Friday, March 20, 2015

April Teen Events!



Teen Lounge
Join us on Tuesday, April 14th  at 2:30 for the next Teen Lounge. We will have the Wii system set up and we will be having a cupcake decorating competition. 



Self-Publishing for Teens
Author Bailly Shannon Morse will be dropping by the library on April 15th at 4:30pm to do a presentation on writing and publishing for teens. Morse has written several full-length novels, including two in her teen years. Come learn about the publishing industry and how to polish your writing skills. No registration required, just show up!



Teen Advisory Board
Our next meeting of the Teen Advisory Board will be Monday, April 27th from 3-4pm. All are welcome- even if you haven’t come to a meeting before, feel free to join us! The Southwick Public Library Teen Advisory Board helps plan events for teens at the library, plan community service projects, create book displays, write book reviews, and more. Working with the Teen Advisory Board counts for community service hours if needed.


Teen Photography Contest
For the month of April, the Southwick Public Library will be hosting a teen photography contest. Submissions will be accepted April 1-April 30th at 5:00pm. Please stop by the library or visit the teen Blogspot for contest rules. The contest will be judged by a local photographer and the winning submission and runners-up will be displayed in the Young Adult area. A prize will be awarded to the winner. ***More information to be posted soon!***

New in the Young Adult Collection
New Young Adult Books: Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver, Breaking Sky by Cori McCarthy, The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks, Down from the Mountain by Elizabeth Fixmer, The Tragic Age by Stephen Metcalfe, The Brilliant Light of Amber Sunrise by Matthew Crow, Infandous by Elana K. Arnold, Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler’s Army by Georg Rauch