Register your interest in Indigenous Literacy Day: Celebrating Stories and Language! This year, we are hosting a free virtual celebration for all Australians going live from 9am Wednesday 1 September.
Through storytelling, ILD provides a window into the richness, diversity and multilingual world of First Nations peoples with a selection of short, two minute, inspiring video stories by First Nations storytellers (of all ages) from across the country.
We are a national book industry charity dedicated to lifting literacy levels in remote Indigenous communities, so all children across Australia have the same choices and opportunities.
Gifts engaging, new, culturally appropriate books to communities that need them. We have supplied 537,100 books to over 400 communities, featuring at least 40% by Indigenous authors and illustrators.
Promotes early literacy and familiarity with books in children under five with a dedicated story-time session. Carers are supported to share books with their children in home languages and in English.
Produces and publishes books by Indigenous people for Indigenous people. These books are important because they represent culture, community life and language.
Every week, Learning with Families in Mparntwe/Alice Springs runs playgroups for babies and toddlers at three different sites in the Central Australian town. And books supplied by ILF’s Book Buzz program have become integral to the development of pre-reading skills among youngsters learning at these sites.
This year, Indigenous Literacy Day: Celebrating Stories and Language (ILD) will be held on Wednesday 1 September, and is an annual celebration featuring Indigenous languages, stories, peoples and culture.
Our sincere thanks to the Rotary District 9780 in Victoria, who have made a donation of $30,000 to support our Foundation.
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation works as an initiative of the Australian Book Industry with the support of:
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Indigenous Literacy Foundation is registered with the ACNC and is a Public Benevolent Institution with DGR1 and TCC status.
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