These are all the places to donate your books in Australia’s capital city. With a variety of locations and donation options, we’ve made it easy to discover exactly where, when, and how to donate your books in Canberra.

Roundabout Canberra

Donation Type: Drop off
Location: Club Kalina, 2/167 Soward Way, Tuggeranong
Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
Type of Books Accepted: Children’s books, baby books, activity books
Website: Roundabout Canberra

How to Donate

Drop your books off at the above location Monday to Friday. Please note that Roundabout’s main location in Holt does not accept book donations.

Books being prepared for kids’ gift bags at Roundabout < Credit

Lifeline Canberra

Donation Type: Drop off, Pick up from you
Book Lovers Lane Location: Fyshwick Fresh Food Markets, 36 Mildura St, Fyshwick ACT 2609
Hours: Thursday-Sunday 9am-4pm
Mitchell Location: 40 Heffernan St, Mitchell ACT 2911
Hours: Thursday-Sunday 9am-4pm
Type of Books Accepted: Children’s books, fiction and nonfiction, encyclopedias pre-1940 or less than 20 years old
Type of Books Not Accepted: Comics, Reader’s Digest, most magazines, talking books
Website: Lifeline Canberra

How to Donate

Both locations accept drop offs of books.

For pick ups, you can call the Canberra office on (02) 6171 6300. If you have a substantial collection of books to donate, they will collect these from you free of charge. They just ask that you ensure no one box weighs more than 10kg.

Don’t forget to check out our useful guides on where to donate books in Sydney and Melbourne!

Street Library

Donation Type: Drop off in street library
Location: Find one of the tens across Canberra using their map search tool here.
Hours: 24/7
Type of Books Accepted: Paperbacks, smaller books
Website: Street Library

How to Donate

Simply find one of the many locations using their map. This is a great way to keep books in the community and make them accessible to literally anyone!