Multicultural

Inner West Library provides various multicultural resources to customers of all ages who speak languages other than English, including books, DVDs, CDs, magazines, newspapers and eLibrary collections.

Borrow in your language

We offer collections in the following 9 languages:

Language Collection Locations(s)
Arabic – عربي Magazines Marrickville
Chinese – 中文 Books, CDs, DVDs, Magazines and Newspapers Ashfield and Marrickville
Greek – Eλληνικά Books, CDs, DVDs, Magazines and Newspapers Marrickville
Italian – Italiano Books, CDs, DVDs, Magazines and Newspapers Haberfield and Leichhardt
Portuguese – Português Books, CDs and DVDs Marrickville
Spanish – Español
Books, CDs, DVDs, Magazines and Newspapers Ashfield and Marrickville
Vietnamese – Tiếng Việt Books, CDs, DVDs, Magazines and Newspapers Marrickville

The library offers bilingual books to assist in teaching English and other languages.

eLibrary

Indyreads – fiction and non-fiction eBooks and eAudiobooks in Chinese, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Vietnamese.

Libby - eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines in many languages.

LOTE Online for Kids allows children to enjoy the magic of books in 45 languages. Each book has an English translation to help develop multilingual reading and listening skills.

Gale OneFile News - access to more than 2300 major world newspapers.

Learn English

We provide a vast collection of items to assist with English Learning, including:

  • IELTS
  • Occupational English Test Books
  • Graded readers
  • Grammar, spelling and writing books

eLibrary

AMES - Learn to use English in real life contexts.

Clear Pronunciation 1 - Recognize and pronounce the 43 sounds of English through audio, video and interactive activities.

Clear Pronunciation 2 - Learn consonant clusters, word stress, sentence stress, connected speech and intonation.

Road to IELTS - A comprehensive online preparation course, with over 120 hours of intensive work on vocabulary, reading, writing, listening and speaking included.

Transparent Language Online - Teaches listening, reading, speaking and writing skills for non-English speakers in beginner, intermediate and advance levels.

For more information about how the Inner West Council is supporting the multicultural community, click here.

Multicultural newspapers

We provide newspapers in 7 languages. Newspapers are only available to read within the library where they are located and only the current issue is held.

Newspaper Location(s)
Australian Chinese Daily Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, Stanmore and St Peters
Australian Chinese Herald Ashfield and Marrickville
Chieu Duong Dulwich Hill, Marrickville and St Peters
Dan Viet Marrickville
El Telegraph Dulwich Hill and Marrickville
Greek Herald Dulwich Hill and Marrickville
Jornal Portugues Marrickville
La Fiamma Haberfield and Leichhardt
O Kosmos Dulwich Hill and Marrickville
Spanish Herald Marrickville
Viet Luan Marrickville

Request books in your language

Can’t find the language you are looking for?

The library can arrange loans of books in other languages from the State Library of NSW free of charge for members. Submit the form below to make your request.

You can also search the Community Languages Directory from the State Library, which lists all the community language materials held in NSW public libraries.

You can also make a request to purchase an item in any of the library’s 9 languages or to borrow an item in any language via Inter Library Loan. Click here.

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Page last updated: 08 Aug 2024