Since lockdown began, Read Manchester has been busy gifting 20,000 books and other resources to ensure that books are getting into the hands of children who need them the most.…
Welcome to our September newsletter, and it is crammed full of brilliant news, festivals and events to ensure you have lots of fun and to keep you busy over the…
Chorlton Book Festival returns on Saturday 19th September. Due to the current situation, we had to rethink how we could make the festival work in 2020. The obvious answer was…
Reading is like a journey – where will you go? is the latest initiative from Read Manchester to promote reading across the city. The campaign from Manchester City Council and…
We’re very excited to hear about a prime time book club coming this October to BBC2. Presented by the rather brilliant Sara Cox! Sara Cox said: “I can’t wait to…
Tuesday 6th October at 6.30pm Manchester Libraries, The Reading Agency and Pan MacMillan are excited to invite you to this special #LibrariesWeek event with acclaimed author Sarah Butler. Sarah is…
Read Manchester and Manchester Libraries have been working with partners over the summer to deliver a huge number of books and resources to children in Manchester. More than 20,000 books have…
Here at Manchester Libraries we’re working as hard as ever to keep our wonderful book loving borrowers happy and fulfilled. We know how popular author sessions are so we’ve racked…
It’s nearly the end of the school summer holidays but there’s still time to take part in the Summer Reading Challenge and more! Have a look at all the ideas…
An Evening with Lesley Pearse. Sunday Times Bestselling Author and Winner of the Woman and Home Book Choice Award 2020 Friday 25 September at 7pm Manchester Libraries, Libraries Connected and…
Chorlton Book Festival returns this September. Reading has been bigger than ever in 2020, so we couldn’t postpone the sixteenth Chorlton Book Festival. Instead, we’ve curated a mix of online…
We hope you’ve found the chance to Drop Everything and Read this summer! Reading is such a great activity to do together and we’re pleased to have re-opened some of our…
Here at Manchester Libraries we’re working as hard as ever to keep our wonderful book loving borrowers happy and fulfilled. We know how popular author sessions are so we’ve racked…
As we are able to start going out and about more and more, and taking up our hobbies and interests again, it’s great to link our reading to the things…
The Silly Squad Summer Reading Challenge is now well under way – don’t miss our fabulous videos and Facebook events with lots of great ideas to keep you busy over…
Here at Manchester Libraries we’re working as hard as ever to keep our wonderful book loving borrowers happy and fulfilled. We know how popular author sessions are so we’ve racked…
More than 2,000 people visited Manchester’s libraries in the first week after the city began a phased reopening of their doors to visitors. Eight of the city’s libraries reopened on…
A free book has been given to every child leaving primary school in Manchester this July as part of a city-wide first to help prepare them for starting high school…
Welcome to the latest Children and Families newsletter. Get your pens and pencils ready to join in lots of amazing activities this week, including a Read Manchester story-writing competition, and…
Here at Manchester Libraries we’re working as hard as ever (but from our kitchen tables!) to keep our wonderful book loving borrowers happy and fulfilled. We know how popular author…