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Street Library of the Moment – Mindful Reads Haven

Street Library of the Moment – Mindful Reads Haven

Meet one of our newest Street Library recruits, Mindful Reads Haven, in Chatswood, NSW. This pretty little Street Library has been lovingly established by Community Living Supports, Northern Sydney (CLS-NS), a not-for-profit with a mission to provide uplifting support...

Street Library of the Moment – Thomas Roseby Lodge

Street Library of the Moment – Thomas Roseby Lodge

The name Thomas Roseby Lodge has been popping up all over the place recently. Not only did the folks at this residential aged care facility in  Marrickville, NSW, submit an application for some assistance to facilitate a Street Library revamp, they also recently...

Jabiru’s Street Library At The Pool

Jabiru’s Street Library At The Pool

We were SO pleased to see the Jabiru Street Library at The Pool in Jabiru, NT, pop up on the Street Library Australia map recently that we decided to give Jillian at the Jabiru Public Library a call about their foray into the Street Library community.  The pool is the...

Calling Future Street Librarians in the Sutherland Shire

Calling Future Street Librarians in the Sutherland Shire

Street Library Australia is on the hunt for  future Street Librarians in the Sutherland Shire, and thanks to Australia Post and its People of Post Grant Program we have three undecorated Street Libraries to donate to individuals and/or not-for-profit community...

A Note From Paul…

A Note From Paul…

Dear Street Library, My dear wife gave me the gift of a street bookcase on my birthday before retirement from teaching two years ago.  It is the best present I have ever received. I painted it in estuarine colours and have handwritten the titles of my 100 favourite...

The Healing Power of Books!

The Healing Power of Books!

Did you know books have healing powers? Street Librarian Carolyn and her family, who recently launched their Little Book Clinic in Frankston South, VIC, are living proof of this claim. “We decided to start The Little Book Clinic after our son had surgery,” says...

Amazing Street Library Alert: Rainbow Pushmi-Pullyu

Amazing Street Library Alert: Rainbow Pushmi-Pullyu

Imagination and resourcefulness are both in abundance down in Keilor East, VIC, where mosaic artist, and now Street Librarian Debbie, resides. Look at this splendid beast! “When you imagine a Pushmi-pullyou street library perhaps it’s best to make it,” says Debbie....

Why We Will Always Love Dolly…

Why We Will Always Love Dolly…

Have you heard of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library? The Imagination Library is a book gifting program that sends free, high quality books to children from birth to age 5, regardless of their socio-economic status.  In Australia, the project is powered by United...

Beautiful Gawura

Beautiful Gawura

Papa Bear Childcare in Miranda, NSW, is one of the newer members of the Street Library Community.Their Gawura Street Library gets its name from the Dharawal word meaning 'whale', and its artwork - created by Aboriginal Elder Aunty Deanna -  tells the story of the...