It's been brilliant to see our #ReadMCR #SeeMyselfinBooks programme blossom into a Festival this year!! From book collections to live events with 15 authors. More stats & quotes coming soon Manchester Libraries National Literacy Trust Margaret Duff

You’re invited to help design a 'See Myself in Books' bookmark!  Why not get creative & show us what representation in books means to you? National Literacy Trust #ReadMCR Manchester City Council manclibraries.blog/2025/03/11/you… via Manchester Libraries

The children on our HAF holiday camp loved being gifted free books from Manchester Libraries Manchester Libraries MCRactive Holiday Activity Department for Education #readmcr #ReadMore #holidaycamps Jon Atkin

⭐️Celebrate Empathy Day with a free fun and interactive empathy-themed session with brilliant authors – poet and former Children’s Laureate, Joseph Coelho and Elle McNicoll.⭐️ 🗓️12 June, 2025. 2-2.30pm Register today!

Wow! We did it! Manchester Libraries wins Library of the Year at #BritishBookAwards for our #BluePeterBookClub Live. Chuffed to be in such a brilliant venue with over 1,000 other bookie people. Thks The Reading Agency Arts Council England & my partners in crime Danny Middleton & Margaret Duff #nibbies

We’re pleased to have supported Manchester Libraries' Blue Peter Book Club through National Lottery Project Grants – winner of the The Bookseller's Library of the Year 2025 🏆📚 Using the Blue Peter brand, they connected thousands of children and families to libraries and reading 🚀📖

Can't resist posting this from The Bookseller @BritishBookAwards on Monday. Library of the Year for Manchester Libraries with Cheryl Pridgeon and Danny Middleton

It’s nearly here! The Empathy Day Festival is just over a week away 📚❤️ there’s still time to register and download free resources and join allll these amazing authors and illustrators… come celebrate the power of books to build real life empathy - link in EmpathyLabUK bio 😊

📢 News! Delighted that Centre for Literacy in Primary Education CLPE is to become a part of the National Literacy Trust. By joining forces, we will turbo-charge our combined impact on literacy education. Read more: literacytrust.org.uk/news/centre-fo…

Super excited to be at the Northern YA & Kids Lit Fest on Saturday July 19th with Liz Flanagan and Jennifer Claessen. Check out the absolutely stacked schedule here! lancashire.ac.uk/events/listing… The Northern YA Literary Festival

📅 Secondary schools - we have a really exciting webinar coming up for you! Join #MyBookbuzz author Radhika Sanghani, school librarian Lucas Maxwell and BookTrust experts as we dig into how reading for pleasure can support students’ mental wellbeing 👇 bit.ly/45tmSAk

Books are not just for children. So thankful to have received a set of books to add to our staff library Read Manchester Manchester Libraries #ReadMCR #TEAMREAD

It’s my birthday! If you want to get me a present you could - buy my book or leave a review or borrow it from a local library! It’s one of the ‘best children’s chapter books of the summer’ according to the Observer! Not bad eh!

We've launched the #SummerReadingChallenge and new this year are our lovely selfie frames (modelled brilliantly by the team!). Head to your local library to collect your joining pack to start your reading adventure. See Manchester.gov.uk/summerreadingc… for details

So many excited Year 6’s! #transitionread being delivered! Great when you go in the classroom and someone says “that’s a great book!” #inductionday #readmcr Chorlton High School Prospere Learning Trust Read Manchester Manchester Libraries Kimberly Whittam

Bart the goat might prefer snacks, but our animals still #Take10toRead! 🐐📚 Join us, Manchester Libraries and National Literacy Trust to read for 10 minutes a day for wellbeing ahead of Mental Health Awareness Day (10 Oct). Share a picture using #Take10toRead, tag us and we’ll share!🐐📕

Always great to celebrate #ReadMCR #Take10toRead - this year has definitely been a highlight in reading for me. I’ve found great solitude and peace finding a few minutes to read whilst in the studio or sat in All Saints Park on my break from lecturing. Incredibly important 📖

At #EmpathyEducation conference to learn how to transfer empathy learning into social action for good. At the heart of our #ReadMCR aims.

#NonfictionNovember has been a new focus for #ReadMCR, but we think it's a keeper! Manchester Libraries