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Feb 24 2010 - 4:16pm
Did you know that February 21 to 27 is Canada's Freedom to Read Week?
Every year, there are hundreds of attempts to remove books from schools and libraries. During Freedom to Read week, Canadians celebrate their right to choose what book they will read. Here at TeenRC headquarters, we really value our right to...
Feb 9 2010 - 2:17pm
Goodbye to Holden Caulfield's creator, who died at age 91 on January 28, 2010.
Have you read Catcher in the Rye? Did you know it is one of the most banned books for teens out there?** You can tell us your impression...
Dec 16 2009 - 8:46pm
Check out the new authors articles section, containing the articles you helped to unlock this summer during Unlock the Articles Challenges 1, 2, and 3, and some other ones! We hope to expand this treasure chest of EXCLUSIVE content straight from some of your favourite authors, who reveal so much about writing, working, and life. What an excellent resource for information and inspiration! This can be found from the "New Writing" section from the main page....
Dec 14 2009 - 2:36pm
TONS of you showed up for the December 5th chat with Cassandra Clare and asked some pretty great questions about her characters, her writing and more!!
For those of you who want to relive it and for who couldn't make it and want to hear all about what went down, I've created a topic in the Forums called "Highlights from the chat with Cassandra Clare." You can find this in the Questions for Librarians forum.
Thanks to all of you who showed up and be sure to let...
Dec 3 2009 - 7:11pm
Wow! Was that ever a great chat! About 10 teens came over the hour-long chat and discussed all manner of writing. If you were in the chat and want to remember what was discussed, or if you missed part of it, or if you just want to learn more, please check out the file attached to this post -- it's the transcript from the discussion. You should be able to download it and open it on your computer (don't worry -- it doesn't come with any viruses attached).
Thanks to all who came and...
Oct 23 2009 - 3:41pm
We here at TeenRC Admin Central are thrilled to announce that Greater Victoria Public Library will be the lead library on the Teen Reading Club program, starting next year.
The folks at GVPL know how awesome TeenRC is and they wanted to help keep it going into the future. Money is in short supply in the library world these days and we would be so upset to see TeenRC go away. So, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to GVPL for stepping up to the plate...
Oct 22 2009 - 10:28pm
TeenRC Survey Results are in and here are some of the results! Ready? Prepare to read!
- over half of you heard about TeenRC from a public librarian, but about 30% of you saw a poster or a bookmark, another 13% heard about us from a school librarian. 16% of you heard about us from "other" so we're super-curious to hear about what that was!
- most teens (2/3) spend less than an hour per week on TeenRC, but a bunch of you spend half an hour per day and...
Oct 4 2009 - 8:48pm
Big, big thanks to all of you who have submitted surveys so far (all 303 of you!). You're giving us LOADS of good ideas and suggestions for making improvements to the website. And compliments. Such compliments! Your kind words will be our fuel over the long winter months that are currently making their way down from Alaska. When our toes are cold and our noses won't stop running, we'll come back to the surveys you submitted and they'll warm us up so much that we'll be able to dive into...
Sep 18 2009 - 9:26pm
For those who are interested, Stephenie Meyer posted a few days ago on her official website the latest New Moon trailer (revealed during the MTV music awards), which can be found here along with the full-length song "Meet Me On the Equinox" written and performed by Death Cab for Cutie exclusively for the New Moon movie's soundtrack.
I know I'm a...
Sep 11 2009 - 1:47am
I know I'm excited for the latest Dan Brown novel to hit shelves on Tuesday, September 15, 2009.
The Lost Symbol, his highly-anticipated sequel to The Da Vinci Code, features Prof. Robert Langdon on another thrilling adventure, this time in the USA. Expect codes, double-crossers, and secret societies (the Freemasons, anyone?). More information about the book, Brown's previous books, as well as several intriguing puzzles and...