Monday, September 03, 2007

Indigenous Literacy Day, September 5, 2007

An event that Australian book lovers and book shoppers might want to support:

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Our goal is to raise $100,000!

All Australians are invited to be a part of the inaugural Indigenous Literacy Day, Wednesday September 5, 2007.  Indigenous Literacy Day is a single event to help raise urgently needed funds to address the literacy crisis in remote Indigenous communities.

On Sept 5 participating booksellers will donate 5% or more of their takings to Indigenous Literacy Day.

All funds raised go directly to The Fred Hollows Foundation to buy books and other literacy resources for remote Indigenous communities in Northern Territory and New South Wales.
http://www.worldwithoutbooks.org/ILD.htm

Sydney Writers’ Festival director Wendy Were will chair a panel including David Malouf, Tara June Winch, Catherine Jinks and Tommy Murphy
State Library of NSW from 6pm. Entry is by gold coin donation. Tel: (02) 9273-1770 or email: karen@worldwithoutbooks.org.