Read Manchester and Mama G deliver prize to competition winner!
Let us introduce you to Mama G, a family-friendly and very fun storyteller with a message of love and a celebration of diversity. She travels around the country sharing stories…
Category Literature and reading
Manchester Libraries – Resilience in 2020
After the UK wide lockdown and closure of Public Libraries in March 2020, here at Manchester Libraries we began the task of responding to the challenge of service continuity during…
Book into Manchester Libraries for a good read during National Libraries Week
Manchester Libraries will be joining libraries up and down the country to celebrate Libraries Week from 5 – 10 October – an annual event showcasing what libraries have to offer…
Black History Month
Here is a list of Manchester Libraries events for Black History Month this October. ______________________________________________________________________________ A special message from poet Lemn Sissay. Black History Month Books A collection of new…
British Library: Free Livestream Events
Manchester Libraries has partnered with The British Library to bring the Living Knowledge Network to libraries across the UK. The Living Knowledge Network is a UK-wide partnership of national and…
News and offers from Read Manchester and Manchester Libraries for schools, September/October 2020
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.…
Children & Families September Newsletter
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 Celebrates Local Writers Andrew Simpson and Peter Topping.
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…
Read Manchester launches reading map with Transport for Greater Manchester
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…
‘Between the Covers’ with Sara Cox – a new BBC2 Book Club!
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…
An Evening with Sarah Butler
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…
20,000 books gifted to help Manchester children Bee Readers this summer
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…
Library Locals. Lockdown Interviews with Manchester based Authors – Samantha Tonge
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…
Children & Families Newsletter #21
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
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…
Virtual Chorlton Book Festival 2020
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…
Children & Families Newsletter #20
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…
Library Locals. Lockdown Interviews with Manchester based Authors – Matt Cain
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…
Children & Families Newsletter #19
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…
Children & Families Newsletter #18
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…