Quick Writing Sessions for Teens

Here at the North Battleford Library, we’re in the process of developing a writing session idea, and would love to hear what you think!

The idea is that we get together and write something based on a given prompt. Afterwards, teens can share what they’ve written, if interested, and have positive feedback, or constructive criticism of their work. No dissing allowed, no tearing apart another’s work; this is to help us all become better writers for school, or just for fun.

Any thoughts? We’d love to hear them!

A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.

― C.S. Lewis

Ghosts and Phantoms and Specters! Oh my!

Fall is the perfect time to read a haunting tale. You can check out or put a request on all of these ghoul filled books at the library.

• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
• Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
• Haunted Colleges and Universities by Tom Ogden
• The Shining by Stephen King
• The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories
• Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
• Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
• The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
• The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
• Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
• Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
• Ghost Stories of Saskatchewan

Calling all writers! Storybird is here!

Storybird is a creative platform that aspiring writers can use to find inspiration. Search through Storybird’s image archive to find artwork that you want to turn in to a story. Share your stories with other Storybird writers and readers. It’s a fun way to sharpen those storytelling skills. And signing up through the library is free!

Visit the Lakeland Library Region website or the North Battleford Library website for instructions on how to sign up and join your library’s online “class”.

Books and poems published through the library classes will be printed at the end of the summer so that you can take them home.

Sign up today!