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Our collections include materials in Chinese, Greek, French, Italian and German.

Hard copy materials

LanguageMaterialsLibraries
Chinese
  • junior and adult books
  • newspapers
  • magazines
  • DVDs 
  • talking books on CD
  • magazines
  • newspapers
    Sing Tao (Hong Kong): held for one week at Ashburton and Balwyn
    Chinese Melbourne Daily: held for one week at Balwyn, Hawthorn and Kew
Ashburton, Balwyn, Camberwell, Greythorn, Hawthorn and Kew
Greek
  • junior and adult books
  • DVDs
  • magazines
  • newspaper
    Neos Kosmos: held at Hawthorn for one week
Balwyn, Greythorn and Hawthorn
French
  • magazines
Ashburton, Balwyn and Hawthorn
French
  • junior and adult books
  • magazines
Camberwell
Italian
  • magazines
Balwyn and Kew
Italian
  • junior and adult books
  • DVDs
  • magazines
  • newspaper
    Il Globo: held at Hawthorn for one week
Hawthorn
German
  • magazines
Balwyn and Hawthorn

You can find books, DVDs, music and magazines in different languages using our advanced catalogue search.

  1. Enter the title or author
  2. Select from the collection list, for example ‘Chinese magazines’
  3. Select a title to reserve the item.

Use advanced catalogue search

If your language is not shown, visit Public Libraries Victoria Network to see which other Victorian public libraries hold books and other items in your language.

Non-English newspapers and magazines

PressReader

Get instant access to more than 4000 newspapers and magazines from 100 countries in 60 languages.

Find out how to access PressReader on our Newspapers and magazines page.

Libby by Overdrive

Access more than 3000 digital magazines to read online or download to your mobile device.

Find out how to access Libby on our eBooks and audiobooks page.

Learn English and other languages

To see options for learning English or another language, visit our Learn and develop page.

You can also explore language courses at neighbourhood houses and community centres.

Chinese language collection

All library branches have a Chinese collection, including:

  • fiction
  • non-fiction
  • junior books
  • children’s picture books
  • DVDs
  • magazines.

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Events

Storytime events in non-English languages

Languages other than English


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