Showcase your talent and win with our Silly Squad competitions!
Silly Squad Book Review competition Have you read a dazzlingly good book lately for the Summer Reading Challenge? Then why not tell everyone about it by writing a book review! …
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Meet our very own Silly Squad – the authors, poets and artists ready to entertain you every day this summer!
Launching on 1 July with the fabulous children’s author and illustrator Nick Sharratt, Manchester Libraries has a feast of Silly Squad Summer Reading Challenge activity for you this summer. For…
At Home With Our Artists
This month sees us launch an exciting new project that we’ve been working on with some of the artists that you’ll have seen at events and activities in your local…
Children & Families Newsletter #13
Welcome to week 13 of our newsletter, pointing you in the direction of fun, competition, information, book prize winners, resources to use at home, local history and more! This is…
Children & Families Newsletter #12
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Children’s and Families newsletter. It’s another edition packed full of great ideas of things to do, watch, and join in with. If you haven’t…
Refugee Week 15-20th June 2020
The theme for Refugee Week this year is IMAGINE. With the current Covid-19 pandemic it is relevant more than ever to explore our imaginations. When we are stuck and don’t…
Children & Families Newsletter #11
Welcome to week 11 of our newsletter, highlighting the best of what’s on offer online for children and families. Although we can get out and about a bit more now,…
Discover eBooks to start and grow your business
Thinking of starting a business? Looking for ways to stay resilient during Covid-19? Manchester Libraries’ digital book service – Borrowbox – has hundreds of freely available ebooks and audiobooks that…
Shelf Help – books to support young people with mental wellbeing
These can be trying times, with plans on hold and everyone adapting to a new and ever-changing reality. Books and reading can support mental wellbeing and The Reading Agency’s Shelf…
Library Services for Visually Impaired Customers
Here is a list of a range of library services available to customers of Manchester Libraries with visual impairments. We work with various partners to bring our customers the widest…
Silly Squad – The digital Summer Reading Challenge 2020
The Summer Reading Challenge is the biggest annual reading promotion for children and this year (for the first time ever) we’re going digital! The challenge to read and enjoy books…
Children & Families Newsletter #10
Hello and welcome to our tenth newsletter! We hope you’ve found something to enjoy in all of the ideas we’ve shared over the weeks. This week we’re bringing you lots…
Children’s & Families Newsletter #9
We’re loving the sunny weather we’ve been having, but you might still be a bit stuck for things to do, so there are loads more great ideas here. If you…
Want some help using the Internet? Let us know.
Manchester City Council has launched a new initiative to help vulnerable residents to use digital technology during the coronavirus pandemic. Residents who have internet access at home, but who are…
CREATIVE TOGETHER
Creativity has always been centre stage with Manchester Libraries. Life is so much more bright and full volume when you set your imagination free and we love to find ways…
Empathy Day with Manchester Libraries
Manchester Libraries is celebrating Empathy Day on 9 June this year with The Empathy Lab and we think that this year it’s more important than ever. In fact we’re such…
Newsbank
Did you know that with your library card you have access, to a world of varied, interesting and reliable information, from home or on any device! NewsBank is an online…
Children & Families Newsletter #8
This week’s edition of our children and family newsletter looks at helpful ideas around mental health and wellbeing; keeping active with your kids, arts activities for all the family, and…
Live from the Library!
Storytime with Barack and Michelle Obama Libraries all over the world are reaching out to engage with families and children at home by creating a variety of online videos and…
How books can help children through difficult times
The challenges we all face adapting to our new circumstances affect us all, including children. Books and sharing stories can help us all to increase our understanding of others and…