Young adults culture

On the 2nd floor of the library, 15-25 year-olds, gamers and pop culture fans will find everything they need to relax and unwind, in a space shared with Music. Since 2013, Nouvelle Génération has been offering on-site reading and video games for young adults, accessible to all.

What’s there to read?

Comics

On the graphics side, over 6300 comic books, comics and mangas await you. We offer a recent collection that reflects the vitality of contemporary editorial production: you’ll find popular flagship titles as well as titles from independent and more confidential publishing houses. All genres are represented: adventure, science fiction, thrillers, humor, fantasy, shojo, shonen, seinen, etc.

Young adult novels

1,500 young adult novels bridge the gap between adolescence and adulthood, bringing readers together in a shared reading pleasure. They are divided into two categories:

  • Real-world novels deal with the day-to-day realities of young adulthood, and tackle themes as varied as sexuality, drugs, love and violence. They also include genre fiction such as adventure, thriller and romance.
  • Novels from imaginary worlds cover all the sub-genres of fantasy, fantasy and science fiction: afrofuturism, dystopia, solarpunk, horror, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, post-apocalyptic, ecofiction… No genre is left out, so that everyone can escape.

Documentaries

Under the heading “Cultures geek et urbaines”, you can explore a documentary collection (over 850 books) covering a wide range of subjects:

  • Gamers will of course find everything they need in this collection, but because geek culture isn’t just about video games and digital culture, books are also available on fantasy universes, cult sagas, series, games of all kinds, etc.
  • For fans of hip-hop, street art, urban sports, fashion and tattooing, we offer a frequently renewed selection of books on urban and emerging cultures, to discover what’s new in these trends.
  • Finally, a special collection dedicated to teenagers and young adults offers accessible information and adapted resources on subjects such as self-construction, sexuality, discrimination and the family. Whether personal or social issues, our selection will help readers find answers.

Magazines

Twenty or so magazine titles complete the reading offer in all fields: comics, video games, street art and geek culture, as well as Japanese culture, anime and feminism.

What’s there to do?

Video games area

Want to play games, challenge friends or immerse yourself in amazing virtual worlds? At the Bpi’s video games area, you’ll find four latest-generation game consoles (Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo) and a PC gamer, all offering a selection of games. From the most popular titles to lesser-known ones, the selection is regularly renewed to enable the public to discover new games, systematically presented in cartels.

Access is free, but one-hour sessions (renewable) can be booked on site to guarantee access to the game of one’s choice. The PEGI (European rating system for video games) indicating the recommended minimum age is indicated for each game.

Workshops, meetings and festivals

Every month, a librarian hosts a Mercredi du jeu vidéo, offering you a chance to discover a selection of games based on a theme, whether classic or more creative: tournaments, video game perspectives on history, literature or cinema, virtual reality or even a highlight on a well-known title. It’s also an opportunity to play together, discover less mainstream games, or simply take a playful break while working at the library!

Other events take place regularly at Nouvelle Génération:

  • meetings and workshops around comics: every month (except summer), come and meet the new guard of French comics at the Bpi thanks to the Jeudis de la BD, which showcase the latest releases by young artists. Workshops (drawing, storyboarding, engraving, etc.) complete these exchanges.
  • DIY (do it yourself) workshops: exercise your creativity and playful desires in our manual workshops. Conceived as a cycle or a single workshop linked to a program, DIY workshops offer you the chance to customize your sneakers, paint your role-playing figurines, create your own escape game and much more throughout the year.
  • a major annual video game festival: Press Start, whose ambition is to promote video games in all their many forms. Every year at the end of September, the festival invites you to come and play with its video game installations, and explore the professions and economic and commercial structures of one of the most creative and promising industries of the 21st century.