Books in other languages
Would you like to read or listen to books in other languages or improve your English language skills? Bathurst Library can help you access the resources you need.
Multicultural loans
We can arrange bulk loans of books in 43 community languages from the State Library of New South Wales. This service is free of charge.
Depending on the language required, we can arrange loans of the following;
- adult fiction in a range of genres, where available
- adult non-fiction, including cookbooks, history, psychology, biographies, society and more
- children's board books, picture books and chapter books, and non-fiction across a range of subjects
- bilingual books in selected languages
- Vox Books (junior bilingual print books with an audio recording built in so users can listen and read along) - limited to 2 per bulk loan
- audiobooks and a small number of large print books are available in some languages.
To access this service, please visit the library or phone 6333 6281.
Community language elibrary
Our indyreads elibrary includes ebooks and eaudiobooks in the following languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
It also offers audiobooks to learn English in 13 languages: Arabic, Chinese Simplified and Traditional, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Persian (Farsi), Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Access indyreads here
English as a Second Language (ESL) collection
Bathurst Library offers ESL books designed to support the independent learning of English, with a focus on beginner and intermediate level. This collection includes dictionaries, readers and conversation/phrase books.
Browse our ESL Collection
We can also obtain additional ESL resources in both book and audio format from the State Library of New South Wales.