On Wednesday September 3, 2008 all Australians are invited to participate in the second Indigenous Literacy Day. ILD aims to help raise urgently needed funds to address the literacy crisis in remote Indigenous communities. 

• Indigenous Literacy Day events will be held across Australia.
• Participating publishers will donate 5% or more of their takings from titles invoiced on September 3, 2008.
• Participating booksellerswill donate 5% or more of their takings from September 3, 2008. 
• Bookshops and schools will initiate different awareness raising events in their local communities to support Indigenous Literacy Day.
• Businesses are invited to pause at work and read to support Indigenous literacy and make a gold coin donation.  
• Individuals can help by attending activities in their local area; buying a book at a participating bookshop on September 3, 2008 or organising their own private fundraising literary lunches and morning teas. 

The inaugural ILD was celebrated around Australia in September 2007.  For details click here.

• For the Book Industry
• For Schools
• For Invividuals
• For Busineses