We’re very happy to be continuing our partnership with the Huddersfield Literature Festival, bringing the festival to the far reaches of the Colne Valley. This year we feature an illustrated

Celebrating Libraries with Simon Armitage On a sunny Sunday afternoon, the Friends of Marsden Library welcomed Simon Armitage, the PoetLaureate to Marsden to read in his home library. Simon is

We are happy to announce that the Full Kirklees MBC approved the proposed budget for the Library Service on 5 March. The withdrawal of the proposed reduction to the Library

Q: What do all these have in common? William Wordsworth’s hair Marcel Proust’s hair Mrs Gaskell’s sewing scissors The lining of Walt Whitman’s hat Delia Derbyshire’s wartime gas mask A:

Good News – Library Budget potential reprieve for 2025-26 At its Cabinet meeting on Tuesday 11 February 2025 Kirklees Council agreed to withdraw its proposed £800,000 reduction to the Library

‘I want to celebrate the physical space of libraries and take my work back into places that have given me so much.’ Each spring this decade, Simon Armitage will give

We are excited and delighted that Marsdener (and Poet Laureate) Simon Armitage has included Marsden in the L-M section of his Laureate’s Library Tour. Simon will do 2 free performances

You will remember that the proposal to make Marsden a community-managed Library was dropped after the Library Service listened to community feedback. Now the Library Service will need to begin