#manchester libraries

[manchestergalore]

Hilton Street, Spear Street corner 

1966

Record Shop was later the location of Koffee Pot  and now The Corner Boy

[motherlanguageday]

Enjoy an afternoon of workshops, crafts and performance.

WE WILL BE CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY AT FORUM LIBRARY, ALL AGES WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY AN AFTERNOON OF WORKSHOPS, CRAFTS AND PERFORMANCE.

This will be a fun packed afternoon with Afro-Tots, Library staff and local artist Lydia all offering craft workshops, you can also enjoy a hand massage and conversation with the Forum Women’s group.

IMLD 2024: FORUM LIBRARY FAMILY FUN DAY DATE: 21 February 2024 TIME: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm AGES: All ages welcome; Children PRICE: Free VENUE: Forum Library Forum Square, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M22 5RX THEME: Crafts, Family; Languages, Music ORGANISER: Manchester Libraries

No booking required, just drop in for free.

[countingmoomins]

Windows in the John Rylands library 𖦹𖦹𖦹

[detroitlib]

View of the Spies Public Library in Menominee, Michigan. Printed on front: "Spies Public Library, Menominee, Mich. Copyright 1914 by C.H. Dye." Handwritten on back: "Greetings from Menominee. This is to add to your collection. Elizabeth Manchester." Card is postmarked July 29, 1914.

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[themancorialist]

St Peter's Square, Manchester.

[mycolorsoflife]

♧John Rylands Library♧Manchester

[ugartecoco]

[wearepeace]

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” ― Jorge Luis Borges

[totallyhussein-blog]

Be Inspired by Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson is without a doubt one of the best Finnish artists of all time and also the most widely read Finnish author abroad. Her work is of immeasurable value because of her success as a writer, artist and cartoonist.

Tove Jansson was a multi-talented artist who is mostly remembered as the creator of the Moomins. The Moomin books have been translated into over fifty languages. Her worldwide fame is also recognisable because she succeeded to write for both children and adults at the same time.

[cyra-ooc]

[mzannthropy]

Central Library, Manchester

[manchestergalore]

Aytoun Street, Manchester 

1963

First building on the right: former employment exchange [source]

Designed by David Thomson in 1936 but when the war broke out the building work was suspended again until 1948 to finally open in 1951

Closed in1993

Now site of the hotel Holiday Inn Manchester - City Centre

Photo : Manchester Libaries.

[motherlanguageday]

Participate to the Family Fun Day.

JOIN OUR FREE FAMILY FUN DAY TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY WHERE THERE WILL BE ACTIVITIES SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES.

We will have crafts for making bookmarks and wooden heart decorations, name writing stations in Arabic, Chinese and Urdu, lots of puzzles and imagination game sessions plus a very special dual language storytime.

DATE: 21 February 2024 TIME: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm AGES: All ages welcome, Children PRICE: Free VENUE: North City Library, 931 Rochdale Road, Harpurhey, M9 4AF

THEME: FAMILY LANGUAGE

ORGANISER: Manchester Libraries

[jkrikis]

manchester

© 2023  Yiannis Krikis

[theredofoctober]

Really enjoyed visiting the folklore exhibition at Portico Library in Manchester today! Had a great time eating breakfast surrounded by books. Very quiet and I'll definitely revist with my notepad

[mostlysignssomeportents]

The Red Team Blues tour

In just a few days, my next novel, Red Team Blues, will be released in all English territories. It’s an “anti-finance finance thriller” — my most commercial novel to date, about a 67-year-old high-tech forensic accountant fighting for his life as he unwinds a cryptocurrency heist:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865847/redteamblues

If you’d like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here’s a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/19/whats-wrong-with-iowa/#red-team-blues-tour

My publishers are sending me around the world on a tour of the US, Canada, and the UK, with a bonus stop in Berlin! When I do book tours, each stop is a mix of a reading, a little background talk about the book, and then a kind of AMA with the audience. They’re incredibly fun and rewarding, and over the decades I’ve been doing them, I’ve had some of the most memorable and important interactions of my life. What’s more, these tours are a great way to support indie booksellers and get my readers acquainted with the stores who really support my work, creating lifelong relationships between bookstores and the communities they serve.

I hope you’ll come out to see me on this trip! What’s more: if you don’t see your city on the list below, don’t despair: I’ve got three more books coming out in the next 12 months and I’m going on the road with all of them, so there’s a good chance I’ll see you in the future even if I miss you this time around.

Here’s where you can catch me:

Los Angeles:

I’m speaking at the LA Times Festival of Books this weekend (4/22–23).

https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/schedule/

Sat at 12, I’m doing a panel called “Covering Silicon Valley” with Douglas Rushkoff, Winddance Twine, moderated by Wendy Lee from the LA Times.

Sun at 11, I’m signing for California Book Club at booth 111.

Sun at 12:30, I’m doing a panel called “The Accidental Detective” with Alex Segura, Margot Douaihy and SJ Rozan.

San Diego:

I’ll be at Myseterious Galaxy with Sarah Gailey on 4/25:

https://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/42523Doctorow

Burbank:

I’ll be at Dark Delicacies on 4/26:

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p2873/Wed%2C_Apr_26th_6pm%3A_Red_Team_Blues%3A_A_Martin_Hench_Novel_HB.html#

San Francisco:

I’ll be at the San Francisco Public Library with Annalee Newitz on 4/30:

https://sfpl.org/events/2023/04/30/author-cory-doctorow-red-team-blues

PDX:

I’ll be at the Powell’s in Cedar Hills with Andy Baio on 5/2:

https://www.powells.com/book/red-team-blues-martin-hench-1-9781250865847/2-1

Mountain View:

I’ll be at the Books, Inc with Mitch Kapor on 5/5:

https://www.booksinc.net/event/cory-doctorow-books-inc-mountain-view

Berkeley:

I’ll be at the Bay Area Bookfest with Glynn Washington on 5/6:

https://www.baybookfest.org/session/cory-doctorow/

Vancouver:

On 5/10 I’m doing an afternoon keynote for Open Source Summit:

https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/

And that evening I’ll be at Massy Arts with Sean Cranbury:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/red-team-blues-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-sean-cranbury-tickets-608877016547

Calgary:

I’ll be at Wordfest with Peter Hemminger on 5/11:

https://wordfest.com/2023/event/wordfest-presents-cory-doctorow/

Gaithersburg:

I’ll be at the Gaithersburg Book Festival on 5/20:

https://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_author/cory-doctorow/

DC:

I’m keynoting Public Knowledge’s Emerging Tech conference on 5/22:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech-tickets-600582126307

Toronto:

I’ll be on stage with Ron Deibert, Dave Bidini and Nancy Olivieri for WEPFest on 5/23:

https://www.westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfest-spring-fundraiser

Hay:

I’m speaking at the HowTheLightGetsIn festival on 28–29/5:

On May 28, I’m on a panel called “The AI Enigma” with Joshua Bach and Mazviita Chirimuuta:

https://howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-ai-enigma-12147

On May 29, I’m on a panel called “The Danger and Desire of the Frontier” with Nolen Gertz and Esther Dyson:

https://howthelightgetsin.org/events/the-danger-and-desire-of-the-frontier-12246

Oxford:

I’ll be at Blackwell with Tim Harford on 29/5:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctorow-red-team-blues-with-tim-harford-tickets-574673793787

Nottingham:

I’ll be at Waterstones with Christian Reilly on 30/5:

https://www.waterstones.com/events/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow/nottingham

Manchester:

I’ll be at Waterstones with Ian Forrester on 31/5:

https://www.waterstones.com/events/in-conversation-with-cory-doctorow/manchester-deansgate

London:

I’m delivering the Peter Kirstein Lecture for UCL on 1/6:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-kirstein-lecture-2023-featuring-cory-doctorow-registration-539205788027

Edinburgh:

 I’m speaking at Cymera with Ian McDonald and Nina Allan on 3/6:

https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-events/2023/4/4/connection-interrupted-with-nina-allan-cory-doctorow-and-ian-mcdonald

London:

I’m speaking at the British Library with Baroness Martha Lane Fox on 5/6:

https://www.bl.uk/events/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-techno-thriller

Berlin:

I’m keynoting Re:publica on 7/6:

https://re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-keynote-von-cory-doctorow-rebecca-giblin-kreative-arbeitsmaerkte-und-monopole

[Image ID: The Red Team Blues tour schedule.]