Cultural Diversity Week 2025

Embrace the Journey, Shape Our Future. Cultural Diversity Week is a time to celebrate the power, influence, and stories of Victoria's rich multicultural communities, and all Victorians are invited to participate through a variety of in-person events and activities.

Cultural Diversity Week will take place across the state from 17 - 23 March 2025.

Updated February 27, 2025
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I am not Jessica Chen
Liang, Ann
Paper Book
Jenna Chen has spent her life in the shadow of her flawless cousin. Jessica Chen is so smart she gets the top score on every test. Jessica Chen is so beautiful people stop in the hallway to stare at her. Jessica Chen is so perfect she got into Harvard. And Jenna Chen will...
Bhutan to Blacktown : losing everything and finding Australia
Dhungel, Om
Paper Book
I lost my possessions, my salary, my status, my career, my country. And in that fall, I gained everything. Bhutan is known as the land of Gross National Happiness, a Buddhist Shangri-La hidden in the Himalayas. But in the late 1980s, Bhutan waged a brutal ethnic-cleansing...
Black water sister
Cho, Zen
Paper Book
'A sharp and bittersweet story of past and future, ghosts and gods and family, that kept me turning pages into the dark hours of the night' - Naomi Novik, author of Uprooted This mischievous Malaysian-set novel is an adventure featuring family,...
Cactus pear for my beloved
Sabawi, Samah
Paper Book
Samah Sabawi shares the story of her parents and many like them who were born as their parents were being forced to leave their homelands. Filled with love for land, history, peoples it is more than anything else a family story and a love story told with enormous humanity and feeling....
Chai time at Cinnamon Gardens : a novel
Chandran, Shankari
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD 'Deftly traversing time, culture and continent to weave a tale of both home and unbelonging, this is truly a novel not to be missed.' - Maxine Beneba Clarke, author...
The contemporary African kitchen
Smalls, Alexander
Paper Book
As featured by NBC's Today Show, Harper's Bazaar, Forbes, and Vogue France 'A cookbook to be dipped into for inspiration for intimate late-night suppers and pull-out-the-stops buffets. It is a book to read, to cook from and to savor that will delight the mind and the tastebuds.' - Jessica...
The diversity gap : where good intentions meet true cultural change
Wilkinson, Bethaney
Paper Book
A sweeping leadership framework to institute clear and intentional actions throughout your organization so that people of all racial backgrounds are empowered to lead, collaborate, and excel at work. The Diversity Gap is a fearless, groundbreaking guide to help leaders...
Ela! Ela! : to Turkey and Greece, then home
Mittas, Ella
Paper Book
Everything is indian: authentic flavours, easy modern recipes
Narayan, Justin.
Paper Book
Indian flavors have finally entered weeknight rotation. We all love the flavors of Indian cooking, but why aren't they as common in our pantries as soy sauce and tomato paste? Welcome to Everything is Indian - a joyous, delicious, permissive journey modernizing the...
Good dirt
Wilkerson, Charmaine.
Paper Book
Ebby Freeman's life has always been marked with tragedy. First, the death of her brother Baz, killed in an anonymous armed robbery when they were teenagers. Then her perfect fiance Henry deserting her on the day of their wedding, without an explanation. When Ebby arrives in a...
Grandmother begins the story, a
Porter, Michelle
Paper Book
From award-winning Métis author Michelle Porter, a powerfully funny and moving story told not just by five generations of Métis women, but also by the land, the bison that surround them, and two utterly captivating dogs. Carter is a young mother on a quest to...
Growing up Indian in Australia
Betigeri, Aarti
Paper Book
'To be Indian growing up in Australia is to tread the narrow line between here and there, to constantly code-switch and navigate between filling the needs and aspirations of your family, your community - and yourself.' 'Indian-Australian' is not a one-size-fits-all...
Half Truth
Mahjouri, Nadia.
Paper Book
Khadija is packing up her home of fifty years. In her box of special things are the last reminders she has of her son, Ahmed, missing for more than twenty years. Her belongings take her back to her village childhood, her marriage and move to Marrakech. In Tasmania, Zahra is in the throes of...
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store : a novel
McBride, James
Paper Book
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the...
House of Kwa
Kwa, Mimi
Paper Book
Wild Swans meets Educated in this riveting true story spanning four generations ''Revelatory and remarkable'' - TRENT DALTON ''Memorable and vivid'' - RICHARD GLOVER ''Lands with a thump in your heart'' - LISA MILLAR ''Heartbreaking and uplifting'' - MEAGHAN WILSON...
The kitchen god's wife
Tan, Amy
Paper Book
"Remarkable...mesmerizing...compelling.... An entire world unfolds in Tolstoyan tide of event and detail....Give yourself over to the world Ms. Tan creates for you." --The New York Times Book Review Winnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than...
A place to belong : raising kids to celebrate their heritage, community, and the world
Johnston, Amber O'Neal
Paper Book
A guide for families of all backgrounds to celebrate cultural heritage and embrace inclusivity in the home and beyond. Gone are the days when socially conscious parents felt comfortable teaching their children to merely tolerate others. Instead, they are looking for a way to...
Probably Ruby : a novel
Bird-Wilson, Lisa
Paper Book
An Indigenous woman adopted by white parents goes in search of her identity in this unforgettable debut novel about family, race, and history. Finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award * "Engaging . . . Ruby never disappoints with her big heart and outrageous sense of...
Unknown : a refugee's story
Anyieth, Akuch Kuol
Paper Book
A moving, confronting and ultimately uplifting story about a young girl's escape, with her family, from war-torn South Sudan to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, and then to Australia. In 1996, when Akuch Kuol Anyieth is five, her mother flees to Kakuma with her children, intent on finding...
The vanishing half
Bennett, Brit
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP BESTSELLER #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 'An utterly mesmerising novel..I absolutely loved this book' Bernardine Evaristo, winner...
Water moon
Yambao, samantha Sotto.
Paper Book
The instant Sunday Times bestseller! 'Full of adventure and marvellous creativity, Water Moon surprises and delights with every turn of the page' -- Megan Bannen, bestselling author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy Would you rewrite...
Yellowface
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
The Number One Global Sensation *Foyle's Fiction Book of the Year* *Amazon Book of the Year* *Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year* *Fiction Book of the Year 2024 - British Book Awards* 'Addictive' Grazia 'Hugely...

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