Borrowbox: Now with digital magazines and newspapers!
Borrowbox. Your library in one app! E-books and audio books You can use BorrowBox to browse, borrow and read or listen to ebooks and audio books anywhere and everywhere. E-press…
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We’re upping our game at Newton Heath Library!
One of our favourite branch libraries, Newton Heath Library is really at the top of its game. It’s a popular and well-loved local library in a verdant spot on the…
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
Read Manchester and Libraries help children to #ReadEnjoySucceed!
Helping children to love reading is crucial to developing literacy skills, wellbeing and offering an increased range of opportunities through life. The more children enjoy reading, the more they’ll do…
Bookworm Elmo is the Summer Reading Challenge Winner
We had a lovely little celebration at Hulme High St Library where 6yr old Elmo was presented with his winnings for being the overall Manchester Libraries Summer Reading Challenge Winner…
Read Widely – August 2022
To all the book lovers out there looking for some literary inspiration, check out our Read Widely in 2022 campaign, Manchester Libraries year-long promotion of fabulous fiction by authors of…
Accessing the library from your mobile
You can access Manchester Libraries online from your mobile phone. There are 2 ways to do so – by the catalogue or by the Spydus Mobile App. From both you…
Crime Central July 2022
We can now announce the stonking line up for this month’s Crime Central! THURSDAY 28TH JULY 22 FROM 6PM. Joining Rob Parker this months is… The acclaimed Manchester based author…
Join the Gadgeteers this Summer!
4 July – 17 September You’re invited to join our free Summer Reading Challenge with Manchester Libraries and enjoy a summer full of reading and science-inspired activities. This year’s theme…
New storytime passports launched
Staff at Central Library have demonstrated their creativity by devising and designing a new series of children’s certificates and a ‘passport’ booklet for children attending pre-school storytimes across the city.…
Do the Write Thing – ONLINE SESSIONS
Join Cathy Crabb online every Saturday at 11am for some FREE mindful creative writing sessions. ‘One creative writing exercise for one hour. All writers new and old welcome. Each week…
‘The Lion Above the Door’ is Read Manchester’s Transition Read 2022
Read Manchester’s third year of the transition read is now underway. Following two successful years reading the humourous The Kid Who Came From Space by Ross Welford, a new title…
Dare to Write!
Eve, Kitty and their friends have just come back from their trip, when a sudden death occurs. To make matters worse, their enemies, Hailey and Monique, are on their tails.…
Welcome back WomenZone and Happy New Year!
This New Year Abraham Moss Library were delighted to welcome back one of our favourite community groups, WomenZone, to their regular weekly sessions. Like many social groups, WomenZone were unable…
Space Chase: Summer Reading Reading Challenge Report 2019
Manchester Libraries participate in the national Summer Reading Challenge (developed by the Reading Agency) every year. Children join the Challenge to read six library books during the school holidays and…
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…
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…
Manchester Literature Festival 2017
Manchester is a city of stories and storytellers. It’s also a city of activism, protest, pioneers and radicals. This year’s Manchester Literature Festival welcomes over a hundred of our most…