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  • Teen Book Club

    Lower Ground Floor

    Aged 12 – 16 and love reading? Join our teen book club. We don’t have a set text we simply come together to chat about what we have read over […]

  • Italian Kids present La Pimpa

    Performance Space

    Join Italian Kids for a fun-filled afternoon and celebrate La Pimpa, the beloved Italian children's book character created by Altan. Enjoy themed crafts, stories and games! Italian Kids is an […]

  • Generations of Love: A Queer Up North Panel Event

    Performance Space

    Join Manchester Histories and Queer Up North for a thought-provoking panel discussion exploring how queer culture can build community, connect generations and sustain radical creative practice. Reflecting on the legacy […]

  • Spanish Storytime (European Day of Languages Special)

    Children's Library

    Hola! Come and join María at the Spanish Story Time monthly sessions, where you can listen to a story in Spanish and learn phrases and vocabulary, whilst having fun. We […]

  • French Storytime (European Day of Languages Special)

    Featured
    Children's Library

    Join us for Central Library’s French Storytime session. Listen to stories in French and English, learn new words and make new friends! Suitable for children aged 4-7. Free – just […]

  • Causing Trouble: A Queer Up North Panel Event

    Join Manchester Histories and Queer Up North for a panel discussion exploring what today’s queer cultural spaces can learn from Queer Up North, cultural activism and the radical past. Looking […]

  • Chess Drop In (Cultural Welcome Week)

    Recurring
    Ground Floor (Handling Tables)

    Calling all chess players! Head to our handling tables area and put your skills to the test. Meet other players and meet your match at this informal and fun drop-in […]

  • Vinyl DJ Workshop (Cultural Welcome Week)

    Henry Watson Music Library

    Come down to the Henry Watson Music Library for this relaxed, beginner‑friendly Vinyl DJ workshop - part of the Cultural Welcome Week at Central Library.  Led by vinyl DJ and […]

  • Behind the Scenes Tour (Cultural Welcome Week)

    Entrance Hall

    Calling all students! Get to know your Central Library inside out with this behind the scenes tour.  Which musician was once thrown out of the Language and Literature Library? What […]

  • Board Games Club (Cultural Welcome Week)

    Ground Floor (Handling Tables)

    Are you a wizard at Ticket to Ride? A fan of tableau building games? Come along a special Cultural Welcome Week edition of our free weekly boardgames sessions. Open to […]

  • Chess Drop In (Cultural Welcome Week)

    Recurring
    Ground Floor (Handling Tables)

    Calling all chess players! Head to our handling tables area and put your skills to the test. Meet other players and meet your match at this informal and fun drop-in […]