Scraptastic Storytime Marsden Library, 29th May, 2 - 3pm Suitable for ages 3-12 Free! Booking Essential. Read 'Tidy' by Emily Gravett and create animal masks inspired by the story. Call in to the Library to book, or phone Sally - 01484 414868. Places are limited.
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Raising money for registered charity Friends of Marsden Library, the rather fabulous Marsden Calendar is now available in Marsden and Slawit. You can buy online from the Mechanics to collect, or to post within the UK +£2 p&p. International postage can also be arranged!. Thank you to everyone who supports us by entering the calendar […]
The Friends of Marsden Library AGM will take place on Monday 19th October 2026 at 6.45 pm in Marsden Library. Agenda Minutes of the 2025 AGM Annual Report 2025 - 2026 Financial Report 2025-2026 Printed copies of the above may also be consulted in the Library. Vacancies for Steering Group Members There are also vacancies […]
Join us with author Sally O'Reilly: Hagtale A Macbeth Origin Story Sally O'Reilly Shortlisted for the World of Books' Sustainable Story Award 2026. A hagtale, a dark fable, a story told around winter's fires and known to Shakespeare but never written down. Until now. In the eleventh century, a feral child is taken in by […]
A Sunday afternoon in the Mechanics, with balladeer Jennifer Reid. Provisional timings 1pm - 3pm Details to follow. On Sale Soon - £5
A bedroom dreamer with a headful of Warhol, Adelle Stripe’s formative years were ones of daytime drinking and religious fervour, frustrated mothers and reckless daughters, desire, ambition and the pursuit of creativity. Told through a prism of vintage perfumes and played out in vivid detail with startling clarity and colour, her memoir Base Notes chronicles […]
Rose and Renzo - A Sunday Times Historical Fiction Pick of the Month Manchester 1936 – Fascism looms in Europe, and Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts are on the rise. After the death of their father, two sisters arrive in Manchester’s vibrant ‘Little Italy’: creative misfit, Rose and her much older sister, Ivy. Fearful of Rose’s impulsiveness, […]