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Building Stronger Communities Great Book Swap

Share a Book. Discover a Story. Make a Difference.

Building Stronger Communities is proud to support the Indigenous Literacy Foundation’s 2026 Great Book Swap.

This community event will bring people together through books and storytelling while raising funds to help provide culturally relevant books—including books in First Languages—to children and families in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities.

Join Us in October

The Building Stronger Communities Great Book Swap will be held in October 2026.

Date: To be announced
Location: To be announced

Full event details will be shared in the coming weeks.

How the Book Swap Works

  • Bring along a new or gently used children’s book.
  • Make a donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
  • Choose another book to take home and enjoy.
  • Share the joy of reading while helping support children in remote Communities.

Donate Children’s Books

SWR 99.9 FM is supporting the Building Stronger Communities Great Book Swap by collecting children’s books for the event.

If you have any new or gently used children’s books you would like to donate, please place them in the designated Book Swap collection chest at SWR.

Contact SWR office to arrange a drop off time on 02 96760999

Your donated books will help us create a wonderful selection for children and families attending the event.

Make an Online Donation

Can’t attend the Book Swap or donate a book? You can still support the campaign by making an online donation.

Donate to the Building Stronger Communities Great Book Swap

Every donation helps the Indigenous Literacy Foundation provide books and literacy resources to children and families in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities.

Help Us Spread the Word

Invite your family, friends, school or community group to donate books, attend the swap or support our fundraising page.

Together, we can share more stories, encourage a love of reading and help make books more accessible to children across Australia.

Building Stronger Communities — where everyone has a place and every story matters.

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Building Stronger Communities acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live, work and broadcast, the Darug people, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.

We recognise the continuing connection of First Nations peoples to land, waters, culture and community, and honour the stories, knowledge and traditions that have been shared for tens of thousands of years.

As we celebrate the many cultures and communities that make up Australia today, we acknowledge that this always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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