Monica West

Past Events

• Mar 6, 2023

  Brown Girl Collective: BGC Book Club

  Virtual

  Brown Girl Collective

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• Mar 3, 2023

  Duke Women’s Weekend Alumnae Authors Panel: In Her Words

  Duke University

  Duke University

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• Feb 25, 2023

  Hedgebrook Webinar Series: Monica West

  Virtual

  Hedgebrook

  I'm conducting a live webinar to help writers unlock their characters. All webinars are open for women-identified writers. Come join me!

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• Nov 10, 2022

  Duke NorCal Alumnae Talks: Experiences Worth Sharing

  Private Home

  Duke NorCal Alumni

• Oct 7, 2022

  LitQuake: Porchlight Series

  2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

  Verdi Club/LitQuake Literary Festival

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• Oct 5, 2022

  In Conversation with Laura Warrell: Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm Book Launch

  Lapis Theater, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122

  Hugo House

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• Aug 24, 2022

  Monica West in Conversation with Amber Flame

  Elliott Bay Book Company

  1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122

• May 21, 2022

  Pasadena Festival of Women Authors

  Pasadena Convention Center

  Pasadena Literary Alliance

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• May 7, 2022

  “Secrets and Revelations, Lies and Love: Family Legacies in Fiction” (Panel with Gabriela Garcia and Devi Laskar)

  The Magnes-Auditorium

  Bay Area Book Festival

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• Dec 11, 2021

  Babylon Salon Winter 2021 Reading

  The Sycamore, 2140 Mission St., San Francisco

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• Oct 30, 2021

  “On Secret Lives and Love Songs” (Panel Discussion with Deesha Philyaw and Honorée Fanonne Jeffers)

  Virtual

  Well-Read Black Girl Festival

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• Oct 19, 2021

  Ivy Bookshop in Conversation with Kelsey McKinney (In-Person)

  5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD 21209

  Ivy Bookshop

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• Sep 22, 2021

  Book Passage Reading

  Virtual

  Book Passage Corte Madera

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• Aug 13, 2021

  Writer’s Block Podcast with Ron Block (Monica West and Wanda Morris)

  Online

  Friends and Fiction Podcast

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• Jun 29, 2021

  Country Living Magazine: Front Porch Book Club features REVIVAL SEASON

  Virtual

  Country Living Magazine

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• Jun 24, 2021

  Instagram Live with readingwithglamour

  Online

  AJ (readingwithglamour)

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• Jun 10, 2021

  Monica West in Conversation with Claire Lombardo

  Online

  Hosted by Quail Ridge and Main St. Books (North Carolina)

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• Jun 7, 2021

  A Conversation with Monica West

  Online

  Hosted by Cuyahoga County Public Library, Cleveland, OH

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• Jun 2, 2021

  In the Soup: Sean McDonald and Monica West on Publishing During, and After, a Pandemic

  Virtual

  Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast

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• May 28, 2021

  Monica West on Shelf Life Podcast

  Virtual

  Nicole Barbosa/Shelf Life

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• May 27, 2021

  Monica West in Conversation with Kiese Laymon

  Online

  Hosted by Square Books, Oxford, MS

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• May 25, 2021

  Monica West Online Book Launch in Conversation with Dawnie Walton

  Online

  Hosted by A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland, CA

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• May 19, 2021

  Monica West in Conversation with Leslie-Ann Murray for Brown Girl Book Lover

  Virtual

  Brown Girl Book Lover

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• Apr 15, 2021

  Third Thursday Panel Discussion: “Debut Fiction: The Road to Publication”

  Online

  Hosted by The Writers' League of Texas

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