Teens
Mosman Library’s collection for 12 – 18 year olds includes books, magazines, talking books, videos, DVDs & CDs. Come in and have a look. We also have a wide range of activities for teens.
Teen Zone @ Mosman Library
Bookings can now be made online – fill in a booking form or email.
Movie night: see Harry Potter and win!
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Mosman Library, 4:00PM
See the Order of the Phoenix, with a chance to win tix for the Half-Blood Prince. For ages 12+
Game On!
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Mosman Library, 2:30PM - 5:00PM
Two Wiis plus lots of board and card games on offer. For ages 12+
Book Week 2009 and Reading Safari
Monday 3 August 2009 – Friday 28 August 2009
Mosman Library
Find the hidden poems and receive a free Smiggle gel pen!
Blog – Wired 4 Teens @ Mosman Library
- New to Mosman Library 29 June 2009
Lucy Zeezou's Goal by Liz Deep-Jones 'Fashion, modelling, dance....football?' Everyone's making plans for Lucy's future. But will she get to pursue her own dreams on the pitch? Lucy's family is fa... - See Harry Potter and WIN! 26 June 2009
Before you go see the latest Harry Potter movie come to the Library and watch Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Just by coming you will go in the draw to win a pair of tickets to Harry Pot... - Do you Tweet? 16 June 2009
Here is an amazingly exstensive list of YA authors who are on Twitter. Everyone from Meg Cabot to Eoin Colfer to Australia's own Margo Lanagan are there.
Wired 4 Teens is a blog for 12-18 year olds in Mosman. It’s an online space for stories, news & events, book, CD & DVD reviews, photos, web links or whatever takes our fancy. Log on!
You’re invited to be an author on the blog. Come share your thoughts with us (and the world). Drop an email to Amy Barker. You can also submit a book review online.
Read a good book lately? Then tell someone about it!
You can fill in a review form at the Library or do it online here:
Each and every month one review will be chosen at random and that lucky teen will win a great prize. What kinds of prizes are up for grabs? Vouchers to spend at local shops, at iPod music and even movie tickets. What are you waiting for? Review a book today!
LiveWire Teen Newsletter
- LiveWire - Autumn 2009 (PDF 372KB)
Groups & get-togethers
To join our groups, or ask any questions, please call Amy on 9978 4091 or send an email.
WIRED for Teens
Are you between the ages of 12 and 14?
Do you love books?
Would you like to meet other local teens like you?
Then join us at WIRED, Mosman Library’s book chat just for teens.
The first Wednesday of every month we get together to talk about the books we are reading.
What do you need to bring? Well, nothing really, just think about a book that you have read and be ready to talk about it.
How easy is that?
Youth Consultants Group
Are you aged between 12 and 18? Then Mosman Library needs you.
Why not volunteer as a Youth Consultant at the Library and help make Mosman Library the library you want? Youth consultants come together to plan events and activities for teens as well as assisting the library staff select books, CDs, DVDs and magazines for the library’s collection.
- Next meet-up! Wednesday 22 April 2009 at 3:30pm.
Homework help online
Years 7 – 10
- Australia’s Prime Ministers
- Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library
- Homework Centre
- New York Public Library Homework Help
HSC students
Mosman Library has resources to help HSC students through their studies. In the HSC Collection, located downstairs in the Reference and Information Technology Centre, you’ll find all the English texts as well as study guides for all the current subjects (most are available for a 7 day loan period).
Online databases
Access to quality reference databases is also available from the Library and from home.
Reading Rave
Reading Rave is an incentive based summer reading program for Mosman teens.
During the summer participants must read a minimum of 20 hours to qualify for a participation certificate and prize. Books or graphic novels read must be at the reader’s level and teens only need to read an average of 35 minutes a day over the 8 week period to be eligible for one of the great prizes on offer!
Youth Awards in Literature
A competition in prose and poetry for young writers!
These awards aim at encouraging excellence in writing amongst youth in the community. Primary school age children and young people up to 22 years are eligible to enter a piece of original prose of not more than 1,000 words or a piece of original poetry of at least 20 lines, both on a theme of the writer’s own choice.
Entries close on Friday 29 May. Winners will be announced at a function on Thursday 20 August at the Youth Centre.