Multicultural books at your library

female reading a book in portuguese

Library members can borrow a bulk loan of books in a wide range of community languages, completely free of charge.

Choose from sets of 10, 20 or 30 items for a loan period of three or six months.

To request a loan chat to your local librarian.

Languages available include:
Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hungarian, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Nepalese, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese.

Each language collection includes:

  • Adult fiction and non-fiction across a variety of genres and topics

  • Children’s books such as:

    • Board books

    • Picture books

    • Chapter books

    • Non-fiction titles

    • Bilingual books (in selected languages)

Can’t find your language?
Get in touch, we’re happy to help you request a bulk loan in a language that suits your needs.