Townsville Street Libraries Competition
Become a registered Street Librarian today!
Apply now for your chance to win 1 of 100 street libraries for you and your street to decorate and get sharing!
How does a Street Library work?
A Street Library provides a publicly-accessible space for sharing books that teach, intrigue and engage. The books come and go; you don’t need to check them in or out.
Take a book. If you see a book you’d like to read from a street library, take it.
Give a book. Not going to read that book again? Leave it at any street library for others to enjoy.
Share a book. Return your book to a street library around the city, or pass it on to a friend, neighbour or relative.
Building a love of books and reading in your community can begin in your front garden.
From Monday 12 October 2020 you will be able to locate a Street Library near you.
2020 Street Library Winners
SUBURB | NAME | SUBURB | NAME | |
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Aitkenvale | Carmen Thorman | Kelso | Alison Brennan | |
Aitkenvale | Laurie McDougall | Kelso | Gwen Bryans | |
Alice River | Bernadette Stennett | Kelso | Jen Sperring | |
Alice River | Lorna Fisher | Kelso | Marian Manser | |
Alligator Creek | Helen Holmes | Kelso | Rebecca Bevan | |
Annandale | Christie Mains | Kelso | Sonia Hope | |
Annandale | R Sheehan | Kelso | Talissha Wagner | |
Annandale | Tania Smith | Kirwan | Alison Watson | |
Balgal Beach | Allison Gough | Kirwan | Donna Goni | |
Balgal Beach | Suzi Vincent | Kirwan | Kerry Watene | |
Bohle Plains | Kimberly Brann | Kirwan | Kylie Hammond | |
Bohle Plains | Rachelle Munro | Kirwan | Leeanne Colquhoun | |
Bohle Plains | Shaun McLaren | Kirwan | Nicole Thomas | |
Burdell | Angela McCarthy | Kirwan | Siobhan James | |
Burdell | Jess Wilson | Kirwan | Winnie Mulherin | |
Bushland Beach | Amy Bridson | Mount Louisa | Robyn Long | |
Bushland Beach | Lisa Jordan | Mount Louisa | Shona Bauer | |
Bushland Beach | Shannon Delaney | Mount Low | Clarissa Dirie | |
Bushland Beach | Taine Rickerby | Mount Low | Lauren Newman | |
Condon | Charmaine Burry | Mundingburra | Jan Flynn | |
Condon | Janeen Shaw | Mundingburra | Janelle O'Farrell | |
Cosgrove | Reece Schmidt | Mundingburra | Katy Marhin | |
Cranbrook | Jean Iverson | Mundingburra | Simone Low | |
Cranbrook | Holly Fayers | Mysterton | Kerry Strickland | |
Cranbrook | Sally Thain | Mysterton | Matthew Campbell | |
Cranbrook | Stacey Harker | Nelly Bay | Kate Wheatley | |
Currajong | Desley Alexander | Nelly Bay | Tracey Shelton | |
Currajong | Mhairi King | North Ward | Brianna & Michael Morgan | |
Deeragun | Janet Jackson | North Ward | Carol Jack | |
Deeragun | Martha Kusetic | North Ward | Jessica Hay | |
Douglas | Deborah Pratchett | North Ward | Vanessa Dunbar | |
Douglas | Jenny Leahy | Oonoonba | Daniel Taylor | |
Douglas | Megan Marmont | Oonoonba | Debbie Davis | |
Douglas | Melody Taylor | Oonoonba | Meagan Campbell | |
Garbutt | Lou Searle | Oonoonba | Taylor Walker | |
Gulliver | Georgia Lynch | Pallarenda | Rachel Baglin | |
Gulliver | Margarita Gornalle | Picnic Bay | Jenny Lee | |
Heatley | Keely Christie | Pimlico | Lyn Johnson | |
Heatley | Tegan Jarvis | Railway Estate | Diana Condylas | |
Horseshoe Bay | Simone Wall | Railway Estate | Erin Lenti | |
Horseshoe Bay | Suzy Gilmour | Rangewood | Nikita Frazer | |
Horseshoe Bay | Vicki Dorgelo | Rangewood | Robyn Grant | |
Hyde Park | Carol Bocking | Rasmussen | Jill Sutcliffe | |
Hyde Park | Hannah Cameron | Rosslea | Maree McCahon | |
Hyde Park | Maureen Dougherty | Rowes Bay | Laura Cotterall | |
Hyde Park | Natalia Smithson | South Townsville | Laura Orsi Espeleta | |
Idalia | Naomi Murchie | Thuringowa Central | Tracey Thomson | |
Idalia | Suparna Chakrabarty | West End | Lauren Cook | |
Jensen | Donna Fenech | West End | Teneale Howard | |
Julago | Kate Annetts | Woodstock | Jenny Saxby |
For more information on this initiative, visit Street Library Australia.