Children from St Anne’s in Ancoats were massively excited when iconic poet and performer Tony Walsh visited Manchester Libraries to talk about his love of books and poetry. In a performance to celebrate…
Thursday 30th September was International Podcast Day. And to celebrate the Business and IP Centre in Manchester Central Library not only offered a free workshop with Vic Elizabeth Turnbull, the award-winning…
Manchester Libraries was thrilled to host Media Cubs in five libraries during the summer holidays. These free summer camps were run by Media Cubs, a social enterprise which is passionate…
Well it is back-to-school month, so discover the best ways to spend your leisure time with our September newsletter! It is crammed full of brilliant news and events to ensure…
The weather may be a mixed bag this summer, but our welcome is always sunny in Libraries! If you haven’t joined the Summer Reading Challenge already, what are you waiting…
Following the success of last year’s first ever Manchester-wide Transition Read for year 6 pupils in the City, the scheme is running again in 2021. A free book was given…
With the long summer holidays from school now just around the corner a bumper programme of summer fun activities for children and young people of all ages kicks off next…
Manchester City Council has joined forces with the British Library to roll-out small business support to Greater Manchester, Blackpool and Lancaster and turbocharge the local economy. The British Library has…
This year’s Summer Reading Challenge launched on 5 July in Manchester. The theme is Wild World Heroes and is focused on the environment and nature. Every year we encourage children…
Read Manchester is sending you on a mission this summer! With the National Literacy Trust, we’ve created three great trails for you to get busy with in the holidays. We’ll have…
Do you want your library books delivered to your house instead of visiting the library? This is now possible for Chorlton residents. Chorlton Bike Deliveries can now offer a home delivery…
On the 1 July we hosted our second Scale-Up Session, working with Kasper De Graaf from Design Manchester and special guest Rose Marley, CEO of Co-op UK. She was also…
Listen to this article on our podcast In March last year the Government announced plans to invest £13m over three years to expand and build on the success of the…
Back in 2004 Manchester Libraries’ fantastic collection of over 80 000 old photographs of the city went online. This site attracts thousands of visitors. In the last 6 months alone…
Welcome to our latest newsletter outlining all of the very best resources for Children and Families in our city-and beyond! Exciting news coming your way is the summer of fun with the Summer Reading Challenge- become a Wild…
Welcome to our May newsletter 2021. Read Manchester is continuing to develop new partnerships and programmes to promote reading for pleasure and its associated literacy and health and wellbeing benefits.…
Read Manchester are excited to announce the three winners of a set of 62 books from their reading map. Last year, Read Manchester launched a Reading Map resource in partnership…
Manchester Libraries and Read Manchester have a fantastic programme of literacy and library related activities for schools and offers to bring to schools this summer term. We have a fantastic…
We’ve a spring in our step when we look through the figures from our recent Big Book Giveaway. Over the Easter period we gifted 10,444 books and 4,633 magazines to…
Welcome back to sunny/snowy (ever-changing) weather and more importantly, re-opened libraries! You can find out about our new opening hours and services here. This issue we look at how books can boost…