March 2013
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January 2013
5 posts
Thank you! We now have veritable plethora of...
Generous-hearted book lovers! Thank you all so much for your overwhelmingly lovely donations to the Dunalley Primary School Library book appeal! In case you haven’t heard from Fullers Bookshop, between us all, we’ve now collected enough books to restock the library - hoorah! If you still have books you’d like to donate, please, hold onto them for a little while - we will let...
“A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t.”
– Mark Twain
Today, one of our finest Recyclibrarians, Ms. Paige Turner, hands in her bookseller’s apron at Fullers Hobart, to take up the red pen of co-editor at Island Magazine. We are so proud! Do drop into Fullers and wish her well in her new role!
Do you have books to donate to the Dunalley... →
Click on the link above for a little more information on how you can contribute to Fullers Bookshop’s collection for the Dunalley Primary School.
The Recyclibrarians would like to express their great concern for all those, human or otherwise, affected by the terrible Tasmanian bushfires. Miss Wimple herself grew up in the Sorell Municipality, and is especially disheartened to see so many homes, farms and forests destroyed by these terrible flames.
We are still taking collections of books at Fullers in Hobart, and will be running a...
November 2012
2 posts
“Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of...”
– John Keats was a clever man. Miss Wimple is in the tropics, focused on mangos rather than currants, admiring fish in many more colours than gold, and hoping not to get into too many messes before evening.
September 2012
6 posts
It's fine to break bread, but not to break...
Hello book and bread lovers, It has come to our attention that the previous link we sent you to the Picnic Basket, site of tomorrow’s Mini-Recyclibrary launch, did not work. Sorry about that. Please try this one instead: The Picnic Basket Hope to see you tomorrow from 10.30am for a nice cup of tea! Best bookish regards, The Recyclibrarians
Mini-Recyclibrary launch at the Picnic Basket,...
Friends! Patrons! Literary lovers of all things pastry! We are delighted to announce the launch of our first mini-Recyclibrary, at the Picnic Basket in Taroona! The Recyclibrary elves have been busy hammering, sanding, and nailing, and have installed a little bitty Recyclibrary in Kel and Simmo’s bakery on the corner of the Channel Highway and Jenkins Street, Taroona (just across the road from...
Nowhere to Hide - Seek out a Recyclibrary today!
Ready or not…
Hide & Seek Recyclibrary! →
We are (mildly) famous! The Recyclibrary features in the just-released Hobart edition of the Hide & Seek series, a compendium of the ephemeral and little-known pleasures of the town we call home.
August 2012
11 posts
That's all folks!
Thanks to all who visited the Recyclibrary today - we raised about $80 for the book printing!
Till next time
Yours in bookishness
The Recyclibrarians
The Recyclibrary has been slightly delayed due to weather issues - but never fear! We shall set up as soon as the inclement wether abates
Recyclibrary tomorrow! From 11ish! On Victoria...
Hello dear book lovers!
Come and join us tomorrow from 11 til around 2 (or until we tire of being rained upon), to celebrate National Booksellers Day from cash-free perspective!
We love independent bookshops - they give us spaces to encounter and enjoy the crisp, new ideas found folded within the satiny embrace of artfully designed hard and soft cover beauties.
But we also love these books...
Stop press! Recyclibrary to sponsor a book... →
We are very excited to announce that the Recyclibrary is going to sponsor a print run of 8000 books, as part of a great project run by our perennial favourite literacy organization, Big Brother Mouse.
Big Brother Mouse work out of Luang Prabang to bring the joy of books and reading to children across the Laos countryside, travelling by foot, boat and sometimes elephant back to hold book...
Want a Recyclibrary of your very own? Maybe, just...
Friends! Patrons! Recyclibrarians of the Future! Here at Recyclibrary HQ, the elves have been busy glueing and painting, hammering and nailing, and occasionally using slightly rude words in a bid to bring you (cue: drum roll) the very first Installa-Recyclibrary! (Wild applause! Confetti! Popping corks! Outbreaks of rapturous fainting!) For your reading, sharing pleasure, we are...
Recyclibrary next Saturday 11th August!
With a gentle rustle of paper, and barely audible crackling of spines, the Recyclibrary is preparing to awaken from its winter slumbers.
It has come to our attention that next Saturday 11th August is the second annual National Bookshop Day – so we are having a Recyclibrary to celebrate the ongoing provision of paper-bound books from bricks and mortar locations – free or otherwise (we prefer...
July 2012
5 posts
“For it is a perennial puzzle why no woman wrote a word of that extraordinary...”
– VW again, on the importance of having an independent income to create meaningful art.
“You cannot, it seems, let children run about the streets. People who have seen...”
– Virginia Woolf, in “A Room of One’s Own”, laments the difficulties of managing a career in the absence of adequate childcare.
June 2012
0 posts
Brazilian prisoners make their great escape with... →
April 2012
4 posts
Last MoMa Recyclibrary this Saturday - bring your...
Friends! Book lovers! Reformed scrawlers of terrible, furtive poetry and anguished paper-bound soliloquies! After several attempts at the MoMa, where we have suffered debilitating heat, destructive winds, and demotivating chilliness, the weather looks suspiciously fine for our last MoMa Recyclibrary this Saturday. Come along and swap some books, maybe read some of your old diaries at...
March 2012
5 posts
Rain, hail, and hopefully shine, Recyclibrary this...
Writers! Readers! Extroverts!
Tomorrow’s Recyclibrary at MoMa will give you the chance to speak to the people, reading any piece of text you fancy - self-composed, begged, borrowed or stolen!
And of course, there will be the usual selection of fine books through which to browse.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
The Recyclibrarians
Recyclibrary at MoMa tomorrow! Saturday 17th March
It’s confirmed! Recyclibrary tomorrow at MoMa, headed by the very organized Ms. Dusty Provenance! Hope to see you all there! Best regards, The Recyclibrarians
Beware the ides of March! Be aware of the...
Art lovers! Love artists! Book artists!
After several glasses of home made lemonade, several gallons of iced tea, and a lot of frenzied fanning, the Recyclibrarians are ready, once again, to take on the hopefully slightly less sweltering challenge of the MoMa rooftop markets!
A selection of books and other printed material desirous of a new home will be on-site at MoMa on Saturday 24th...
February 2012
13 posts
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Taking it to the streets. And the nooks. And...
Here at the Recyclibrary, plans are afoot for the installation of mini-Recyclibraries at strategic locales, so you can access them to browse and donate 24-7.
Where would you like to see mini-Recyclibraries? Let us know here on the website, or email us - recyclibrarians@gmail.com.
In the meantime, we love this project in Brooklyn - check it!
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Step right up for a Recyclibrary this Saturday at...
Friends! Patrons! Mildly hungover lovers of the arts! Here at the Recyclibrary, we don’t know much about art, but we do know what we like. Right now, we are liking the fact that the next Recyclibrary will be popping up like a strangely literate fungus this Saturday 25th February at MoMa - the roof top market at the Museum of Old and New Art! Well-loved Recyclibrarian Paige Turner will be...
Thanks for a lovely Valentine's Day Recyclibrary -...
Friends! Patrons! Satiated lovers of all things pink and heart shaped!
Thank you so much for your love at our Valentine’s Recyclibrary - we had a gorgeous time, eating biscuits, drinking tea and helping rehome a broad selection of lovable, pre-loved books. We were also heartened by the number of donations we received on the day - our love goes out to all you generous souls who came...
“Without a single word,
We spoke of love.
United by passion,
We drank,...”
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Recyclibrarian Ms. Dusty Provenance, Valentine’s Recyclibrary, 2012.
Valentine's Recyclibrary from 11 til 2 in St....
Patrons! Book lovers! Lovers, active and dormant!
We are pleased to announce a special Valentine’s Day Recyclibrary will be
held today, from 11am til 2pm, in the romantic settings of St. Davids Park.
Do come and visit us, and browse of the shelves for something special for
that special someone - if you come along around lunch time, we may even
compose you a love poem!
Yours in...
Flowers wilt. Candlelight fades. Roaches are... →
This has very little to do with literature, but much to do with the indestructible nature of love.
The Bronx Zoo is giving you the opportunity to name one of their 58,000 Madagascan hissing cockroaches after the one you love. There’s even a choco-roach option for those sweet of tooth. Check it by clicking on the link above!
“My love is like a cabbage
That’s easy cut in two,
The leaves...”
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This may or may not be a traditional love poem from County Tyrone in Ireland. Wherever it’s from, we appreciate the anti-oxidant rich juxtaposition of romance and brassicas. 