Books are food for the mind and soul for anyone who loves to read.

The Footpath Library was developed to provide free access to books for everyone, and especially for those who may be experiencing particular hardship in their lives right now.

The Footpath Library provides free access to e-books and e-audiobooks without requiring you to provide identification or proof of address.

The library offers thousands of popular titles for children, teens and adults – plus a special selection of wellbeing titles aimed particularly at teens.

To access this service, please email sarahchristiner@footpathlibrary.org and request your free log-in details.

Click here to explore the range of titles online now.

This year’s theme “More than a word. Reconciliation takes action,” aims to encourage people to actively take action in matters of inequality and inspire people to safeguard the basic rights of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander peoples, raising the alarm when they are denied, ignored or diminished. The Reconciliation Report can be read here:  Reconciliation Report 2021 

Here is a sample of the resources we have at the library, please click on the images to place a hold on the item.

Frank Herbert created a deeply complex and enthralling universe in the series Dune, which is soon to become a movie.

If you are a sci-fi fan and never read Frank Herbert, here is your chance to meet one of the most accomplished sci-fi writers, who precedes Star Wars, Matrix and many others.

Click on the image to place a hold on the title, or listen now to Dune and other Frank Herbert’s stories on CloudLibrary

You can also watch different versions of the movie on Kanopy