July Book Discussion - the Podcast

Of the 4 attendees at the July Book Discussion, one brave soul agreed to create a podcast promoting the book of the month: Freak Show by James St. James. Listen below!


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Please vote for the book you'd like to read for the August meeting here:http://clpteens.blogspot.com/2008/07/suggest-book-for-august-book-discussion.html


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Extravaganza - Prizes, Games, Crafts, and a Pengua-sis.

Sunday, June 8th, 12:00pm - 5:00 pm.


Extravaganza is a big party on the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh lawn in Oakland. Every year, Extravaganza celebrates the beginning of Summer Reading.

Sign up for Teen Summer Reading, then come visit us at the Teen Extravaganza Tents, featuring...

Free T-shirt Deconstruction! Free Books! Goodie Bags! Buttons! Video Gaming! A Hang Out Space with Comfy furniture! A Pengua-sis!



So, if you haven't seen the Pengua-sis, now is your chance.

If you have more questions about Extravaganza, please contact us at 412-622.3121 or teensmain@carnegielibrary.org

CLP Teens <3s David Levithan 4ever

It's official: David Levithan has been to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and has left a trail of broken hearts and empty ice cream containers in the wake.

Last Thursday was the third and penultimate event into our Behind the Books: Authors Talk to Teens series, and it was quite the experience. After reading from the new short story collection How They Met, and Other Stories and answering questions from the audience, David Levithan joined us for one awesome afterparty, sponsored by our Teen Sexual and Gender Diversity Alliance (check us out on Facebook).

Needless to say, it was a great time. I could go on for hours about what it's like to meet one of your absolutely all-time favorite authors and be left melted on the floor like an ice cream cone in August, but instead I'll leave it to the teens.

Tim said:

I really enjoyed how down to earth he was, and that we had the opportunity to talk one-on-one during the after party. He was very personable, and will most likely make me anticipate far too much for the times that I meet someone in my top 3 favorite authors in the future.

Sam said:

Ah! David Levithan is awesome fantastic times a million and two! The party was a lot of fun. You know how awesome it was? John from Canada came all the way down from Ontario to come to it. Yeah, beat that!

We've got lots of pictures (via Tim) on the Flickr page, and you can even relive the moments on Youtube (again thanks to Tim).