The Bryan + College Station Public Library System offers numerous events, programs and entertainment options for young people in the teen and tween age groups.
Explore teen and tween programs
Teen activities calendar
Graphic Novel Book Club
A new graphic novel book club for tweens and teens, ages 12-17, starts this fall. Meetings will be held on the last Monday of each month. Readings will be a mix of juvenile and young adult graphic novels. RSVP to attend the kick-off celebration and get to see what books you’ll be reading, meet your fellow members and enjoy food. Free copies of reading books will be provided to participants made possible by Amazon.
STEM Club
Tech Titans is a STEM club for ages 12-17 at Mounce Library. Meetings are held on second Monday of each month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Come explore a variety of educational and engaging topics: robotics, coding, video games, and more! Club members will also get exclusive access to our generously donated PRUSA 3D printer.
Teen Advisory Boards
Mounce Library Teen Advisory Board
If you are interested in helping plan teen and tween events at Mounce Library, please email us or contact us by phone at (979) 209-5600 for more information and an application.
Ringer Library Teen Advisory Board
Teens in 7th – 12th grade can apply to help plan programs for teens and tweens. For details, you can send us an email or contact us by phone (979) 209-6347.
TEENS Publish: 8-week program for teen writers
TEENS Publish is a free 8-week summer creative writing program for aspiring writers who will have completed 7th grade by the end of the spring semester. This program is led by author Molly Blaisdell (who also writes as Cece Barlow), with the assistance of Ringer staff members.
The program size is generally limited to 15 to 20 participants. Applicants will be expected to submit a short sample of their work (one page maximum) of either fiction or poetry. Applications are accepted starting May 1 of each year.
Teens complete one polished piece by the end of the 8-week program. A lot of the work will need to be done on your own. Each participant chooses whether their piece will be a short story, the first few chapters of a novel, or poems. Upon approval of the editor, each participant will have one polished piece published in the TEENS Publish anthology (each person is limited to 3000 words or 12 pages). After first publication, all rights revert to the authors.
Each participant receives a free copy of the anthology, and a copy that can be checked out is added to the library collection at both Mounce and Ringer libraries. There is an authors party in the fall when the teens read samples of their work.
Anthologies from each year are available to check out from the Young Adult (teen) Fiction sections of Mounce and Ringer libraries in Bryan and College Station. Searching for Teens Publish in the library catalog will pull them up.
- The 2019 title is Not Just Ink and Paper.
- The 2020 title is The Isolated Generation.
- The 2021 title is A Spark in the Void.
- The 2022 title is The Aftermath.
- The 2023 title is Stories Written in the Stars.
For more information, please email us or contact us at Ringer by phone (979) 209-6347.
