On the Radio: ABC Melbourne Saturday breakfast with Hilary Harper
Listen to Sarah discussing The Footpath Library with ABC Radio’s Hilary Harper here.
Sarah Garnett honoured by Positively Remarkable Women
The Footpath Library’s founder Sarah Garnett was humbled and honoured to be featured by the Positively Remarkable Women project, which draws attention to women who, as the website states, ’have/had a positive impact on their community…who fight for the underdog or for those unable to speak for themselves…who broaden our horizons through ideas and innovation—women who [...]
Bookmarks from St Catherine’s students
The Year 7 students at St Catherine’s in Sydney made some bookmarks to accompany their bookdrive donation. We’re thrilled and know our customers will be too. Truth be told, we’ve been eyeing off a couple we’d like for ourselves and might need the students to get designing and colouring stat!
Brisbane Homeless Connect
It’s almost time for biannual event Homeless Connect again in Brisbane. We’ll be heading down to hand out books, catch up with our clients, and to meet new ones. We think it’ll be a perfect time to pick up a couple of books to enjoy in the spring sunshine or to put away for some [...]
Free, outdoor libraries? We like the sound of that!
We heard about these fantastic outdoor libraries from a friend of The Footpath Library. We’re officially in love and hope this US-based invention makes its way down under. The premise is that the birdhouse-like structures hold up to about 20 books, and people can borrow and return them at their leisure. Kind of The Footpath [...]