Multicultural loans

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What's in a box? 

Borrow a box of up to 30 books in one of 43 community languages, for up to 3 months.

The collection includes:

  • adult books
  • children's books
  • English as a Second Language (ESL) books
  • audiobooks and large print books.

The State Library of NSW supports this free service.

Languages available

  • 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
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Serbian
  • Sinhalese
  • Slovak
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Tagalog
  • Tamil
  • Thai
  • Tibetan
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Vietnamese.

 

English as a Second Language (ESL) books

You can also request a bulk loan from the NSW State Library's ESL collection.

The collection is designed to support the independent learning of English.

It includes beginner and intermediate level ESL resources in book and audio formats.

The collection includes a large number of:

  • reader books
  • bilingual dictionaries
  • industry specific resources
  • English for specific language speakers.

Genres and subjects

Choose from:

  • adult fiction books
  • non-fiction books
  • a range of genres and subjects
  • English as a Second Language (ESL) books
  • audiobooks and large print books
  • children's books:
    • board books
    • picture books
    • chapter books
    • non-fiction
    • bilingual. 

 

 

 

eBooks and audiobooks

Download community language eBooks and audiobooks instantly on indyreads.

Languages currently available: 

  • Chinese
  • French
  • Italian
  • Romanian
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Vietnamese
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    Pressreader

    Read newspapers in your own language at home online with Pressreader.

    Pressreader offers 5000 Australian and international newspapers and magazines from more than 100 countries and 60 languages, including English.

    Popular titles include The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Vogue Living, Good Food, Science Illustrated, Tech Life, Top Gear, and more.

    Get started

    1. Go to Pressreader
    2. Log in with your Kiama Library member number (It may ask you to register your number if it's the first time you've used State Library e-resources - just follow the prompts).
    3. Search by keyword, country, language, author or date, on topics like such as Business, Finance, Science, History, Technology, Religion, and more.

    Watch this video to find out more about how to use Pressreader.