A sense of community
Places for people
Looking after our environment
Teen space

Click here to access many useful HSC resources.

Lionel Bowen Young Writer's Award banner

Entries for the Lionel Bowen Young Writer's Award are now open.  Download your entry form here (pdf 1.14MB)

Homework help
Need help with your homework?   In year 4 - 12?  Click on the image below to go to YourTutor online (available 4pm to 8pm).

YourTutor.

Want to find out more about the environment? Click on the image below to go to Worldbook: Living Green.

Link to World Book Living Green

Click below to access a wide range of essays, with different viewpoints. Covers controversial issues in Australia and New Zealand.

Link to Australia/New Zealand Points of View

Check out our other eResources too!

Cybersmart provides activities, resources and practical advice to help you safely enjoy the online world.

SpineOut Online is a place where you can express your ideas and thoughts and to share your creativity in words, art, film or music. A fun and interactive site.

For links to other useful websites categorised by subject check out:

Link to del.icio.us

 

These pages in the Randwick City Council website offer youth of the Randwick area a range of services for both study and recreation, including useful eResources pages.

Check out our upcoming events for teens!
You must be of high school age to attend events and activities.

Randwick Teen Book Club
Thursday 17 May 2012
4:00 pm to 5:30pm
Resurrection Blues by Mike Tanner book cover  Loathing Lola by William Kostakis book cover

Join fellow teens for a fun discussion of various titles, genres and film adaptations. This month we will be discussing the novels Loathing Lola by William Kostakis and Resurrection Blues by Mike Tanner.

Free, but you must be a library member and of high school age to register. You will also receive a book to discuss in the next month's meeting. Please note due to high interest in this group, new members are not being accepted into the Randwick group at present, however you may like to register to join the Bowen group.

Call 9314 4888 for more information or to book in.

Bowen Teen Book Club
Wednesday 16 May 2012
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
 
Blood Ninja by Nick Lake book cover  The Loblolly Boy by James Norcliffe book cover
Join fellow teens for a fun discussion of various titles, genres and film adaptations.

This month we will be discussing Blood Ninja by Nick Lake and The Loblolly Boy by James Norcliffe.

Free, but you must be a library member and of high school age to register and places are limited. You will also receive a book to discuss in the next month's meeting.

Call 9314 4888 for more information or to book in.

In-house Games Collection
Young Adult In-house Games Collection

A selection of board games are now available for use in the Bowen Library. Ask at the Information desk to find out more or borrow a game to play in Youth Space at the library. Please let us know if there are any games you would like to see added to the collection.

Featured Reviews

Reviews of books in our collection, by Randwick Library members. Authors of "Featured Reviews" win a prize

Want to tell others about a great book you've read? write a review and email or deliver it to one of the library branches, then keep watching this space to see if yours has been selected.

Hades book cover


Hades by Alexandra Adornetto
Fantasy

Hades - original and enticing until the very end. Adornetto has taken her creativity and imagination up to the next level!

- Anna, 16

See previous Featured Reviews (pdf 140 kb) and Manga and Graphic Novel Reviews (pdf 117 kb)

For HSC Students

Link to Infobase eBooks

A large selection of HSC texts and critical views on literary figures including Jane Austen, Amy Tan, Shakespeare and more. Useful for high school students studying English. To access, simply log in using your library barcode number.

  • Click here to access many useful HSC resources.