Street Library Blog

Some of the world's most beloved literary classics humorously summed up in 10 words or less. Source: Funny Brief Summaries Give a Shortcut to Classic Literature

“More salt,” says Natalie Saitta, as she checks the water in the big pot of pasta bubbling away on a portable burner. Beside her, Mary Ianni nods, as the two of them test whether the penne is al dente yet. Behind them, two more women are slicing bread and...

The horseback librarians were mostly made up of women. They were paid salaries by the Works Progress Administration. Source: Female Librarians on Horseback Delivering Books, ca. 1930s

The treasures inside second-hand books aren't limited to the texts they possess. From time to time, readers leave all kinds of gifts for others to discover. Source: 40 Times People Were So Surprised By The Things They Found In Second-Hand Books, They Just Had To Share

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...

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 Year...

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...

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 over...

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 Bowls...

Everlearn Preschool originally installed a Street Library in their Clovelly campus in 2016. It was very well received by the local community. Earlier this year, the educators and children at Everlearn Prestons expressed interest in installing their own Street...

If you were in charge of the new parliamentary book club, what Australian book would you want your representative to read? Experts from The Conversation give their recommendations. Source: What should politicians be reading at parliamentary book club? Our experts make...

Introducing Carole our Street Librarian of the Month. This beautiful library is located in Woodford NSW surround by the Blue Mountain National Park. Why not stop over before your bush walk? Grab a book and start your trek at the famous Woodford to Glenbrook Track...

Check out this beautiful couple who posed for one of their wedding photos next to a local Street Library! Let us hope that the bride did NOT borrow this book from the street library .

Paint the Town REaD is thrilled to partner with Street Libraries across Australia, both at a strategic and local level.  Strategically we are forging communication and purchasing links, and locally we are looking together at joint branding, as well as PTTR groups...

The City of Ryde has been working with the community to share books and activate spaces through the installation of Street Libraries in the public domain. Council’s City Activation team are leading the project, which works with community groups to design and paint the...

My Street Library story…                                                 Bente McDonald . August 2019 Ever since I heard of the concept of Free...

What are you doing this Friday night?  Tune in to Better Homes and Gardens (BH&G - https://www.bhg.com.au/) showcasing Street Library this Friday the 16th of August from 7pm on Channel 7. As part of Book Week celebrations for 2019, BH&G are excited...

Sorry, but you'll never get through your to-read queue. Time to streamline your information diet. Source: Harsh Truth Time: You'll Never Keep Up With Everything You Want to Read (So Take These 7 Simple Steps)