We are a national book industry charity, which aims to reduce the disadvantage experienced by children in remote Indigenous communities across Australia, by lifting literacy levels and instilling a lifelong love of reading. We do this through our three core programs:
We gift new, culturally appropriate books to communities that need them. We have supplied over 350,000 books to over 280 remote communities in our lifetime.
An early literacy program designed to encourage reading in children under five, and inspire their families and carers to get involved. Some Book Buzz books are translated into first language.
We have published 90 books written by community, some in their first language, with support from many of Australia's renowned authors and illustrators.
Two of our team have just returned from a jam-packed field trip to Napranum and Mornington Island, in Queensland. Leonie Short, Program Manager and Cindy Manfong, Program Coordinator headed north...
The origin of our latest publication, I Saw We Saw started way back in October 2017, when ILF ambassador Ann James, children’s publisher Ann Haddon and some of the ILF...
On Friday last week, I was lucky enough to be able to visit Indooroopilly State High School with ILF Ambassador, Gregg Dreise. Indooroopilly State High School has been a great...
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation works as an initiative of the Australian Book Industry with the support of:
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation is registered with the ACNC and is a Public Benevolent Institution with DGR1 and TCC status. ABN 45 146 631 843.
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