A few spots left! Thalia Teen Book Club Camp, a unique camp based at Symphony Space (95 & Broadway) offering up-close interaction with favorite YA authors and illustrators, is geared for avid readers and writers 13-15 (one one-week session), who will meet with authors, take part in book discussions, and go on book-related field trips around the city.
The 2010 Printz Award-winning author Libba Bray (Going Bovine) headlines the teen session (for ages 13 - 15) with an in-depth look at this multi-layered novel. Barry Lyga (The Astonishing Adventure of Fanboy and Goth Girl), Kekla Magoon (The Rock and the River) and Krista Marino (Editor of the highly anticipated fall 2010 novel Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly) cover topics as diverse as comic books, the French Revolution and the civil rights movement. More author visits and related field trips will be added to the schedule in the coming weeks.
Thalia Kids’ Book Club Camp, a unique camp based at Symphony Space (95 & Broadway) offering up-close interaction with favorite children’s book authors and illustrators, is geared for avid readers and writers ages 9-12 (two one-week sessions), who will meet with children’s book authors, take part in book discussions, and go on book-related field trips around the city. Both sessions for this age group are full but please send an email to shorts@symphonyspace.org if you would like to be placed on the waitlist.
The second year offers opportunities to get up-close-and-personal with a variety of authors slated to appear, from first-time novelist Marianne Malone, whose newly released The Sixty-Eight Rooms takes readers on an art adventure through Chicago's Art Institute, to a visit with Norton Juster, author of the beloved classic The Phantom Tollbooth. Award-winning authors Rachel Vail (Justin Case), Sarah Weeks (So B. It) Linda Sue Park (A Single Shard) and Rita Williams-Garcia (One Crazy Summer) appear along-side new talents like Dan Pobloski, who discusses his ghostly novel The Stone Child on Friday, June 13th, Polly Shulman (The Grimm Legacy), as well as up-and-coming graphic novelists George O'Connor (The Olympians series) and Matt Phelan whose latest title The Storm in the Barn is about the Dust Bowl.
For more information, see the Thalia Kids' Book Club Frequently Asked Questions.
Campers’ comments:
-“An awesome place to make friends, learn, have fun, and meet authors all at the same time!”
- “An amazing camp where you use your imagination and have fun with people who understand you and your writing.”
A parent’s comment:
-“My daughter loved it! She was with people who love books as much as she does and she was challenged in a fun and creative way. The only camp she loved every day!”
Ages 9-12- Two (different) one-week sessions (20 campers per week) - August 2-6, 2010 and August 9-13, 2010. Both sessions for this age group are full but please send an email to shorts@symphonyspace.org if you would like to be placed on the waitlist.
Ages 13-15- One one-week session (20 campers)- August 16-20, 2010
Camp hours: 9am -4pm
Cost: $650 per session/$625 for Symphony Space members
Enrollment: Download the application form here.
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