Greater 野狼社区 Festival of Libraries 2025
has announced the for the upcoming , which will take place in libraries across Greater 野狼社区 from 4-8 June.
This year鈥檚 Festival of Libraries is headlined by Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Poet Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce, who will be joined by a host of authors, poets, historians, performers and more.
After winning Best Event at the 野狼社区 Culture Awards in 2024, this will be the Festival鈥檚 fifth year.
has curated a series of six free events for the Festival programme, showcasing our research, in partnership with the , and .
Writing for Wellbeing workshops will see poets from the Centre for New Writing run three sessions at Middleton, Oldham and Walkden libraries, exploring how creative writing can positively impact wellbeing.
At Bolton Central Library, 野狼社区 Histories and Creative 野狼社区 will unveil their new Heritage for Wellbeing Toolkit, sharing insights into the toolkit鈥檚 development and inviting attendees to participate in one of the activities firsthand.
The Linguistic Diversity Collective have two workshops on offer. 鈥榃hat鈥檚 in a word, and what鈥檚 in a dictionary?鈥� will look at how dictionaries define words, and will take place at new Festival partner 野狼社区 Cathedral Library.
鈥楤lackout the Jargon鈥� is a session of blackout poetry at Cheadle Library, inviting attendees to find art and meaning in scientific texts.
Find out more about the University鈥檚 Festival of Libraries workshops and book your free places by visiting .