10 Mar, 2025 | Blog, NT, Stories in the media
We’re thrilled for Pauline of Connellan in the NT, who has displayed admirable resilience and fortitude in setting up her Street Library just outside Alice Springs. After establishing a beautifully decorated Street Library along the roadside into Connellan, Pauline...
19 Sep, 2024 | Blog, NT
Huge congratulations to all the students and staff at Ross Park Primary School in East Side, NT. Thanks to their enthusiasm and commitment to reading and community we are thrilled to be celebrating the first registered Street Library within the Alice Springs township…...
2 Jul, 2024 | Adelaide, Blog, Brisbane, Canberra, Events, Melbourne, NT, Perth, Sydney, Volunteer
Are you looking for a fun and free activity for your children these school holidays? Join Snap Send Solve’s Snapper Scavenger Hunt! It’s not just an adventure for the young folk; it’s a chance to make the community a better place while earning fun new...
3 Jun, 2024 | Adelaide, Blog, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, NT, Perth, Sydney, Volunteer
Gary Fishlock is a Sydney-based author and publisher on a mission to share the stories of Mimpy the Panda and his friends. How? By placing copies in Street Libraries around the country! Gary and Mimpy recently clocked up a significant milestone when, for the 1,000th...
14 Jan, 2024 | Adelaide, Blog, Brisbane, Canberra, Events, Melbourne, NT, Perth, Sydney
Which Street Library will be named the 2023 Street Library of the Year? Nominate Your Favourite Street Library Which Street Library will be named the 2023 Street Library of the Year? Nominate Your Favourite Street Library Which Street Library will be named the 2023...
15 Nov, 2023 | Adelaide, Blog, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, NT, Perth, Sydney, Tips
Folks, Christmas is coming, and that means… deadlines! For those outside Sydney we will need your orders by Wednesday December 13, 2023 in order to process, fill and dispatch them in time for Christmas. Sydney-siders can pick up their orders from our shop front in...
10 Nov, 2023 | Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Events, Melbourne, NT, Perth, Sydney
Summer Time is a stunning tribute to an Australian summer, by creators Antonia Pesenti and Hilary Bell. To celebrate National Shared Reading Week, our friends at Story Box Library have shared this beautiful story with us, read by author and food literacy advocate,...
25 Oct, 2023 | Adelaide, Blog, Brisbane, Canberra, Events, Melbourne, NT, Perth, Sydney
Drum roll please… we’re very excited to announce National Shared Reading Week from Monday November 27 until Sunday December 3! Shared Reading is simply reading with others. It builds language and literacy skills in children and strengthens their ability to...
9 Oct, 2023 | Blog, NT
We were SO pleased to see the Jabiru Street Library at The Pool in Jabiru, NT, pop up on the Street Library Australia map recently that we decided to give Jillian at the Jabiru Public Library a call about their foray into the Street Library community. The pool is the...
23 Aug, 2023 | Adelaide, Blog, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, NT, Perth, Sydney
We’re on the hunt for a handful of enthusiastic Street Librarians within our existing community who are motivated to support and represent SLA as volunteer State & Territory Librarians. These volunteer roles will include: Communicating with fellow Street...
23 Aug, 2023 | Adelaide, Blog, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, NT, Perth, Sydney
Book Week is upon us once again and Street Library Australia is very proud to be supporting the CBCA’s Shadow Judging Program. Now in its second year, the program invites young readers from across Australia to join the conversation about the CBCA’s annual shortlist...
