Early Bird Registration Ends for the Symposium Sept. 1 is the LAST DAY to register at the Early Bird rate and save 25% over onsite registration fees for the Young Adult Literature Symposium! Join your colleagues at this inaugural symposium for fun networking events, dynamic programs on “How We Read Now” and the chance to meet your favorite YA authors! Learn more at the Young Adult Literature Symposium website! Starting Sept. 2, registrants will pay the advanced registration fee.

Tell Us What YOU Think! We’re taking answers for both our member survey and our ALA Annual Conference survey — but only until Aug. 29! So you’ve got one week to let us know how we can serve your needs better. Thanks for helping us out.

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Fall Online Courses Registration is open for our fall online courses! We’re offering three this session: Making the Match, New Technologies and New Literacies for Teens and Pain in the Brain. Classes begin Oct. 6, and you can read descriptions and register on the YALSA Online Courses page.

Teen Read Week Spokesperson It’s official: Josh Hutcherson, star of Journey to the Center of the Earth and next year’s Cirque du Freak, is the official spokesperson for Teen Read Week! Read a Q&A with Josh on the Teen Read Week website. 

New Registration Benefits for Teen Read Week Teen Read Week is coming up fast! Everyone who registers for TRW 2008 will receive a complimentary copy of TeenInk magazine, thanks to nonprofit supporter TeenInk. We’re also giving 1,000 posters from The Secret Life of Bees to the first 1,000 people to register between Sept. 1 and Sept. 12, when registration closes. Everyone who registers will also be eligible for drawings from Teen Read Week corporate sponsor Mirrorstone Books and promotional partner Zest Books.

Have a Great TRW Program Planned? Win an Author Visit Thanks to TRW Corporate Sponsor Mirrorstone Books, nonprofit supporter Adlit.org and YALSA, you could win one of two author visits for your 2008 Teen Read Week program! One winner will receive an author visit from Kimberly Pauley of Mirrorstone Books, Official Corporate Sponsor of Teen Read Week; another winner will receive a visit from author Geno Salvatore who will run a D&D game at the winning library, and five runners-up will each receive a $50 retail value prize package from YALSA and AdLit.org. The winning projects will be featured on AdLit.org and on the YALSA website. Find out how at the Teen Read Week Contest website.