Goldfields Living Library
The Goldfields Living Library works like a regular library except that the books for borrowing are people known as 'Living Books'. The people who volunteer as a Living Book have either an interesting story to tell about their life or have a skill that they wish to impart to readers. Borrowing a 'Living Book' fosters an appreciation of the individuals who make up our comminity.
Are you interested in being a Living Book?
Expression of Interest information and form.
Media Links
ABC Central Victoria
Living Books available may include:
- Educating children at home
- Lesbian motherhood
- My looks are deceiving
- Personal insights from someone in the Autism spectrum
- Living and working with a Muscular Dystrophy
- Journeys of J
- Growing up in Japan
- Super Veg
- Life after drug abuse
- Living with death
- The journey as a carer when your patient is your spouse
- Volunteering and disabled
- Chinese on the Bendigo Goldfields
The aim of the Goldfields Living Library is to encourage understanding between people and to build social cohesion in our community.
This is a joint project between Goldfields Library Corporation, City of Greater Bendigo, Bendigo Volunteer Resource Centre and members of the wider community.
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