Libraries Week takes place between 3 and 9 October, celebrating the nation’s much-loved libraries and the central role that libraries play in supporting life-long learning. This year’s theme is ‘Never Stop Learning’, and we want to showcase how Manchester libraries are inspiring learning for all and helping individuals to unlock and fulfil their potential at every stage of life.
Take a look at some of the great activities, events and workshops that are happening in your local library over the next week.
Monday 3 October
- Arcadia Library
- Age Friendly Coffee Morning: 10am until 11am
- Storytime: 11am until 11.30am
- Roma drop-in sessions: 12:30pm until 3pm
- Councillors’ drop-in session: 6pm until 7pm
- Avenue Library
- Digital Skill Up drop-in session with Manchester Adult Education Service: 12.30pm until 3pm
- Brooklands Library
- Story Time 11am until 12am
- Forum Library
- Talk English: 12pm until 2.30pm.
- Memory Skills: 2pm until 4pm
- Disabled support Group: 2pm until 4pm
- History Group: 6pm until 7.45pm
- Dungeons & Dragons group: 5pm until 7.45pm
- Gorton Library
- Puzzle Club: 3pm until 5pm
- Longsight Library
- Talk English: 9.30am until 12.00pm
- Digital Skill Up drop-in session with Manchester Adult Education Service: 9.30am until 12pm
- Moss Side Powerhouse Library
- ESOL class: 11am until 12pm
- Homework Club: 4:30pm until 6:30pm
- Newton Heath Library
- Age Friendly IT session: 2pm until 3.30pm
- Withington Library
- Age Friendly Coffee Hour: 10am until 11am
- Computer Support: 1.30pm until 3.30pm
Tuesday 4 October
- Beswick Library
- Computer Support: 11am until 12pm
- Brooklands Library
- Age Friendly Coffee Day
- Burnage Library
- Knit and Natter: 10am until 12pm
- Computer support: 10.30am until 12.30pm
- Central Library
- Digital Skills up drop-in: 10am until 12.30pm
- Chorlton Library
- Age Friendly Coffee Morning: 10am until 11am
- Forum Library
- Age friendly Hour: 10am until 11am
- Storytime: 11am until 11.30am
- Paint Pots: 12pm until 4pm
- Dementia Support group: 1pm until 3pm
- Creative Writing Group: 1pm until 4pm
- Gorton Library
- Local History Group: 2pm until 4pm
- Craft Group: 2pm until 4pm
- Brenda’s Knitting Group: 5pm until 7.30pm
- Hulme High Street Library
- Age Friendly Coffee Morning: 11am until 12 pm
- Digital Skill Up drop-in session with Manchester Adult Education Service: 1pm until 3pm
- Longsight Library
- Asian Carers: 9am until 1pm
- Citizens Advice (debt): 1pm until 3:30pm
- Media Cubs: 4pm until 5pm
- Moss Side Powerhouse Library
- Storytime: 11am until 11.30am
- Power Rangers (over 50s group): 11am until 1pm
- Power Knitters: 12.30am until 1.30pm
- Northenden Library
- Age Friendly Coffee Day: 2pm until 4:45pm
- Withington Library
- Manchester City Council Fostering event: 4:30pm until 6:30pm
Wednesday 5 October
- Arcadia Library
- Over 50’s Reading Group: 1pm until 2.30pm
- Brooklands Library
- Computer Support: 2pm until 4pm
- Burnage Library
- Storytime 10.30am until 11am
- Forum Library
- Computer Support: 10am until 12pm
- Guitar Shed: 12pm until 3pm
- Knitting Group: 12pm until 4pm
- Homelessness support: 1pm until 4pm
- Hulme High Street Library
- Talk English 9.30am until 11.30am
- LEGO Club: 11.30am
- Longsight Library
- Puzzle Club: 9.30am until 12pm
- Moss Side Powerhouse Library
- Little Reads (storytime with Manchester Literature Festival): 11am until 12pm
- Job Club: 11am until 12pm
- Age Friendly Coffee Morning: 11.30am until 1.30pm
- Northenden Library
- Computer Support: 2.30pm until 3.30pm
- Withington Library
- Talk English: 9am until 3pm
- Storytime: 11am until 11:30am
- Creative writing group Dip Drop Writing: 5:45pm until 7:45pm
Thursday 6 October
- Abraham Moss Library
- Storytime: 11am until 11.30am
- Arcadia Library
- Colouring Club: 3pm until 4pm
- Avenue Library
- YES Manchester: ICT and employment support: 10am until 4pm
- Central Library
- Carnival history workshop for adults with Linford Sweeney: 5.30pm until 7.30pm
- Didsbury Library
- Storytime: 11am until 11.30am
- Forum Library
- Ancestry Group: 9am until 12pm
- Card Crafters: 12pm until 3pm
- Women’s Support Group: 1pm until 3pm
- Gorton Library
- Coffee Morning: 10am until 12pm
- Storytime: 11am until 11.30am
- Hulme High Street Library
- Story Session: 11am until 11.30am
- Longsight Library
- Citizens Advice service: 9.30am until 1pm
- Age Friendly Coffee Morning: 10am until 11am
- Storytime: 11am until 11.30am
- Womens Wellbeing Art Group: 1pm until 4 pm
- Moss Side Powerhouse Library
- Job Club: 11am until 12pm
- LEGO Club: 3pm until 5pm
- North City Library
- YES Manchester: ICT and employment support: 10am until 3pm
Friday 7 October
- Arcadia Library
- Levenshulme Youth Group: 6pm until 8pm
- Avenue Library
- Storytime: 11am until 11.30am
- Chorlton Library
- Storytime: 11am until 11.30am
- Grand Day Out: Over 50’s Digital Drop-In: 2pm until 4pm
- Gorton Library
- Art Waves: 2pm until 4pm
- Northenden Library
- Storytime: 11am until 11.30am
- Withington Library
- Wills and Probate Advice: 10.30am until 12pm
- Age Friendly Coffee Hour: 11am until 1pm
Saturday 8 October
- Brooklands Library
- LEGO Club: 10am until 12.30pm
- Central Library
- Reading Rascals reading group
- Didsbury Library
- LEGO Club: 10am until 12pm
- Forum Library
- Ancestry Group: 10am until 12pm
- LEGO Club: 2pm until 4pm
- Saturday night Arts programme: 5pm until 7pm
- Gorton Library
- LEGO Club: 11am until 12pm
- Code Club: 11am until 12pm
- Longsight Library
- LEGO Club: 10am until 11am
- Moss Side Powerhouse Library
- Somali Storytime: 2pm until 2.30pm
- Film Club: 2pm until 4pm
- Withington Library
- Code Club: 10.30am until 12.30pm
- LEGO Club: 2pm until 4pm
Sunday 9 October
- Central Library
- Jan Carson & Louise Kennedy: 2pm
- Kit de Waal: 4pm
