We are big fans of the Teen Lit Con!
The purpose of this day is to celebrate teen literature, promote reading and writing, and to create a community of readers by connecting teens and authors.
There is no registration required, and there is no fee to attend. This year it is April 25, 2020, from 10am-4pm, at Henry Sibley High School. The website is here.
There are four headline authors:
- Michael Bennett, author of Things That Make White People Uncomfortable (Adapted for Young Adults)
- Karen McManus, author of One of Us Is Next: The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying
- Randy Ribay, author of Patron Saint of Nothing
- Ibi Zoboi, author of Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
CMLE is sponsoring a bus to take high school students to the Teen Lit Con. Our school library representative to the CMLE board, Bethany Kaufmann, from Rogers High School is taking students and can coordinate with you if you can get your students there. If you think this might something useful at your school, get in touch with me at mary @ cmle . org and let’s see if we can get this organized.