Donate Your Used Books for the Great Book Swap 2026
10 Aug 2026 - 04 Sep 2026
Brunswick, Bundoora, Carlton, Melbourne City
Join us for the annual Great Book Swap to raise money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF). Last year we raised more than $12,600 for this community-led organisation. Help us beat our own record in 2026!
Hundreds of books, puzzles and board games have been donated by RMIT staff and students. Come along and swap a $2-$10 donation for your new breaktime activity.
When: 16 September, 10am–3pm
Where: MPavilion RMIT @ Brunswick
If you’d like to support this year’s fundraiser right now, you can donate money directly to our fundraiser page.
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.
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
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