Take a front row seat for the Festival of Libraries 2024!
Sharing their love of libraries this year are authors, poets, performers, artists and historians, including Konnie Huq, LYR (Simon Armitage, Richard Walters and Patrick Pearson), Maxine Peake, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Coelho and more. Taking part are the city region’s 133 libraries, including the internationally renowned Central Library, Chetham’s, The Portico Library and John Rylands Research Institute and Library, and everyone is invited.
The Festival of Libraries programme is full of imagination, ideas, connections and discussion with exhibitions, author talks, performances, installations, live music, workshops and international collaborations which are all free to take part in. The festival is here as a reminder to people of the breadth of what libraries offer and the incredible contribution they make to communities as places that not only give access to books, but provide services, learning and creativity; all with an open invitation to anyone. As a UNESCO City of Literature, Manchester believes passionately in the value of libraries and the Festival of Libraries, which is Arts Council England funded, is a reflection of this.
Highlights at Manchester Libraries include –
- The LYR Band Open the Festival of Libraries
- Celebration of Creativity at North City Library
- Forum Library Festival of Libraries Fun Day
- Longsight Library Festival of Libraries Fun Day
- Central Library Festival of Libraries Sunday Funday
- The Embassy of Utopia
- Konnie Huq: Look for a Book
- From Ink to Action Exhibition
- Landscape of Change Poetry Exhibition
- One in Ten: Audio Immersive Experience
Discover the FULL Festival of Libraries programme here.
