The Seattle Public Library Podcast for Teens

Teens and The Seattle Public Library

Teen Center Advisers, October 16

Teen Center Advisers are high school students from all over Seattle who come to the Central Library to discuss books, ideas, library programs and pop culture. In this podcast they share how they came to appreciate (love) reading.

03-31
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Seattle Writes: Teen Fiction, October 4

Seattle authors Kevin Emerson, Karen Finneyfrock and Jennifer Longo discuss writing young adult fiction, finding your voice and reaching teen readers.

10-22
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Harry & the Potters, May 16

Harry and the Potters bring their wizard brand of rock 'n' roll to celebrate the Library's 10th Birthday!

06-30
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Writers in the Schools, May 22

Seattle Arts & Lectures' Writers in the Schools (WITS) program places professional local writers in public elementary, middle and high school classrooms to spark interest and develop skills in reading and writing. On On May 22, high school students read their work.

06-19
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Writers in the Schools, May 21

Seattle Arts & Lectures' Writers in the Schools (WITS) program places professional local writers in public elementary, middle and high school classrooms to spark interest and develop skills in reading and writing. On May 21, elementary school students read their work.

06-16
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NIFTY, April 5

Young adult filmmakers Jesse and Miles Stipek and Max Magerkurth will discuss the process of creating and submitting their respective films, "Two Brothers" and "Alone," to NFFTY.

04-10
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Teen Center Advisors Money Smart Week, April 1

Teen Center Advisors discuss saving v. spending habits, Bitcoins and cyber currencies, password security strategies, and minimum wage issues.

04-02
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Teen Authors Read, February 27

Authors Adele Griffin, Robin Wasserman, Sarah Mlynowski and E. Lockhart will read from their latest works for young adults, as well as some of their cringe-worthy early writings.

03-17
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L. Divine, February 4

L. Divine, author of the Drama High series, discusses her books and what inspires her writing with students from the Interagency Academy's University District Youth Center.

02-18
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Teen Center Advisers: Equality in America, January 15

Teen Center Advisors discuss race, gender and sexual equality issues and how they see and deal with them in their own lives.

02-06
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Teen Center Advisers Saving the World, November 20

Teen Center Advisers discuss how they would like to contribute to the world and how the Library can help them do so.

02-03
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Teen Center Advisers Good Books, November 20

Teen Center Advisors discuss books they read this month as well as movies, book covers and book to movie conversions.

12-17
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Writers in the Schools, May 23

Imagination Into Ink: The 2013 Writers in the Schools - Readings and Celebrations, Day 2 - Listen to young, local authors read their work. This performance features high school performers.

11-21
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Young Urban Authors, July 8

Teen authors share stories and poetry depicting teen life, love, emotions and street experiences growing up in the multicultural Southwest neighborhoods of Seattle.

09-10
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Writers in the Schools Part 2, May 23

Seattle high school students read their work.

06-11
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Writers in the Schools Part 1, May 22

Student authors from all over Seattle read their work.

06-06
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Walter Dean Myers, April 21

Walter Dean Myers explains "Why Reading Is Not Optional," the theme for his term as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

05-09
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Teen Open Mike Night, March 31

Hosted by students from Roosevelt High School, the Citywide Teen Open Mike Night is a chance for students from all of Seattle's high schools to get together and appreciate amazing talents.

04-19
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MPAA Movie Ratings, November 2

Are MPAA movie ratings accurate or fair? Is violence preferenced over sex when it comes to ratings? Listen as the Teen Center Advisers discuss.

02-15
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After School Activities, November 2

The Teen Center Advisers talk about their after school activities. How much is too much?

02-13
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