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We at Open Road Media are pleased to celebrate two important events that impact teen readers. Today is Support Teen Literature day, part of the America Library Association’s National Library Week. Today also kicks off the twenty-eighth Virginia Hamilton Conference for Multicultural Literature for Youth at Kent State University in Ohio.

Virginia Hamilton, one of the premier writers of children and teen literature, once said, “children must read to live.” That powerful message lives on in the annual namesake conference at Kent State University, which promotes multicultural themes and issues in literature for children and young adults. This year’s ...

According to LitWorld.org, at least 793 million people worldwide are illiterate. To take action for global literacy, LitWorld is sponsoring the third annual World Read Aloud Day on Wednesday, March 7, 2012.

World Read Aloud Day motivates children, teens, and adults worldwide to celebrate the power of words, especially shared from one person to another. It creates a community of readers advocating for every child’s right to a safe education and access to books and technology. To celebrate and promote reading, read-aloud events have been scheduled in schools, stores, and libraries around the world. Open Road Media’s very own Dori ...

Personally, I was very excited to see this: A Spanish company is starting what can only be described as "Netflix for Books," launching later this summer. Also, Amazon to start Kindle Library Lending Program with Overdrive.—Pablo

This week in The Guardian, David Thomson writes about the movies of Terrence Malick and the anticipation surrounding the release of his latest film The Tree of Life. Malick is one of my favorite contemporary American directors and, like countless others, I'm anxious to see The Tree of Life. The movie is set to open May 4 in the U.K., but there ...