Councillor John Hacking with Vicki Sellick MBE and Sital Mistry Lee On Thursday 19th February, we were delighted to welcome Vicki Sellick MBE, incoming CEO of Good Things Foundation (GTF), and Sital Mistry Lee, Associate Director…
Looking for something arty to keep your hands and brains busy over the next school holidays? Check out the following activities in your local libraries… Creative kids can design and…
Get your little ones involved with The National Year of Reading by coming along to one of our free story times. Manchester Central Library offers a welcoming space for families…
We’re excited to announce the dates of our final events in the Assheton of Middleton history project. Following the purchase in 2023 of this important manorial document collection for the Greater…
Read Manchester’s Festive Book Gifting project this year was a huge success, with a total of 12,956 Books gifted across 140 different settings! We worked with a wide variety of different organisations, including: Food Banks…
On January 4th, North City Library turned 20 years old and we celebrated this with a full week of activities from Monday 5th to Saturday 10th January. The main event…
The RSPB and Manchester Libraries invite you to join us on Saturday 24th January 2026 to take part in two special Big Garden Birdwatch activities. To celebrate the UK’s biggest garden…
This winter we will be hosting 14 sessions in 6 libraries, especially for children aged 10 – 16 who are eligible for free school meals. We have many exciting and…
This year we have been looking at our Youth Friendly Standards, consulting with young people from all over Manchester to obtain their views and feedback to help launch a new…
Summer Reading Challenge: Celebrating Our Winners!
Longsight Library had another fantastic Fun Palace on the first Saturday of October. Despite the stormy wild weather outside, we had a lovely turn out of folk in the pursuit…
Chorlton Library, Didsbury Library, Forum Library and Withington Library Chorlton, Didsbury, Forum and Withington library all run weekly chess clubs, they have been running for various lengths of time with…
We have started a new children’s reading group at Chorlton library, the first session happened this week, our reading group is on the first Tuesday of each month, 5-6pm, it…
Earlier this month we celebrated Fun Palaces at North City Library with a fantastic selection of free activities for families to take part in ranging from crafts to science to…
Presented by Afrocats at North City Library The Afrocats Building Stronger Communities Together Exhibition is a celebration of communities in North Manchester, using creativity to create conversation and draw attention…
Chorlton Book Festival returned this September for its 21 year, we had a fantastic line up and program, so we were excited and expecting good things, and it did not…
On Saturday 4th October 2025 we held a celebration event at Central Library to mark the International Day of Older People. We enjoyed a fantastic show from Sarah who performs…
New Moston Community Library although small in size is a vital part of the local community and provides our library offer to those who need it including the extremely popular…
LGBT Histories in Focus – Archives+ Archives+ staff felt honoured to host the Unison North West LGBT group who paid a visit to Manchester Central Library to view the Archives+…
The Women’s Rugby World Cup is one of the most important fixtures in this year’s sport’s calendar, and Anna Putek, Delivery Assistant at Manchester Central Library, was thrilled when she…