Indigo Books & Music Inc. Announces First Teen Read Awards Winners
September 26 2010 - 12:22PM
PR Newswire (Canada)
TORONTO, Sept. 26 /CNW/ -- J.K. Rowling and Suzanne Collins Among
10 Authors Honoured at Inaugural Awards Celebration TORONTO, Sept.
26 /CNW/ - Legions of passionate teenage readers came together in
Toronto on September 25th, 2010 to celebrate their favourite
authors and books at Indigo Books & Music's first Teen Read
Awards. Whether rooting for the "Best Hero" or "Best Lip Lock",
teens fervently cast over 334,000 votes at www.teenreadawards.ca
and more than 500 excited fans attended the Awards ceremony hosted
by Dan Levy and Jessi Cruickshank to witness the winner
announcements. The Awards stage welcomed winning authors and
entertaining talent including hip hop dance pack Mayhem's Finest,
pop sensations Alex Lacasse and Alyssa Reid, and very special guest
and Hannah Montana co-star, Emily Osment, to round out the truly
memorable evening. Competition for the most votes was tight within
the categories and after 12 weeks of intense online voting at
teenreadawards.ca, teen book lovers' top choices are finally
revealed: 1st Annual Teen Read Awards Winners
----------------------------------- - Best New Writer - Fallen,
Kate Lauren - Best Teen Series - Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead -
Best Lip Lock - Bella & Edward from Breaking Dawn, Stephanie
Meyer - Best Hottie - Jace Waylaynd from Mortal Instruments: City
of Glass, Cassandra Clare - Best Book-to-Flick, sponsored by
Cineplex - Harry Potter & the Half- Blood Prince, JK Rowling -
Best Hero, sponsored by Indigo Love of Reading Foundation - Percy
Jackson from The Last Olympian, Rick Riordan - Best Villain - Alice
Milthorpe from Prophecy of the Sisters, Michelle Zink - Best All
Time Fave - Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling -
Best Canadian Read - The Reckoning, Kelley Armstrong - Best Read -
Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins "As some of our most passionate
customers, thousands of teens across the country made their voices
heard, and voted everyday, while hundreds more lined up for hours
to get their spot at this event" said Trevor Dayton, VP Kids and
Entertainment, Indigo Books & Music Inc.. "We're blown away by
the excitement and enthusiasm Canadian teens have shown in this
celebration of teen reading and books." The enthusiasm and
excitement was also shared by the winning authors, including J.K.
Rowling, author of Best All Time Fave winner Harry Potter & the
Deathly Hallows and Best Book-to-Flick winner Harry Potter &
the Half-Blood Prince. "Wow. I've just received the news that the
Harry Potter books received forty thousand votes in the Indigo Teen
Read Awards! And won in two categories! And what is more, the
awards went to my two favourite books in the series," said award
winner J.K. Rowling. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, to everybody
who voted. I'm thrilled, honoured and humbled to receive the
awards, especially from Canada, where I have spent many happy hours
with some of Harry's most devoted and knowledgeable fans. ... (I)
send my love and gratitude to the Canadian branch of Dumbledore's
Army." The tremendous voter response and attendance to the first
Teen Read Awards confirms that the jump in popularity of teen
literature is a phenomenon set to continue. Over the last five
years, the category's sales at Indigo and Chapters have increased
by 150%. The Teen Read Awards program encouraged teens to share
their enthusiasm for reading, support their favourite books and
authors while connecting with other fans across the country. For
more please visit www.teenreadawards.ca and
www.facebook.com/chaptersindigo. About Indigo Books & Music
Inc. Indigo is a publicly traded Canadian company listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange (IDG). As the largest book and specialty
retailer in Canada, Indigo operates in all provinces under
different banners including Indigo Books & Music; Indigo Books,
Gifts, Kids; IndigoSpirit, Chapters, The World's Biggest Bookstore,
and Coles. The online division, www.chapters.indigo.ca, features
books, eBooks, toys, music and DVDs, and hosts the award winning
Indigo Online Community. Chapters and Indigo are rated as the
number one and number two retailers in Canada by the Kubas Major
Market Retail Report, and have been on that list since 2000. To
learn more about Indigo, please visit the About Our Company section
of www.chapters.indigo.ca. /NOTE TO PHOTO EDITORS: A photo
accompanying this release is available at
http://photos.newswire.ca. Images are free to accredited members of
the media/ Natasha Newell-Vieira, MS&L, 416-847-1335,
natasha.newell-vieira@mslworldwide.com; Mary Attard, MS&L,
416-847-1343, mary.attard@mslworldwide.com
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