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Thank you to everyone who responded to my recent question about graphic novel collections for young adults. A collection of the responses is below. I am still looking into contacting someone who could run a workshop for teenagers in making graphic novels, but the responses below have given us some interesting suggestions for staff training in this area. Jo Harvey Librarian, Reader Development Brighton & Hove libraries Response to question about developing graphic novel collections for young adult audiences Your email spurred me to look further as I knew little about graphic novels. I note there is a US site "Recommended Graphic novels for public libraries" selected and annotated by Steve Raiteri at http://my.voyager.net/~sraiteri/graphicnovels.htm I also note there are already ebook graphic novels available available -some freebies but graphics will probably cause download problems. I'd be interested in any responses you get to your email - Im get more involved in children/teens literature and reader development and am still involved with the Birmingham Stories from the web project at www.storiesfromtheweb.org Try the Reading Partnership (was Well Worth Reading) now part of the Reading Agency. Miranda McKerney they offer training workshops in connection with their excellent "Boox" series and "Graphix" collection. Mel Gibson has delivered such training to our staff on several occasions. She is extremely knowledgeable and immensely enthusiastic about this format. She is currently a lecturer at Sunderland University. There are more details available on the following site; http://improbability.ultralab.net/writeaway/whoweare.htm or mail to: [log in to unmask] And one from the person most people recommended herself: I run workshops on developing/promoting graphic novel collections. I've been doing this work since 1993 when I was involved in the YLG publication Graphic Account. If I can be of any help, please contact me. I'm away running a training course (on graphic novels) from today until next Monday, so please excuse any tardiness in getting back to you! All the best Mel Gibson