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It's time to design the TBF shirt!

Get your artwork in for a chance to be featured on the official TBF shirt.

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Now a United Way Donor Designation Eligible Agency

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

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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

Lisa McMann

Author of many books, including "Dragon Captives: The Unwanteds Quest series (Book 1)" and "Going Wild: Going Wild series (Book 1)".

Bruce Coville

Author of many books, including "The Thief of Worlds" and "Aliens Ate My Homework".

Featured Books

Some Kind of Happiness

HINGS FINLEY HART DOESN’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT • Her parents, who are having problems. (But they pretend like they’re not.) • Being sent to her grandparents’ house for the summer. • Never having met said grandparents. • Her blue days—when life feels overwhelming, and it’s hard to keep her head up. (This happens a lot.) Finley’s only retreat is the Everwood, a forest...

By Claire Legrand

2500 Expected Teens for 2022

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!

200 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...

35 Awesome Author Attendees

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

16 Years in the Making

And still FREE to attend!

I had the best time, and so enjoyed meeting the teens, reconnecting with author friends, and making new author friends, too. The energy and enthusiasm were like nothing I've ever seen, and the talent show was great fun. Truly special and an absolutely amazing event.

‐ Jennifer Donnelly