Creative Writing Workshop

Wow, my first post on the SAPL Teen Corner Blog! As you can see, I'm Kelci, and I'm part of the Teen Advisory Board here at the Library. We always welcome new members if this tickles your fancy!

Anyway, back to the point. On Saturday, April 14, I met an author. Award-winning teen author Don Trembath was in town conducting an interactive Creative Writing Workshop for teens! (Turns out authors are just like regular people! Who knew?) With Don leading the way, all 17 of us created and meticulously described a house, a character, and concluded our three hour journey by composing a dialogue between our character and one that another student had created. We were instructed to "write as we speak" and generate a conversation where our character was trying to sell the house we dreamed up. I thoroughly enjoyed immersing myself in a bit of relaxing writing for the afternoon, and one can’t forget about all the scrumptious snacks! All it all, it was a great time, and I look forward to similar events in the future. Many thanks to Kathleen and Don for volunteering their time to create a fun-filled afternoon for us kids!

Teen Movie Night

Drop in at the library on Wednesday night and join us for "Night at the Museum". No registration required, bring a friend and enjoy snacks from me (gum gum anyone?)! What's "Night at the Museum"? Here's the short form:

"In this wild comedy fantasy, a bumbling night watchman (Ben Stiller) at New York's Museum of Natural History inadvertently triggers a dormant curse that fully animates the dioramas, causing Mayans, Romans, Gladiators and cowboys to emerge, not to mention an angry T-Rex."

It's silly, it's funny and it's free! Hope to see you there. For more information, contact Kathleen at 459-1751 or Kathleen@sapl.ab.ca

Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen by Glen Huser

I always enjoy reading about foreign lands and landscapes but sometimes it's comfortable to read a book set close to home. Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen is set in Edmonton. It mentions Whyte Avenue and Glenora and then takes a road trip through Jasper and off to Vancouver. Tamara is a foster kid on her way to a new home when we meet her. She's in a car with her social worker being careful to say the right things and smile at the right times. I quickly decided that she wasn't all bad, just very self centred. She comes up with multitudes of reasons to skip school - mostly because she wants to watch some kind of fashion program on tv. When she is forced to attend a school visit to a retirement home she is paired up with Jean, The Wrinkle Queen, who has her own agenda. Jean's dream is to attend Wagner's Ring Cycle in Seattle one more time, a trip that her doctors tell her she is too weak to take. Tamara wants to go to modelling school in Vancouver. With these two strong minded women in cahoots, trouble is sure to follow. I thought this book was a riot and it's a quick read too.