SAVE THE DATE: Library Lovers’ Day is a chance for everyone to reconnect with the library and share the library love.
The initiative, coordinated by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), aims to raise the profile of the services which libraries offer. Australia’s public libraries provide quality information services that support lifelong learning, significantly impacting the cultural and information industry.
It is with great deliberation after receiving many wonderful and spirited entries for The Reading Room furniture giveaway, we are delighted to announce that the lucky winner of the furniture collection has been won by the kids at Boorowa Central School Library in rural NSW!
The Boorowa students were featured on the front page of their local newspaper recently and represent the true spirit of The Reading Hour! initiative -- inspiring us and many others in their local community and beyond. This is what The Reading Hour is all about!
We were truly captivated and heartened to see so many wonderful entries in the form of poems, heartfelt stories, photos and more, which were all wonderful and wish to thank you all for your enthusiasm and participation.
"You know how your teachers and parents always told you to read and learn in school?
Well, they were right; reading is actually fun and cool, not just obligatory for high school graduation. It will make you a better person on so many levels and you’ll have fun while doing it.
Here are 21 reasons why it’s the best, most productive hobby you could ever have."
(Source: Sydney Writers Festival)
We are pleased to announce that The official Reading Hour will return in 2015 on Tuesday the 18th of August! Mark the date in your diaries.
Wrapping up another successful year uniting a national network around reading, we want to thank all the participants, schools, libraries, friends, supporters and ambassadors for your inspired efforts in celebrating and promoting reading nationwide – as the legacy of the National Year of Reading in 2012.
The Reading Hour joined Footscray Library's weekly Preschool Story Time with our national ambassador William McInnes and MP Tim Watts, Federal Member for Gellibrand last week. Thanks from the Love2Read team to everyone involved, especially the lovely library staff!
You could be the lucky winner of pre-loved bookshelves, coffee tables and comfy chairs, including one reading pod as pictured! Simply tell us in 50 words or less why you want to win this collection for your library & we will ship it straight to your doorstep! (Australian public or school libraries only) Enter by Friday 8th August. Be in it to win it!
