Join Manchester Libraries’ Free Holiday Activity Sessions!
Manchester Libraries are excited to announce the following free Holiday Activity and Food fund sessions this summer! All these sessions are fun and interactive, and are aimed at 10 to…
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Empathy Festival 2025
This month Manchester Libraries spread the message about the power of “jumping into someone else’s story” by taking part in Empathy Lab’s 10 day nationwide Empathy Day Festival. 1056 children…
International Film Club’s Mystery Screening
This event is for individuals aged 15 and over. Welcome to the voting page for the fifth edition of Manchester Central Library’s International Film Club’s Mystery Screening series. Event Details:…
Citizens Advice at Manchester Libraries
Libraries at the Heart of Community Advice: How Citizens Advice Manchester Hubs Are Reaching Manchester Residents At Citizens Advice Manchester, we know that libraries are more than just places for…
Manchester Libraries Wins Culture and Creativity Award!
Manchester Libraries have been announced as the winner of the Culture and Creativity category at the prestigious Libraries Connected Award 2025 for the Wythenshawe Forum Library Creative Space. The award…
Oh What Fun We Had (Gorton Library)
It’s official the fun factor was high at Gorton Library’s Festival of Libraries Funday. The library vibe was a definite happy, smiley, chill one with music wending it’s way through…
Library of the Month: Longsight Library
Longsight library on the busy A6 (Stockport Road) was built in the mid 1970s using a lot of breezeblocks and had tiny windows. However, a £2.3m refurbishment in 2010 saw…
Empathy Day Festival – jump into someone else’s story!
“Empathy is something we need every day, not just when a friend or family member is sad.” (Manchester school pupil) From the 2nd – 12th June, Manchester Libraries will be…
Access All Ages at The Bridgewater Hall
Manchester Libraries recently took part in a big event at The Bridgewater Hall. The event ‘Access All Ages’ was put on by Intergenerational Music Making (IMM) alongside Intergenerational England. As…
Refugee Week at Manchester Libraries
Between 16th to 22nd June 2025, Manchester Libraries will be hosting a range of activities as part of Refugee Week. The theme for Refugee Week this year is ‘Community as…
FESTIVAL OF LIBRARIES LOOK FOR A BOOK, 27-30 May
Manchester Libraries and Read Manchester are thrilled to be part of the Festival of Libraries Look for A Book activity again this year! Five hundred copies of Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock’s…
Library of the Month: Hulme High Street Library
It’s exciting to be the library of the month for April. Hulme High Street Library, was the first “branch library” of Manchester’s free library, which was the country’s first free…
Festival of Libraries June 2025
Returning for its fifth year, and winner of Best Event at the Manchester Culture Awards in 2024, Festival of Libraries is the biggest festival of its type in the country,…
Libraries & Nature, a Creative, Historical & Mindful Partnership!
Libraries have taken themselves out into some of Manchester’s beautiful green spaces recently. 3 libraries paired up with a park and it’s Park Ranger to plan and deliver a walk…
See Myself in Books Festival
Read Manchester’s inaugural See Myself in Books Festival to promote representation in children’s books took place this March. Devised to complement our…
Children, young people and schools, and Read Manchester
On 4th March 2025, Councillor John Hacking Executive Member for Skills, Employment and Leisure and Neil MacInnes Head of Libraries, Galleries and Culture, took a report on Manchester Libraries to…
Join the Consultation: Young People’s Views Wanted for Manchester Libraries.
Can you help us shape the way libraries deliver services for young people in Manchester? We are looking for the views of young people in Manchester this spring term. Young…
Celebrating World Children’s Day
On 20th November, Manchester Libraries proudly joined the global celebration of World Children’s Day, commemorating the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. This special day reminds us that upholding…
Celebrating Anti-Bullying Week
This year, Manchester Libraries proudly hosted special events to mark Anti-Bullying Week 2024, bringing together over 200, KS1 children from across the city. The theme, “Choose Respect,” was at the heart of…
Manchester People’s Culture Award
The Manchester Culture Awards celebrate the best of culture and creativity in the city. As well as recognising the events that have made us laugh, cry, and think over the…