Dates and Times
03 September 2025
10:00 - 15:00
Event for
Location
Organiser
UC Library
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Event about:
The Great Book Swap 2025
We're doing it again!
For 10 years, UC Library has been holding an annual Great Book Swap to support the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) to provide books and learning resources to children living in remote Communities across Australia. Last year, UC Library raised over $750!
The Great Book Swap is a fantastic way to celebrate reading locally, learn more about Indigenous languages and culture, and raise funds for a great cause. This year the ILF are aiming raise $150,000 to gift 15,000 new books to remote Communities.
Additional Information
Library staff are accepting donations of books in excellent condition right up until the event on September 3rd.
On the day, we set up these books in the foyer of the library, so the UC Community can donate to the ILF and walk away with a new book! All the money is then donated to the ILF so they can provide culturally appropriate books to remote communities.
Show your support by donating a few books you no longer want to the donations trolley on Level B of the library, or making a donation to our Great Book Swap page.
You can read all about the Indigenous Literacy Foundation's work on their website.
Join us for simultaneous online events as we celebrate reading and books with the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.