Supporting mental health through bibliotherapy

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Our mission at Brothers and Books

Support
positive
mental health

Use
bibliotherapy
to save lives

Create
resilient workforces

Inspire a community of readers

Our story

Brothers and Books was founded in 2020, during the COVID-19 crisis that saw millions of people around the world experience isolation, poor mental health, and helplessness.

Through reading we can harness the power of bibliotherapy and keep our minds active during our hardest times. Our charity consists of people who have had this experience firsthand. The benefits of reading are unmatched and we have decided to do something about the stigmatisation of reading in this country.

We began speaking about the importance of reading to schools and organisations and created a platform that allows others to share their stories of adversity, success, and the books that helped shape their lives. The platform quickly gained traction and media attention due to the combined love of reading from so many supporters.

From there, the Brothers and Books team began donating books to local communities, which quickly turned into setting up community libraries to spread life-changing books to as many people as possible.

Since then, Brothers and Books has set up community libraries all over Australia, and inspired people around the world to read more books when they are facing hardship. The charity is collectively growing the resilience, education, and emotional intelligence of thousands of people.