Celebrating our 2022 Street Library of the Year
Street Library Australia is calling on the entire Street Library community to congratulate those who made submissions for the 2022 Street Library of the Year. This years’ submissions were a delightful mix of old hands, newbies, individuals and organisations; all of...
Enriching Community with Street Library Australia
One for the calendar! Encourage your community leaders to join Street Library Australia in collaboration with Place Partners for a very special webinar on Thursday March 30, 2023 at 10.30am. We will share information on how Street Libraries strengthen communities and...
Holly Throsby is our Author Judge for the 2022 Street Library of the Year
We’re thrilled to share that musician and novelist Holly Throsby has agreed to join us as this years’ Author Judge for the 2022 Street Library of the Year. Holly, whose third novel Clarke was recently published by Allen & Unwin, will make her selection from a...
Gulp. Did somebody say ‘Christmas’?
Street Libraries make fantastic gifts that literally keep on giving, not just to your loved ones, but to the wider community. More and more we’re finding that people are purchasing Street Libraries for others. At Christmas time when we tend towards over-consumption,...
Nominations Open for Australia’s Street Library of the Year, 2022!
How excellent is your local Street Library? Is it a contender for Australia’s Street Library of the Year 2022? Would you like to put your own Street Library forward for this auspicious gong? We love seeing all sorts of Street Libraries springing up around the...
Farewell, Cecile!
Street Library would like to express huge gratitude and love for our outgoing GM, Cecile, who has generously poured her personality, creativity and love of books into Street Library from the organisation’s very beginning. Street Library Founder, Nic Lowe, says: “I’ve...
Dreaming with eyes open – Welcome to Book Week 2022
Dreaming with eyes open is the theme for Book Week 2022 and we are celebrating this iconic event with a 10% discount on our most popular Street Library, The Shed, for all schools, P&Cs, pre schools, childcare, and family day care centres.
Mad Hatters Tea Party
Thanks to all the volunteers this year! We held a Mad Hatters Tea Party to say thanks to our many volunteers and Street Librarians. If you couldn’t make it, perhaps we’ll see you next year? Or, you could simply have your own Tea Party to say thanks to all...
Build yourself a Street Library – Events announced for April & May
Learn how to build a fantastic Street Library for your neighbourhood. The class covers basic tool use, assembly, and will include all materials needed to create your very own weatherproof housing for books and other treasures. There’ll be a special talk on...
Build a Street Library this Christmas
Looking for a unique gift this Christmas? Ever wanted to be “good on the tools” but lacking a project? Ever wanted to learn the difference between a handsaw and a drop saw? Ever wanted to give a gift of knowledge, rather than a mass produced piece of...
