Simon Armitage Events
Are you looking for a chance to hear Poet Laureate and Marsdener, Simon Armitage? He’s got lots of events planned in West Yorkshire, keep an eye on his website to find out when he’s near you. And he’s promised...
Young People’s Poetry Competition – Enter by June 24th
Email your entries to louisewriteoutloud@gmail.com
Tree Walk and Family Quiz
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...
Celebrating Reading: Authors Who Joined us in Marsden This Autumn and Winter
Culminating in a packed out our Marsden Mechanics Hall for ‘Yorkshire Vet’ Julian Norton, we’ve enjoyed an inspiring season of writing this winter. November brought flash fiction and crime from Mandy Huggins and Dave Rigby. And we felt personally...
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 our lives. Open to writers at all levels including...
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 with events, awareness raising and volunteer support. The calendar...
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 for special needs families, and facilitator for Alternatives to...