Vampires' Ball Halloween 08

Teen creatures of the night had a great time at our Vampires' Ball on Halloween evening this year. Check out some of these pictures!


And yours truly, YA Librarian and faculty member from PC Cast's House of Night!


Let's do this again next year!

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Those of you who are aspiring artists and writers, check out the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards! Earn recognition, publication and scholarship opportunities - 30,000 regional awards and 1,000 national awards will be distributed.

How Manga Conquered the US

For those manga fans who may not have seen this yet, check out this visual history of manga that appeared in the October issue of Wired! There's also an interesting article on dojinshi called Japan, Ink: Inside the Manga Industrial Complex.

New York Anime Festival Coming Up in December!

For all you anime fans, the first ever New York Anime Festival, billed as a celebration of classic and cutting-edge anime, manga, and Japanese culture, will be taking place at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan on December 7-9. Get more info at their website, including ticket purchase info and applications for the Anime Insider and World Cosplay Summit Masquerade, which will be Friday evening, December 7.

Stephenie Meyers Fans - Eclipse comes out August 7!

Okay, I know many of you have been reading HP7, but for those of you out there who are big fans of Stephenie Meyers' Twilight, the third book in that series, Eclipse, is coming out on August 7. Check out this interview with the author from the Borders Book Club.

YouTube/Comic Contest

If you're 11-18, enter the SuperLibrarian YouTube/Comic Contest! Create a video or draw a comic about “How you have fun at your library” or “Why you love your library" and you could win a Creative Zen Vision M MP3 Player. The contest begins May 5th and the deadline is October 31, 2007. For more details, see the SuperLibrarian website.

Librarian Music Video on YouTube

Came across this one from a New Zealand group, Haunted Love, on YouTube. It's called Librarian. Enjoy!