The library services work with community groups in the borough to help promote its library services.
Languages
- Arabic (Acton Town Hall, Ealing Central and Southall library)
- Aspirasian (Greenford and Southall library)
- Black writers (Acton Town Hall, Ealing Central and Greenford library)
- European languages (Ealing Central library)
- Gujarati (Acton Town Hall, Ealing Central, Greenford, Jubilee Gardens, Southall and West Ealing Community library)
- Hindi (Acton Town Hall, Ealing Central, Greenford, Jubilee Gardens, Southall and West Ealing Community library)
- Panjabi (Acton Town Hall, Ealing Central, Greenford, Jubilee Gardens, Southall and West Ealing Community library)
- Pastu (Acton Town Hall and Southall library)
- Somali (Acton Town Hall and Southall library)
- Tamil (Ealing Central, Greenford, Southall and West Ealing Community library)
- Urdu (Acton Town Hall, Ealing Central, Greenford, Jubilee Gardens, Southall and West Ealing Community library)
Newspapers and magazines
We keep a range of newspapers and magazines and journals in a variety of different community languages, including:
- Al-Majalla (Arabic)
- Kasmo (Somali)
- Xidigata (Somali)
- Chitra Lekha (Gujarati)
- Kaaha Bari (Somali)
- Muslim Weekly (English)
- Des Pardes (Punjabi)
- Sayidaty (Somali)
- Pardesan (Punjabi)
- Virakesari (Tamil)
- Emel (English)
- India Today (English)
- Urwa (Arabic)
- Haboon (Somali and English)
- Kalki (Tamil)
- Kumatham (Tamil)
- Times of India (English)
- Akhbar e Jahan (Urdu)
- Jamhuuriya (Somali)
- Ananda Vikatan (Tamil)
- Black writers (English)
Popular authors of fiction books
- Arabic: Pierre Rufael, Ahlaam Mosteghanemi, Kolait Al-Khouri, Fazila Al-Farouq, Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gotaibi, Heefa Bitar, Tadkee Al-Hamad and Mahmood Darwish
- Gujarati: Varsha Adalja, Gunvantray Acharya, Chandrakant Bakshi, Kanu Bhagdev, Prahlad Brahmabhatt, Premchad, Girish Ganatra, Dinkar Joshi, Harish Nayak and Rajan Patni
- Hindi: Rima Bharati, Sudarshan Bhatia, Sharatchandra Chattopadhy, Umashankar Dikshit, Gurudatt, Kalidas, Manoj, Anil Mohan, Rajhans and Rabindranath Tagore
- Panjabi: Ajaib Kamal, Amarjit Singh, Ankhi Ram Sarup, Gurcharan Singh Bhatia, Jaswant Singh Kanwal, Nanak Singh, Harbhajan Neer, Jasvir Singh Rana, Bhupinder Singh Bedi, Buta Singh Shad and Kailash Puri
- Pastu: Tahir Afridi, Lal Pacha Azmoon, Dawar Khan Dauad, A Fani, Khan Ghani, Malang Jan, Haseena Gul, Pir Muhammad Karwan and Muhammad Hassan Khalil
- Tamil: Akilan, Balakumaran, Amutha Ganesan, Jayakanthan, Kalki, Rajam Krishnan, Lakshmi, R Manimala, Murugamani, Parthasarath and Sandilyan
- Urdu: Ashraf Ali Thanvi, Razia Butt, Diba Khanum, A hamid, Ahmad Yar Khan, Krishan Chandar, Mina Naz, Nasim Hajazi, Aslam Rahi, Salma Kanwal and Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Exhibitions and events
We organise various multicultural events and displays such as Black History Month, Polish exhibitions, Diwali, Eid, Guru Nanak’s birthday, Vaisakhi and Refugee week aimed at different communities.