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Read Manchester gifted more than 17,000 books to families across Manchester over the Christmas period, supported by a whopping 156 partner organisations!View details about Festive Gifting Campaign 2023: Results -
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This year’s Take 10 To Read on Tuesday 10th October was a great opportunity to work with our communities in Manchester, and we made the most of it! From bookgifting at The Christie...View details about Take 10 To Read -
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Read all about how our Manchester’s One Million Minutes Challenge went!View details about Manchester’s One Million Minutes Challenge – we did it! -
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Pupils from Manchester United Foundation’s partner primary schools celebrated reading and writing with a special event at Old Trafford with Read Manchester.View details about A.M. Dassu launches Kicked Out at Old Trafford with Manchester United Foundation and Read Manchester -
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In September, Central Library played host to Manchester’s leg of the Black British Book Festival 2023 tour. Now in its third year, the festival stands as one of the largest...View details about Black British Book Festival 2023 -
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Celebrated author and TV medic Dr Ranj met 4 year old pupils Claremont Primary School in Manchester to help them find their superpowers.View details about Dr Ranj to help all 4-year-olds in Manchester find their superpower -
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Manchester City Council and Read Manchester have just launched a brand-new project to support the transition of children from nursery to reception.View details about Nursery to reception: Transition Read - A Superpower Like Mine -
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Read Manchester’s city-wide Year 6 transition read is now underway! For a second year running, the award-winning author, Onjali Q Rauf has been chosen as the author and her...View details about ‘The Lion Above the Door’ is Read Manchester’s Transition Read 2023 -
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June 8 - Empathy Day 2023 – saw 550 excited children from 14 primary schools from across Manchester make their way by tram, coach and on foot to the National Cycling Centre...View details about How to be an Empathy Superhero! -
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Her Majesty The Queen Consort was welcomed at Norbrook Community Centre, Wythenshawe, Manchester today to unveil the Marcus Rashford Book Club Bookshelves and take part in reading...View details about Her Majesty The Queen Consort Unveils Marcus Rashford Bookshelves in Manchester -
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Read Manchester and Manchester Libraries are very happy to announce our winners of the Our Year, Our Card library card design competition. Our Year aims to put children at the...View details about Winners of the Our Year, Our Card competition announced -
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We marked a very special World Book Day in Manchester with lots of activities for schools in partnership with Manchester Libraries.View details about Read Manchester celebrates World Book Day with Dapo Adeola and Nathan Bryon -
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The Hungry Little Minds team in Manchester are delighted to have a digitised version of the Platt Fields Park story trail, allowing more families, carers and early years settings...View details about The Platt Fields Park story trail has now been digitised! -
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Read Manchester announce giveaway of 12,000 Marcus Rashford books for schools in ManchesterView details about Read Manchester's Marcus Rashford book giveaway kicks off! -
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Read Manchester launches See Myself in Books drive to help schools promote wider diversity in children’s literature.View details about See Myself in Books project launches -
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Last week, over 300 children were virtually visited by children's author Ross Welford to celebrate the winners of our Storystarter competition.View details about Winners of the Ross Welford Storystarter competition announced -
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A new interactive story trail from Read Manchester and the National Literacy Trust has launched this week at Wythenshawe Park.View details about We launch new story trail in Wythenshawe Park! -
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In November 2020, thanks to our partnership with BUPA Foundation, all primary schools in Manchester received three copies each of Bloomsbury’s collection of brilliant short stories,...View details about The Scrapbook of Hopes