Our library branches will close at 1pm on Tues 24 December for Christmas. Branches will be closed on Wed 25 December (Christmas Day) and Thurs 26 December (Boxing Day). During this time you can renew online, return books via our chutes and access our digital content. Branches will reopen on Fri 27 December at 10am.
Learn about the English language support we offer including Conversation Café, online language learning tools and resources in community languages.
Conversation Café is an informal get-together where you can practise your English language skills in a friendly, supportive environment. One of our library staff members is there to guide each session.
Conversation Café is held at the following times, generally during school term dates:
Monday: 10am–11am hosted on Zoom Friday: 10am–11am at Preston Library (or on Zoom if under COVID restrictions)
Book for Conversation Café Online to receive the Zoom link.
There are a range of resources in our digital library that are available in languages other than English:
We have a range of fiction, nonfiction, CDs, DVDs, board books, magazines and talking books for children and adults at each of our four branch locations in the following community languages:
We also have a range of bilingual picture books in a range of languages at each branch, with a Somali children's book collection in Reservoir.