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• Greater Manchester Festival of Libraries 2025

  25 Apr 2025

  Manchester City of Literature has announced the full programme for the upcoming Festival of Libraries 2025, which will take place in libraries across...

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• Lemn Sissay OBE to judge University's 2025 Micropoetry Competition

  21 Mar 2025

  Esteemed poet and former Chancellor of The University of Manchester, Lemn Sissay OBE, has been unveiled as a returning judge for the 2025 edition of ...

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• International Mother Language Day 2025: A series of events celebrating language diversity

  24 Jan 2025

  UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2025 takes place on 21 February, with an exciting programme of local celebrations announced by ...

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• Festival of Libraries 2024: Celebrating libraries and creativity across Greater Manchester

  25 Jun 2024

  12-16 June saw the return of Manchester City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries, taking place across the whole of Greater Manchester to ...

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• Greater Manchester Festival of Libraries 2024

  17 May 2024

  Taking place in libraries across Greater Manchester between 12-16 June 2024 From 12-16 June 2024, Greater Manchester will once again celebrate the ...

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• International Mother Language Day 2024: Museum trail, etymology workshop and comic arts conference

  23 Feb 2024

  UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2024 took place last week on 21 February, with an inspiring programme of local celebrations presented...

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• Celebrating International Mother Language Day 2024

  26 Jan 2024

  Creative Manchester is delighted to present a number of events celebrating UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2024, in partnership with ...

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• Greater Manchester Festival of Libraries 2023: Creative writing, exploring dictionaries and an ‘edible readathon’

  16 Jun 2023

  7-11 June saw the return of Manchester UNESCO City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries, taking place across the whole of Greater Manchester to ...

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