We’re Hiring: Finance, HR and Operations Manager
Levenshulme Old Library are seeking a new Finance, HR and Operations Manager We are seeking an organised, experienced and proactive team member to help manage our back-office functions. Working part-time and flexibly from our building and from home, you will need to have excellent financial management skills, experience of HR and able to manage our […]
Levolution! The Workshops
As part of our Levolution! programme, we have a number of workshops and activities lined up, featuring creative writing, zines, banner-making, philosophy for kids and more. Saturday 18th February, 7pm-9pmThe Voices of the PeopleA creative writing workshop themed around community. Free to attend but booking is essential. Book here. Saturday 11th March, 10am-12pmZine of ProtestA […]
Feed the Fox – Beginners’ Creative Writing Workshops
We’re thrilled to announce that we have some fantastic writing workshops heading to Levenshulme Old Library. Regular LOL-ers may remember that in December we staged Ghosts at the Old Library, our well received Christmas ghost story project. We’re very pleased to welcome back one of the writers we worked with, the wonderful Marie Crook, for […]
Levolution! Exhibition Launch
We’re very excited to announce the launch of our Levolution! exhibition. Back in early 2013 it was announced that the library and swimming baths here in Levenshulme would be closed. This resulted in the community coming together for months of widespread protest in the form of marches, sit-ins at the library and pools, flash-mob zumba […]
Ghosts at the Old Library – Christmas Chapbook Set – buy now!
We’ve produced four limited edition chapbooks as part of our Ghosts at the Old Library programme. Each contains a brand new, specially commissioned ghost story written by some of the North West’s finest writers. A Holy Trinity – Marie CrookThe Only – Adam FarrerPlum Porter – Richard V. HirstGhost Story – Melissa Wan They’re designed […]
Christmas at Levenshulme Old Library
We know the Christmas season isn’t quite upon us yet, but we have a whole raft of activities planned, some of which are intended to get you into the festive spirit – workshops where you can create cards, decorations and gifts – as well as our flagship Ghosts at the Old Library performances. Festive Lino […]
Ghosts at the Old Library
This Christmas, Levenshulme Old Library has commissioned new ghost stories from four writers for a very special atmospheric winter event. Ghost stories at Christmas have long been an oral storytelling tradition, from tales told around the winter fire through to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. This moved into the TV era with A Ghost Story […]
Coding Club
Earlier this year we launched The LOL Art Clubs, free weekly art sessions where anyone can drop in, get stuck into a creative practice and share their knowledge with one another. These have been a storming success, and we’re thrilled to announce that we’re expanding the programme with some new classes. One new addition coming […]
Keep Warm Club
As we move into autumn, the temperature is likely to drop a little more each week. We’re aware a great many local residents are worried about not being able to afford to heat their own homes. So today we’re launching the Keep Warm Club. We’ll be opening up our Studio space each Monday as a […]
Emerging Writer Opportunity – apply now
Levenshulme Old Library is recruiting an emerging writer for a Ghosts at the Old Library, a new project coming later this year. This is a paid mentoring and training opportunity aimed at an early-stage writer aged 18+ who is interested in developing their short fiction. The project Ghost stories at Christmas have long been an […]