Rats. Word Out's over. School's back. Wah Wah. So we've got Teen Reads to keep you going – if you want to immerse yourself in dystopic, post-apocalyptic fiction – we have a bunch of amazing titles! Want another flavour? A gazillion other lists – like Banned Books, Fight the Power, Boy Meets Book, LGBTQ and others […]
We on the Word Out team want to send a huge thank you to everyone who participated in the club this summer. We had a ton of fun reading your stories & poems, picking contest winners, meeting you at author events, and talking to you about the books you love. We hope that you had […]
Over the summer, we on the Word Out team got to read some truly astounding writing, submitted to our Creative Writing Challenge. Some entries made us laugh out loud; some gave us pause. All were totally impressive however, and it was both a pleasure and a huge challenge to choose winners. At first, we were […]
Over the summer, we on the Word Out team got to read some truly astounding writing, submitted to our Creative Writing Challenge. Some entries made us laugh out loud; some gave us pause. All were totally impressive however, and it was both a pleasure and a huge challenge to choose winners. At first, we were […]
Over the summer, we on the Word Out team got to read some truly astounding writing, submitted to our Creative Writing Challenge. Some entries made us laugh out loud; some gave us pause. All were totally impressive however, and it was both a pleasure and a huge challenge to choose winners. At first, we were […]
The North York Central Library will host an annual youth event that focuses on the artistic and creative talents of the youth within the city of Toronto. The Young Voices Conference is organized by the Toronto Public Library with a focus on creating space for youth to get a chance to develop their creative skills […]
We had lots of delicious entries for our final Win a Book contest, where we asked you to tell us about your favourite food description in a book. J.K. Rowling's writings of magical meals proved to be popular, and our winning entry from M.P. talked about some of their favourite discussions of dinner from the […]
There are some seriously talented and imaginative writers out there who participate in Word Out! We were blown away by all of your entries for the Use Your Paranormal Imagination Contest, where you were asked to describe a way for vampires to be created and killed. Choosing a winner was no easy task, but at […]
Miss getting your fines forgiven during WORD OUT? Do not despair. Fine forgiveness for teens is coming soon. Check torontopubliclibrary.ca/teens regularly and watch for the fine forgiveness button, coming sometime this fall… I can't say when. I'm not allowed. I could get in serious trouble already for telling you about this.
Once again, you have totally impressed me with your answers. I love seeing that I'm not the only one who gets hooked on a series and waits impatiently, and I was amazed that some of you also track release dates! You guys are hard core, seriously. My favourite entry, though, was from Joseph, who not […]