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1. Manchester Festival of Libraries : Print Me a Poem

   Print Me a Poem Print your own poem on an ancient printing press for the Festival of Libraries! Lemn Sissay, the Festival’s Ambassador, has kindly let us offer the opportunity...

   25th May 2022 • Read more

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   Manchester Festival of Libraries: Letters in the library

   Letters in the library Join us on our family fun day at Chetham’s Library! Inspired by the alphabet and children’s lessons in medieval England, we’ll be looking at the weird...

   25th May 2022 • Read more

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   Manchester Festival of Libraries: Letters in the library

   Letters in the library Join us on our family fun day at Chetham’s Library! Inspired by the alphabet and children’s lessons in medieval England, we’ll be looking at the weird...

   25th May 2022 • Read more

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   Poem of the Week with Carol Rumens

   A Manchester Literature Festival event Carcanet at 50 Carol Rumens’ popular ‘Poem of the Week’ blog has been featuring in The Guardian for more than a dozen years. Join her...

   14th August 2019 • Read more

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   Poem of the Week with Carol Rumens

   A Manchester Literature Festival event Carcanet at 50 Carol Rumens’ popular ‘Poem of the Week’ blog has been featuring in The Guardian for more than a dozen years. Join her...

   14th August 2019 • Read more

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   Chetham’s Library: Unscripted

   On sale 10am, Friday 16 August After the Library has closed to the public and the dust of the day has settled, the buildings come alive for a unique and...

   14th August 2019 • Read more

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   Chetham’s Library: Unscripted

   On sale 10am, Friday 16 August After the Library has closed to the public and the dust of the day has settled, the buildings come alive for a unique and...

   14th August 2019 • Read more

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   Chetham’s Library: Unscripted

   On sale 10am, Friday 16 August After the Library has closed to the public and the dust of the day has settled, the buildings come alive for a unique and...

   14th August 2019 • Read more

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   Faking Gothic Furniture

   Chetham’s Library with Manchester Gothic Festival George Shaw (1810–76), a local lad from Uppermill, Saddleworth, was fascinated by medieval architecture, sculpture, and heraldry even as a teenager. In the 1840s...

   14th August 2019 • Read more

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    Faking Gothic Furniture

    Chetham’s Library with Manchester Gothic Festival George Shaw (1810–76), a local lad from Uppermill, Saddleworth, was fascinated by medieval architecture, sculpture, and heraldry even as a teenager. In the 1840s...

    14th August 2019 • Read more