Sat, May 20, 2017 8:45am - 5:00pm @ Nazareth College. Free Admission!
  • Donate to Teen Book Fest through your company’s annual United Way Campaign.
  • About 300 fantastic volunteers make TBF great. Join us for the experience of a lifetime!
  • Got Books? TBF does! All purchases help support TBF.
  • TBF kicks off with a parade and the authors' red carpet walk. Can't you just hear the screaming fans?

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The Teen Book Fest, an annual event promoting teen reading, is made possible by business sponsorships and donations from individuals like you.

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Stacks of books

Upcoming Milestones

Author Parade
Sat, May 14, 2016, 8:45am - 9:00am

Plan to arrive in time to greet your TBF Authors who will be led through the campus by the East Ridge Lancers Drumline and the Nazareth College Golden Flyer. A really fun way to kick off TBF!

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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!
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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 Books

  • Burned

    It all started with a dream. Nothing exceptional, just a typical fantasy about a boy, the kind of dream that most teen girls experience. But Pattyn Von Stratten is not like most teen girls. Raised in a religious -- yet abusive -- family, a simple dream may not be exactly a sin, but it could be the first step toward hell and eternal damnation. It's with a real boy...
    By Ellen Hopkins
    Burned
2000 Expected Teens for 2016
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...
32 Awesome Author Attendees
We have authors coming in from all over the country – and Canada – and the UK! TBF has gone international!
11 Years in the Making
And still FREE to attend!
Speaking at the Teen Book Festival was one of the highlights of my publishing career, thus far. Not only did it make me feel good as an author, but it generated such excitement with the teen readers who attended - the buzz in the air was palpable.
‐ Alisa Libby

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Sponsor

Business sponsorships help promote teen reading, while also receiving a write off.
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Donate

Individual donations play a large role making this event happen every year.
Assorted books

Volunteer

Our volunteers are the heart and soul of every Teen Book Fest we host.

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