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  • Yorkshire Day – “Different Class” – the Untold Story of English Cricket

    Marsden Mechanics

    Join historian of English Cricket, Duncan Stone, for a fascinating discussion of the social and cultural machinations of sport, the concept and application of amateurism and who, exactly, gets to define the form, function and meaning of sport. This is history from the bottom up - just the thing for Yorkshire Day. FREE Book Online, […]

  • Anita Sethi, ‘I Belong Here: a Journey Through the Backbone of England’

    Marsden Mechanics

    Doors Open at 2.30, Event Starts at 3.00 Tickets £7/£5 Book Here Marsden Yorkshire Day/Friends of Marsden Library and Huddersfield Literature Festival presents an unmissable talk by a powerful and refreshing new voice in nature writing. After a race-hate crime, which left her with panic attacks and anxiety, Anita Sethi longed for wide-open spaces. In […]

    £3 – £7
  • Northerners, a A History – from the Ice Age to the Present Day, with Author, Brian Groom

    Marsden Mechanics

    180 million years of history in just one evening - how Northern England's people have shaped Britain and the world! Join Brian Groom, author of the bestelling 'Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day', who will read passages covering 180 million years of history. He will explain how northern England's people […]

  • 2023 Calendar On Sale Now

    Give the gift of Marsden this Christmas!  The Friends of Marsden Library's Marsden 2023 Calendar is Now On Sale.  Available from outlets around Marsden and Slawit or online from Marsden Mechanics.   Online orders can be sent to an address of your choice, p&p is £1.65 per calendar (UK - International prices can be advised). Buy […]

  • An Evening with Dave Rigby: author of the Harry Vos investigator series

    Marsden Library Marsden Mechanics Hall, Peel Street, Marsden, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    Join us for an evening with local crime fiction author, Dave Rigby, for the latest from his Harry Vos series, plus an introduction to his new creation, DI 'Mac' Larsen. Dave will talk about his two new books, ‘End of the Line’ and ‘Mac’. ‘End of the Line’ is the third book in the Harry Vos, […]

  • An Evening with Graphic Novelist Jamie Rhodes

    Marsden Library Marsden Mechanics Hall, Peel Street, Marsden, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

      Join us for an evening with graphic novelist Jamie Rhodes. Jamie will read an extract from his graphic novel, "A Castle in England" and tell us about the project that inspired it, in which he spent 4 months living in a National Trust castle creating stories inspired by the objects and documents in its […]

  • FoML Annual General Meeting

    Marsden Library Marsden Mechanics Hall, Peel Street, Marsden, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
  • In Conversation with Milly Johnson (HLF 2023)

    Marsden Mechanics, Upstairs Peel Street, Marsden

    Friends of Marsden Library has partnered once again with Huddersfield Literature Festival to bring HLF to the Colne Valley. This year, we are offering you an unmissable event with one of our best-loved Yorkshire writers, Milly Johnson – a bestselling novelist who is much in demand as an after-dinner speaker and professional joke writer. Milly’s […]

    £5 – £7
  • Marsden Calendar Competition 2023 13 May – 30 June

    Marsden Calendar Competition Awaits Your Entries! Open to all Pictures that capture the spirit of Marsden and the Colne Valley Minimum image size 1MB Horizontal orientation Enter Online until 30 June