Our Story
Paper Bird is a beautiful specialist children’s bookstore in Fremantle’s West End, bringing together all kinds of creatives and wonderful books, as well as exciting programs and events for kids.
Coming into being…
This dedicated kids story house has rapidly evolved around the specialist children’s bookshop with writers, story tellers & illustrators on hand, workshops, kids book clubs, book launches, and discussion panels make for a dynamic children’s cultural hub.
Opening our doors in 2016, Paper Bird has found a nest among friends at the historic Moores Building, alongside the Moores Contemporary Art Gallery and Moore & Moore Cafe, on Henry Street in Fremantle.
Close by to other independent bookshops, New Edition, The Map Shop and Bill Campbell’s Books, along with Notre Dame University, Paper Bird is helping create a literary precinct in the West End of Fremantle.
The specialist children’s bookshop stocks quality books, focusing on Australian writers and illustrators. Indigenous stories feature strongly at Paper Bird with local writers and illustrators from Magabala Books and Fremantle Press having dedicated shelves. And we have twice weekly story telling under the beautiful tree in the courtyard.
Our Vision
A space for kids to discover and create stories.
Having researched and participated in children’s cultural centres across the world, founding Director of Paper Bird, Jennifer Jackson, recognises the value of cities having dedicated arts & literature spaces for children. Bringing children into the inner city through providing dedicated spaces such as playgrounds, and arts centres delivers diversity, a change of pace, a softening of edges, spontaneity and laughter.
Kids arts are generally situated in safe corners of adult arts spaces, if they are given any floor space at all.
Here at Paper Bird we take children’s literature and arts seriously. We give professional writers, illustrators and other artists the opportunity of working directly with kids, as this generates an amazing creative energy and inspiration not only for the kids but for the artists.
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Our People
Meet the Paper Bird family
Paper Bird is a wonderful nest for many specialist booksellers, artists, authors, therapists, clinicians, and art teachers.
