Dementia Friends Information Session – Coming Soon to Marsden Library
Coming Soon – Sign Up Below to be Notified when Date Confirmed and Booking (Free) Open Dementia Friends information sessions are run by Dementia Friends Champions to help you
Chance to See Simon Armitage, LBT, 8 September
Marsdener and Poet Laureate Simon Armitage will be LIVE at the Lawrence Batley Theatre on September 8th for a homecoming reading from Zoom!, the book that launched his writing career.
Save the Date – Dementia Awareness Briefing – 11 September
We’re bringing a Dementia Awareness Briefing to Marsden on 11 September at 7pm. Save the date and watch this space for further info.
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
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
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
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.