Spinning a Yarn Writing Workshop with Kate Fox
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
Congratulations to Simon Armitage, Friend of Marsden Library and Poet Laureate.!
Great news for Simon, Poetry, and Marsden. Simon supported Friends of Marsden Library with a fantastic event in 2016, helping us keep Marsden Library open, and we are delighted for him.
Enter the 2019 Marsden Calendar Competition Now
See your image in the 2020 Marsden Calendar Competition now open: enter here! Funds from selling the calendars produced go to Friends of Marsden Library to support our local library
Author Event: John Ling, Wednesday 6 March, Marsden Library
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
Matt Abbott’s Two Little Ducks in Marsden for One Night Only
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
The Yorkshire Vet Comes to Marsden
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
Congratulations Mandy Huggins: Shortlisted for the Costa Short Story Award!
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
Author D R Dixon Reading from Wired Thoughts in Marsden Library
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