Read Manchester gifts Reading Well books to boost mental wellbeing
One of the major benefits of regular reading can be improved mental health and wellbeing. Research shows that reading for just ten minutes a day can help make us feel…
Category Literature and reading
Read Manchester Takes 10 for mental wellbeing on 8 October
Join hundreds of schools, families and businesses across the UK as we drop everything and read together for 10 minutes! Want to: · Feel calm · Improve your memory and…
Library Returns – that’s people not books
Residents will benefit from greater access to Manchester libraries from 6 September 2021 as library services return to pre-covid opening hours as the city enters the final phase of its…
Children and Families August Newsletter
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…
Read Manchester Summer Newsletter
Welcome to our Summer Newsletter 2021. Catch up with our latest news on book gifting, our Arts Council funded programme, Connecting Stories and everything else we are up to this…
Bringing ‘Boy, Everywhere’ to Manchester
Read Manchester is committed to bringing books and programmes to the city that promote inclusion, diversity and develop empathy. Our recent collaboration with Manchester Children’s Book Festival (Manchester Metropolitan University) and…
Read Manchester’s #BigRead – The Kid Who Came from Space
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…
Summer Reading Challenge 2021 – Wild World Heroes!
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…
Chorlton Bike Deliveries in Partnership with Chorlton Library
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…
Our Summer Reading Challenge is launched
The Challenge aims to tackle the summer reading ‘dip’ during the school break by encouraging children to set themselves a personal reading goal to achieve over the summer holidays. The Challenge…
Anna Polonyi: A Sensory Tour of Iowa City
Manchester City of Literature and Manchester Literature Festival offered two virtual writer residencies to take place during the Festival of Libraries in June 2021. Manchester Central Library was excited to…
A scrapbook of hopes
Listen to this article on the podcast In November, thanks to National Literacy Trust’s partnership with BUPA Foundation, all primary schools in Manchester received three copies each of Bloomsbury’s collection…
Henry Normal in Conversation…
Listen to this blog post on our podcast. Join Henry Normal as he chats and shares poems with award-winning wordsmiths from Flapjack Press. With audience Q&A. A series of live stream…
Children and families June newsletter
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…
Guardian Angel Watches Over Us – congratulations to HMP Manchester
It’s been a strange time within the high walls of HMP Manchester during the pandemic but here in the library we have been busy working on some exciting projects. One…
Read Manchester May Newsletter
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.…
Three schools win a full set of books from Read Manchester and TfGM’s reading map
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 May Update
Our buildings have been open for a month now. We’ve been overwhelmed by the fantastic comments from our customers and support. You can see from the figures below that our…
An Evening with writers Lara Williams, Keith Hutson and Oliver Harris.
Manchester Libraries, Read Regional and Manchester City of Literature are proud to present three of the best new writers in Manchester. Thursday 10th June. From 7pm. As part of our…
Author Matt Cain supports the ReadMCR #Take10toRead challenge!
The bestselling author has recorded a special sneak preview video of his beautiful new book ‘The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle’. Matt Cain has always been a champion of Manchester…