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
The Goldfields Living Library is now in winter recess. Sessions will return in spring.
No bookings are necessary. Come anytime between 11.00am and 1.00pm to borrow a Living Book for a 30 minute chat.
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
- Refugee life in Mae La
- 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
- Strength through adversity
- Chinese on the Bendigo Goldfields
- Bendigo Policeman
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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