On April 26, nearly 150 guests gathered at Central Library to meet, get books signed, and hear 20 YA and middle grade authors speak at the 2014 Pasadena Teen Book Festival. Teens, Bridge to Books, and YA Book Council volunteers managed registration, setup, and book signing lines as guests poured through the auditorium, Great Hall, West Patio, and the Story Room. All attendees received tote bags (designed by Alethea Allarey, a co-founder of Bridge to Books). Vroman’s Bookstore handle books sales for us.
Authors
Me and Earl and |
Carrie Arcos |
Katherine Ewell |
Holly Goldberg Sloan |
Rapture Practice
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Tracy Holczer The Secret Hum of a Daisy |
Kristen Kittscher |
Catherine Linka |
3:59 |
Enders
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Belle Epoque
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The Misadventures of
the Magician’s Dog
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The Lost Planet
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High & Dry
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Ink Is Thicker than Water
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Afterparty
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Icons
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Circle of Silence
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Reboot
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Warp Speed
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Boy Nobody
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Schedule of events
11:30 am |
12:00 pm – Auditorium 12:50 pm – Story Hour Room |
12:50 pm – Auditorium 1:40 pm – West Patio YA in Real Life panel signing with Maurene Goo (Since You Asked…) and Laurisa White Reyes (The Last Enchanter) |
1:40 pm – Auditorium 2:30 pm – West Patio |
2:30 pm – Auditorium 3:15 pm – West Patio |
3:15 pm – Auditorium 3:55 pm – Auditorium |
Thanks to the excellent publicity efforts by our partner Bridge to Books, the social media coverage was impressive. Check it out!
- Tweets that used the hashtag #ptbf2014 (short for Pasadena teen book festival 2014): https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23ptbf2014
- More tweets by others re-shared by the account of the Pasadena Teen Book Festival @pasadenaTBF: https://twitter.com/pasadenaTBF
- Website for the festival: http://www.pasadenateenbookfestival.com/
- Blogs that devoted posts to the festival: http://www.pasadenateenbookfestival.com/2014/03/pasadena-teen-book-festival-blog-tour.html
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Thank you
On behalf of the Pasadena Public Library, we would like to thank our partner Bridge to Books, the teen volunteers, volunteers from YA Book Council, Vroman’s Bookstore, and all the tweeps and bloggers out there for helping to make this happen. We’d also like to thank Macmillan Kids, Random House, and Scholastic for swag donations.
For more info about upcoming events at the library, visit http://cityofpasadena.net/library/teens/events_and_programs/
For info about Bridge to Books, visit www.bridgetobooks.org
For questions about this event, email Jane Gov at jgov@cityofpasadena.net