Every week we choose, pack and deliver the books that fill school libraries — boxes Australia-wide, tubs across Victoria. Between us there are careers spent in classrooms, school offices and libraries — choosing books children will love is second nature to us.
Vipa Books has supplied school libraries since 1989, and for many years was part of the Austhos not-for-profit group of businesses, whose surpluses supported Australian public hospitals. Today the giving happens in the daily work itself.
Supporting Vipa Books supports a community built over a long history — the workers, supporters and volunteers on the team, the local businesses and neighbours near our Montmorency office, the schools we visit, and all the people we've connected with along the way. Your orders are why it continues.
Ways to build your library
Pick what suits you
Eight deliveries of brand-new releases across the year. One purchase order, one invoice. Australia-wide.
Every week we choose, pack and deliver the books that fill school libraries — boxes Australia-wide, tubs across Victoria. Between us there are careers spent in classrooms, school offices and libraries — choosing books children will love is second nature to us.
Vipa Books has supplied school libraries since 1989, and for many years was part of the Austhos not-for-profit group of businesses, whose surpluses supported Australian public hospitals. Today the giving happens in the daily work itself.
Supporting Vipa Books supports a community built over a long history — the workers, supporters and volunteers on the team, the local businesses and neighbours near our Montmorency office, the schools we visit, and all the people we've connected with along the way. Your orders are why it continues.
Teamwork. Vipa included.
Always within reach with Vipa.
The impact so far
35+
years supplying school libraries across Australia
100,000+
books in young hands since 1989 — that's enough for every seat at the MCG
100%
packed by hand, with care, in Montmorency
"Great service — I can't wait to read them."
— Librarian, St Francis Xavier, Montmorency
Who we are
The people behind the books.
A small team — including retired educators — who spent their lives around books, schools and children, and weren't ready to stop.
Janine Aitken
Operations & Customer Service
Eilish Tobias
Operations Lead
Leigh Aitken
Admin & Inventory
Lyn Campbell
Business Officer
Keith Campbell
Logistics
Dana Benov
Logistics Support
Campbell Aitken
VP of Clicks (IT and Tech support)
Lorraine Campbell
Sales & Marketing
Shelley Prior
Customer Support
Maris Syme
People & Culture
Wendy Gray
Director of Charitable Partnerships
Todd Aitken
Keeping It All Running
Beverley & Leroy
Building Security
Want to join the team? We'd love to have you.Get in touch →
Our social enterpriseEvery order does good twice — books for kids, and meaningful work for our team.Read how, and partner with us →
One order. Two kinds of good.
We're a social enterprise. The purpose is built into the daily work, so whatever you spend goes two places at once:
Books for kids
Hand-picked by real educators, since 1989.
Meaningful work
For the team who choose, pack and deliver them.
Whoever you are — a school, a family, or a business backing a classroom — the good is built in.
The dream — and how your order gets us there.
61%of the businesses and governments already buying from social enterprises are choosing to do even more of it — a movement that grows every year.
We've operated as a social enterprise since 2024, and we're working toward official certification with Social Traders. Our aim: once certified, businesses and councils will be able to meet their social-enterprise spend targets by sponsoring school library stock through Vipa. We're not there yet — but every order gets us closer.
For businesses & councils
Sponsor a school's Box: $1,200 covers a year of brand-new releases for one school library — local to you, if you'd like — with your name inside the cover of every book.
Celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. A hand-picked shelf of First Nations stories by First Nations creators — ready for your library and classroom.
No lock-in, ever. Once you're signed up you can book a tub whenever you like, ask us to collect whenever you're ready, and pause or cancel anytime — whatever suits your school.
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We’ve got your request — we’ll be in touch soon about your tub.
Join the team
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Get in touch
Tell us what you’re after and we’ll be in touch.
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Build a budget pack
Tell us your budget — we’ll curate a pack to match.
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We’ll build a pack to your budget and be in touch.
Request a title
Tell us what you’re after — if it’s in print, we’ll track it down.
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We’ll track these down and be in touch.
Subscription packs
Curated book packages, hand-picked by educators and delivered through the year.
For each level, choose ALL packages (the full set, best value) or pick individual ones. Invoiced on terms, due at the start of the school year.
Our social enterprise Every order does good twice — books for kids, and meaningful work for our team. Read how, and partner with us →
One order. Two kinds of good.
We're a social enterprise. The purpose is built into the daily work, so whatever you spend goes two places at once:
Books for kids
Hand-picked by real educators, since 1989.
Meaningful work
For the team who choose, pack and deliver them.
Whoever you are — a school, a family, or a business backing a classroom — the good is built in.
The dream — and how your order gets us there.
We've operated as a social enterprise since 2024, and we're working toward official certification with Social Traders. Our aim: once certified, businesses and councils will be able to meet their social-enterprise spend targets by sponsoring school library stock through Vipa. We're not there yet — but every order gets us closer.
For businesses & councils
Sponsor a school's Box: $1,200 covers a year of brand-new releases for one school library — local to you, if you'd like — with your name inside the cover of every book.
See how sponsorship works →
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Tell us what you'd like to do and we'll come back with a way to begin. No pressure, no jargon.