Australian Bibliotherapy Foundation

Empowering lives through bibliotherapy.

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THE WORLD’S COOLEST READATHON IS BACK THIS SEPTEMBER 📚 😎

The 4th Annual Readathon is back - designed to get more people reading to support their mental health, and fundraise to support a great charity.

The Readathon runs from 01 - 30 Sep 25 and it is completely free to join in!

This year, simply register for your chance to win $1,000 cash (to help you fill your book shelf)!

There are also a number of other great prizes to be won in challenges throughout the month - thanks to our fantastic sponsors.

If you need an excuse to read… THIS IS IT. Receive a free Marcus Aurelius Readathon shirt when you raise $200 (limited to first 200 people).

Use the hashtag #TWCR and get ready for Australia’s biggest mental health reading event!

A massive thanks to our presenting partner Booktopia, Australia’s home of books.

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Two weeks to go to get your Cove Comp ’25 submission in! We’ve already received strong submissions, but there’s still room for your ideas.

Got a fresh perspective on how Army can adapt, think, or train better? Now’s your chance.

Deadline: 28 Sep 25 Word count: 1,000–1,500 All suitable entries published on The Cove.
Prizes up for grabs thanks to @BrothersNBooks – Kindle e-reader, vouchers, Cove swag + much more! Get yours in – the clock is ticking... https://t.co/Y50kA2bMjI

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@covetweet Not enough available community libraries for all the units 👀

Awesome initiative team!

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@MiltonDickMP Should get them to sign up to the Readathon in September. Great results for all involved! 🫡💪

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[Australian Bibliotherapy Foundation @BrothersNBooks]

THE WORLD’S COOLEST READATHON IS BACK THIS SEPTEMBER 📚 😎

The 4th Annual Readathon is back - designed to get more people reading to support their mental health, and fundraise to support a great charity.

The Readathon runs from 01 - 30 Sep 25 and it is completely free to join in!

This year, simply register for your chance to win $1,000 cash (to help you fill your book shelf)!

There are also a number of other great prizes to be won in challenges throughout the month - thanks to our fantastic sponsors.

If you need an excuse to read… THIS IS IT. Receive a free Marcus Aurelius Readathon shirt when you raise $200 (limited to first 200 people).

Use the hashtag #TWCR and get ready for Australia’s biggest mental health reading event!

A massive thanks to our presenting partner Booktopia, Australia’s home of books.

[Australian Bibliotherapy Foundation @BrothersNBooks]

@spencer_askew Put your newly purchased books to work and take on the Worlds Coolest Readathon 💪🏻

Tolkien accepted and also encouraged

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@BrothersNBooks Let's gooooo!

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@covetweet The Army during the month of September now that TS is over 💪💪💪

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[Australian Bibliotherapy Foundation @BrothersNBooks]

THE WORLD’S COOLEST READATHON IS BACK THIS SEPTEMBER 📚 😎

The 4th Annual Readathon is back - designed to get more people reading to support their mental health, and fundraise to support a great charity.

The Readathon runs from 01 - 30 Sep 25 and it is completely free to join in!

This year, simply register for your chance to win $1,000 cash (to help you fill your book shelf)!

There are also a number of other great prizes to be won in challenges throughout the month - thanks to our fantastic sponsors.

If you need an excuse to read… THIS IS IT. Receive a free Marcus Aurelius Readathon shirt when you raise $200 (limited to first 200 people).

Use the hashtag #TWCR and get ready for Australia���s biggest mental health reading event!

A massive thanks to our presenting partner Booktopia, Australia’s home of books.

[Australian Bibliotherapy Foundation @BrothersNBooks]

I’m proud to announce the 2024 impact report for @BrothersNBooks

Reading and education isn’t just the cornerstone of flourishing, it’s a chance to change your life, your thinking and your future with every single book.

In what is probably the biggest update of the charity so far I couldn’t think of anyone more appropriate to launch this document than the amazing team at HomeFront Australia who consistently support so many veteran charities. Sian Ballantyne David Ballantyne.

I also would like to personally thank Nicholas Butta for believing in not only the importance of the organisation but myself as well as a founder.

I’m also pleased to announce that our programs in the new financial year have been confirmed and we are now seeking organisations to support the charity.

From July we will commence and expand our programs all designed to get more and more Australians utilising Bibliotherapy. We will also amend the name of our organisation to better reflect our services to The Australian Bibliotherapy Foundation.

Workplace mental well being programs:
Community library program
Bibliotherapy course program and
Mental health and Bibliotherapy speeches.

Our Readers are leaders programs:
Words for warriors - immidiate Bibliotherapy support for members who are facing difficult periods in life.
Readers are leaders program - aimed at supporting children and providing them with a 12 month reading program and the books of course!

Education and Courses:
With thanks to the QLD Veteran council we will be launching our very own Bibliotherapy course to better capture the impact of reading and mental health as well as promoting it as a tool to support organisations around the country.

Our social and events programs including but not limited to:
Our online monthly book club
The Veteran Writers festival in partnership with Rod Henderson
The World’s coolest Readathon

A massive thanks to all of the wonderful people and organisations that have supported the charity to date and no doubt this will be the biggest year of the charity yet thanks to the efforts of our board:
Ryan Shaw, GAICD Hayley Beevers Jonathon Andrade Simon Camilleri

Also a special thank you to the following organisations who have supported the endeavour over many years that have lead to this point:
@RSLQueensland and especially John Hardgrave
The Oasis Townsville and John Caligari AO, DSC
Defence Health Ltd
APOD (Australian Partners of Defence) Wesley Woulleman and Paul Broadbridge
Iain Morrison - Get Some Au
Michael Lorrigan - Two 14 Coffee
Ian Moore - Moore Track Toys
@FortemAustralia
Legacy Brisbane
Medilinks
JSC Property Investments
Connected Mining Solutions
Protegas Australia
LEDI
Not to mention countless authors, schools, volunteers and I’m sure many other brilliant organisations I have failed to mention.

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@AustralianArmy Hectic

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📚 NEW NSW POLICE COMMUNITY LIBRARY 🇦🇺 👮‍♂️

“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.” – Kofi Annan

Proud to announce our newest library in Parramatta NSW for this incredible team of Aussie heroes.

Our police force are constantly relied upon day in and day out often with little respite so were thrilled to be able to support their organisation with a library filled with great books on resilience, perspective, gratitude, financial education and of course all the absolute classics.

Reading is to the mind what gym is for the body so the more organisations we can support with these great resources the better! #makereadinggreatagain #bookish

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🚔 NEWEST QPS COMMUNITY LIBRARY 📚

“A library is an arsenal of liberty.” - Unknown

We’re incredibly proud to unveil the newest Brothers and Books community library, now housed in one of the Sunshine Coast’s local police stations.

This initiative is about more than just books—it’s about creating spaces that support the mental health and well-being of our frontline workers.

Police officers face unique and often unseen challenges every day, and we believe that access to good books can offer a moment of escape, a source of strength, and a pathway to personal growth.

A huge thank you to the Queensland Police Service team for welcoming this project into their station, and for the work they do every day to keep our communities safe.

One book can change a life. One library can change a community. One community can change a generation.

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A big thanks to these blokes and everyone who stopped by at @runarmyau !

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Even military working dogs love Brothers and Books community libraries 🐕

A big thanks to Ian Moore and his team at Moore Track Toys for their support in getting the newest library at 23 SQN FLT SEC up and running! 📖

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“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.” - W. Somerset Maugham

Newest Brothers And Books community library!

Proud to support the Joint Military Police Headquarters Officer in Canberra recently with their brand new community library!

It’s great to see so many organisations utilising Bibliotherapy as another effective tool to support their members mental health but also to build a culture of learning and innovation.

This library would not have been possible without the support from two great veteran comedians Medilinks - Michael Albrecht and Kara Robinson who put on a fantastic veteran comedy night last year to support the charity.

It also wouldn’t have been possible without the work of Taylor C an MP officer who was keen to implement a new and innovative way to get her team reading in the workplace.

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📚 NEW VETERAN ORGANISATION

“To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience, and the fruits of many inquiries.” — A.C. Grayling

Very proud to support @wodongarsl with their new community library. RSL sub-branches taking on initiatives like this and engaging with the younger generation of veterans are absolutely vital in restoring and maintaining the legacy and proud traditions of our RSLs. We cannot thank their president and vice president enough for all their support in making this happen.

Also great to see some phenomenal books! 📚

Hope everyone has had a great week, found some awesome books to keep them company over the weekend, and if you’re in the SEQld area, stop by the @aussie_frontline First Responders Retreat to meet some great Aussie authors!

A final and special thanks to @FrontlineActNSW for their generous donation in making this library possible. 🍻🇦🇺

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@WillKingston This deserves to be on the cover of a book. Great line

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@MiltonDickMP Could be them!

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@AustralianArmy Hectic

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Newest Brothers and Books community library

Proud to support the SAPOL Child and Family Investigation Unit with another great community library for their men and women.

A big thanks to Officer Lang for working with the charity to support his team. It wouldn’t be possible to collaborate with so many organisations across Australia without legends like him—and countless others—who make these initiatives happen. We also need to thank Ian Moore from Moore Track Toys for the donation that made this library.

Without grassroots support and champions of these libraries—like @aussie_frontline and Officer Cameron L—these initiatives wouldn’t be possible. It’s a testament to how much we can achieve when we come together to support one another.

In Other News…

We hope everyone stays safe and dry with the approaching cyclone. Spare a moment to appreciate our Emergency Services, SES, @disasterreliefaus volunteers, and Australian Defence Force personnel, who are out supporting SEQLD this week.

Stay safe team and bunker down with a good book! 💦📕