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Street Libraries popping up across the Georges River area
Georges River Council has installed six street libraries throughout the area. Source: Street libraries popping up across the Georges River area
Micka’s spreading joy across Australia one free plant at a time – ABC Everyday
Growing houseplants helps Micka Brown in his journey to stay off alcohol. He is now sharing the joy by giving strangers free plants and encouraging others to do the same through social media. Source: Micka's spreading joy across Australia one free plant at a time -...
Quotes About Books That Truly Speak to Bibliophiles
Celebrate your literary love with these entertaining quotes about books that will inspire you to dive into your next story. Source: Quotes About Books That Truly Speak to Bibliophiles
‘Nearly 82 years overdue’: Book borrowed in 1939 retuned to library
While the library did not disclose the identity of the woman who borrowed the book, they gave certain hints about her asking their followers to reach out to them if they know her. Source: ‘Nearly 82 years overdue’: Book borrowed in 1939 retuned to library
Hordern House Rare Books
This alluring and mysterious emporium trades in antique books and curiosities from Australia’s pre-federation history. Its treasures span the entire second floor of a converted Surry Hills warehouse, and – if you’ve got an appointment – you can sit in its grand...
4 ways to read more books this year
BY HERBERT LUI4 MINUTE READ If you’ve decided to read more, you’re not alone. According to Statista in 2018, 23% of respondents resolved to read more in the new year. Yet reading surged in the early days of the pandemic, with 41% of respondents reporting reading more...
This Valentine’s Day, be a character in your very own romance novel
This Valentine’s Day, instead of the usual flowers and candy, how about giving your honey a romance novel, customized just for you two? “Our special service is we will put you and your sweetheart in your very own personalized romance novel,” said Kathy Newbern, who...
Q & A with Nick Earls
Meet Nick Earls, author of 27 books for adults, teenagers and children. Two of his books have been adapted into feature films, and five into stage plays. His most recent work is the award-winning novella series Wisdom Tree, described in the Sydney Morning Herald as ‘a...
Bieb Hunters of Amsterdam
Travel to Amsterdam (The Netherlands), famous for canals, beautiful houses, 'coffee' shops, and now Minibiebs. 'Minibieb' is the Dutch version of a 'Street Library’'. The noun 'bieb' is a colloquialism for 'bibliotheek' ('library') and is the default in spoken...
Explore Guilford Young College
Guilford Young College – Street Libraries Australia Over the past two years, students of Guilford Young College in Hobart (TAS) undertaking the Exploring Issues in Society (EIS) Year 11 course have gifted 14 Street Libraries to various community members and...
Blind Date with a Book at your Street Library.
Looking for the perfect date but also want to just curl up on the couch and read a good book?Take a chance on a blind date with a book this Valentine’s Day We’re calling for Street Librarians and neighbourhood book sharers to create a love buzz by wrapping up books...
Meet Alan and his grandkids
This wonderful Street Library is called one fish blue fish, books at 55. Alan the Street Librarian shares his story with us. Our street is a short distance from The Kingsford Smith school serving years K- 10. Accordingly, we have a range of ages walking past our...
Australia just got its first kitchen library
Keen cooks on a shoestring budget have long known that their local libraries offer a treasure trove of cookbooks. But sometimes they're short of the sophisticated suite of appliances needed to make the recipes they find - from blenders and dehydrators to slow cookers,...
Little Street Libraries bringing joy and uniting the Myall Coast community one book at a time
ARE you as passionate about books as you are about sustainability? The trend of Little Street Libraries began in November 2015 in Sydney, and has been growing across the country ever since. With over 150 libraries scattered Source: Little Street Libraries bringing...
‘It’s a beautiful scheme’: Seed libraries sprout in suburbs and towns
The pandemic has thrown us many challenges, but Judith and Abigail Manalil learnt a valuable life lesson: that plants can give you food and flowers, but they need constant care in order to survive. When studying from home during lockdown, Judith, 9, and Abigail, 7,...
Little library aims to strengthen community ties
Mole Creek Community Garden have built a new street library with a seed swap for green thumbs Source: Little library aims to strengthen community ties
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For Indian teen who launched village library, it’s about more than books
Sadiya Shaikh realized her family’s ancestral village in Bihar, India, had no library. So the 18-year-old set one up herself: Maulana Azad Library. Source: For Indian teen who launched village library, it’s about more than books
Nancy Pearl’s Rule of 50 for dropping a bad book
I was raised in a family in which the dictum "Finish what you start" was the 11th commandment. This stricture was applied in almost every conceivable situation, whether it was eating my father's lovingly (I'm sure) prepared soft-boiled eggs for breakfast (yuck!, way...
Before the Internet, there was the 1960s Dial-a-Poem Hotline
On any given night in 1970, a teen somewhere in rural America could dial a number and hear the radical wisdom of Patti Smith, John Cage, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Bourroughs – the list of poets was long, and painfully hip. One needed only the ten sacred digits of...
In a year of forced solitude, Barcelona rediscovers the companionship of books
Independent bookshops are thriving in the Catalan city where people view them as havens Source: In a year of forced solitude, Barcelona rediscovers the companionship of books
Langri Tangpa Centre Created Australia’s 2,500th Street Library
Langri Tanga Centre (LTC), the FPMT center in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, used a US$300 International Merit Box Project grant they received in 2019 to create a “Street Library” on the center’s outside property. The International Merit Box Project was created
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Wentworth Point Community Centre and Library | City of Parramatta
The all new Wentworth Point Community Centre and Library, a dynamic, multipurpose community hub is now open! Source: Wentworth Point Community Centre and Library | City of Parramatta
Melbourne Christmas Projections
City of Melbourne’s iconic Christmas projections are back to bring you some festive cheer! Source: Melbourne Christmas Projections
The Book Tower at the Municipal Library of Prague
Santa’s Little Helper
What better to give than the gift of reading this Christmas by Michaela Skilney It’s safe to say that 2020 has been a challenging year for all of us. Covid-19 roared into town at the start of the year like an evil queen, ready to wreak havoc with the kind of ferocity...
Iceland’s book and chocolate tradition is the perfect way to spend Christmas Eve
If the idea of settling in for the night with a good book and a drink – a hot chocolate if it’s cold, a glass of something chilled if it’s hot – sounds like heaven, then Iceland’s Christmas Eve Jólabókaflóðið (roughly, “flood of books”) tradition is for you....
Street library for Wellington Point
Wellington Point State High School unveiled a community library outside the school gates on Badgen Road on Thursday. Source: Street library for Wellington Point
Want to Feel Better? Stop Reading New Books.
It’s been a hard year, to say the least. I’m sure I don’t need to rehash the many ways in which the year has been hard, or the one way it has just recently gotten a little bit better, or the other … Source: Want to Feel Better? Stop Reading New Books.