Indigenous Literacy Day is an annual celebration featuring Indigenous languages, stories, peoples and culture.
What does the Indigenous literacy gap mean?
Only 36% of Indigenous Year 5 students in very remote areas are at or above national minimum reading standards, compared to 96% for non-Indigenous students in major cities, according to the 2019 National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN).
The situation is improving but there is still a long way to go and the challenges are immense.
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Would you like to help close the literacy gap?
Click here to find out how you can help the foundation to continue its vital work in remote indigenous communities, by donating, fundraising, partnering, volunteering or becoming involved in the Great Book Swap.
The ILF was founded by Suzy Wilson, a former teacher and education consultant who owns Riverbend Books. ILF is a not-for-profit charity which respects the unique place of Australia's first people and draws on the expertise of the Australian book industry.
The ILF is supported by the Australian Publishers Association, the Australian Booksellers Association, the Australian Society of Authors, and the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Its team of ambassadors, volunteers and staff receive no government support to run their core programs, which give away tens of thousands of new books annually, run literacy projects and organise major advocacy and fundraising events, including Indigenous Literacy Day.