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Former Malaysian rhythmic gymnast builds a Street Library in her neighbourhood
“It’s free and easy; just take what you want to read and return it when you’re done. If there’s a book that someone really likes and wants to keep, then I encourage that person to put in another book of their own as a swap. This way, it will ensure that the...
Meet Jennifer from San Diego, California
Welcome to Little Free Library XO! My name is Jennifer and I have dreamed of having a little library for many years. I used to teach elementary and special education, and books hold a special place in my heart. My husband, Emile, and I put up our library last...
Japan’s ‘Blade Library’ Gives Amputees The Chance To Run
5,000 Books Pour Out of a Building in Spain
Artist Alicia Martin's tornado of books shoot out a window like a burst of water from a giant hose. The Spain-based artist's sculptural installation at Source: 5,000 Books Pour Out of a Building in Spain
Sydney’s biggest reader: Dorothy has borrowed 14,000 library books in 69 years
Dorothy McGillivray, aged 96, devours books. Rapidly. Liverpool City Library records only go back to 2007, but it is estimated she has borrowed 14,000 books since she became a member after arriving from England in 1952. No Mills & Boon though (she says she’d put a...
London’s Floating Bookstore
At Word on the Water, it's all books on deck. A MOST UNUSUAL BARGE FLOATS on Regents Canal, which flows amid the office-littered landscape of King’s Cross. Step aboard the vessel, and you’ll find a trove of literary treasures waiting to be discovered. Word on the...
Top five street art murals featuring books, libraries and reading
As you probably know, we’re pretty big fans of literary street art here at Flavorpill. But when we caught a glimpse of this beautiful bookish fresco over at the Picador Book Room, we realized we’d been missing a whole category — street art honoring… Source:...
A Travelling Street Library
FDC United Educators Scheme is a family daycare service in Sydney. Our educators are all based in different geographic locations. Our aim in starting the travelling Street Library was to find a way to create connections amongst the educators, children,...
A generous book shop.
Heartbreaking and Uplifting: Read our review of The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles | Better Reading
A story of courage, defiance and betrayal in Occupied Paris, perfect for fans of All the Light We Cannot See, The Book Thief and The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society. Paris, 1939 Odile Souchet is obsessed with books, and her new job at the American...
Bookish Exteriors: Libraries That Look Like Books
Love books? How about libraries? These libraries that look like books combine two of every readers' favorite things in bookish architecture. Source: Bookish Exteriors: Libraries That Look Like Books | Book Riot
Inside the home that’s part of Australia’s literary history
There’s a clue in the garden. Seven little conifer trees planted, one much smaller than the others. We are at Woodlands in Killara on Sydney’s north shore. There’s the original fireplace and stained-glass window details and a magnificent staircase. Perfect...
My kind of triathlon?
Ngurang Learning building a love of reading
Ngurang Learning Institute a nonprofit organisation is bringing change one book at a time. They started their movement on August 30th, 2020 (during the pandemic, having been inspired by a young librarian in Mizoram state. They have built 7 Street Libraries so far in...
Beeston’s very own Street Library – Nottingham Local News
A Street Library popped up in Beeston during the coronavirus lockdown. Located on Glebe Street, the little red box filled with books was originally intended to be a house for nesting owls but it has been re-purposed as a Street Library. Source: Beeston’s very own...
Celebrating Star Wars Day
Do you have a favourite street library, food or plant pantry?
Florey mother creates popular attraction in her cul de sac Source: Do you have a favourite street library, food or plant pantry?
A unique home for books planted on a bike path!
The story behind Maggie's Lil Street Library Source: A unique home for books planted on a bike path!
It’s raining books!!!
Istanbul Modern Library is actually an installation by Richard Wentworth called “False Ceiling”
Linda Brescia: Skirts | MCA Australia
A women-focused project articulating shared aspirations, values and wants for their community, led by artist Linda Brescia. Source: Linda Brescia: Skirts | MCA Australia
Umberto Eco’s Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are More Valuable to Our Lives than Read Ones
How to become an “antischolar” in a culture that treats knowledge as “an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order.” Source: Umberto Eco’s Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are More Valuable to Our Lives than Read Ones
Take art, give art at the Free Little Art Gallery
“It has this potential to create really positive connections because it is through kindness…and it promotes artists that wouldn’t perhaps have the opportunity… This is open … Source: Take art, give art at the Free Little Art Gallery
Building a street library…
Have you ever seen a street library and wondered how to build one? I did, so I decided to build one for my community and immediately received donations of boxes of books and an old cabinet. The old cabinet needed a good paint job, so I invited Jackie Karin, an author...
Celebrating Street Librarian Debbie
Meet Street Librarian Debbie who runs Westbrook Wise Owl Street Library. You never know what literary delights await you in this teeny weeny Street Library, serendipity is the magic word here! Making this Street Library come to life has been a long-term goal for me...
Our Street Library Patron Adrian Piccoli
Adrian Piccoli our wonderful Street Library patron shares his love of books with us. Professor Adrian Piccoli is Director of UNSW’s Gonski Institute for Education. The Gonski Institute was established in 2018 with a mission to address growing inequality in Australian...
11 new Kids Street Libraries in the Blue Mountains
Council would like to thank all the children and volunteers who helped establish 11 new street libraries throughout the City. The Kids Street Libraries project promotes the benefits of reading for kids, from newborns to 12 year olds. When we asked children to help us...
Magical cake that all book lovers will appreciate
Books vs ereader
How women invented book clubs, revolutionising reading and their own lives
More than 150 years before Oprah and Reese Witherspoon, women began reading together in groups, seeking wisdom from the books and from one another. Source: How women invented book clubs, revolutionizing reading and their own lives
Children’s Street Libraries installed in the Blue Mountains
Bringing children's books to a street near you: 11 new kids street libraries. Blue Mountains City Council would like to thank all the children and volunteers who helped establish 11 new street libraries throughout the city. The kids street libraries project promotes...