Fun Stuff
Games
‘Gaming is storytelling for teenagers’
Habbo is a virtual community where you can hang out and make new friends, play games or create your own web page. It’s designed for teenagers in Australia and NZ to meet people in a safe and secure environment.
Runescape Design your own character and explore the fantasy RuneScape world. Buy and sell items from shops or trade with other people. Improve your character’s skills.
Teen Second Life is an international gathering place for teens 13-17 to make friends and to play, learn and create. Teens can create and customize their “avatar”. You can hang out with your friends in a garden or nightclub or you can go shopping. If you want to start a business, create a game or build a skyscraper you can. It’s up to you.
Miniclip Miniclip.com is the world’s largest website dedicated to playing online games
Teens Book Reviews & Literature
Check our our New Titles added to the collection in the past two months
Yarra Readers this website is devoted to teenage/young adult readers and features reviews of novels written by Australian and overseas authors
NoveList is an online database focussed on all things to do with books and authors. Log in using your library barcode and find your favourite author and who else writes just like them.
Guys Read helps boys find the books they like to read
Teen reads Loaded with heaps of reviews and author info.
Inside a dog Packed with reviews, author blogs and competitions.
Cool Reads Hundreds of cool-reads reviewed by 10-15 year olds!
Features lists of best books for young adults as compiled by American Library Association.
Centre for Youth Literature
Read Alert!
What Should I Read Next?
Music
Aria Charts Australian Top 40 Charts
Rage Weekend music program on the ABC
Video Hits Weekend music program on Channel 10
Triple J
Today FM 104.5
Take 40
Television
Channel 7
Channel 9
Channel 10
ABC
SBS
Internet Movie Database