Memories of Childhood Reading With Lucy Mangan, Annabel Pitcher and Emily Drabble 2.30pm (approx. running time 2hrs, includes a break for refreshments), £5 (£3 conc) Mechanics Hall, Peel Street, Marsden HD7 6BW What are your favourite memories of childhood reading? Which children’s stories have stayed with you and which books are inspiring young readers today? In […]
We're delighted to have fixed a new date for Templar Nights, and the venue will be our newly refurbished Library. Existing tickets are still valid. Templar Nights showcase four northern based poets who have all published poetry collections with award winning independent press, Templar Poetry. Hosted by Marsden poet, David Coldwell, don’t miss this wonderful […]
We're continuing our collaboration with The Poetry Village to bring you a very special evening of poetry to celebrate this year's Poetry Day. Direct from the poetry town of Otley, we will be showcasing some of the most exciting new poetry published by local community interest company, Half Moon Press. The event will be hosted […]
Volunteers Hazel Seidel and Marian Casler are running a workshop using the Library computers for anyone wanting to get started researching their family tree. Research into your family history is fascinating and rewarding, and the advent of the internet has made lots of key records easily accessible from home - come along to this free […]
If you are interested in finding out more about volunteering in the Library, or can offer clubs or activities based on your hobbies, such as scrabble, or coding, please come along to the Volunteer Celebration to find out how to get involved.
Northern Writers Reading presents ... Dave Rigby and Amanda Huggins Wednesday 28th November Doors at 7pm, 7.30 - 8.30 Marsden Library Free entry, suggested donation £2 to cover room hire Refreshments available.
Continuing our collaboration with Poetry Village we are delighted to welcome two of our most acclaimed contemporary poets to Marsden as part of the Northern Writers series. Both Gaia and Tom will be celebrating the launch of new titles at this festive event. Join us for a wonderful evening of poetry in Marsden's wonderful library […]
Sarah Hussain is a Huddersfield based author and educator. Her first novel ‘Escaped from Syria’ was a winner finalist in the People’s Book Prize Award and her short story collection ‘Sit up, Stand up, Speak up’ was released in 2017. In 2018 she won the Ms Shakespeare competition in Yorkshire and was commissioned to write […]
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 Violence Project (AVP).Always a writer and poet. “I could smell them and hear them long before I could see them. Soon the grove was filled […]
