Festival of Libraries 2025

- Various venues

Festival of Libraries 2025
Various venues
Wed 4th - Sun 8th Jun, 2025

FREE

Manchester City of Literature celebrates the brilliance of our region’s libraries with the Festival of Libraries, taking place from Wednesday 4 to Sunday 8 June. The biggest festival of its kind in the country, this year’s festival will take audiences to galaxies far away with Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and unlock the transformative power of reading with Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce. 

They will be joined by a line-up of authors, poets, performers, artists and historians all sharing their love of libraries with audiences in a free events programme.  Coinciding with The John Rylands Library celebrating its 125th birthday, Stockport set to open a brand-new library and The Portico working to reunite its historic building under the dome, it’s never been a more exciting time for Greater Manchester libraries.

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