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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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Upcoming Milestones

2022 Teen Book Fest
Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 10:00am - 5:00pm @ Frontier Field

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United Way Donor Designation #3338

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!
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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

  • Winterspell

    he clock chimes midnight, a curse breaks, and a girl meets a prince…but what follows is not all sweetness and sugarplums. New York City, 1899. Clara Stole, the mayor’s ever-proper daughter, leads a double life. Since her mother’s murder, she has secretly trained in self-defense with the mysterious Drosselmeyer. Then, on Christmas Eve, disaster strikes. Her home is...
    By Claire Legrand
    Winterspell
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!
TBF gets kids excited about books and reading like no other conference of its kind. Too often reading is a solitary pursuit, but TBF helps kids know that, in fact, literature builds community.
‐ Amy Kathleen Ryan

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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.
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Volunteer

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

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