November is National Novel Writing Month. Although it has a short duration, I like to do a display for NaNoWriMo because it ties so well to the library and, of course, to the collection.
This year my coworker wanted to host some pop up writing workshops for kids and teens excited about NaNoWriMo (our adult department has workshops all month with another organization coming in to host writing sessions) so I also wanted to tie back to that.
This year’s display prompts teens to find their inspiration with some books from the YA collection. All of the books featured on the board were written during NaNoWriMo except for Afterworlds. (Afterworlds features a young NaNoWriMo winner navigating her first book deal while sharing her NaNoWriMo novel though so it still fits.)
After creating the graphics which I love–I think it’s one of the nicest displays I’ve made, I stocked the display.
In addition to some of the books featured on my sign (or books by the author at least) I also included some books from the 800s which is the “how to” writing section in the non-fiction area. I was especially excited to have an excuse to showcase The Anatomy of Curiosity which is one of my favorite books about writing.
Are you familiar with NaNoWriMo? Are you participating this year? Have you read any of these titles? Would you recommend others? Let me know in the comments!
Miss Print 
This is so cute, Emma!
I tried to do NaNo this year. I got off to a good start, but then everything from work and home started piling up, and I haven’t written since the first week. There is definitley still time for me to work on my book, but I don’t know if I’ll finish this month. :(
Thanks Erin. I really enjoy making new book displays even if I only have my tiny little board and table.