News from the ILF March 2024 ![]() Launch of Great Book Swap, Gadigal Country (Sydney). Yamandhu marang Friend, Mandaang guwu, Ben Bowen ![]() ![]() To celebrate UNESCO's second year of the Decade of Indigenous Languages, each month we encourage readers to learn a new word in an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander language.
Dugong = marntunwunyini Tiwi is an Aboriginal language with multiple dialects, spoken by over 2000 Tiwi people, the majority of whom reside on the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin in the Northern Territory. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jessica Mauboy on her Tour, Literacy, and Believing in the Next Generation of Storytellers Check out this interview with ILF Ambassador, Jessica Mauboy where she talks about her Yours Forever tour, literacy, music and storytelling. Jess also talks about her passion about the work of the ILF and advocates for the next generation of First Nations storytellers in every aspect of her life. Launching Great Book Swap First Nations primary students from five Sydney schools had the opportunity to learn about and meet a dugong for the launch of one of our biggest annual fundraisers, Great Book Swap! With beloved Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) Lifetime Ambassador and children’s author, Andy Griffiths. Register NOW for Great Book Swap 2024! This year we have four NEW language houses as well as two very exciting prizes for schools! Schools and Early Learning Centres who host a Great Book Swap by 1 November 2024, will automatically win a virtual visit from ILF Ambassador Andy Griffiths! We also have an Early Bird prize - a book pack consisting of ten ILF titles. Learn more about Great Book Swap in the link below. International Women's Day On International Women's Day, ILF Head of Programs Zoe Cassim spoke to staff at Exchange for Change about how the ILF empowers female storytellers in Community, the innovations of First Languages being revitalised and reinvigorated through our Translation Rights Projects and the power of the next generation of female storytellers through our Create Initiative program. Sydney Trivia Night After the success of our 2023 Sydney Trivia Night, we are pleased to announce that we are currently planning our Sydney Trivia Night for this year! This year it will be held in mid-July. Watch this space for more information as we'd love to test your knowledge! ![]() ![]() ![]() Cobar and Orange Book Buzz Trip This month, we had our first Book Buzz trip since pre-Covid, visiting a Book Buzz site in Orange and one in Cobar. This was a great opportunity to officially meet the Community, gift our collaborative Vision Australia and Deaf Australia kits and also deliver some Book Supply family packs. Namarnkol This month we are so excited to announce that we have published the fifth edition of the Barramundi book! Namarnkol (Barramundi) is a non-commercial book in Kunwinjku language produced with Jabiru FaFT in the Northern Territory. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gregg Dreise Congratulations to ILF Ambassador Gregg Dreise on his new children's book, Circles of Life. The book is an astounding work of significance for sharing with kids and adults about Indigenous art from the super star Kamilaroi author.
Shelley Ware Congratulations to ILF Ambassador Shelley Ware on her book, We Are Matildas, which was shortlisted for the West Australian Shortlist for Young Readers Book of the Year. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thinking of writing your will? The ILF has partnered with Safewill to provide our supporters with the ability to write their will for just $80 (half price). We would like to thank MFS Investment Management for another generous donation. Their fantastic support over the past four years has enabled support for all of our programs in remote Communities around Australia. We are indebted to our partner Australia Post for their support with the delivery of Book Supply packs to remote Communities and their ongoing fundraising. ![]() ![]() ![]() A big thank you to Murray Henman for his dedicated support for the ILF for the last five years. Murray has donated funds raised from trivia nights to our Foundation and has raised an incredible amount of over $10,000 over the years. The next trivia night will be held in April, see event details here. We are so grateful for Murray's support! Thank you to the Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne 2023 Graduate teams at Colins Biggers & Paisely who fundraised for the ILF through trivia nights, online auctions and raffles! The teams set a target of $6,200 which they surpassed by raising an incredible amount of over $19,000 to support our work in remote Communities. We are so grateful for the support and tremendous efforts of Emma Tovey Crutchfield who has raised over $11,000 for the ILF this month! Emma and her friends and family swam an incredible 100km to raise money for our Foundation. |