We love to know what people are reading and what to add to our ‘To Be Read’ pile of books. Victoria (Board member) Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng This book is a gripping mystery that focuses on a missing teenage girl in 1970s Ohio. The narrative digs into the complexities of family…
The Footpath Library has been fortunate to receive funding over the past two years from The Greeba Jamison Perpetual Charitable Trust. Last year’s funding came just at the right time when our Melbourne mobile library services had been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and extended lockdown periods. The grant enabled The Footpath Library to recommence…
Since 1945, the Children’s Book Council of Australia has run Children’s Book Week. This year, from 19-25 August, children around Australia will be celebrating books and a love of reading in schools, libraries and community organisations. Parents will – no doubt – be honing their book week costume-making skills. The Footpath Library believes wholeheartedly that…
We recently had the privilege to sit down with some of our readers who attend our mobile libraries in Melbourne and talk about what reading means to them; and as always happens, we all walked away with fuller hearts and a steadfast commitment to keep doing what we’re doing, because… reading matters. We met with…
We love to know what people are reading and what to add to our ‘To Be Read’ pile of books. This month, we have books recommendations from staff, volunteers and reader friends. Raj (Board member) Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight This is a candid memoir of Nike…
Footpath Chatter – This month, we spoke to Alison, who coordinates a book club at Northcott public housing estate in inner Sydney. Alison has lived at Northcott for the last 22 of her 83 years. As a retired high school teacher of English, History and Film & television, she is a voracious reader, and has…
Observing a fountain and watching the water trickle down; imagining being a detective and traversing the city to see its secrets: according to the Daily Jstor, people experiencing homelessness use their free time in creative and inspiring ways. “Books put me in touch with minds greater than my own that I will never…