The latest issue of the FoML Newsletter was published today. If you are on the mailing list but didn’t receive your copy, please double check your spam – and if you’re on the new look Gmail, check it’s not...
What does your local library mean to you? The Guardian would like to hear your response. New research has shown libraries are facing the ‘greatest crisis’ in their history. We want to hear from people who feel their libraries...
As Friends of Marsden Library, we’re here to make sure Marsden Library does NOT suffer the same fate. You can help too – by coming along to our events, signing up to our mailing list, volunteering to work...
Image used with kind permission of Azli Jamil Photography Relax, your Christmas Present dilemmas are solved: in response to overwhelming demand the Marsden in the Colne Valley Calendar is back! Friends of Marsden Library is delighted to announce that...
Cuckoo Day, that annual Marsden festival of fun and spring starring the Cuckoo (have you heard one yet?) is fast approaching. On Saturday 23rd April, the village will be packed full of things to do, from craft stalls to...
Bugs and Bonnets for Everyone There’s lots going on at Marsden Library this Easter holidays. Starting on Friday 1st April, 2pm – 4pm, Bug Making for this year’s Kirklees Wide Craft Competition (theme BUGS). Enter your 3D minibeast model....
Are you enjoying a relaxing weekend? When you want a pause from chocolate-eating and egg rolling, here are a couple of things to keep you amused, gleaned from the twitterverse. Emily Drabble from the Guardian tweeted, showing you how to...
Did you know that Library Provision is a right? The Government and Local Authorities have a legal responsibility to provide you with a quality library service that meets your needs. By statute Local Authorities must provide ‘comprehensive and efficient’...
Pear Drop’s latest zine, the Pear Drop Public Library has some stimulating reading for Library lovers. Here’s an extract from the editorial, a manifesto for action that anyone can do: “Look up your local library and visit it. If you...
Why not write us a poem about Marsden Library?