THE TEEN BOOKFEST WAS MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:





TEEN BOOKFEST BY THE BAY PLANNING COMMITTEE

Top row: Amanda VanZandt, Angela Steagall, Connor Adamson, Samantha Mora, Robin Anderson, Debbie VanZandt, Kathy Westergren, Stephanie Juarez, Laura Garcia, Heather VanZandt
Bottom row: Jean Meadors, Luanna Ortiz, Jennifer Belcher, Caren Gonzalez, Ana Lisa Lawhon, Jacki Culbertson, Sylvia Gonzalez, Lisa Jurecek, Julee Murphy
Not pictured: Jennifer Anderson, Crystal Drillen, Tara Mylett



“Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless.”
- By Sherry Anderson



Teen Bookfest by the Bay is a non-profit organization that was created in 2014 by local librarians. Story time! Librarians Debbie Van Zandt and Ana Lisa Lawhon each chaperoned groups of kids to the Austin Teen Bookfest in September 2012. They each expressed to all who would listen the need for a festival in Corpus Christi. A mutual friend arranged a meeting between them, and Teen Bookfest was born! Since 2015, we have offered a free book festival geared towards middle and high school students and all who love reading YA. It is our mission to bring young adults in contact with published authors and illustrators. Our goal is to increase the enjoyment and pleasure of reading and to encourage those who have a desire to write.

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A Texas non-profit entity, TBF fosters a community effort to celebrate and promote reading and writing by connecting teens to local and award-winning authors, whose writing spans across genres and interest levels. Generous support from our donors helps us provide and keep our annual festival free and open to the public.

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