Friends, join me and @MCRCityofLit for the #FestivalofLibraries 2025 at the #KeepTellingofGaza tonight:
Poetry and prose
Storytelling and witnessing
With instructions to breathe
📍 Levenshulme Old Library at 7 pm
Free tickets: manchestercityofliterature.com/event/keep-t...
Woman in library talking to an audience
Book saying the roads to rome alongside older books
Roads to Rome takes in ancient infrastructure & Monty Python (what did the Romans do for us?) with @cathfletcher.bsky.social as part of @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social #FestivalofLibraries.
We have 100s of books about Rome from the 19thC & are v pleased to add Catherine’s cultural history.
Day 4 of #MuseumWeek2025. Today’s theme is Togetherness. It was so great to see so many people at our Shark Night tonight at Bolton Museum, part of #FestivalofLibraries. A real joy to share the shark collections! 🦈 #TogethernessMW
Chalkboard against a book shelf. Board reads 'Happy Birthday 125' decorated with balloons.
Celebrate the 125th birthday of the Rylands with us on Saturday 7 June. There’s a jam-packed programme of free activities as part of Manchester #FestivalOfLibraries.
From tours, print demos and music, there's loads to take part in. Stop by and help us celebrate! 🎉
Earlier this week I hosted @unesco.org delegation for #ManchesterCityofLiterature
at @porticolibrary.bsky.social for #FestivalOfLibraries week.
They work with 52 other Cities of #Literature around the world and 349 other Creative Cities in other fields. What’s On www.theportico.org.uk/whats-on
Door labelled ‘The Bishop Wickham Library’.
In the foreground a large, colourful screen with the question ‘What’s in a word, and what’s in a dictionary?’; in the background a small portrait and a carved ‘Agnus dei’ illustration.
Where does the @uomlibrary.bsky.social Collections Team go for a brilliant awayday? To the #FestivalOfLibraries workshop on dictionary-making and words @mancathedral.bsky.social with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social and the Linguistic Diversity Collective.
Happy #FestivalofLibraries! 🎉📚We kicked off our events today with a heritage & wellbeing event w/ @mcrhistories.bsky.social & workshops with the Linguistic Diversity Collective
Visit the @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social website for the full programme: www.manchestercityofliterature.com/event/festiv...
TODAY: Join us with @mcrhistories.bsky.social as we unveil a new Heritage for Wellbeing toolkit, sharing insights into its development as you join in with an activity
⏰ 1pm 📍Bolton Library
🎟️ Book (free): www.eventbrite.co.uk...
#festivaloflibraries @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social
Tomorrow I join a 🌏 of imagination and joy at Manchester Central Library for the @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social #FestivalofLibraries! I’ll be at Embassy of Utopia on 4th June. (Psst I'll swap poetry for a ukulele!) 🎤 🎶
🎟️ Book here: www.manchestercityofliterature.com/event/the-embassy-of-utopia/
♥️📚
TOMORROW: Join us with @mcrhistories.bsky.social as we unveil a new Heritage for Wellbeing toolkit, sharing insights into its development as you join in with an activity
🗓️ 4 June ⏰ 1pm 📍Bolton Library
🎟️ Book (free): www.eventbrite.co.uk...
#festivaloflibraries @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social
Graphic reading Manchester City of Literature. Make your mark. Open up a world of imagination and joy. 4-8 June 2025.
Manchester #FestivalOfLibraries is next week with 135 events across all 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester.
What’s on? We’re hosting @manmetuni.bsky.social Contemporary Gothic Reading Group with author Susan Barker on Wednesday 4 June, 3pm.
Book a free place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/contempora...
🎧 Listen up, storytellers!
I’m teaming up with @MCRCityofLit for ‘Movies for the Mind’, a Writing for Audio workshop at the #FestivalofLibraries!
🗓️ Thursday 5 June 2025
📍 Prestwich Library, Longfield Centre, M25 1AY
🎟️ Tickets going fast! →
#FestivalofLibraries
1 WEEK: Join us with @mcrhistories.bsky.social as we unveil a new Heritage for Wellbeing toolkit, sharing insights into its development as you join in with an activity
🗓️ 4 June ⏰ 1pm 📍Bolton Library
🎟️ Book (free): www.eventbrite.co.uk...
#festivaloflibraries @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social
2 WEEKS: Join us with @mcrhistories.bsky.social as we unveil a new Heritage for Wellbeing toolkit, sharing insights into its development as you join in with an activity
🗓️ 4 June ⏰ 1pm 📍Bolton Library
🎟️ Book (free): www.eventbrite.co.uk...
#festivaloflibraries @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social
Join me and @MCRCityofLit for the #FestivalofLibraries 2025. I’ll be at the Keep Telling of Gaza event on 7 June 2025🎤
📍 Levenshulme Old Library at 7 pm
Come along and Make Your Mark!
🎟️ Book here: www.manchestercityofliterature.com/event/keep-t...
We’re delighted that the fantastic #FestivalofLibraries is returning for a fifth year. Presented by @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social, it’s the biggest festival of its type in the country, and brings together all 133 of GM’s libraries and more.
www.manchestercityofliterature.com/event/festiv...
Interested in creative health?
Join us with @mcrhistories.bsky.social as we unveil a new Heritage for Wellbeing toolkit, sharing insights into its development as you join in with an activity
🗓️ 4 June ⏰ 1pm 📍Bolton Library
🎟️ Book (free): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
#festivaloflibraries
Join the Linguistic Diversity Collective at the @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social #FestivalofLibraries for a session of blackout poetry, finding artistic meaning in a scientific text
📍Cheadle Library
🗓️ 4 June
⏰ 4-6pm (Drop-in)
🎟️ Book (free): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blackout-t...
@uomsalc.bsky.social
The #FestivalOfLibraries is coming to Manchester Libraries
this June! Make sure you are prepared for the fun by checking out the lineup of events.
www.manchestercityofliterature.com/event/festival-of-libraries-2025/
#ACEFunded #CultureAndCreativity
IN 1 MONTH: Join us with @mcrhistories.bsky.social as we unveil a new Heritage for Wellbeing toolkit, sharing insights into its development as you join in with an activity
🗓️ 4 June ⏰ 1pm 📍Bolton Library
🎟️ Book (free): www.eventbrite.co.uk...
#festivaloflibraries @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social
Join Centre for New Writing for a series of Writing for Wellbeing Workshops across Greater Manchester – with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social.
📅 Thu 5 / Fri 6 / Sat 7 Jun
Part of the #FestivalofLibraries hosted by @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social.
Info and free tickets:
www.eventbrite.com/cc/festival-...
Join us with @mcrhistories.bsky.social as we unveil a new Heritage for Wellbeing toolkit, sharing insights into its development as you join in with an activity.
🗓️ 4 June ⏰ 1pm 📍Bolton Central Library
🎟️ Book (free): www.eventbrite.co.uk...
#festivaloflibraries @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social
Are you ready to get to know your local library? 📚@mcrcityoflit.bsky.social have announced the programme for this year’s #festivaloflibraries. We’ve partnered with @mcrhistfest.bsky.social and more to celebrate with a series of free workshops and events.
Book: www.eventbrite.com/cc/festival-...
Cheesiest grin and a ridiculously huge banner - but LOTS of fun at #Festivaloflibraries in Bath today - met some old author mates and made some new ones ☺️ Thanks everyone who came, bought books and supported 🙏📚💕
A blog preview image, with the Perfect Dark logo, and content: Proof of life Mysterious projects update Being part of the Festival of Libraries Attending MACC-POW! 2024 Perfect Dark retrospective feature
It's the wild return of my newsletter today, with:
- Mysterious projects update
- Being part of the #FestivalofLibraries
- Attending MACC-POW! 2024
- My Perfect Dark retrospective
All this and much more via www.patreon.com/posts/whirlw...
