We've been hard at work coming up with creative experiences for our readers of YA books. In addition to some powerhouse YA authors coming to visit us (like Veronica Roth and Ally Condie), including our upcoming
Colorado Book & Arts Festival on Saturday, March 16 from 12:00 - 4:00 pm at the Arvada Center
. We've partnered with the Arvada Center for Arts & Humanities to bring you this incredible event based on books, authors, art, and music. There will be a special keynote, over 75 authors in all genres (YA included, of course), each picture book and middle grade author will be leading an activity related to their book throughout the day (one will be chocolate tasting!), book characters will be costumed and walking around the festival, there's Book Battles Book Trivia, a mini Tattered Cover Book Store, a variety of fun vendors, and so much more! Check out the details below and get your ticket now!
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Our local YA and middle grade author friend,
LAURA RESAU
, will be having her Denver Book Launch Party for her forthcoming
Tree of Dreams
on
Sunday, April 14 at 2:00 pm at Tattered Cover Colfax Avenue
. She'll be in conversation with fellow local YA and middle grade author
Melanie Crowder
. Although
Tree of Dreams
is
marketed as a middle grade book, please don't let this deter you! This is one of the best books I've ever read--for all ages. No spoilers, but there's chocolate, environmental politics, friendship and hope; taking place partly in Colorado and partly the Amazon rainforest. It's adventurous, suspenseful, smart, timely and sure to be one of your favorites, too. Please help us celebrate with Laura at the book launch party!
Our Teen Advisory Board has been working on a fun in-store display/activity for National Poetry Month in April. Watch for that next month!
See you at the bookstore--and at the Colorado Book & Arts Festival!
Kristen Gilligan, Co-Owner
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On February 12 at Aspen Grove,
Colleen Oakes author of the
Queen of Hearts
trilogy, presented
The Black Coats,
a powerful, thrilling, and deeply resonant novel about a secret society of girls who plot revenge on the men who hurt them. She was joined by Emily France, author of
Zen and Gone
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Saturday, March 16, 12:00 - 4:00 pm, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
The Arvada Center and Regis University are partnering with the Tattered Cover Book Store to present the Colorado Book and Arts Festival, a one-day literary arts festival celebrating books, art, and music for the whole family.
The Arvada Center will be filled with award-winning authors, panel discussions, an onsite pop-up Tattered Cover Book Store, children’s area with author-led activities, artist booths, musical performances, Book Battles book trivia event, writing workshops, and more fun for the whole family.
Don't miss a SPECIAL Keynote Conversation with Peng Shepherd, author of
The Book of M
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ATTEND WRITING WORKSHOPS!
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11 Magical Tips for Writing Fiction, presented by middle grade author, Kim Tomsic
ABOUT KIM TOMSIC
: Kim Tomsic has been the new girl at eight different schools, where she earned a variety of conflicting labels: the dork, the cool kid; the pretty girl, the ugly girl; the smart kid, the normal kid; the worst at sports, decent at sports; and the shy girl, the talker. She kept one label: the talker. Kim now lives in Colorado with her husband, two children, and two dogs; all five keep her laughing.
The 11:11 Wish
is her first middle grade novel.
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Your Storied Past: How to Write an Autobiographical Narrative, presented by author David Hicks
By tapping into an age-old formula anyone can compose a riveting story about a major or minor incident that changed their lives either obviously or subtly. In this workshop, you will brainstorm the subjects of several such stories, either as nonfiction or fiction, and structure one of them from beginning to end. You will leave the workshop with the beginning of a new essay, memoir chapter, story, or novel, along with the ideas for two more, and a much better understanding of how stories (and character development) work. Suitable for teens and adults.
ABOUT DAVID HICKS
: David Hicks, PhD, is the author of
White Plains
, a novel published by Conundrum Press (now Bower House Books). He is also a professor of English at Regis University in Denver and co-founder/co-director of the Mile-High MFA in Creative Writing.
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Upcoming Events for YA Fiction Fans
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Thursday, March 7, 7:00 pm, Aspen Grove
Jennifer E. Smith is the bestselling author of eight novels including
Windfall
and
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
. She will discuss and sign
Field Notes on Love
($18.99 Delacorte Press), a meet-cute romance about Hugo and Mae, two teens who are thrown together on a cross-country train trip that will teach them about love, each other, and the futures they can build for themselves.
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Wednesday, March 27, 7:00 pm, Aspen Grove
Ally Condie is the author of the #1
New York Times
bestselling Matched trilogy and co-author of the
Darkdeep
middle grade series. She is also the author of the novel
Summerlost
, an Edgar Award Finalist. Condie will discuss and sign
The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe
($18.99 Dutton Books for Young Readers).
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Thursday, March 28, 7:00 pm,
Aspen Grove
Jessica Brody is the author of several popular novels for teens and tweens, including
The Geography of Lost Things
,
A Week of Mondays
,
and many more. Joanne Rendell is the author of three novels and holds a PhD in English literature. They will discuss and sign
Sky Without Stars (System Divine #1)
($19.99 Simon Pulse). Power, romance, and destiny collide in this sweeping reimagining of Les Misérables that tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together amidst the looming threat of revolution on the French planet of Laterre.
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Tuesday, April 2, 7:00 pm,
Aspen Grove
Kelsey Sutton is the author of multiple novels for middle grade and young adult. She will discuss and sign
Smoke and Key
($9.99 Entangled Teen), a paranormal mystery about a girl who wakes up with no idea who or where she is. Or why she's dead.
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Saturday, April 6, 2:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
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Sunday, April 7, 2:00 pm,
Aspen Grove
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Tuesday, April 8, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Danielle Paige is the
New York Times
bestselling author of the
Dorothy Must Die
series and the
Stealing Snow
series. She will discuss and sign
Mera: Tidebreaker
($16.99 DC Ink). This is an astonishing graphic novel that explores duty, love, heroism and freedom, all through the eyes of readers' favorite undersea royalty.
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Tuesday, April 9, 7:00 pm,
Colfax Avenue
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Friday, April 12, 7:00 pm,
Aspen Grove
Bill Konigsberg is the author of five books for young adults that have won many awards. He will discuss and sign
The Music of What Happens
($17.99 Arthur A. Levine Books). Over the course of one summer, two boys will have to face their biggest fears and decide what they're willing to risk--to get the thing they want the most.
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Tuesday, April 16, 7:00 pm,
Aspen Grove
Kathleen Glasgow is the
New York Times
bestselling author of Girl in Pieces. She will discuss and sign
How to Make Friends with the Dark
($18.99 Delacorte Press),
a novel about love and loss and learning how to continue when it feels like you're surrounded by darkness.
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Where do you do most of your reading?
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In the car or on public transportation with audiobooks
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Results from last month's poll...
What is more important to you when reading a book?
The characters
46.2%
The plot
23.1%
The genre
11.5%
It doesn't matter
7.7%
Other
7.7%
The setting/time period
3.8%
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Host an author at your school!
Available Authors
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Write a
Book Review!
Have you ever walked through a bookstore and seen little cards sticking out of shelves with book reviews? Have those reviews ever made you want to buy a book?
Those cards are called shelf talkers, and we're looking for teens to write shelf talkers for their favorite books. Your friends and family--and a lot of total strangers--can see your reviews on the shelves at Tattered Cover. How cool is that?
To write reviews, send an email to
Kristen Gilligan with "Teen Book Review" in the subject line.
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Teen Writing
Group
Teens come together to share and critique writing, often with a nationally published young adult author as a mentor and participant. An incredible opportunity for aspiring teen writers! Free and open exclusively to teens.
Meets that last Sunday of each month. This is free and open exclusively to teens. Email
Kristen to RSVP.
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Teen Advisory Board
This is a group of book-loving teens who meet every month or so to plan and produce programming for anyone excited about YA literature.
Board members have the opportunity to use their creativity, social media skills, and enthusiasm for books to help with all aspects of event promotion, planning, and execution; introduce (and hang out with) authors at events; write book blurbs; give book talks; get FREE advanced reading copies; and even help select authors who come to the store for events or visit schools.
It's fun, rewarding, and a great resumé builder. Currently, we meet at our Aspen Grove and now our Colfax locations. For more info, read our
TAB Info & Application
. To sign up for the TAB, email
Kristen Gilligan
. (And tell your bookish friends!)
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For a limited time, Libro.FM is offering new members three free audiobooks with a monthly membership. Make the switch and take advantage of the
offer here
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Join the Friends of Tattered Cover membership program today! More
info here
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11 Books to Read for Women's History Month
Did you know that Women's History Month began as Women's History...Week? In 1987, we finally got upgraded to the full month, and thank goodness! There are so many inspiring women to read about, even a month is never going to cover it.
Read more
rivetedlit.com
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Louisa May Alcott's Letter of Advice to a Young Writer
Louisa May Alcott may have died 131 years ago, but plenty of people still count her among their favorite writers-primarily because of the semi-autobiographical children's novel she published in 1868: Little Women. This was not the book Alcott set ...
Read more
lithub.com
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10 of the Best Young Adult Books of February 2019
The best Young Adultbooks of February include action-packed reads, heartbreaking novels of lost love, epic fantasy tales...and maybe one swoony book (we did celebrate Valentine's Day, after all). Three of the titles below also earned spots on our ...
Read more
www.pastemagazine.com
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by Brigid Kemmerer
"
A Curse So Dark and Lonely
, Brigid Kemmerer’s hotly anticipated
Beauty and the Beast
retelling, is a breathless fantasy that constantly defies expectations. The novel follows a young man and woman on opposite sides of an impossible curse: Rhen, a haunted prince who becomes a beast at the end of every season, and Harper, a girl trapped by a broken family until fate pulls her into Rhen’s realm. As Rhen and Harper develop a friendship, they evolve into braver, freer people. There were moments of light that were so surprisingly redemptive--nothing like I was expecting. Fans of Marissa Meyer will devour this story." --
Dylan M., Tattered Cover Teen Advisory Board member
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by Katy Loutzenhiser
"
If You’re Out There
is a fast-moving novel about a girl, Zan, whose best friend, Priya, stops talking to her after she moves to California. Whenever Zan texts or emails Priya, she gets noncommittal replies that sound nothing like her enthusiastic best friend. Then, an Instagram post makes Zan think that Priya might be in danger. Together with a new friend, Zan begins to investigate what happened to her best friend, and how to get her back. I liked the plot, which moved quickly and kept me engaged, as well as the depiction of friendships and family relations. Readers who liked Princess X by Cherie Priest and other similar mysteries will enjoy
If You’re Out There
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Andie W., Tattered Cover Teen Advisory Board member
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