Celebrating Green Libraries Week
Get Ready for Green Libraries Week! 7-13 October 2024 It’s back! Green Libraries Week returns this October, and it’s all about celebrating libraries with a focus on climate and sustainability.…
Category Education and learning
Quiet Storm: Empowering Year 6 to Year 7 Transition
This summer local author Kimberly Whittam led workshops based on her award-winning book Quiet Storm at libraries across Manchester. Quiet Storm was chosen by pupils at Chorlton High School as…
Help us improve our lending service
Can you help us improve our lending service for a chance to win a prize draw? We want to know about your book buying and borrowing habits, to ensure our…
Be the Frog!
Manchester Libraries have been blessed to have Mosley based Born & Bred Theatre & Dance join us for some fantastic fun with their crocheted Frog! Said Frog with the help…
Library card 90th anniversary competition winners announced!
Earlier this year, Manchester Libraries launched a brand-new library card competition to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Manchester Central Library. We invited children and young people to get their thinking…
Free Holiday Activities (and Food!) in Libraries this Summer
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…
Blue Peter Book Club Badge Trail
We can’t guarantee the weather this summer, but we can guarantee you’ll have fun on our Blue Peter Book Club Live Badge Trail! Twelve special Blue Peter Book Club badges…
Bag Books – Sensory Storytimes
Leigh, Service development Coordinator for South area libraries, has shared her story about delivering Bag book sensory Storytimes. Emma Frost and I have had the pleasure of delivering Sensory Storytime’s…
Summer Reading Challenge, Marvellous Makers
1 July – 14 September Manchester Libraries is inviting you to join 1,000’s of children in this summer’s reading challenge! Can you borrow and read six library books between now…
Quiet Storm success
Quiet Storm by local author, Kimberly Whittam, has been chosen by pupils as this year’s Transition Read book. Every child starting Year 7 in a Manchester high school in September…
World Book Day 2024
World Book Day this year was once again a celebration of children’s authors and book giveaways – over five and a half thousand books were gifted via Manchester Libraries, schools…
Blue Peter Book Club Live
Manchester Libraries, CBBC and The Reading Agency are excited to announce Blue Peter Book Club Live! Blue Peter, the BBC’s iconic children’s television series, is partnering with Manchester Libraries and…
Holiday Activities and Food in Libraries this Easter
Manchester Libraries are excited to announce the following free Holiday Activity and Food fund sessions this Easter! All these sessions are fun and interactive and were very popular when run…
Our work with children and young people in 2023
On 5th March Councillor Hacking Executive Member for Skills, Employment and Leisure and Councillor Adele Douglas Deputy Executive Member for Skills, Employment and Leisure took a report to Communities and Scrutiny…
Libraries Update – March 2024
Reports to Scrutiny Committee On 5 March Councillor Hacking attended Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee with 2 reports about our libraries. Firstly a report that outlines what has been achieved…
Celebrated authors visit Manchester to spread love of reading this World Book Day
Children across Manchester are being inspired by their favourite authors to read more this World Book Day. Schools and libraries mark this occasion by making reading fun and accessible for…
Job opportunity
We have a fantastic job opportunity working in Manchester Libraries. We are now recruiting to the post of Service Development Co-ordinator, Children and Access. We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated…
Read Manchester’s Festive Gifting Campaign 2023
A grand total of 17,582 books were gifted to struggling families across Manchester this Christmas as part of Read Manchester’s festive free book give-away. With the help of 156 different partner…
Design a Library Card
Introducing our brand new library card competition for children! Did you know that Manchester Central Library will be 90 years old this year? And that it will also be ten…
Libraries Update – December 2023
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