Donate Your Used Books for the Great Book Swap 2026

Donate Your Used Books for the Great Book Swap 2026

  • 10 Aug 2026 - 04 Sep 2026
  • 09:00am - 05:00pm
  • FREE
  • Brunswick, Bundoora, Carlton, Melbourne City
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We are getting ready for the annual Great Book Swap, and all four campus Libraries are now accepting donations of new or lightly used books, puzzles and board games. 

Donated items will be sold at pop-up sale stalls at Brunswick, Bundoora and city campuses in September, with all funds raised going to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF).

Where to find donation boxes

  • Brunswick Library, Building 514, Level 2
  • Bundoora Library, Building 210
  • Carlton Library, Building 94, Level 3
  • Swanston Library, Building 10, Level 5
  • CoBL Building 80:
    • Level 6 – Staff Tea Room
    • Level 7 – Staff Reception
    • Level 8 – AISSC (Professional staff area on the empty desk next to office 80.8.82)
    • Level 9 – SoM Staff Lounge
    • Level 10 – EFM Staff Tearoom CoBL
  • Building 13, SoL Staff Lounge (North Side)
  • Building 106, Level 5, Staff Kitchen
  • Building 5, Ngarara Willim Centre

If you’d like to support this year’s fundraiser monetarily, you can also donate money directly to our fundraiser page.

About the Great Book Swap fundraiser

The Great Book Swap celebrates reading locally and learning more about Indigenous Languages and culture, while raising funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF). The ILF is a national community-led foundation that provides books, literacy resources and publishing opportunities for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities across Australia.

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