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Doing Things Differently – Age Friendly Manchester Culture Working Group
Manchester Leads the Way with Age-Friendly Culture and celebrates renewed commitment to creativity with older residents. At a gathering at The Whitworth, nearly 100 community leaders, Manchester Libraries, cultural organisations,…
Manchester Culture Awards 2026
Nominations for the Manchester Culture Awards 2026 are now open, and we want to hear all about the fantastic creative and cultural activity that has taken place in the city between…
Festival of Libraries 2026
Manchester City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries, the county-wide celebration of Greater Manchester’s 133 libraries, returns between Wednesday 10th – Sunday 14th June 2026. The award-winning festival, which is supported…
‘Phoenix Rising’ – celebrating the launch of a new book from the Phoenix Support Group
Manchester Libraries are supporting Phoenix Support Group in their launch of their book ‘Phoenix Rising’. The book provides stories and reflections from women who have experienced sexual abuse. Phoenix is…
Bringing Digital Inclusion to life at Cornerstone URC & 5th Boys Brigade and Girls Association
The Digital Inclusion team at Manchester City Council visited Chloe Anwen, Community Engagement Manager at Cornerstone United Reformed Church on Tuesday 31st of March to have a chat about the digital inclusion…
Full Volume Podcast -May Edition
Full Volume: The Manchester Libraries Podcast is back for May with another fun-packed episode. Listen Here: Presenters Alan Lynch and his co-host Gary Parkinson – bring you all the…
Music Library Gigs & Workshop Highlights
The Henry Watson Music Library at Central Library has hosted a feast of activities in recent weeks. From amazing multi-lingual DJ Workshops thanks to the 嘢嘢YardYard collective, to author in-conversation…
Children’s Gardening Week
Children’s Gardening Week runs from 23 – 31 May 2026, just in time for the school holidays! The aim of National Children’s Gardening Week is to inspire children’s curiosity, whilst…
Central Library celebrates arrival of Planetarium Go! to St Peter’s Sq.
Calling all future star explorers to St Peter’s Square this Spring! As the city keenly awaits the arrival of Planetarium Go! in Manchester this May, it has been confirmed that…
New Funding for the Henry Watson Music Library
Arts Council England (ACE) has awarded Manchester City Council (Manchester Libraries) £52,942 to enhance the Henry Watson Music Library on the 1st floor of Grade II* listed Manchester Central Library.…
A Manchester Libraries “Fairytail”: Nya the Train Dog Visits Central Library
Last Friday we had a really special guest in Manchester Central Library’s children library: children and parents were surprised and delighted to receive a visit from Nya, Transpennine Express (TPE)…
Rowetta, Ríoghnach Connolly, and Richard Houghton on the new Full Volume Podcast
Full Volume: The Manchester Libraries Podcast returns for a bumper Easter extravaganza. Presenters Alan Lynch and his co-host Gary Parkinson – bring you all the latest and greatest from across…
Daria Chromik Dazzles with Piano Recital
Last week (26 March), acclaimed Polish pianist, Daria Chromik, appeared at the Henry Watson Music Library for a special lunchtime performance.Presenting ‘Between Note and Emotion – Piano Recital’, the concert…
Lord Mayor debuts ‘Rattlebag of Poems’ at Central Library
The Lord Mayor of Manchester has released a new collection of poetry celebrating the city’s culture, creativity and industrial roots. In a special debut at Manchester Central Library, Councillor Carmine…
Withington is Library of the Month
Nestled in the heart of Withington village, Withington Library has been a local landmark since 30 May 1927, when it opened as one of Manchester’s celebrated Carnegie libraries designed by city…
The Special Collection of Henry Watson externally funded project
The Royal Northern College of Music have been awarded £50k from The National Archives: Archives Revealed cataloguing fund for an 18 month project. The project will result in uncatalogued stock…
Good Things Foundation Visit to Chorlton Library
Councillor John Hacking with Vicki Sellick MBE and Sital Mistry Lee On Thursday 19th February, we were delighted to welcome Vicki Sellick MBE, incoming CEO of Good Things Foundation (GTF), and Sital Mistry Lee, Associate Director…
Manchester celebrates World Book Day
To mark World Book Day, Manchester Libraries have been part of a city-wide effort to help children and young people celebrate the joy of reading and the magic that stories…
Easter Holidays Children’s Crafts
Looking for something arty to keep your hands and brains busy over the next school holidays? Check out the following activities in your local libraries… Creative kids can design and…