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LGBT Giving Circle

LGBT Giving Circle at the Rochester Area Community Foundation grant to support Author Bill Konigsberg.

Now a United Way Donor Designation Eligible Agency

Donate to Teen Book Fest through your company’s annual United Way Campaign. Donor Designation #3338.

About TBF

Teens can sometimes be overlooked in libraries, with much attention, money, and resources given to children and adults. Somewhat caught in the middle of budgetary constraints, this is our opportunity to dedicate an event to teens, to encourage their reading, and to demonstrate their value to and within our communities. And…to have fun!

Connect

Connect and encourage interaction between teen readers, aspiring writers, and established, award-winning authors.

Promote

Support and celebrate recreational teen reading, and promote spreading the enjoyment of reading to others.

Educate

Entertain, educate, and enrich teens and other Festival participants.

Featured Authors

Charles Benoit

Author of many books, including "Snow Job" and "Cold Calls".

Robin Benway

Author of "Emmy & Oliver" and "Far from the Tree".

Featured Books

Press Play

While making a documentary to get himself into film school, Greg accidentally captures footage of brutal and bloody hazing by the lacrosse team, and he must decide whether to release the film or keep the secret.

By Eric Devine
When Friendship Followed Me Home

Seventh-grader Ben, always an outsider, is led into a deep friendship with Halley, who is being treated for cancer, by the special dog he and his adoptive mother take in.

By Paul Griffin
Perfect

Cara's parents' unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. Kendra covets the perfect face and body - no matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. To score his perfect home run - on the field and off - Sean will...

By Ellen Hopkins
Fire & Ice: The Lost Dreamer

The Four Elementals have vanquished the creatures of the Night Oak Forest; however, a new darkness lurks in the realm of Aisling. As their family moves into the manor that once belonged to their late grandmother, the Hanley sisters must adjust to life in the enchanted countryside. Between the extravagant galas, beautiful gardens, and elegant wardrobes, the new...

By Erin Forbes

2500 Expected Teens for 2018

Some people claim that teens don’t read! TBF proves them all wrong. Come experience what authors have started calling the Rock Concert of Teen Lit!

300 Volunteers

TBF could not happen without hundreds of volunteers helping to make the day run smoothly. Each year we rely on the energy of over 200 teen and 100 adult volunteers. We have to come call this TBF...

26 Awesome Author Attendees

We have authors coming in from all over the world! TBF has gone international!

13 Years in the Making

And still FREE to attend!

I would return in a heartbeat, and highly recommend the festival to other authors as well as anybody – young or old – who wants to get psyched up about books and reading in a dynamic atmosphere.

‐ Beth Fantaskey