Youth Events and Activities

Keep an eye on this page for updates on our events and activities for teens and young adults. You’ll find information and booking links to creative workshops, author talks, gaming events, book clubs and more.

 

First Steps into Games Design

Are you interested in pursuing a career in games development and design? Or just wanting to have fun creating your own games?

Join Games Designer Aspen Forster for this series of three (free) workshops where you will explore different roles in the industry, find out how and where to host your games, and learn how to use the p5.js platform for games design.

Ages 13-18.

More information and bookings

 

Imagination Creation Writing Competition 2021

The annual Imagination Creation Writing Competition is back, with entries open from February 1 to March 31. The competition, ran in partnership with the Western Union Writers, is open for young writers aged 5 to 18, to submit as many entries as they’d like. Categories include both stories and poems, aged 10 years and under, 11-14 years, and 15-18 years.

Click here for more info and to enter

 

 

Friday Night Fiction

Are you aged 12 – 19?
Do you like talking all things books?
If so, Friday Night Fiction might be the program for you!
Meet new friends, share what you’re reading and discover recently released titles in our free monthly book club just for teens.
Sessions are held on the first Friday of the month from 4:00pm – 5:00pm.

More information and bookings

 

Virtual Teen Read Along

Need to read and can’t find your book or not sure what to read? Relax and read along with me! Join YA Librarian Sharyn and Read Along to Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden. Watch, listen and read from your home or school! Recommended for readers 13+

Catch FREE episodes on the Wyndham City Libraries YouTube Channel from 9th November.

About the book: Seven Australian teenagers return from a camping trip in the bush to discover that their country has been invaded and they must hide to stay alive. Suddenly they are in the toughest situations humans can confront, facing life and death decisions. They are thrown into a world where they find courage, initiative, spirit and wisdom, or they die...

We thank Australian authors and publishers for allowing us to record and publish these read along videos.

 

 

 

Online Resume Help

Book into a one-on-one online session with one of our Education and Youth Services Librarians to get some help crafting your resume and answering interview questions. Ages 15-25.

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