shadowshaper Cypher novella, Dead Light March - out June 6th!

We're ending #YALLWEST with EXCITING NEWS from @djolder! The 2nd SHADOWSHAPER novella DEAD LIGHT MARCH is dropping JUNE 6! pic.twitter.com/UDuDaICqhG

— I read YA (@IreadYA) April 30, 2017

#ICYMI: @djolder dropped a MAJOR announcement @YALLWEST!
DEAD LIGHT MARCH, the 2nd SHADOWSHAPER CYPHER NOVELLA is releasing on June 6!!! pic.twitter.com/oaQSiYjuft

— I read YA (@IreadYA) April 30, 2017

 

"We both write Brooklyn, but different parts of Brooklyn." #yallwest Opening Keynote: Cassandra Clare in Conversation with Daniel Jose Older

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We had a blast at La La Land, and can’t wait to see y’all at YALLFEST!

-- Isa Caban & Vaishali Nayak @IreadYA

 

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