Hello everyone,

Just a quick note to let you know that we're going to be offline for a few days starting in the morning of June 11. When we come back up on or around June 15, we'll have a big new look and it'll all be unlike anything you've seen from us before!

Hang tight,
Sabina

Welcome back teens from last year's TeenSRC (Hi Rain and ParrallelWorlds! among others) and welcome to new members! We are looking forward to a great summer with lots of fun, discussion amd prizes. I'd also like to introduce you to our summer assistant library_tinacb - look for her on the forums and chats! She is excited to talk books with you. Her favorites are Chick Lit, esp the Shopaholic series! We'll be sending reminders to all the branches about upcoming chats so you won't miss ones you want to participate in.

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that we're doing our best to get some chats together for you over the summer! Here's the latest list (more author chats are pending). Some of the authors are poets, some are vampire and horror writers, some write for kids, others for adults, and many for teens. If you want information about any of these authors now, you can do a web search for them. We'll be putting up information about them on the new site!

July 7 - 7 pm - Author Glenda Goertzen
July 8 - 7 pm - Author Beverley Brenna
July 9 - 7 pm - Chick Lit/Romance Books with Eryn D.

The Gulf Islands Film and Television School (GIFTS) on Galiano Island (British Columbia) is currently taking applications for the Marlon Hickey Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship allows one young person to take a week-long program at GIFTS. You have to be between 14 and 19 years old and the deadline for applications is June 15th.

Wondering what the 2009 site will look like this coming June? Here's just a wee little hint for you all:

Fun, eh? We hope you like it so far -- if you're lucky, you may get another taste before the big release! ;-)

Kick off the month of February by reading one of these great books!
1. Hurry over to your library to get the book
2. Stop in at the discussion forums to talk about characters, endings and everything else in between
3. Join us at our weekly book chats for even more interesting discussions (Thursdays at 7 pm Pacific)

This month's reading list:
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maude Montgomery
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

Hurry out to your library and get a copy of one (or all) of these books.

Redwall by Brian Jacques
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Then, zip over to the Book Clubs forum to discuss these books chapter by chapter with other teens from across the country!

Hope to see you at the January Book Clubs!

Don't forget that there are also weekly book chats Thursday at 7 pm Pacific!

Check out this news article about the TeenSRC! Among other things, it contains comments from some of the teens on the website and a super nice picture of Jen in the library!

Read away!

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gtMH0ma-RM1...

The book chat is moved this week to Friday at 7 pm Pacific, spend Christmas with your family on Thursday instead!
Hope to see you there!

A question's arisen about what people can do when they turn 18, or even 19 (...gasp...) and are too old for TeenSRC.

One option is Canada Reads, run by the CBC - http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/ - they have a forum and prizes, too! Don't forget to read the fine print - often boring but important.