May Libraries Update
Blossom Trail – Central Library For the 2nd year, the Blossom Trail tour took place and started at Castlefield viaduct, and included a stop at Central Library! A group of…
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World Book Day 2024
World Book Day this year was once again a celebration of children’s authors and book giveaways – over five and a half thousand books were gifted via Manchester Libraries, schools…
Manchester BSL Festival
The popular Manchester British Sign Language Fest is back for it’s third year and this year’s programme, which runs from Monday 22 April to Sunday 28 April, brings a host…
Local and community history month
We are excited to launch rate books for the boroughs which now make up Greater Manchester available for free on Findmypast at all Manchester Libraries. These sources, which locate families…
Libraries Update – January 2023
Collage of photographs from Chinese New Year Celebrations
Marcus Rashford Book Give-Away. Calling all Manchester High Schools!
Marcus Rashford selection of books 'You Can Do It' and 'You Are A Champion'
Read Manchester’s Festive Gifting Campaign
Read Manchester logo and selection of images of children and staff with books
Town Hall Tales at Longsight Library
Town Hall Tales is project which gathers together images and stories from people who have had some connection with Manchester Town Hall over the years. Ushiku Crisafulli performed a poem…
Sick! Festival 2022 coming soon
North City Library in Harpurhey are really excited to hear that SICK! Festival 2022 hits the streets throughout the month of May! We love their wildly inventive and imaginative public…
Volunteer Finds: Town Hall Photographers’ Collection Tweets
Town Hall Photographers’ Collection – A Progress Report As one of the volunteers on the Town Hall Photographers’ Collection digitisation project, one of the phrases that crops up regularly in…
Which audiobooks get the most downloads in Manchester?
Love audiobooks? Don’t sign up for an expensive monthly online subscription. Download free audiobooks from the library at any time. Take a look at our new releases or browse the…
February libraries bulletin
In February’s issue of his monthly Manchester Libraries Bulletin, Councillor Rahman shares what’s been happening across Manchester’s libraries. Discover how we celebrated International Mother Language Day in libraries across the…
Libraries celebrate languages
Four Manchester libraries will host events to celebrate the city’s linguistic and cultural diversity, on International Mother Language Day this half term. Free activities and performances for people of…
CISCO NetAcademy
It’s a new year and now’s the time to do something great for yourself and your career in 2018. Take advantage of our new partnership with CISCO and sign up…
We’ve teamed up with Henshaws
This January Manchester Libraries launches a new partnership with the charity Henshaws to provide advice, support and resources to those with sight impairment. Every Friday, members of the Henshaws team…
The Danger Tree exhibition
Experience a groundbreaking visual art exhibition at Manchester Central Library combining traditional painting with augmented reality technology. Scarlett Raven and Marc Marot’s stunning augmented reality project, The Danger Tree, opens…
Discover Library Live
Did you know that through the Library Live website, you can . . . Sign up for the Library Live newsletter Join our Facebook page Keep up to date and…
Don’t miss the Fun Palaces this weekend!
We can’t wait to see you this Saturday at the Manchester Libraries awesome Fun Palaces. Join us at Longsight, Moss Side, Fallowfield, Wythenshawe, Abraham Moss and North City Libraries on…
Drop Everything and Read Manchester
Join us on National Poetry Day Thursday 28th September at 11.45, where ever you are, and read for 10 minutes! At 11.45 am performance poet Dom Berry will be leading…
Roald Dahl Day
On Roald Dahl Day, Wednesday 13 September a unique LEGO® brick build of Charlie, good-hearted hero of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was revealed at Central Library. There are six…