Teen Programs/Events

Teen Programs are developed and run with the assistance of our Teen Advisory Group.

For a complete listing of our programs, including registration deadlines, please pick up a copy of our quarterly @ your library guide available at all branches.

Excerpts are available from the @ your library guide for the Winter and Spring Adult and Teen Programs.

Registration for most programs is handled by IRIS, unless otherwise noted.

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Free Comic Book Day!

Come join us at the Oakville Public Library’s Central Branch Auditorium as we celebrate Free Comic Book Day in partnership with Comic Connection!  We’ll offer teens ages 12-18 the opportunity to learn from local Comic artists throughout the day. Then, be sure to stop by Comic Connection at 146 Kerr Street to pick up your free comic book. 

Complete details will be made available at http://www.opl.on.ca/blog/type/teen/ as artists and workshop/demo times are confirmed. 

Date: Saturday, May 1st, 2010
Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Where: Central Branch, Auditorium
Ages: 12-18 years
Register by email with Elise C. Cole, Teen Services Librarian at ecole@oakville.ca or 905-815-2042 ext 5037

Teen Writing & Zine Workshop with Jessica Westhead

Date: Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Time: 1 – 4 p.m.
Where: Central Branch, Auditorium
Ages: 12-18 years
Registration is limited to 20 participants, so register soon!
Register by email with Elise C. Cole, Teen Services Librarian at ecole@oakville.ca or 905-815-2042 ext 5037

Led by author Jessica Westhead, this workshop will cover the following:

• Simple things you can do now to help your writing career later on
• Tips on how to make your writing more effective, and how to read your work to an audience
• The power of the (hand-) written word, and a remedy for writer’s block
• Hands-on creative writing exercises, with the option to read some new writing aloud to the group
• A cutting-and-pasting zine-making workshop, using your new writing

Please bring two of your favourite writing pens, a notebook with lots of blank pages, and a pair of scissors.

Jessica’s Bio:

Jessica Westhead is a Toronto writer and freelance editor. Her fiction has appeared in literary magazines such as Joyland.ca, The Antigonish Review, Matrix, THIS Magazine, and Geist. She also made poetry winner, a zine exposé of the National Library of Poetry. Her first novel, Pulpy & Midge, was published by Coach House Books in 2007. Her collection of short fiction, And Also Sharks, will be published by Cormorant Books in 2011. Visit her online at http://www.jessicawesthead.com

Resume Help Days

Develop a targeted and effective resume with a Career Information Specialist from The Centre for Skills Development & Training.  Interview tips and tricks can also be discussed!  Specialists will be available one afternoon a month. Job-seekers can book a FREE 45 minute appointment by calling The Centre to register. Just choose the date, time and branch location that suits you!

FREE
12:30-3:30pm
To register call The Centre at 905 845 1157 ext. 121

Upcoming date:
March 17 – Central Branch