RECAP | Penguin Teen Social 2022

Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers' Penguin Teen Social 2022 was so much fun to attend! On Thursday June 2nd, a bunch of bloggers, booktubers, librarians, and so many more got together for Penguin Teen Social 2022, an event hosted by the Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers team online. This was my second time attending the event. 

It began right away featuring the Penguin 10: the top ten books you need to read this Fall 2022. We first opened up with the some middle grade fiction novels that sound truly interesting (especially Fagan's Water, Water and Yoshino's How Do You Live?), and then delved into some Summer Staff Picks. Sam's picks included Follmuth's My Mechanical Heart and Deo's TJ Power Has Something to Prove. Sylvia's picks included Shim's The Noh Family and Ahn's I Guess I Live Here Now. Evan's picks were Glasgow & Lawson's The Agathas and Walton's On the Subject of Unmentionable Things.

From there, some upcoming 2022 releases were briefly displayed and described. There was a variety of upcoming releases that was exciting to hear about. It also had had a clip from E. Lockhart, who filmed on the roof of her building, describing the prequel to her novel, We Were Liars. Her attention detail when describing Family of Liars (05/22), made it sound like a truly intriguing read and one that I definitely intend to pick up soon.

All participants attending the event also had the opportunity to win amazing prize packs which included some of the Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers team's Summer picks. It was an absolutely fun event to attend! Thanks to the Penguin teen staff for inviting me to this entertaining event and for hosting it! 😊

Here are some of the books discussed at the event:

 

Also some upcoming book events!

• The Word on the Street (06/11-12/2022)
• Live & In Conversation: Jen Ferguson (06/21/2022)

The Word on the Street will be returning to the streets of Toronto this spring, between June 11-12 at Queen's Park Crescent from Bloor to Wellesley Street. It will be featuring readings by over 100 authors including Emma Healey, Jesse Wente, Heather O'Neill, and Kate Heartfield, and an outdoor marketplace showcasing a wide range of Canadian and Indigenous books, magazines, comics, and more for any and all readers no matter what age.

Jen Ferguson will also be chatting about her debut young adult novel, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, and conversing at Indigo. You can watch live on Instagram at @indigo.

Which ones are you most excited for?

Feel free to follow along on Twitter with the hashtag #PenguinTeenSocial to see what all the others are looking forward to reading.

Thanks once again to the Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers team for such an amazing and fun-filled event!