The Fairfield bookshop’s In Other Words residency was one of eight projects across western Sydney to share funding of more than $400,000 from Create NSW to create hubs for a diverse mix of arts, screen and digital projects and organisations.

More than 40 per cent of residents were born in Australia, but languages other than English are spoken in 75 per cent of Fairfield homes. Jane Stratton, of the Think + Do Foundation, recently opened Lost In Books, a multilingual bookshop and creative space in the heart of Fairfield.

Emerging and established authors, graphic novelists and translators will now have a place in Fairfield to develop, produce and deliver new literary works in languages other than English thanks to funding from Create NSW.