October Newsletter
Fun Palaces Fun Palaces bring the community together through a celebration of culture, arts, science, and heritage. With a range of activities from crafts to tech, this is your chance to…
Category Literature and reading
Join #Take10toRead for Mental Health on October 10
It’s that time of the year again folks, when we make sure to find time to switch off from the hustle and bustle of life, by emphasising the importance of…
Author Event with Rosie Goodwin Wednesday 2 October
Our partners at Borrowbox, our platform for eBooks and eAudiobooks, are hosting a free online author talk with bestselling author Rosie Goodwin. Rosie Goodwin is the four-million-copy author of more than…
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…
Northenden Library Update
Northenden Community Library opened in its new location in St Wilfrid’s Church Hall back in the New Year. Since then, the library has continued to grow busier each month, with…
Libraries Update – July 2024
Library staff and customers looking at some Archive material about Central Library
On tour with Manchester Libraries
This summer our library team have been getting out and about telling people about the fantastic resources and spaces we have on offer at Manchester Libraries. We spent the day…
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…
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…
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…
Libraries Update – January 2024
Ros Atkins – Central Library BBC presenter and journalist Ros Atkins discussed his latest book ‘The Art of Explanation’ at a special event organised by the Business & IP Centre at Central…
Job opportunities
We have an exciting opportunity for experienced and forward-looking libraries staff to join our team. The right candidate will have a good understanding of the way that Manchester libraries operate – our ethos, culture and…
Supporting families to develop a love of reading
Read Manchester has been working with a growing number of local charities over the past few years, gifting books and literacy-related resources to those families most in need. One of…
Kicked Out launch at Old Trafford
Pupils from Manchester United Foundation’s partner primary schools celebrated reading and writing with a special event at Old Trafford with Read Manchester. The author-led event was held as part of…
Christmas book gift appeal open
Out of present ideas for family and friends this Christmas? Why not tell them that their gift has helped to give a local child the gift of reading and donate…
Christmas Book Gifting Appeal
Manchester Central Library Development Trust, the charity that supports the educational and cultural activities of Manchester Libraries, has launched a new cash appeal on justgiving.com to help get brand new…
Pupils take to the terraces
Primary school pupils from Manchester took to the terraces at Old Trafford football ground this week to take part in a special author-led event to help boost reading skills and…
#GreenLibrariesWeek
Libraries Week is an annual showcase and celebration of the best that libraries have to offer. This year it takes place from 2nd-8th October and is ‘Green Libraries Week’. Green…
Book-Gifting Boost!
Manchester Central Library Development Trust, the charity that supports educational, cultural and archives work in Manchester Libraries, has secured £8,000 to support a new dual language book gifting initiative being…