[Yr7-10it] Hey! Teenager of the Year

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Hi all,

As Judith (School Library Association of Victoria) notes here,

http://slav.globalteacher.org.au/2009/09/02/hey-teenager-of-the-year/

Vic teenager Steph Bowe maintains a *brilliant* blog regarding reading.

http://heyteenager.blogspot.com/

http://steph-bowe.blogspot.com/


Hey! Teenager of the year
September 2, 2009 by SLAV

When attending the virtual release of the Inkys longlist, SLAV "Bright 
Ideas" met an exceptional teenager, with a brillant blog. 

Focussing on books for teenagers, Steph Bowe’s blog "Hey! Teenager of the 
Year" is both informative and inspiring. Steph has agreed to let the 
readers Bright Ideas know a little bit more about her blog.

About me: I’m a fifteen-year-old aspiring author who lives in Victoria, 
Australia. At the moment I’m finishing high school by correspondence, 
because it allows for a lot more freedom with my education and I have 
more time for reading and writing. 

About my blog: I started Hey, Teenager of the Year in April as a way to 
talk about books for teenagers. 

My aims for the blog were mainly to talk about the books I love and get 
to know other YA readers and writers. 

I emailed authors whose books I love and asked if they’d be interested in 
being interviewed, read and commented on the blogs of other teen bloggers 
and gradually I got more and more readers – something that when I had 
started, I didn’t expect at all. 

Now, I regularly receive books for review, and through commenting on 
blogs and writing guest posts more and more people discover my blog. 

Because of my blog, I was asked to be an Inkys 2009 judge and I was 
invited by author Susanne Gervay to the NSW Writer’s Centre Kids & YA 
Festival.

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Cheers Steph & Judith,

Stephen Loosley
Member, Victorian
Institute of Teaching