This weekend we’re heading to sunny Santa Monica, California for YALLWest 2023! Check out what we’ve got going on this weekend, and make sure to come by the booth and say hi!

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April 27

Penguin Blockbusters ARC Bundle Giveaway

Enter for a chance to win a bundle of these highly-anticipated ARCs! Including Thieves’ Gambit, House of Marionne, and Check & Mate!

Click here when it’s time to enter

April 29

ALL DAY

Win the Shelf Raffle

Location: Penguin Teen Booth

Enter to win a shelf of books from Penguin Teen!

ALL DAY

Hide-n-Find

Location: EVERYWHERE!

Welcome to the Penguin Teen Hide-n-Find Event! Find one of the featured icons hidden across the campus and bring it to the Penguin Teen booth to receive a free galley!

ALL DAY

YA Genre Voting Wall

Location: Penguin Teen Booth

Thriller? Mystery? Romance?! Cast your vote for your favorite genre at the YA genre wall!

9.00am

Giveaway: Realistic Fiction

Location: Penguin Teen Booth

Pick a flower, and receive an ARC of The Only Girl in Town by Ally Condie, All You Have to Do by Autumn Allen, or Forgive Me Not by Jennifer Baker.

10.00am

Giveaway: Mystery & Thriller

Location: Penguin Teen Booth

Pick your vibe, and receive an ARC of one of Penguin Teen’s upcoming thrillers: Suddenly A Murder by Lauren Muñoz, Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall, Thin Air by Kellie M. Parker, or The Legacies by Jessica Goodman.

11.00am

Giveaway: Horror

Location: Penguin Teen Booth

Grab a killer cupcake and a read to match! This giveaway includes Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan and Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass.

1.00pm

Panel: Magic & Fantasy (And All That Great Stuff) 

Location: Barnum

Join these amazing authors to chat all things magic and fantasy!

Moderator: Adalyn Grace; Panelists: Chloe Gong, Alex Aster, Ransom Riggs, Victoria Aveyard, Shannon Hale

2.00pm

Special Event: Coolhaus Ice Cream Sandwiches & ARC Giveaway!

Location: Barnum Lot

Stop by and enjoy some bookish-themed ice cream and grab an early copy of one of these highly-anticipated YA titles: Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis, House of Marionne by J. Elle, or Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood!

**This is a limited, ticketed event! Grab your ticket from the Penguin Teen booth in the morning!

3.30pm

Giveaway: Fantasy

Location: Penguin Teen Booth

Drop by for the chance to receive an ARC of Coco Ma’s jaw-dropping fantasy Nightbreaker!

4.00pm

Giveaway: Romance

Location: Penguin Teen Booth

Is it love at first read?! Come by the booth and take a chance on love by getting your own blind date with a book including I Loved You in Another Life by David Arnold and If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie.