Street Library Blog

A book club with a difference has adjusted to host reading sessions at beach and bush locations. Source: Reading circle shares joys of books with beach or bush backdrop

The rare first edition hardback copy of the novel had been valued at half the amount. Source: Harry Potter first edition fetches £60,000 at auction

You can almost smell the old books. Source: 7 Spectacular Libraries You Can Explore From Your Living Room

Do you know your fly leaf from your pastedown? Do you know what a Brodart cover it? Test your book anatomy vocabulary with this quiz! Source: QUIZ: How Well Do You Know the Parts of a Book?

Kids across the Blue Mountains have had their say on the location and designs of 11 children’s street libraries, which will soon be installed throughout the Blue Mountains from Blaxland to Blackheath. We asked kids (aged five to 12 years) to participate in the program...

Snap it with Snap Send Solve!  Now is your chance to save the day and go on the hunt to locate unregistered Street Libraries in your community. By using the free Snap Send Solve app, you can help us reach our goal of 5000 registered Street Libraries by December 2021....

How Books on the Delhi Metro responded to the Covid-19 lockdown. Source: From books on the metro to books in the courier, this book-sharing service has reinvented itself

Kindness does still exist in the world. Source: Postman sends woman sweet thank you gift after taking book from her free library

We love seeing Street Libraries popping up all around Australia. Here is your chance to celebrate them by nominating a Street Library in your community. They will go into the draw to win amazing prizes from local shops around us. Why not tell your family and friends...

TUESDAY 3 November 2020 11am to 12pm Australia’s first children’s book, A Mother’s Offering to Her Children, was published in 1841. The book’s author, referred to simply as ‘A Lady Long Resident in NSW’, was actually Charlotte Waring Atkinson.- An event at the State...

To help people get more use from our Street Library, we've been toying with lighting it overnight with LED lights. The first attempt was rather pretty but completely impractical - AA battery-powered fairy lights on a very long string. It looked like family fireflies...

Readers rushed to the aid of the iconic bookseller after its owner called on them to #savethestrand. Source: When New York’s Strand Bookstores asked for help, 25,000 online orders flooded in

Wuguan Books in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is almost completely dark so shoppers can recreate the experience of reading a book under the covers with a flashlight. Source: At this bookstore in Taiwan, visitors shop in the dark

A new study by the ANU School of Sociology has found that people who grew up in book-filled homes have higher reading, math, and technological skills. The paper was co-authored by Joanna Sikora, Source: Growing up in a house full of books is major boost to literacy and

Meet Tina the Street Librarian from Krakow, Poland. Tina and her husband, Norbert own a small pizzeria called Pizza Chata. They are passionate about books and thought the pizzeria was the perfect location to share the love of reading by installing "Mini Red Biblio"....

Totes for change in the City of Melbourne. Description The most Melbourne tote bag ever! All profits from the sale of this tote bag will be used to purchase Street Libraries that we will gift to a local community that needs it most! Street Libraries are small boxes...

  We are super excited to announce Waleed Aly as our Street Library patron. With a shared vision to bring a Street Library to every street in Australia, Waleed wants to make sure that no one will miss out on going on an adventure with a book. Waleed is a Walkley...

An apologetic note said the books had "inadvertently" not been returned Source: Overdue Basingstoke library books returned after 48 years

T Two sisters who were last active speakers of Umpithamu helped compile the book Source: First dictionary preserves rare Indigenous Australian language

The librarians always had half an eye on what you were up to Source: My Childhood Library, Illustrated

Schools around Australia celebrate Book Week this year from 17th – 23rd October, with displays, author talks, and a variety of activities around the theme of “Curious Creatures Wild Minds”. Visit the Children's Book Council of Australia to find amazing resources and...