Barbara Frum District Blog

Yeng-Ching, a member of Barbara Frum's YAG, shares her thoughts on Spring programs for Youth: 

Time has flown by and already it is April 2011. There are many teen programs
lined up this spring and we are hoping to get as many people as we can back
to the library and back to the fun!

We have the YAG (Youth Advisory Group) ever second Thursday of the month and
this is where teens gather to give their ideas on improvements that can be
made to the library, plan events and be a part of the community. Volunteer
hours are given as well.

We have our Gardening workshop on Wednesday April 6th, so be sure to come
out to learn more about how to garden properly! Whether or not you attend,
come to YAG planting day on Saturday May 9th. This is where you put your
green thumb to the test and have fun making your library look great.

We have a comic workshop by the creators of “Kill Shakespeare” coming to
Barbara Frum on Thursday May 12th, so if you have an interest in comics, or
even manga, it would definitely be a lot of fun!

We also have game night at the library and that’s on Thursday May 26th. This
is your chance to show off with your Wii skills, so why wouldn’t you come?
Win and you get bragging rights!

Finally, we have a new teen program that just got started in January, and
already we are experiencing success. Our Teen Writers Group meets every
first Thursday of the month from 5:30- 6:30 pm and this is one of the best
places to showcase your work to other people in their teens.

At our first meeting, we had the pleasure of meeting other people who like
us, loved to write. For that one hour, everyone read what they wrote and
gave critique, played writing games and worked on exercises that
strengthened writing skills. Overall, it was very fulfilling.

On our second meeting in February, we had the honor of welcoming Ms. Karen
Krossing to our meeting. A published Canadian author; she was one of the
best people we could get to share with us her insight into the writing
world. We learned what it took to make a good story, how to develop
characters and worked on some very fun exercises, some of which included
elephant earrings.

Our most recent meeting was just as fun as the two before it and the group
is running along smoothly. Our next meeting is Thursday April 7th, so if you
want to be able to show your writing in a positive environment and speak to
others who are just like you, join us for the Teen Writer’s Group!

Spring is the time of new beginnings, so if you have not done so already,
shake off the winter blues and come back to the library to start fresh!

Thanks for your insight Yeng-Ching.