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Surplus books hit streets
The stocks in the teen lit street library at 100 Valley Road, Hazelbrook, have recently surged. Source: Surplus books hit...
Small Shift Street Library
To create these beautiful Street Libraries for Wainwright Park, Kingswood, six groups came together. Small Shift worked with Kingswood residents, Mission Australia, Evolve Housing and Community Greening over the last 8 months to identify different ways to help...
Miles of Smiles
Celebrating Miles who has been volunteering for Street Library since November last year. Miles does so many task for Street Library, everything from online research to stocking and packing Street Libraries We recently nominated Miles for the NSW Volunteer of the...
There are now over 100 registered Street Libraries in Western Australia!
Meet Liz. Liz is the proud owner of 'Corner House Books' a registered Street Library which has just opened for business in Wembley. A birthday gift from her family for the person who has everything, even though it's only been a few days, Liz says the library has...
Meet John our Street Librarian of the Month
I am an ex literature teacher and my wife has a literature degree. We have been life-long readers and our children were brought up on a diet of night time stories and books for birthdays, Christmas and occasional random purchases. Between us we have accumulated...
Books and Ink: The Literary Tattoos of New York Public Library Staff
Tattooing has been around for thousands of years, and it's no surprise that books and literature often serve as tattoo inspiration. Source: Books and Ink: The Literary Tattoos of NYPL Staff | The New York Public...
The Community Place Kalinga Street Library
The Community Place operates two community centres in Brisbane, QLD. Two Street Libraries have been installed one at Kalinga Community Centre and the other one is at Stafford Community Centre. Community Place have recently finished renovating an old...