Cultural Diversity Week 2026

Cultural Diversity Week is a time to celebrate the power, influence, and stories of Victoria's rich multicultural communities. This year we have curated a list of translated titles, both new and well loved, so you can immerse yourselves in the stories of other cultures.

Cultural Diversity Week runs 21-29 March this year.

Updated February 23, 2026
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Cultural Diversity Week 2026

Cultural Diversity Week is a time to celebrate the power, influence, and stories of Victoria's rich multicultural communities. This year we have curated a list of translated titles, both new and well loved, so you can immerse yourselves in the stories of other cultures.

Cultural Diversity Week runs 21-29 March this year.

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Drive your plow over the bones of the dead
Tokarczuk, Olga
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE New York Times Readers Pick- 100 Best Books of the 21st Century 'A brilliant literary murder mystery.' Chicago Tribune A subversive, entertaining noir novel from one of Poland's most...
We do not part : a novel
Han, Kang
Paper Book
Beginning one morning in December, We Do Not Part traces the path of Kyungha as she travels from the city of Seoul into the forests of Jeju Island, to the home of her old friend Inseon. Hospitalized following an accident, Inseon has begged Kyungha to hasten there to feed her beloved pet bird,...
The girl with the dragon tattoo
Larsson, Stieg
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The thrilling first book in the Millenium series featuring Lisbeth Salander: "Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly pyrotechnics of a serial-killer thriller, then add an angry punk heroine and a down-on-his-luck...
I who have never known men
Harpman, Jacqueline
Paper Book
***THE RUNAWAY BESTSELLER*** "Each revelation is a small miracle."--The New York Times Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague...
The kingdom
Nesbø, Jo
Paper Book
Two brothers. Bound by blood and a lifetime of secrets. Roy thought he'd buried the past for good. Living quietly in his mountain village, he tends the petrol station, keeps to himself, and stays out of trouble. But when his younger brother Carl returns after years abroad, ambitious...
Discontent
Serrano, Beatriz
Paper Book
Life can't go on like this - can it? This book is for everyone who has ever wanted more: more time, more meaning, more connection. A sexy and hilarious Spanish bestseller, where a young woman's office persona threatens to crack when she's...
P?tea boys = Ng?ti P?tea
Ngarewa, Airana
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of The Bone Tree comes a lively and playful bilingual collection of stories about growing up in Pātea. Interlinked and full of recurring characters, these stories are about growing up in small-town Aotearoa - sneaking away during cross country,...
Going to the dogs
Lemaître, Pierre
Paper Book
Advent
Gunnarsson, Gunnar
Paper Book
'As we come nearer to Christmas this wondrous book becomes ever more poignant and magical. Once read never forgotten' Michael Morpurgo Every winter, in the days leading up to Christmas, Benedikt walks into the snowy mountains of Iceland to rescue sheep lost in the blizzards...
Not On Display: A Graphic Novel About Female Nudes In The Louvre
Zelba.
Paper Book
An entertaining satire of nudity in the Louvre, Not on Display is a deeply serious, award-winning graphic novel examining the history of the female body in art and our society.   When one of the greatest museums in the world gave the illustrator Zelba free rein to...
What you are looking for is in the library
Aoyama, Michiko
Paper Book
THE TWO-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING JAPANESE NOVEL The Top Ten Times bestseller A Time Magazine Book of the Year 'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times 'I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel ' Daily Mail 'It...
The shadow of the wind
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos
Paper Book
Entranced by his chosen book, The Shadow of the Wind by Julian Carax, Daniel begins a quest to find the truth about the life and death of its mysterious author. He starts to fall into a game of mirrors, reflecting strange discoveries about obsession and love, and how they are entwined within...
The perfect nine : the epic Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse, full of trial and sacrifice, The Perfect Nine is a glorious epic about the founding of Kenya's Gikuyu people and the ideals of beauty, courage and unity. 'One of...
Cursed bunny
Chung, Bora
Paper Book
Everything I'll say to you tomorrow
Benavent, Elísabet
Paper Book
If you could and rewrite your memories, would you do it? International bestselling author Elisabet Benavent explores doomed love, memories, and regrets in this sensational contemporary romance full of witty humor, emotional catharsis, and a satisfying happy ending. Fashion editor...
Kafka on the shore
Murakami, Haruki
Paper Book
A beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakami's mesmerizingly surreal classic, now with a new introduction by the author Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker...
The midnight shift
Cheon, Seon-Ran
Paper Book
A bestseller in Korea, a biting, fast-paced vampire murder mystery exploring queer love and the consequences of loneliness. When four isolated elderly people die back-to-back at the same hospital by jumping out of the sixth-floor window, Su-Yeon doesn't understand why she's...
Jimi Hendrix live in Lviv
Kurkov, Andreĭ
Paper Book
One hundred years of solitude
García Márquez, Gabriel
Paper Book
Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book and only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny."
Oromay
Baālu Girmā
Paper Book
The memory police
Ogawa, Y?ko
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020, an enthralling Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance from one of Japan's greatest writers. 'Beautiful... Haunting' Sunday Times 'A dreamlike story of dystopia' Jia Tolentino __...
My brilliant friend
Ferrante, Elena
Paper Book
A modern masterpiece from one of Italy¿s most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante¿s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and...
When the cranes fly south
Ridzén, Lisa
Paper Book
DISCOVER THE No.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE WINNER OF THE SWEDISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 'One of those \"you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to buy twenty copies and give them to everyone you love\" books'...
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness
Sola, Irene.
Paper Book
An earthy, bewitching and ferocious new novel by the author of When I Sing, Mountains Dance
The three-body problem
Liu, Cixin
Paper Book
The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Over 1 million copies sold in North America "A mind-bending epic."--The New York Times * "War of the Worlds for...
My friends
Backman, Fredrik
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life twenty-five years later. Most...
Jackson alone
Ando, Jose
Paper Book
Jose Ando's short, sharp debut about four mixed-raced Black Japanese gay men out for revenge when a disturbing pornographic video of one of them is circulated online.
Lullaby
Slimani, Leila
Paper Book
The number-one bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt - a compulsive, riveting and bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity and motherhood.
Before the coffee gets cold
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu
Paper Book
The first book in the multi-million copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time. Toshikazu Kawaguchi's heart-warming Before the Coffee Gets Cold, translated from Japanese, explores the age-old question: what...
My name is Emilia del Valle
Allende, Isabel
Paper Book
'A spellbinding masterpiece' SANTA MONTEFIORE'Isabel Allende is a literary treasure' KRISTIN HANNAH 'A captivating novel of love and war from one of our most revered storytellers' KATE MORTON The new historical novel from literary legend Isabel...
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