Read Manchester

Read Manchester has teamed up with charity Read for Good to host the city’s first-ever mass Readathon this June, which will bring the power of stories to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is making a difference to families in Manchester.

Read Manchester is supporting Gorton Imagination Library as it celebrates 50 years of Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar by gifting the iconic picture book to local children as part of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library book gifting scheme.

Read Manchester has teamed up with eight of the city's high schools to create a series of GCSE English Literature revision postcards.

Share a Story Live

Read Manchester partnered with World Book Day to bring its Share a Story Live event to Manchester on 7 March. An exciting line-up of authors told stories live on stage at the Runway Visitor Park and a number of lucky primary schools were selected to join on the day.

Download the Share a Story Live leaflet

Ideas for schools

Check out some brilliant ways to get your class involved in fun reading activities on World Book Day and beyond!

Download World Book Day ideas for high schools

Download World Book Day ideas for primary schools

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Reading and talking to your child every day prepares them to learn and succeed when they start school. Sharing a story with your child for just 10 minutes a day is enough to make a difference.

Central Library will be running monthly Spanish activity and autism-friendly sensory Story Time sessions. Find out more:

Spanish activity Story Time sessions

Autism-friendly Story Time sessions

Young people in Manchester, aged 14-18, are invited to enter a remarkable creative writing competition taking them back in time to the Peterloo Massacre of 1819.

Entry deadline: 4 March 2019 - NOW CLOSED