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STRANGER THAN FANFICTION author Chris Colfer is coming to Yallwest to talk books! 

Yallwest is already boasting a big lineup for this year’s event, and now STRANGER THAN FANFICTION author Chris Colfer will be joining in on the fun! The 3rd annual Yallwest book festival is loaded with so many amazing writers, it’s hard to imagine they could fit in anymore authors. But those involved sure did! This year, not only […]

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YALLWEST 2017 Lineup Has Been Announced And It’s Bursting With Big Names!

Victoria Aveyard, Nicola Yoon and Tahereh Mafi are but three grains in this sandbox called YALLWEST ! Hold on to your hats and notebooks because the lineup for the 2017 Yallwest was just released and we don’t exaggerate when we say it holds some enormous authors! Taking place at the Santa Monica High School on […]

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Yallwest 2016 does a Hamilton sing-along

Authors and some very talented Yallwest volunteers get into it all at the Hamilton sing-along.   Although Yallwest is mostly about the books, there are times when it’s more than just that, and this was one of those times.  This year’s bookfest decided to add, quite brilliantly I might add, a Hamilton sing-along hour that proved […]

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Yallwest 2016 recap and Rainbow Rowell keynote

We meet the authors in charge in this first part of our Yallwest 2016 recap, and get to know Fangirl author Rainbow Rowell.   Yallwest 2016 directors Margaret Stohl (Black Widow: Forever Black) and Melissa de la Cruz (Descendants series) start off the first day of Yallwest by introducing the authors that took part in […]

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The YALLWEST 2016 line-up has been announced and it’s big!

Rainbow Rowell and David Levithan listed among the long list of authors in the Yallwest 2016 line-up The L.A. Times announced the official YALLWEST 2016 line-up that includes not only many popular authors, but those involved in storymaking through comics/graphic novels, TV, movies, animation, games, and various other outlets. Check out the official press release […]

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Yallwest 2015: Exclusive Interview with The 100 author Kass Morgan

We got to talk to The 100 author Kass Morgan during her visit at Yallwest 2015 in Santa Monica earlier this year. As we know, The 100 trilogy is complete, however, we wanted to talk to her about her involvement with the TV series that was based on her books as well. Unfortunately, since the third season […]

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Exclusive Interview with Richelle Mead, author of the VAMPIRE ACADEMY and BLOODLINES Series

In this exclusive interview with Richelle Mead, we talk BLOODLINES and SOUNDLESS I got a chance to go to the first annual YallWest event, which was held in the Santa Monica area of Los Angeles, California.  While there, I got to do an exclusive interview with Richelle Mead, the lovely and wonderful author of the Vampire […]

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YALLWEST Interview with Marissa Meyer

Marissa Meyer, author of the hit series The Lunar Chronicles, a series set in a furtuistic society and inspired by Cinderella, sat down to talk to YALLWEST teen ambassador Arden Rosenthal about herself and her books. Do you see this earth as an actual possible future for our earth? Like most dreamers, I love the idea that someday […]

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YALLWEST Teen Ambassador interviews DIVERGENT’s Veronica Roth

Veronica Roth will be at YallWest as Keynote Speaker this weekend Veronica Roth has certainly made a name for herself on mainstream level, but that’s not preventing her from attending a young adult book festival where she’ll get to interact with many other YA authors and many more YA fans.  Yallwest teen abassador Emma Blum […]

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Veronica Roth Yallwest Schedule

”Get a chance to meet Veronica Roth during Yallwest” Its that time of the year again, Yallwest is here! This time its in Santa Monica! We are glad to say that the bestselling author of the Divergent Series, Veronica Roth will be definitely attending! So what are you waiting for?Get your tickets now! For more […]