Canada’s biggest community of little free libraries has only grown stronger through COVID-19
Some of the book exchanges have pivoted to hand sanitizer and puzzles, but books are still circulating
Photos supplied by Teale Phelps Bondaroff. Illustration by Jimmy Thomson / Capital Daily
On the edges of Victoria’s streets sit tiny, whimsically painted boxes full of stories. Some are made from old end tables, telephone booths, or newspaper boxes. Others were built to resemble the house of their owners; a few are powered by solar panels.
One Fernwood box takes a simpler approach to drawing in readers, with big, cartoonish lettering on its doors imploring passersby to “Read!”
In total, Greater Victoria has 394 recorded little free libraries—a number that has skyrocketed by more than 100 since the start of the pandemic. While not all of these are members of the trademarked Little Free Library international organization, they all carry similar distinguishing traits, and of course, books.
“The rate of growth is bonkers,” said Teale Phelps Bondaroff, a board member of the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network who founded Victoria’s robust mapping system for little libraries.
Since 2017, he’s seen both new and established book boxes join the map at a rate of about 100 a year. But this year, the growth has been unprecedented. The 300th little library opened this May, and the total is fast approaching 400 by the day.
“I can say with confidence that Victoria has the highest density of documented little libraries in Canada, possibly further afield,” said Phelps Bondaroff.
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This map, a project of the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network, marks the locations of little library boxes around Greater Victoria. If you know of one that is not on this map, please let us know using the form on this page:
http://victoriaplacemaking.ca/projects/.
Find out more about little libraries and their impact on communities here:
http://victoriaplacemaking.ca/2015/placemaking/mapping-greater-victorias-little-library-boxes/
Key:
Blue = Confirmed LFL with photo.
Purple = Confirmed LFL, needs photo to be uploaded or taken.
Yellow = Unconfirmed LFL (i.e. it's somewhere on the labeled street, but we are not sure where).
Green = Little Seed or Plant Library.
Pink = Puzzle and Game Exchange.
Brown = Little Art Galleries and Art Supplies Boxes
Map expanded to include seed, plant, puzzle, and game LFLs, Spring 2022, and expanded to include Little Art Galleries and Art Supplies Boxes December 2024.
Additional LFL offerings are indicated using an emoji:
🧶 = Yarn and knitting supplies
🍞 = Little free pantry or fridge
🍽 = Household items
🐶= Sticks and dog treats
This map, a project of the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network, marks the locations of little library boxes around Greater Victoria. If you know of one that is not on this map, please let us know using the form on this page:
http://victoriaplacemaking.ca/projects/.
Find out more about little libraries and their impact on communities here:
http://victoriaplacemaking.ca/2015/placemaking/mapping-greater-victorias-little-library-boxes/
Key:
Blue = Confirmed LFL with photo.
Purple = Confirmed LFL, needs photo to be uploaded or taken.
Yellow = Unconfirmed LFL (i.e. it's somewhere on the labeled street, but we are not sure where).
Green = Little Seed or Plant Library.
Pink = Puzzle and Game Exchange.
Brown = Little Art Galleries and Art Supplies Boxes
Map expanded to include seed, plant, puzzle, and game LFLs, Spring 2022, and expanded to include Little Art Galleries and Art Supplies Boxes December 2024.
Additional LFL offerings are indicated using an emoji:
🧶 = Yarn and knitting supplies
🍞 = Little free pantry or fridge
🍽 = Household items
🐶= Sticks and dog treats
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Little Free Libraries
221B Baker St.
A Kinder Cup LFL
A La Mode LFL
A Novel Idea LFL
Admiral's LFL
Admirals Road LFL
Agate Little Free Library
AHVS LFL
Albert Ave. Book Nook
Alder Street Little Free Library
Aldersmith Pages
Allbay Books
Allendale Books
Alley Books
Alpine Crescent LFL
Alquimia Farmstand and Books
Amah's Library
Ambassador Ave
Amelia Little Library
Amherst LFL
Anchorage Books
Anne's Little Library
A Novel Idea
Aquarius Books
Arbutus Books
Arcand Library
Arlene Place LFL
Arnold LFL
Arthur Drive Library
Art n' Zine Library
Ascot Books
Asquith LFL - Lower
Asquith LFL - Upper
Astoria LFL and Free Shop 🍽🍞
Athlone Books
BaaBaa Books
B&W Books
Baba Yaga Books
Baily Cool Memorial Bookmobile
Balmacarra Books
Balmoral Books
Balmoral Reads
Barbara Books
Barkley Books
Barrett Drive
Basil Avenue Books
Baxter Book Borrow
Baynes Book Exchange on Baynes Road
Bay Street Little Library
Beach Books
Beach Books on Estavan
Beach House Little Library
Beachcombers Library on Oliver Street
Beaver Books
Beaver Lake Books
Beaver Lake Park LFL
Becher Books
Beckley Cottage Book Box
Beddis Book Exchange
Beechwood Ave
Beechwood Books
Beehive Books
Bella Street
Bella's Books on Redwood Ave
Belmont Books - Blue
Belmont Books
Belmont Reads
Belmont LFL and Gallery
Bel Nor Books
Berlin's Book Box
Betty's Book Boutique on Balsam Road
Bevliotèque
Bewdley Books
Bittancourt Neighbourhood LFL
Bird Books
Black Cat Books - Off Clawthrope Park
Black Cat Library
Black Cat Library
Blackwood Take a Book - Leave a Book
Blair Ave. Take a Book, Leave a Book
Blue Bird Book Box
Bluebird Books
Blue Book Box on Wilson
BlueKayak LFL
Boats on the Roof
Books at Spring and Denman
Book Bin at Cook and Fairfield
Book Exchange on Falkland Road
Book Hive
Book House on Hutchinson Ave
Book House on the Gorge
Book Smarts
Books in a Bush
Books on Bay
Books on Beach Drive
Books on Chapman St.
Books on Caleb Pike Rd.
Books on Calumet
Books on Dean
Books on Forbes
Books on Fraser
Books on Graham St. 🍽
Books on Mann
Books on Nicholson
Books on Selkirk
Book Stop on Metchosin Road
Books on Pembroke
Boulevard Books on Orillia Street
Bowerbank Book Nook
Bowker Books
Bowker Creek Books
Brentwood Blooms Library
Broadmead Books
Broadmead Farm LFL
Brooke Street
Browning St. LFL
Bryophyte Books
Bosun Books
Bucky's Library/Bibliothèque
Burgoyne Valley LFL
Burnett Books
Burnside Road at Granville Road
Bus Stop Books - Birch and W. Saanich
Bus Stop Books - Highway 17A and 17
Bus Stop Books - W. Saanich Rd.
Bus Stop Books - W. Saanich Rd. and Ardmore
Bus Stop Books - W. Saanich and Totem Lane
Byng Street
Byron Road Community Library
Cadboro Bay Beach Book Box
Cadboro Bay Books
Cadboro Bay LFL
Caleb Pike LFL
Cambridge Street
Camp Barnard Books
Campus Crescent Little Book House
Carnsew Take a Book - Leave a Book
Carrick Street Book Nook
Casa Linda Caixa de Livros
Casa Linda Reads
Casa Marcia Little Library
Cast Iron Farm LFL
Castleview Child Care Centre
Cathedral Books
Catherine St. LFL
CCRR LFL
Cecelia Cove LFL
Cedar Hill Free Little Gallery and Library
Cedar Hill LFL
Cedar Hill Rec Centre Little Free Poetry Library
Cedar Hill Take a Book Leave a Book
Cedar Ridge Books
Cedarcrest Little Free Library
Central Saanich Estates LFL
Central Saanich United Church Little Book Exchange
Chamberlain Books
Charles Place LFL
Charmar Free Library
Cheltenham Street LFL
Cheri’s Little Free Library in Sooke
Child Care Resource and Referral LFL
Children's Books on Drake
Children's Free Library on Pearl St.
Chill Books
Chown Books
Christmas Hill Estates LFL
Chuck's Book Nook
Church Hill Books
Churchmouse Books
Church of the Advent LFL
Centennial United Church LFL
Chapman Book Box
Chateau Rainbow Unicorn Variety Box
Chester LFL
Chicken Coop Books on Denman St.
Clare Street
Claremont Ave LFL
Claremont Books
Claremont FLL
Clarence St. Library
Claude Rd. LFL
Clive Drive
Clovelly Terrace LFL
Cloverdale Traditional LFL
Cloverhurst LFL
Clover Point Books
Cold Shoulder Cafe LFL
Colin Place Little Free Library
Collinson Books
Collinson Street Book Exchange
Colquitz Little Free Library
Columbia Drive Book Box
Colville Road
Colwood Creek Park Libraries 🍽
Colwood Crescent LFL
Community Blessing Box
Community Book Exchange on Hillside Ave
Community of Christ Little Free Library - Burnside and Jutland
Connie Rd. Reads
Community Pantry and Exchange Box on Hillside Ave. 🍞🍽
Connie's Cookie Jar - LFL
Connorton Books
Constance Comment
Cornerstone LFL
Cornwall LFL
Cotlow Road
Country Gardens LFL
Country Road Reads
Cowichan Reads
Cowichan St. LFL
Craigflower Rd. LFL
Craigflower School LFL
Crestview Corner LFL
Crossroads LFL
Crystalview Books
Culduthel Books
Cumberland Road at Palmer Road
Cumberland Road LFL
Currie Road
Daisy's Book Den
Dalhousie Book Exchange
Dallas Rd. Community Book Exchange
Damelart Books
Danish Mustard Reads
Darwin Ave
Davie Street
Dean Park LFL
Dean Park Road
DeCosta Nada Little Library
Deep Cove Books
Deep Cove Books 4 Kids!
Deep Cove Neighbourhood Book Exchange
Deja Vu Library
Delmonte Reads
Denman Book House
Derby Commons Library
Desmond and Park LFL
Desmond Drive LFL
Despard LFL
Devonshire Reads
Dino Books
Dive Inn
Dockeside Books
Dog Library of Saxe Point 🐶
Donald St. LFL and Puzzle Library
Doric LFL
Dornier Books
Dougall Ave. Neighbourhood Book Exchange
Dowler LFL
Dragon Alley
Dragon's Lair
Dragon's Lair Books
Driftwood LFL on Estevan
Duck Bay Books
Duke Street Books
Dunlevy Books
Dumsmuir Book House
Dunsmuir Little Library
Dunsmuir Road Little Library and Pantry 🍞
Dunsmuir Tree LFL
Duke Road - Bring - A Book - Take
Durban Library
Dysart Road
Eagle Ridge Reads
Eagle View LFL
Earl Gray Xchg
Earlston Books
Easter Rd. Book Elevator
East of the Sun, West of the Moon LFL
East Sooke Ang's Book Nook
East Point Books
Eberts St. Little Library
Edgemont Reads
Edith Point Little Library
Edward St. LFL
Elaine Way LFL
Elk Road
Ella's Little Library
Emergency Book Box
Emerson Mini Free Art Gallery and LFL
Emma's Free Book Library
Empress and Chambers LFL
Emily's Little Library
Enchanted Forest LFL
Ernhill Little Library
Esquimalt Branch LFL
Esquimalt Bread Box 🍞
Esquimalt Kids Books LFL
Esquimalt Neighbourhood House LFL
Esquimalt Rec Centre Book Exchange
Esquimalt Rec Senior's Centre
Esquimalt Road Reads
Esquimalt United Church on Admiral's Road
Farhill Book Exchange
Fairburn Dr. LFL
Fairfield Community Centre
Fairfield Purple Book Box
Fairfield Rd. Yarn Barn 🧶
Fair St. Books
Falaise Lending Library
Fall Some Book Exchange
Fantasy Library
Felix Jack Books
Feltham Book Cabin
Fern Street Park LFL
Fernwood and Gladstone LFL
Fernwood Community Centre
Fernwood Community Pantry
Fernwood Rd. Books
Fernwood Re-Public Library
Fernwood Square LFL
Fernwood Yarn Library 🧶
Festival of Trees LFL
First St. LFL
Fifth St. Poetry Hut
Fleetwood LFL
Florence Street Book Exchange
Flowers & Friends
Flower's and Such LFL
Forbes St. LFL
Forbes St. Books
Forest View LFL
Forward Books
Foul Bay Books
Foul Bay Road
Foul Bay Road at Leighton Road
Fourth St. LFL
Fox in Socks Book Box
Francis Rd. LFL
Free Library on Duchess
Fulford Harbour Terminal LFL
Fulford Seniors Free Books
Fulton Rd. LFL with a View
Gabriola Lil' Library
Galaxy Library
Galiano Island Little Library
Gallifrey LFL
Ganner Reads
Garden Street
Garden View LFL
Garnet Place Object Box
Gear Into Reading
Gladstone LFL
Glanford Share Shack
Glasgow St. Free Library
Glenairlie Dr LFL
Glendenning Farm Library
Glen Lake LFL
Glenlyon Norfolk LFL
Glentana Community Library
George Jay Book Box
Goldie Ave
Gonzales Ave
Gorge Park Community Garden
Gorgeous Books
Gorge Rd. Take a Book - Leave a Book
Gordon Point LFL
Gosper Crescent Library
Government Street
Goyette Trading Library, Goyette Road
Grafton St. LFL
Graham St. Book Box
Grange Road
Grant Rd. Reads
Grant St. LFL
Great Scott LFL
Greenlea Books
Greenridge LFL
Greentree LFL
Greenway Co-op LFL
Grenville Ave. LFL
Grey Dragon Library
Guernsey Little Lending Library
Hagan Rd. LFL
Hallsor Books
Hallway Books
Hamiota Reads
Hampshire Book Cabin
Hampshire Book Box
Hampshire Rd. LFL
Hampshire Terrace Library
Hampshire House LFL
Happy Rock LFL
Harris Green Reads
Happy Valley Neighbourhood Library
Harrison Ave. LFL
Harrop Reads
Harvest A Book
Haslam and Glenn Lake LFL
Hastily Constructed Books
Haultain LFL
Hawthorne Tales
Hazelwood LFL
Heading West
Heart Pharmacy LFL
Hearts on Highfield
Heaslip Books
Hedgerow Books
Hedwig's Little Library
Hen & Hound Books
Henderson Book Nook
Hen House
Henry Ave. Books
Henry LFL
Herald Food Pantry 🍞
Hereward Library
Hidden Valley LFL
Highlands Community Garden LFL
Highland Road Lil' Library
Hillside and Cook Books
Hillview Library
Holly's Corner
Honeysuckle Studio
Hope LFL
Hopkins Book Nook
Hopwood LFL
Horel Reads
Houlihan Court LFL
Hovey Road Book Nook
Hovey Road Little Free Library
I'm Listening LFL
Inspired by Words LFL
Isabella Books
Isabelle Point LFL
J & D Book Barn
J & S's Little Library
Jadel Books
Jahn Place Book Exchange
James Bay Boat Ramp Books
James Heights LFL
Jill's Book Exchange
Jill's Little Free Library
Joanna's Book Exchange
Joffre Books and Seeds
Joffre St. LFL
Jubilee Park LFL
Judge Place Books
Juno St. Lending Box
Kathryn's Library Box
Keira and Amelia Memorial LFL
Kelly Dawn Book Hut
Kemp Lake Rd. LFL
Kids and Cats LFL
Kids Free Little Library
Kindersley Road
Kingham LFL
Kingham Place LFL
Kings & Dean Books
Kingsmill Books
Kings Road
Kingsley Book House
Kingsley LFL
Kingswood Books
Kipling Street
Kit's Little Library
Knockan Place LFL
Kootenay Place LFL
Ladysmith Street at St Lawrence Street
Lake End LFL
Lakehurst Dr. LFL
Lakeside Little Library
Lambie Library
Lambrick Park Trail LFL
Lampson Street LFL (upper)
Lands End Bus Stop Books
Laneway Books near Stoba
Langford Free Book Exchange
Langford St. LFL
Langham Court LFL
Langley Rd. Reads
Langs Rd. LFL
Lannon Creek Free Library & Lennon Creek Free Movie Exchange 🎬
Larkdowne Free Library
Lark St. LFL
Lavender Avenue
Layritz LFL
LDM Memorial Library
Leeds Place Book Exchange
Leonard's Book Exchange
Leonard St. Book Exchange
Lewis Park LFL
Lexington Books
Lexington LFL
LFL on Jenner
Library Chest - Salt Spring
Library on Sarah
Library Lane LFL
Lie Beary
Lil' Lake Library
Lily Ave. LFL
Linden Free Library
Linden Lending Library
Linnet Lane
Little Acorn LFL 🧶🍞
Little Blue Library
Little Brookhaven Library
Little Broom Hill LFL
Little Butter's Library
Little Debbie's Free Library
Little Dragon LFL
Little Duchess Library
Little Eldon LFL
Little Free Children's Library
Little Free Children's Library on Clarke
Little Free Food Pantry
Little Free Library
Little Free Library, Est. 2020
Little Free Library on Linklease
Little Free Pantry on Leigh
Little Happy Duck LFL
Little House Books on Rockland
Little House of Books
Little Library on Ayton
Little House on Graham
Little Library on Cornwall
Little Lincoln Library
Little Loretta Library
Little Maple Library
Little Mountain Book Barn
Little Owl LFL
Little Pink Book House
Little Pink Library on Stamboul
Lizard Library
Local Pup Snack Shop 🐶
Lochside Book House
Lochside Trail
Lockehaven Books
Lockley Free Library
Logan Library
Lone Oak Library
Long Harbour Terminal LFL
Longview Books
Longview LFL
Lookout's LFL
Lorne Kelsey Memorial Library
Lorra's Little Free Library
Ludlow Road Free Library
Lucas Ave. LFL
Luna and Soleil's Library
Luranah's Library
Lurline Books
Lynnfield LFL
Macaulay St LFL
MacDonald Dr. LFL
MacKinnon Books
Maddock Ave E
Maddison Reads
Madrona Book and Toy Box
Madrona Free Box 🍽
Madrona LFL
Magic Dragon Book Stop
Mainwaring Books and Things
Malaview Book Exchange
Malaview Free Library
Maliview Books
Malton Books
Mama's Book Exchange
Mamich LFL
Manchester Rd. Blvd. Park Books
Mann Ave. LFL
Maplewood Green LFL
Marie Meadows LFL
Margot Place Yarn Barn 🧶
Margate LFL
Marigold Books
Marifield Ave
Marler Park Books
Marley and Me LFL
Mars St. LFL
Mary Baker Eddy LFL
Maryland Reads 🐶
Mason St. LFL
Maynard and Cadboro Bay Road
Maynard Park LFL
Maywood LFL
McLaren LFL
McTavish LFL
Meadow Dr LFL
Meadow Farm Stand
Meadow Library
Meadow Park Books
Menzies St. LFL
Merry Reads
Metchosin Schoolhouse Museum LFL
Michele's Little Library
Miller Lending Library🪁
Mills Rd. LFL
Mini Myrtle Book Nook
Mister Calvin
Monarch Community Library
Montague Rd. LFL
Monkey Puzzle Books
Moodyville Book Exchange on Stellys Cross Road
Moon Library
Moorpark and Lodi LFL
Mosher Books
Moss Rock's Little Library
Mossy Books
Moss Point Books
Moss St. Books
Most Majestic LFL
Mount Stephen LFL
Mount Tolmie Neighbourhood Library
Mountjoy LFL
Moxon Terrace Lil' Library
My Library on Central Saanich Rd.
Munro Street
Musgrave LFL
Mutti Bird on Chambers Street
Nancy's Little Library
Neighbourhood Book Box on Austin Ave
Neighbourhood Book Nook and Kids Stop 🍽
Neptune's LFL
NerdYurt Library
Newton Place Novels
Niagara Grocery Book and Fibre Library 🧶
Niagara St. Book House
Nicholson Free Little Library
Nik-Nak-Nook
Nook's Cranny
Norris Road Little Library
Northlawn LFL
North Park Book Shelf
North Ridge LFL
Oak Bay Ave LFL
Oakcrest Library
Oakdowne Books
Oak Grove Library
Oaklands Community Centre LFL
Oaklands Rise LFL
Oakmount Books
Oakmount Road
Oakridge Exchange 🍽
Obed Ave at Qu'Appelle Street
Ocean Blvd Little Free Pantry 🍞
Ocean Dreams LFL
Oceanspray Books
OceanView LFL - St. Catherine St.
Old Esquimalt Neighbourhood Book Box
Old Scott LFL
Old West Saanich Road Books
Olive Street Library
Once Upon A Library
On The Edgelow LFL
Orca LFL
Orchard Little Library
Orillia St. Pollinator Box
Ormond Reads
Otter Point LFL
Otter Point Rd. Books
Our Little Free Library
Over Booked LFL
Paddon Ave. Books
Paddon Book Box
Pages and Petals
Page Turners on S. Turner
Panorama Recreation Centre
Park Book Exchange - Central Saanich Rd.
Parker Ave. LFL
Parker Island LFL
Parkside Books on Tillicum
Park Ridge Books
Park Terrace Books
Patagonia Victoria's LFL
Peak-A-Book
Pearce Crescent LFL
Pearl St. LFL
Pearls of Wisdom LFL
Paul's Terrace LFL
Pembooks
Pembroke Street Book Exchange
Pembroke Street Little Library
Penshurst Books
Pequod LFL
Petite Bibliothèque Gratuite Français
Persimmon Library
Pet's Book Cabinet
Phoenix Books
Phoenix Library
Pickford Books
Pine St. LFL
Pink Geranium LFL
Pioneer Housing Co-Op LFL
Pioneer Park Children's and Youth LFL
Play On LFL
Pocket Books
Poet District Book Nook
Poetree
Porlier Pass Books
Prima Strada LFL on Cook
Prima Strada LFL on Fort
Princess Books
Princess Avenue LFL
Prior Street LFL
Promenade Books
Promontory LFL
Prospect Lake Community LFL
Proudfoot Place
Public Library Camosun Street Branch
Purple Book Box on Grenville
Put A Bird On It
Quebec Dr LFL
Queen Anne Heights LFL
Queens Ave. Book Box
Queensbury Little Library
Quimper St LFL
Quincy's Library
Rainbow Orca Books
Rainbow Roads Reads
Rambler Reads
Ramsay Reads
Ravens Crossing Cohousing Books
Raven Roost LFL
Raven Sisters LFL
Raynor Ave. LFL
Read It Again
Reads and Seeds
Reads on Reed
Redfern Park Reads
Renart Reads
Reno Dog Box 🐶
Reynolds Rd. LFL
Rhubarbs Book House
Richardson Street Little Free Library
Richardson Reads
Richmond Ave
Ridge Pond Little Library
Ridgeway Community Library
Ridgewood Reads
Rithet St. LFL
Rithetwood Books
Rivers Crossing
Riverstone Book Nook
Robert St. LFL
Roberlack Reads
Robin's Branch Library
Robinson Rd. Books Etc.
Robin Way LFL
Rockheights Ave
Rockland Reads
Rockwell Reads
Rocky Point LFL
Rocky Point Rd LFL
Rogers Ave
Rolston Trail Reads
Romney Road
Rosario Reads
Rose Garden Children's Book Exchange
Roseberry Ave and Kings Road
Roslyn Reads on Roslyn Road
Rothesay Reads
Roundabout Reads
Rowan Street Reads
Royal Bay Books & Puzzles & Games
Royal Links LFL
Royal Oak Avenue - Community Book Case
Royal Oak Reads
Roy Reads
Roy Road Reads
Ruby's Cute Little Library
Ruby's Little Free Pantry 🍞
Runnymede Reads
Rupert Terrace LFL
Russell St. Books
Russell St. Reads
Russell in the Bush Reads
Rutledge Park Lending Library
Ryan Street Reads
Ryder Reads
Saanich Commonwealth Place LFL
Saanich Heritage Artifacts Society Book Box
S & C Little Free Library
Sabrina's Book Nook on Regina Ave
Salton Book Box
Salt Spring Rustics Reads
Salt Spring Vineyards LFL
Sandgate Library
San Lorenzo Books
Santa Fe Books
Saunders LFL
Schooner's Books
Scott St. LFL
School House Reads on Epsom
Scott St Books
Sea Ridge LFL
Sea View Books
Seawalk Co-op LFL
Secret Quiver Library
Sedum Read'um
Seedlings Forest Education LFL
Selkirk LFL
Setting Sun LFL on Glenelg
Shady Corner Books
Shakespear Books
Sharky & George's LFL
Sharp Rd. LFL
Shelagh Rogers Lending Library
Shelagh Rogers Lending Library II
Shelage Rogers Lending Library III
Sheryl's Little Library
Shine Craft LFL
Shirley Delicious - Little Free Book Lighthouse
Shirley's Book Nook
Shore Way Books
Sidney Guide & Scout Hall Little Free Library
Sigmar Book Exchange
Silverstone Way LFL
Simcoe LFL
Sinclair LFL
Six Mile Pub LFL
Skedans Take A Book - Leave A Book
Slater St. LFL
Sloan Reads
Slow the Folk Down and Read
Sluggett Books
Smokey LFL
Snoopy LFL
Snowdrop Ave
Snowy's Books
So Long Mary Anne Books
Somerset LFL
Songhee's Wellness Centre LFL
Sooke Children's LFL
Sooke Reads LFL - Seaparc Leisure Complex - Adult Books
Sooke Reads LFL - Seaparc Leisure Complex - Children's Books
Songhees Retirement Park LFL
Southpoint-Island Life LFL
Spring Bay Book Beacon
Spirit Garden Library
Southpark School LFL
Stand Out of the Way
Stark's LFL
Starry Night Books
St. Andrews Street LFL
St. Barnabas Book Box
St. Charles St. LFL
St. Christopher’s Montessori LFL
Stelly St. Reads
St. Lawrence St. LFL
St. Matthias LFL
Stoba Books
St Patrick Street
Stitch Up Reads
Stockton LFL
Stonington Place LFL
Stormont Books
Styles St. Libretto
Sunkist LFLs
Superior Books
Surf the Free Library
Sutherland Books
Swartz Bay LFL
Tall Tree Books
Tatlow Free Library
Tat Tvam Asi LFL
Telle's Tales
Terrace Books
Texada Terrace LFL
That Little Blue Library
The Art of Reading
The Bird Box
The Birdhouse Library
The Bookaneer
The Book Box at Mt View Park
The Book Case - on Eaton Ave.
The Book House on Northcott Ave
The Book Nook
The Book Shack & More
The Clawthrope Lending Library
The Charming Dandelion LFL
The Doctor's Little Library
The Garlock Library
The Hamster House Kids LFL
The Hawthorne LFL
The Heights of Reading LFL
Theh Le Lum LFL
The Kid's Book Nook🪁
The Kingsberry LFL
The Lake Library
The Lane Library
The Library of 1812
The Lighthouse Library
The Little Blue Library
The Little Italian Library
The Little Monterey Trading Library
The Little Pantry
The Little QBIPOC Library
The Little Unlearning LFL YYJ
The Little Yellow House LFL
The Little Yellow Book Box
The Maison d'Être Little Library
The Mayer Zoo LFL
The Most Majestic LFL
The Oakridge Oracle
The Owl Perch LFL
The Piper's Books
The Poetree
The Red Book Box and Friends
The Sentinel Box
The Stand on Tern
The Street Library on Sutlej
The Toadstool
The Tree of Knowledge
The Village Exchange
The Yarn Shed 🧶
Thought Spot
Threshold Housing Society LFL
Thurlow Rd. LFL
Thurlow Reads
Tiedemann Place
Tillicum Book Exchange
Tiny Tree House Library
Tony's Book Nook
Top of the Hill LFL
Topaz Free Library
Toronto and Government LFL
Toronto St. Book House
Torquay Dr. LFL
Torquay School LFL
Tory Place Book Exchange
Totoro's Little Library
Townley St. Little Library
Township Coffee LFL
Transit Road Books
Transit Road LFL
Treehouse Little Free Library
Tree of Life Library🪁
Trentelmann Books
Trestle Place Reads
Tribe Rentals LFL
Troll Library
Tsaykum Rd. Little Lending Library
T's Lil Library
Tucker's Little Book Exchange
Tudor Ave
Tyndall Books
Twin View LFL
Uplands Book House
UVic Campus Community Garden
Vallis Books
Vancouver St. Books
Vesuvius Beach Books
Veterans Memorial Little Library
Vic West Books on McCaskill Street
Vic West Community Centre
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Little Tree Library
Miller Lending Library
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Shelagh Rogers Lending Library
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Piratical Puzzle Library
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St. Patrick St. Puzzle Exchange
The Book Shack & More
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‘Coral reefs for community’
Although some little libraries temporarily shut their doors at the start of the pandemic, many have now expanded to play host not just to books, but canned goods, puzzles, hand sanitizer, and other goods to meet community needs. Several have become dedicated “giving boxes,” or little free pantries, full of free toiletries, food, and other goods donated by the community.
For longtime Victorians like John Threlfall, it took the pandemic—and widespread closure of public libraries—to finally take the leap and build his own little free library. For Threlfall, this became an appealing alternative to fill his need for access to free books. He hasn’t looked back since.
“I got totally hooked,” he said. “I’ve been using them for a few years around the city, but I never thought about putting one in until COVID-19 hit.”
Some little free libraries, left unattended, can grow crowded with unsolicited religious literature, outdated textbooks and damaged books. But Threlfall became a self-appointed amateur librarian, obsessively curating and documenting each book that landed in his book box. He keeps a backup shelf in his garage to ensure the collection remains diverse and alluring. Threlfall built a second little library soon after, and is now working on a third.
More Victorians have taken to the streets since the start of the pandemic, Threlfall said—including himself. He estimates he’s visited over 150 little libraries on walks through the neighborhood.
“Little libraries are coral reefs for the community; you meet the most amazing people there,” said Phelps Bondaroff.
In his weekly bike trips around the city to restock little libraries, Phelps Bondaroff said he regularly engages with strangers in conversations that he has come to value for their often unexpected depth. These book boxes are a meeting point for anyone who seeks a good book—regardless of age or housing situation.
“Even though we’re not gathering, there’s interactions between neighbors that I wouldn’t have had otherwise if we didn’t have a little library,” said Michelle Mulder, a longtime little library owner. “That’s been really cool.”
A standout from such interactions this year for Mulder came when she greeted a woman at her little free library who was taking measurements and photographs of the structure.
More than a book exchange
The woman was Dulma Karunarathna, a senior lecturer in archaeology from Sri Lanka working as a visiting research fellow for the University of Victoria’s Centre for Studies in Religion and Society. In the short time since her family moved to Victoria, Karunarathna fell in love with the city’s expansive network of little libraries.
She discovered her first book box by chance on a walk with her family in February.
“I thought it was a small birdhouse,” Karunarathna said. “By the time I reached it, I couldn’t believe my eyes.”
Accessibility to free books in neighborhoods across the city hit home for her, she said, as she considered the opportunities a little library could bring to those in her home town of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. Since, Karunarathna has made it her mission once a week to walk to, thoroughly examine, and document as many little free libraries as she can to share with an online Sri Lankan community.
“I have now walked more than 655 kilometres in Victoria,” she said, now with 217 little libraries under her belt. “I know most of the streets and neighbourhoods.”
Karunarathna used her findings to coordinate the construction of three little free libraries in Sri Lanka, which she says have been received with overwhelming support by the local community.
The first of the Sri Lankan little free libraries was opened in September, when many schools in the area were closed due to COVID-19 and access to books was scarce. Children lined up to bring books to the little library the first day it opened, and enjoyed their new reads in nearby chairs brought by Karunarathna’s students in a makeshift, open-air school.
Karunarathna received messages of gratitude from local mothers, overjoyed to see their children reading instead of watching television that day.
Children gather around the little library Karunarathna helped build in her community in Talawa, Sri Lanka. Photo: Submitted
“My dream came true,” she said. “I thank all the Victorian little library builders [for that].”
On December 7, she opened up her first Victorian little free library outside of her apartment, with the help of her two children.
The community of little free “librarians” and readers is undeniably strong in Victoria. After six months, Phelps Bondaroff often notices the community begins to maintain the book box organically. But for many of the librarians, it’s a hands-on hobby: both Threlfall and Phelps Bondaroff curate their collections and library decor for holidays.
Mulder, a children’s author, credits Victorian’s love of books and the city’s walkability to the success of little free libraries.
“I find it fascinating what each neighborhood offers up,” she said. “They wind up having personalities of their own, whether they mean to or not.”
As more Victorians than ever build and submit their book boxes to the map during the pandemic, Phelps Bondaroff sees the connections made through the little libraries as one of their most crucial community services.
“That’s the magic of little libraries, I think,” he said. “It’s more than just a book exchange.”
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