by librarians | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog
South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) runs from 18 July to 17 August and the Manchester Museum is working in partnership with the British Council to bring this to life online. SAHM aims to commemorate, mark and celebrate South Asian history and culture, through education,...
by librarians | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog
Saturday 4 July saw the reopening of many public venues across the north west and it was smiles all round as eight of Manchester’s libraries opened their doors once more. There were cheers from the queue outside Didsbury Library when they reopened and across the eight...
by librarians | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog
Join Carcanet Press online, to celebrate the launch of Sasha Dugdale’s new poetry collection, Deformations on July 22 at 7pm. Hosting the reading will be poet and critic, Kathryn Maris, joining Sasha to discuss the new work. Audience members will have the...
by librarians | Jul 1, 2020 | Blog
Please join our friends at Carcanet, online, to celebrate the launch of Rebecca Watts’ new poetry collection, Red Gloves. Hosting the reading will be Paul Stephenson, joining Rebecca to discuss the new work. The book launch takes place on Facebook at 7pm on...
by librarians | Jun 13, 2020 | Blog
The Manchester Libraries team have produced a great video together during lockdown. Paula Carley (Service Development Coordinator) worked wonders and persuaded loads of staff to send in short clips which she editied together. Paula’s tips for making a video like...
