Every child deserves to travel through stories. Make it possible for Manchester's kids with a donation to #MancBookGift. 📖 Donate now at justgiving.com/campaign/mancb… 📖💕

Can you help a child fall in love with reading this Christmas? #MancBookGift #literacyskills #lovetoread Find out more and donate here: justgiving.com/campaign/mancb…

Hoping Santa might bring you a new phone or tablet for Christmas? Don’t leave your old one lying about. Just bring it to any Manchester library and we'll make sure Community Computers reuse or recycle them 🎅 manclibraries.blog/2023/12/13/don…

Thank you for the fantastic books for our young people! Your thoughtful gifts will not only bring joy but also encourage them to explore the exciting world of reading 📚 #ReadMCR Manchester Libraries

Look at the amazing things that your support for the #MancBookGift appeal can do 🌟🎄📚 Find out more and donate here: justgiving.com/campaign/mancb…

A picture is worth a 1000 words! Thanks to Youth On Solid Ground for sharing such a joyful photo. If you'd like to help us #ReadMCR bring more smiles with free books for children, check out our fundraising campaign tinyurl.com/2vkbyyww #ChildFriendlyMCR

PLEASE SHARE! ⚠️ Join us THIS THURSDAY at 54 St James St 📣 Further info and booking below #PLACED

The Post Office's compensation scheme is designed to minimise payouts. One postmaster received £15.75. That isn't a typo. I count nine ways the Post Office's HSS compensation scheme is rigged:

There's a lot more than you think happening in libraries this year! Check out Library Live for event listings and you'll find book launches, open mic nights, exhibitions, workshops and lots more - librarylive.co.uk

Greater Manchester’s oldest surviving archive collection saved by Manchester City Council. The Assheton of Middleton collection, will have a permanent home in the Greater Manchester County Record Office at Manchester Central Library. Find out more here - manclibraries.blog/2024/01/16/gre…

Inventions that wouldnt exist without Black Women. #WomensHistoryMonth —THREAD— Valerie Thomas, NASA physicist, invented 3D Movies In 1977, she developed the illusion transmitter, the 1st mechanism that allowed images to be viewed in 3D using concave mirrors & light rays.

Spanish artist Raquel Rodrigo from Valencia creates cross-stitching street art #WomensArt

We love music, but I don't know how new bands/ artists get coverage anymore. Used to buy music magazines. Music service algorithms are hit and miss tbh. Word of mouth is best. So, gonna do a little thread promo-ing some very cool new bands that we think are awesome! #SupportMusic

Georgia O'Keeffe, Sunrise, 1916 #womensart

From long lost Ghanaian records to Northern and East African record digging finds, we take a look through the vaults to share 15 vintage African records you should probably own 🎙🤩🌍 Check out the full collection here 👇🏾 bit.ly/3elWzhx

👉There's so much happening on our #BluePeterBookClub Live launch on 18 May! Ready to fly are birds created as part of Reading Makes Us Free art project with the fab Emma Martin & 10,000 sch children. See details of the full free prog here: librarylive.co.uk/event/blue-pet… Arts Council England

Georgia O'Keeffe, Starlight Night, 1917 #womensart

We'll be joining the next Stockport Council Stockport Walk Cycle #StockportMoves event on Sunday 9 June, 11.00 to 14.00. 👋 Come along to enjoy the new helix ramp, then find our stall to say hi & find out how we can help improve your area. See here for details: stockport.gov.uk/events/stockpo…

Pam Carter, painter who was known for her Scottish landscape and seascape #WomensArt

Reading is possibly the perfect hobby. You can do it alone, you can do it with others, you can do it lying in bed, you can read for pleasure or learning or both at once. Folks who don’t read are missing one of life’s greatest joys.