If you’re a teen (6th through 12th grade) and you love Japanese manga, anime, and pop culture, join us monthly to watch anime, discuss manga, create our own manga, eat Japanese snacks, and let us know what to buy next.

The first meeting is Tuesday October 9th from 3:00-4:30pm in Hunneman Hall at the Main Library.  Sign up online here or come into the library to sign up in person.

Everything you ever wanted to know about the club is here:
http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teens/mangaanime

Do your parents ever wonder just why you’re reading or watching manga and anime?  Let them know—there will be a Parents Information Session on Thursday October 4th (that’s next Thursday!) from 6:30-7:30pm in the teen room.  Teen Librarian, club moderator and manga expert, Robin Brenner will be there to answer everyone’s questions.

The first meeting of the Teen Advisory Group for the fall will be on next Thursday, September 13th from 5-6pm in the Main Library in the Conference Room on the second floor.  Dinner will be served!

The basic info:
What: Brookline Library’s Teen Advisory Group Meetings
Where: The Main Library, 361 Washington St., 2nd Floor Conference Room
When: Every month, date to be announced, 5-6pm
Who: Any and all teens who want to find out more about how to help change the library and teen services. The Teen Advisory Group is open to teens who live or go to school in Brookline, ages 12-18.

Find out more about the Teen Advisory Group here.

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Teen Summer Reading program!  Our Teen Summer Reading Finale Raffle went off without a hitch this past Saturday, and everyone went home happy with their prize and a slick new duct tape wallet.

For the record, you all spent over 800 hours reading and wrote 64 reviews (which will soon have a permanent home on this very site.) Excellent job!

Upcoming we will have announcements about a new teen manga/anime club, a book club, and special events for Teen Read Week.  All the new will be posted here.

If you participated in the Teen Summer Reading program, please join your fellow readers for the the finale raffle.

The raffle will begin at 3:00pm on Saturday in Hunneman Hall on the second floor of the Main Library.  We’ll have three grand prizes (drumroll please...): an iPod nano, a Nintendo DS Lite, and the complete DVD set of Fullmetal Alchemist (including the movie!).  We’ll also have a variety of smaller prizes, including gift certificates to Starbucks, Brookline Booksmith, Serenade Chocolates, and Game Spot!

So, get something extra for all the reading you did this summer.

Remember, you can only bid on prizes if you participated in our summer reading program—if you signed up but didn’t get a chance to log hours before the finish (August 31st) email Robin at ASAP to participate in the raffle! 

You do not need to print out your tickets!  I will be printing out everyone’s tickets so you can pick them up at the door.