Greater Manchester Festival of Libraries 2023: Creative writing, exploring dictionaries and an 鈥榚dible readathon鈥�
7-11 June saw the return of Festival of Libraries, taking place across the whole of Greater Manchester to celebrate the role that libraries play in wellbeing, culture, creativity and more.
鈥� the University鈥檚 creativity-championing research platform 鈥� offered five workshop sessions in partnership with the , Programme in and .
鈥榃riting for Wellbeing鈥� took place at Marple and Chetham Libraries on 7 and 8 June. Facilitators from the Centre for New Writing, Dr Rebecca Hurst and Tessa Harris, worked with participants to explore the benefits of creative writing on personal wellbeing.
Also at Chetham鈥檚 Library, 鈥榃hat鈥檚 in a word, and what鈥檚 in a dictionary?鈥� saw the workshop group work with staff from the Department of Linguistics and English Language to look at how we define the meanings of words.
鈥楾asting Children鈥檚 Literature 鈥� An edible readathon鈥� ran for two sessions: a private session for EYFS children at St Andrew鈥檚 C of E Primary School Levenshulme, at Arcadia Library, and a session open to the public, at Manchester Central Library. Children enjoyed a story time session with play food, colouring activities and fruits to eat.
The , overseen by Creative Manchester research fellow, Dr Chad Campbell, is also currently being hosted on campus and can be found in the glass corridor exhibition space in Samuel Alexander Building.
This year鈥檚 Festival of Libraries was a huge success and has been nominated for a Saboteur Award in the category of Best Literary Festival.
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