Anti-bullying Week
To raise the profile of the role that reading and books can play in supporting children’s health and well being, Manchester Libraries got involved in Anti-bullying Week in November. This…
Category Education and learning
HMP Manchester scoops award
HMP Manchester has scooped the 2018 Excellence in Prison Libraries award for taking part in the Read Manchester BookBench project. In partnership with Wild in Art, the BookBench project saw…
Read and Feed at Gorton Library
This Summer, Manchester Libraries are running Read and Feed lunchtime sessions at Gorton Library, North City Library and the Place at Platt Lane – Fallowfield. As well as directly tackling…
Engaging children and families
Take a look at our new Engage booklet which celebrates our children and families activities that are supported by the Oglesby Charitable Trust and Manchester Central Library Development Trust. These…
BBC Micro:bits in libraries to borrow
Did you know you can now borrow a BBC micro:bit from libraries across Manchester? Starter kits are free to borrow, and contain a BBC micro:bit, a mini-USB cable and a…
How to set up a microbrewery!
Next week is Manchester Beer Week (29th June – 8th July). Last year, the number of UK breweries rose above 2,000 for the first time since the 1930’s, with Manchester…
Kick start a career change at the library
Ready for a career change ? Kick start it with the library and Cisco NetAcad qualifications. Manchester Libraries now offer access to the free Cisco Networking Academy courses for library customers.…
Big Ideas Day
A micro festival for start ups, entrepreneurs, innovators…and anyone with a big idea! Join us for a day of activities and events to help you get your big idea off…
International Mother Language Day
For the second year running Longsight Library and it’s local community & partners celebrated International Mother Language Day, this time as part of the launch of Manchester becoming a UNESCO…
Coding for kids
Manchester Libraries now has ten Code Clubs for children across the city! Code Clubs are a national network of volunteer lead clubs for children aged 9 to 13. Using Scratch,…
Amazing way to use a library
Illuminate wows audiences and proves the possibilities are endless for Manchester libraries. Library Live, the innovative arts programme funded by Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts, has continued to…
Library work experience
I’m Charlotte, a student at York St. John University, doing work experience in the Henry Watson Music Library. I really is a one of a kind space where musicians can…
Read Manchester is back!
This year we will be focusing primarily upon early years and young people to assist their development and love of reading. We think it’s important that the library be a…
CISCO NetAcademy
It’s a new year and now’s the time to do something great for yourself and your career in 2018. Take advantage of our new partnership with CISCO and sign up…
Events for Business Start Ups
November alone sees over 50 events, workshops and courses across Manchester and beyond, provided by the Business and Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC) based at Manchester Central Library. The BIPC hosts…
Creative Industries Guru at Central Library
A key member of one of Manchester’s most iconic indie bands is to host a series of free events geared towards helping more local people to break into the creative…
Don’t miss the Fun Palaces this weekend!
We can’t wait to see you this Saturday at the Manchester Libraries awesome Fun Palaces. Join us at Longsight, Moss Side, Fallowfield, Wythenshawe, Abraham Moss and North City Libraries on…
Celebrate National Libraries Week
We are having special Tiny Tots and Toddler Times in our libraries to celebrate National Libraries’ Week 2017. The week runs from Monday 9 – Saturday 14 October. Come along…
Drop Everything and Read Manchester
Join us on National Poetry Day Thursday 28th September at 11.45, where ever you are, and read for 10 minutes! At 11.45 am performance poet Dom Berry will be leading…
Roald Dahl Day
On Roald Dahl Day, Wednesday 13 September a unique LEGO® brick build of Charlie, good-hearted hero of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was revealed at Central Library. There are six…