We’re very excited to be bringing not one, but two events to Marsden as part of the 2020 Huddersfield Literature Festival. First of all, celebrate Mothers’ Day in style with an afternoon at the Mechanics in the company of...
Last Wednesday (6th November) saw a jam-packed Marsden Mechanics Hall reverberating with a much needed right-good laugh, as we welcomed prominent comedian Mark Thomas to Marsden. As one audience member said afterwards, Mark’s work is not just funny, its...
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Marsden Calendar competition! Friends of Marsden Library and Enjoy Art were delighted to host this year’s winners to a special...
Fun for all the family. Sunday 23 June, Mechanics, 2 – 4. Collect your self-led walk route and tree quiz (50p) and take yourself on a voyage of discovery to learn about our local trees. Walk created by local...
Take part in a writing workshop with stand up poet and Radio 4 favourite, Kate Fox. Using similes of thread & weaving to look at the impact of women in our lives. Open to writers at all levels including...
This year’s collaboration between the Friends of Marsden Library and the Huddersfield Literature Festival brings you Julian Norton: The Yorkshire Vet. Known across the UK from the popular Channel 5 series The Yorkshire Vet, Julian Norton talks about the drama and...
Our April Northern Writer Reading is D R Dixon, will be reading from his book ‘Wired Thoughts’ in Marsden Library on Wednesday 3rd. Doors open at 7.00 for a 7.30 start. Copies available for purchasing and signing afterwards. Suggested...
We hope you are all enjoying your 2018 Marsden Calendar . Next year it could by your photo adorning kitchens across the Colne Valley – here’s how: All you need to do is grab your camera and take it...
The Templar Nights Poetry event, postponed due to the first ‘Beast from the East’ has been rescheduled for 20th April. Existing tickets are valid, and we’re very excited that the event can now take place in our newly refurbished...
Get your 2018 off to a great start by coming along to the latest free ‘Northern Writers Reading’ author talk in Marsden Library, January 15th, doors open at 7.00 and the talk will start at 7.30. Marsden-based historian, Jo...