In Marsden Library on Wednesday, local author John Ling. John Ling is a former children’s librarian, then teacher of deaf kids, and later, autistic kids. Now he is a mediator for special needs families, and facilitator for Alternatives to...
It’s toured the UK to five-star reviews, now Matt Abbott’s Two Little Ducks can be seen in Marsden for one night only, Friday 15th March. A powerful, personal and political spoken word show from one of poetry’s rising stars,...
Fantastic news! One of our ‘Northern Writers Reading’, Mandy (Amanda) Huggins, has been nominated for the Costa Short Story Award 2019. One of three shortlisted short-story authors, Mandy will be heading for London for the Ceremony on 29th January....
We are looking forward to welcoming award-winning Huddersfield author Sarah Hussain to Marsden Library on 30th January. Sarah will be talking about her latest work, Sit Up, Stand Up, Speak Up: An Emotional Short Story Collection. Are you able...
We’re very excited to be selling the Marsden Calendar at the Christmas Lights Fair on Saturday afternoon, upstairs in the Mechanics. It’ll make a great Christmas present, only £8.50. Or why not ask us about volunteering in the Library...
We enjoyed a lovely evening of readings and discussion in Marsden Library yesterday. Northern writers Dave Rigby and Mandy Huggins read from their work and chatted about the writing process. Mandy has two anthologies just out, and Dave is...
Fab article in the Examiner, celebrating the Library volunteers and highlighting our ‘booming’ calendar of events, and the support of local writers who have donated their time and energy. Hear from some of our volunteers in their own words...
Listen to Marsden’s Library Volunteers telling you all about what it’s like volunteering in the Library. We’ll be adding new clips every day, and you can come along and meet them in person on Thursday 22 November at 2pm...
