April School Holiday Activities and Youth Week

The theme for Youth Week 2012 is ‘Imagine. Create. Inspire’ and to celebrate, Campbelltown City Library is holding a number of activities, especially for young adults, between Sunday 1 April and Sunday 22 April.

Bookings available from Monday 2 April.

Special Effects Make-Up Class

Where: HJ Daley Library

When: Monday 16 April

Time: 2pm - 3.15pm

Age: 12 - 18 years

Cost: $2.00

Bookings essential

Phone: 4645 4444

Ever wondered how make-up artists achieve realistic looking wounds and effects on your favourite characters in TV shows and films?  This class will teach you how special-effects make-up works and demonstrate some of these effects on lucky participants.

Manga Workshop

Where: Glenquarie Branch Library

When: Thursday 19 April

Time: 2pm - 4pm

Age: 12 - 18 years

Cost: $2.00

Bookings essential

Phone: 4645 4055

Want to learn how to draw Japanese style comics and manga?  This workshop will teach you a range of techniques to inspire your own manga character creations.

Book Review Competition

Write a review of a new young adult novel and you could have it published in the Macarthur Chronicle!

Ages: 12 - 25 years

Opens: Sunday 1 April

Closes: Sunday 22 April

For more information, pick up an entry form from any Campbelltown City Library Branch.

Pop Culture Explosion!

Campbelltown City Library has purchased lots of new manga, graphic novels, comics and anime for you to borrow. New graphic novels added to the collection include Scott Pilgrim, Black Butler, Toradora, Bakuman, World of Warcraft, Simpsons, Twilight, Vampire Academy and heaps more!

Come down to HJ Daley library to check out the awesome display and see all the new material available on the shelf. Our very own Reference Librarian, Alan, is responsible for all the amazing drawings you see below!

How many characters from your favourite comics can you spot?



Manga Competition Winners

A big thank you and congratulations to all the participants who entered Ingleburn Library's Manga Competition. All the entries were absolutely amazing and trying to pick a winner from each age group was a very difficult task! Winners were chosen based on technique, originality and creativity. After sorting through the huge number of drawings we received, we are happy to announce the winners!

Age Group - 11 Years

1st Place: Aurelius

Runner Up: William

Age Group - 12 -15 Years

1st Place: Sheridan

Runner Up: Kira

Age Group - 16 - 18 Years

1st Place: Niu

Runner Up: Dalyna

A BIG congratulations to each of the winners!
Check out all the entries on Ingleburn Library's Facebook page!

Manga Art Competition

Ingleburn Library is running a Manga Art competition for ages 12 - 18 years! All you have to do is draw your favourite Manga character or one of your own invention. Drop your A4 sized artwork in at any of the Campbelltown library branches with your name and library card number on the back.

All the entries will be on display at Ingleburn library and you can enter as many times as you like! There are prizes for 12 - 15 and 16 - 18 year age groups.

All entries must be in by 5.00pm, 4 July 2011.

Winners will be announced and prizes presented at 6.00pm on 11 July at Ingleburn library. Click here for more details.