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Nine locations within our City - find your local Library and Knowledge Centre here!

From 1 September, some of our CBCity Libraries will be open late to all 2025 HSC students! Find out more

Library membership is free and you can even join online. Next time you visit the library, bring your photo ID and proof of name and address to receive your library card.

​​​​​​​​​​​​Under Council's Library Services Policy, which came into effect on 1 July 2018, parents/guardians of children under 12 years of age must remain on library premises. Anyone under 16 years of age must have a parent authority to join the library. For more details, download our Library Services Policy.

Lost cards can be physically replaced at a cost of $5 with photo ID/ proof of name and address OR download our FREE Library app onto your phone/device, log-in to your member account, then you can save your library card on your phone/personal device for FREE! Download now cb.city/LibraryApp

24-hour return facilities are available at Campsie, Bankstown, Riverwood and Chester Hill Library and Knowledge Centres. An after-hours return chute is available at Lakemba Library and Knowledge Centre.

Check out what's on at the Libraries

Bankstown

English Conversation Groups Bankstown | ​Pre-beginners

Make new friends, while learning to speak more English

Monday, 4-5.30pm (during school term)

Bankstown

Help with reading Bankstown

Help with reading is designed to help students in Years 1 to 6 improve their reading skills and confidence by reading aloud to volunteers

​Monday, 4-6pm (during school term)

Greenacre

Help with reading Greenacre

Help with reading is designed to help students in Years 1 to 6 improve their reading skills and their confidence, by reading aloud to volunteers.

Monday and Thursday, 4-6pm (during school terms)

Padstow

Book a Librarian Padstow

Do you need help using technology?

Mondays 4-5pm and Fridays 11am-noon

Earlwood

Homework help Earlwood

We have professional tutors available to help students from Years 2-10 for FREE with homework and assignments

Monday, 4.30-7pm (during school term)

Riverwood

Justice of the Peace Service Riverwood

JP services are available at Riverwood Library on Monday and Friday every week. Please call the library to confirm.

Mondays, 5-7pm and Fridays, 1-3pm

Riverwood

Baby Rhyme Time Riverwood

Babies can have fun and develop language with songs, rhymes and stories and meet other babies! 

Tuesday, 10-10.30am (during school term)

Campsie

English conversation group Campsie

Make new friends, while learning to speak more English

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10am-noon

Bankstown

Let's read - Reading group for English language learners

Do you love reading and enjoy making conversations with other people about books?

Tuesday, 10-11.30am (during school terms)

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